Mayaanadhi is pure poetry in motion. Every frame, every dialogue is meticulously crafted. The movie tells the story of Apu and Mathan and their urban life and love story. Mayaanadhi is a movie that is best enjoyed with headphones on because of the masterful sound design and acoustics of the movie.

Mayaanadhi is a refreshing watch in this age of clichéd predictable big budget cinema. The movie depicts an urban love story in one of the most sensitive and realistic portrayals of modern day love. The two main lead characters are very well written with lots of emotional depth. You are really swept into their fascinating relationship that is a far cry from the usual boy meets girl stories we all are tired of.

Anyone who has ever had a love story in their life will instantly connect to this captivating drama that is deep and insightful.

Baseball is a sport foreign to most of Indians, but is a big deal in America. The equivalent of that sport in India is Cricket which is a different game but with some common features. Million Dollar Arm captures the culture shock and struggles of a bunch of Indian youngsters who are recruited to play baseball in India.

The premise of the movie is an interesting one and the movie certainly lives up to our expectations. The first half of the movie chronicles the journey of Bernstein (played by Jon Hamm) who is a baseball agent on a trip to India in search of local talent. There are hilarious moments of Bernstein trying to adjust to the Indian ways and trying to teach the people a sport that they have never heard of. The interaction of the western and eastern culture is an engaging watch.

The second half of the movie is situated in America where the newly recruited boys are put to the test in trails for various teams. Million Dollar Baby is a small feel-good film that is entertaining, fun and uplifting. Our hearts soar with the fortunes of the two Indian baseball pitchers who are trying to make their mark in America. Jon Hamm acts great like his usual self, while the young Indian actors Suraj Sharma and Madhur Mittal bring youthful energy and spark to the movie. A R Rahman's score is brilliant as it was always expected it to be. This is a light, funny and fun sports drama best enjoyed in a group.

Captain Fantastic is a movie that will be best loved by those who liked Into The Wild. It is a story about a couple who decide to raise their kids in the wilderness away from civilisation. But when the mother loses her life to a fatal disease the whole family is thrown into a turmoil. They are now forced to engage with the society from which they had so long been fiercely shielded.

Captain Fantastic is a satire that shows a mirror to the society and calls out the numerous wrongs prevalent in the society, yet at the same time affirms the need for a society, a community to exist within. Viggo Mortenson, who we all know from the Lord of the Rings series, plays the patriarch of the family and delivers a powerful performance. The child actors playing his children too deliver splendid performances to match the adults. The cinematography is great and the costumes are note worthy for all the bright and outlandish dashes of colours giving the characters a unique look that visually separates them from the usual mundane society. Music too has been well utilised and the cover of Sweet Child-o-mine in the end of the movie is a cherry on a delicious cake.

Old age has never looked this bleak and yet so humorous in a long long time. Nebraska is a black and white indie movie about an old man who mistakenly assumes that he has won a lottery and is adamant on claiming his prize. The man's sons try telling him the truth but he doesn't listen, and so he sets out on his journey to claim the prize with his son.

Nebraska is a mixture of a road movie and a deeply contemplative human drama. Bruce Dern delivers a stunning performance as the central character Woody Grant who is hard of hearing and is slow to understand things in his senile years. On his way to claiming the prize he stops by his old town and meets his old friends and families.

The movie is a slow paced drama about old age, yet it maintains a consistent tone of black humour and wit even in the most serious situations. The soundtrack consisting of calming guitar tunes is a great addition to the movie, it puts the viewers in a calm reflective movie June Squibb takes the cake with her bold, quick-talking snappy lady character who doesn't care about what others say about her. The ending is one of the sweetest things that I've seen recently. This is a movie that stays with you long after its over.

Il Postino is an Italian movie about poetry and the way poetry pervades all facets of our life. Il Postino (The Postman) is the fictional story of an unlikely friendship that blooms between a common postman and the real life legendary Chilean poet Pablo Neruda while he is in exile in Italy.

Pablo Neruda is in exile from Chile due to threats from the fascist Government and he finds a safe refuge on a small island in Italy. A postman delivers all the letters that Neruda receives from all his admirers. During the course of the movie we see the poet and the postman bond over love poems. The Postman yearns to write and appreciate love poetry and Neruda helps him in revealing the true beauty present in poetry. The movie is presented in gorgeous shots. The steep cliffs, the wind blown fields, the raging ocean all become an intrinsic part of the movie.

At its core Il Postino is a sweet love story, and makes the viewers appreciate some sweet love poems full of tender and sweet emotions. It is a must watch for any admirers of literature and poetry.

Underdog is about a SUPERHERO DOG. If the first sentence perks your interest then you might enjoy this small silly film. Underdog isn't really a well made movie or all that good but it sure is entertaining, mainly because of the mere absurdity of watching a super powered dog flying wearing a red sweater and a blue cape.

The human characters in this movie are all very shallow and poorly written and none of them really stay in your head the moment the film ends. It's just the adorable beagle as the caped crusader who manages to brighten things up in this otherwise unremarkable movie. Underdog is a peculiar watch just for the absurd premise itself, but unfortunately it squanders its potential to truly make something great. Children might enjoy the silly campy action of the movie but it starts to get on your nerves very soon. Watch it only if you have loads of time in your hand and want to watch something weird.

Angamaly Diaries is essentially a gangster flick on paper which depicts the stories of various small town gangs operating in and around the town of Angamaly. But the movie packs a lot of elements and does justice to all of it. Lijo Jose Pellisery's Angamaly Diaries follows the director's earlier trend of setting up movies in a very Christian world of churches, church festivals and Christian households.

Pepe is a fiery youngster brimming with anger that erupts at the slightest provocation. Not just Pepe, but most of the characters in this movie are firecrackers waiting to blow up at any moment, and that is best demonstrated by the character Appani Ravi. The movie does not shy itself from the ugly side of gang wars. A lot of the violence is suggested through sequences of partially hidden pig slaughter that may make some of the viewers queasy. Pig rearing is an important plot element of the story.

The movie has a cast of 86 debut actors who all do such a marvelous job, that it makes you feel like they were professional actors all their life. The music is firmly grounded in the local folk songs of the area and all the songs have a rustic feel to them. The most remarkable aspect of the movie however is its technical brilliance which culminates in a 15 minute long single-take shot involving over a 1000 extras that forms the climax. It is truly a masterfully made film.

The Song of the Sparrows is a slice of life drama by the famous Iranian director Majid Majidi. Majidi is best known for his 2003 movie Children of Heaven which narrowly lost the Oscar for Best Foreign Film to Roberto Beningni's La Vita Bella.

The Song of the Sparrows is about Karim, an employee on an ostrich farm who gets fired when one of the ostriches escapes from the farm. From there on what ensues is a wild journey through the city of Tehran and the suburbs where the fortune of Karim rises and falls like a heartbeat. the main storyline is supported by equally poignant side plots involving his children who along with their friends try to set up their little business of small fishes. There are moments of hilarious comedy and equally heart-breaking tragedy all wrapped in Majidi's signature style of beautiful shots and realistic dialogues.