Kuala Lampur, April 25 -- One of the biggest complaints you'll hear from local audiences with regards to mainstream Malaysian movies, especially the Malay language ones, is that there isn't enough variety in the types of films being made.

It seemed like we're being served with only a few types of mainstream movies - rempit movies, horror flicks, gangster movies and slapstick comedies.

There is some truth in this blanket statement, but only if we're talking about the situation from say, five years ago, or maybe even more.

If five years ago was the last time you went to the cinema to watch a local mainstream movie, or even worse, the last time you paid attention to the cinema release slate for Malaysian mainstream movies, then yes, that ...