Puli’ has its moments but they’re short-lived — like the wonderful stretch where Vijay embarks on an Indiana Jones kind of adventure. It’s a great idea that goes haywire in the execution. Chimbu Deven is a creative filmmaker, one with good ideas, but doesn’t quite succeed in translating them on to the screen in a way it will appeal to everybody.

Overall, Talvar is a rusty film that disappoints.

Overall, Scott Cooper’s direction results in a well-made and absorbing film, inundated with appropriate menace, but lacks the emotional core and sociological angle. Black Mass thus seems like more of a documented procedural routine.

The computer generated images of the animals like; the bull, the elephants, pythons and water buffaloes are a tad tacky. This along with the gaudy graphics, flashy effects and verbal assurances, I am sure would sway the gullible audiences. Overall this is a highly avoidable film.

What makes this film mediocre is Jones and Meaghan Oppenheimer’s writing. Taken from a story by executive producer Richard Silverman, the characters are half baked and one-dimensional and the plot surrenders to formula instead of subverting it.

With average production values, the film is not appealing aesthetically either.

Wrapped with personal issues that include romance, the film is the story of Oorvazi. It is her quest in understanding and deciphering her religion. It speaks about; the dwindling race – who are “The last of the first believers of the single god”, their idiosyncrasies in preserving their purity and gives a solution to their problems. Overall, the film is path breaking in its own way and worth a watch.

With decent production values captured by Declan Quinn’s dynamic cinematography, the film is worth a watch.

Overall, this one’s not an exciting superhero adventure film, but will appeal to Miles Teller fans.

In their directorial debut, writer-directors Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley substitute coarseness for genuine humour and intelligence. Their writing caters to the unintelligent and crass lot. They indulge in topics like; human waste, pubic hair, vomiting, cow cannibalism and outrageous sexual acts. Unfortunately, none of these gags, most of which veers towards dark comedy, work, as they fail to amuse. They fall flat due to their absurdity and mean-spirited violent nature.