Variety is the spice of life

This book is the penultimate one in the William Warwick series, which culminates with End game, the first book i had read and posted about in this space, from the series. The story begins with a British national, a wealthy and well connected individual at that, who is assigned the task of mediating a defense contract for the British with the Saudi's. The contract has lot of competition in the form of French and Italian delegations. With British and French being the finalists, the responsibility of swaying the result towards Britain lies with that person who reaches out to a shady contact in Riyadh and before he could realize, he is arrested for a murder he didn't commit, but which happened in front of his eyes, as that of the Italian mediator, who gets killed by the son of the Saudi minister. Having been arrested for a crime he didn't commit, he realizes the murky world of politics is not for individuals like him, but for heavy weights who always have higher targets in mind...

I've been noticing this more recently, possibly because the pattern is repeating across almost every movie or drama series, but it seems to be only getting worse with every other release. The directors are hell bent in proving a point that they are not just making dark themed movies/series but literally want to stamp that message across every frame on screen. The species called light boy is long extinct i guess, for every shot and frame and screen time is filled with nothing but darkness!!! In fact, this approach comes with lot of advantages for the producer and director for they don't have to budge to any threats from actors. All they need to do is set the scene in some dark corner and have a body double perform the scene or just dub it out!! Another advantage is cost wise, there is no need to spend on any light and all those electricity and all the money (pittance actually) they may need to pay for light boys and their association. With more darkness, it forces the audience t...

There is a scene in "Abhiyum naanum" movie wherein, when Prakash raj enters the house, he will see a beggar sitting inside. Looking at his wife, he will playfully ask is that her relative for which she will glare at him angrily and storm away from that place asking him to check with his daughter. Apparently that kid would've brought that beggar "uncle" home for she would've felt bad at this state. Out of love for her, Prakash raj will allow that person to stay with them who literally becomes man friday for them. Innum andha extreme pogalainalum something similar happened sometime back. Junior's pickup van comes near a roundtana where there is an auto stand as well. One day he had asked his mother where is the uncle with 2 dogs who apparently had been missing for couple of days. Neither her nor me had even noted that there was a guy, leave alone having two dogs ( kandipa dogs pathirupen nenakren sheerly out of fear for them!! ). When he kept asking about ...

Athepdi ithana pada review poatutu, India's second highest grossing ever movie pathi post podama irukarathu!! What the world watches i the also same gadikaaram.  One word of caution for those who'ven't yet seen the movie. Better stay a few feet away from the screen - whichever it may be. If you are watching on mobile, even more caution is advised, for any moment, you may feel queasy and drop the phone. Chumma therikka vitrukanunga used to be a catchphrase to describe action movies. But in this movie, literally therikka vitrukanunga rather kotti vitrukanunga. Edhai kekareengala - bucket bucketa blood !! Dhurandhar a dhoorama darroda paaka vendiatha poachu!! After watching the movie, felt like taking a bath!! Avlo gore and torture genre movies like Saw, Wrong Turn may tip a hat for this one!!!  Story wise, nothing new. It starts with Kandhahar plane hijack (and very beginning scene the way they are slicing the neck of someone and that sound...uvvaaaks!!) followed by typical k...

This movie was making rounds on SM ever since it was released and had been a big hit. Despite its limited budget, Malluwood has been steadily increasing its foothold in the Indian movie industry. While Telugu movies have made a big splash with their overseas BO clout and also making the word Pan India as a regular terminology across every movie industry in the country, it is actually Malayalam movies who have literally owned the OTT space across most genres. Be it thriller, of which they've literal monopoly or soft romcom movies, Malayalam movies are a league of their own. With Sarvam Maya they enter into the ghost comedy genre, which has been the only source of hit genre for tamil films in recent past. The other aspect in which Malluwood dominates is their ability to churn top talents - nepotism or otherwise. They've always been the go-to region for heroines who ruled the roost across Indian like the East India company, having been introduced in Kerala, entering into Tamil, mo...

The book is interestingly title to start with and right from the beginning is noticeably a much fast moving story than the previous books in the series. Archer is at his premium form in the book and does what he does best - bring in the fiction element amidst well known facts. This time it happens to be Queen's address of the first meeting of the newly formed government after each election. There are certain ceremonies involved like presenting the Crown jewels for the meeting and the story is about how Miles Faulkner, the series villain is set out to steal them and humiliate William and his team who are responsible for the royal protection unit. The story begins as a continuation from one of the conversations that happens between Miles and William regarding a painting donated by the villain to get favorable verdict on an almost convictable case. Only for William to figure out that the painting donated by Miles happens to be a fake and the original is at his US residence. Coincident...