Kuruthi—the new Malayalam-language movie on Amazon Prime Video—has a lot on its mind: communal hatred, environmentalism, and a Biblical notion of good and evil. But does it do justice to any of those ideas?
We discuss the film’s hyperreal nature and how it could’ve gone further (akin to its inspiration Get Out), director Manu Warrier’s meticulous handling of the home invasion portion, and its lacklustre final act that dissolves into full B-movie.
Later, we talk about Simu Liu’s knee-jerk reaction to Disney CEO Bob Chapek calling (the theatrical-only premiere of) Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings an “experiment”—and wonder if it was warranted.
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