Callan Megin

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shameless giver of high ratings. Top 4 is just my favorites from a previous month

Favorite films

  • Kadaisi Vivasayi
  • Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot
  • Samurai Assassin
  • Thevar Magan

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  • Ryusei-Kacho

  • The Skeleton of Mrs. Morales

    ★★★½

  • Bhramaram

    ★★★½

  • Vada Chennai

    ★★★★½

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Bhramaram

2009

★★★½ Watched

A formative cinematic memory of mine was going on some TV channel and happening to catch the last like 25 minutes of this and at that point it was probably the most devastated I ever was at a movie at that point, since it was the man Mohanlal himself's birthday I decided to revisit it and oh boy is there a limit to how much this was carried by his performances. The film has so many flaws starting with the…

Something Like a War

1991

★★★★★ Liked Watched

Women belonging to the lower castes get to very closely discuss the dichotomy of living in a society that wants them to give birth to boys while living under a state that wants them to have none, contrasted with quotes and interviews from imperial agents and bureocrats respectively that view these people as "excess" or somehow an economic threat. A very important watch.

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The Executioner

1963

★★★★ Liked Watched

Really funny social satire that just becomes more depressing the more you think about it. A very easy 90 minutes. Recommended.

Malik

2021

★★★★ Watched

Very nayakan-esque at times. Performances and Sushin Shyam were the highlights.

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