The biggest high of the film is its super-stylised action.
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Until Dawn
Cast: Ella Rubin, Michael Cimino, Odessa A'zion, Ji-young Yoo, Belmont Cameli, Maia Mitchell, Peter Stormare, Willem van der Vegt
This film is unlikely to satisfy fans of the game or the horror genre.
Ground Zero
Cast: Emraan Hashmi, Sai Tamhankar, Zoya Hussain, Abhay Dheeraj Singh, Deepak Parmesh, Lalit Prabhakar, Rockey Raina and Rahul Vohra
A detour from the current style of hyper-nationalistic storytelling, the film is refreshing
Netflix Jewel Thief: The Heist Begins
Cast: Saif Ali Khan, Jaideep Ahlawat, Kunal Kapoor and Nikita Dutta
Despite style and speed, ‘Jewel Thief’ leaves you thoroughly dejected.
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Paddington in Peru
Cast: Ben Whishaw, Hugh Bonneville, Emily Mortimer, Antonio Banderas, Olivia Colman, Julie Walters, Samuel Joslin, Madeleine Harris
‘Paddington in Peru’ may not be as good as its predecessors ‘Paddington’ (2014) and ‘Paddington 2’ (2017), but it has got its own brand of fun
The Amit Golani directorial focuses on the life of an influencer and serves the tale as a psychological thriller
Kesari Chapter 2
Cast: Akshay Kumar, Ananya Panday, R Madhavan, Steven Hartley, Mark Bennington, Simon Paisley Day
‘Kesari Chapter 2’ comes with the tagline: ‘The Untold Story of Jallianwala Bagh’, but this story has found its way to the silver screen time and again
Akaal
Cast: Gippy Grewal, Nimrat Khaira, Gurpreet Ghuggi, Nikitin Dheer, Mita Vashisht, Prince Kanwaljit Singh, Jaggi Singh, Shinda Grewal, Ekom Grewal and Apinderdeep Singh
Set in Punjab right after Maharaja Ranjit Singh’s demise, Akaal: The Unconquered’ delivers a hefty entertainer
Jaat
Cast: Sunny Deol, Regina Cassandra, Randeep Hooda, Vineet Kumar Singh, Saiyami Kher, Ramya Krishnan, Jagapathi Babu, P Ravi Shankar, Babloo Prithiveeraj and Zarina Wahab
Jaat leaves you with little time to pause and think and qualifies as a mass entertainer
Test Netflix The worlds of three ordinary people converge during a historic cricket match in Chennai, ultimately forcing them to make life-altering decisions. The Tamil language sports drama, which stars Madhavan, Nayanthara, Siddharth and Meera Jasmine in key roles, marks...
Netflix The Life List
Cast: Sofia Carson, Kyle Allen, Connie Britton, Michael Rowland, Sebastian de Souza, Maria Jung and Kyle Allen
To be a great teacher, to play one-on-one with one of the New York Knicks, to try a stand-up comedy act, to find true love… ‘The Life List’ charts the journey of Alexandra, aka Alex, on the wrong side of...
Minecraft, the game, was released in 2011 by Swedish developer Markus Persson, and it was about creative world-building within a digital landscape. The film, though, had a set agenda and it was not possible for the players to choose their...
Prime video The Bondsman
Cast: Kevin Bacon, Jennifer Nettles, Beth Grant, Damon Herriman and Maxwell Jenkins
Demon and devil! Is there a difference? In Christian theology, a demon refers to a category of evil spirits, while devil is a specific individual, the leader of these demons. In this Thor Freudenthal, Sanaa Hamri, Catriona McKenzie and Lauren...
SonyLiv Chamak: The Conclusion
Cast: Manoj Pahwa, Gippy Grewal, Paramvir Cheema, Mohit Malik, Isha Talwar, Navneet Nishan, Akasa Singh, Mukesh Chhabra and Prince Kanwaljit Singh
What can be more fascinating than a glimpse into what goes on behind the scenes in the Punjabi music industry? Invariably reverberating with rocking beats, it has deep fault lines that are exposed every now and then. So, can a...
Sikandar
Cast: Salman Khan, Rashmika Mandanna, Kajal Aggarwal, Sathyaraj, Sharman Joshi, Prateik Babbar, Anjini Dhawan, Kishore, Jatin Sarna, Sanjay Kapoor, Nawab Shah and Vishal Vashishtha
Logic has never been the strength of Salman Khan’s ‘suspension of credulity’ variant of films. But at least massy entertainment high on actiona and drama with right tadka of comedy has been his and his kind of cinema’s forte. Alas,...
The White Lotus Season 3
Cast: Leslie Bibb, Carrie Coon, Walton Goggins, Sarah Catherine Hook, Jason Isaacs, Lalisa Manobal, Michelle Monaghan, Sam Nivola, Parker Posey, Natasha Rothwell, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Tayme Thapthimthong, Aimee Lou Wood and Sam Rockwell
Lust and pleasure, pain and meditation, West and East… can all these inhabit the same space? Well, in Mike White’s third season of ‘The White Lotus’, they do. Those familiar with his award-winning franchise and template are well aware that...
Black Bag
Cast: Michael Fassbender, Gustaf Skarsgard, Cate Blanchett, Marisa Abela, Naomie Harris, Tom Burke
Stephen Soderbergh’s spy thriller ‘Black Bag’ plays it vocal. It is a taut, smart film with a lot of details and little clues pieced together to form a grand scheme. It’s nothing new as far as the spy fiction genre...
When a film is titled ‘Holland’ and set in a place filled with Dutch-Americans, tulips and windmills, and all establishments are named after it (Holland Optometry, Holland High School and so on), one expects the town to be as much...
Tenu Ghodi Kinney Chadaya
Cast: Harby Sangha, Raavi Kaur Bal, Raj Dhaliwal, Mahabir Bhullar, Gurpreet Toti and Gurinder Makhna
Having spent an hour and 40 minutes watching a movie and not knowing where to start… this can be a sign of being deeply moved or utterly unimpressed. In this case, it’s the latter, and the rating reflects it. But...
Mufasa The Lion King JioHotstar The movie is about a lost and lonely cub who meets a sympathetic lion named Taka, the heir to the royal bloodline.
Anora JioHotstar Starring Mikey Madison, Yuriy Borisov and Mark Eydelshteyn, ‘Anora’ follows the journey of a 23-year-old stripper, whose life takes an unexpected turn when she meets Ivan Zakharov, the young son of a wealthy Russian businessman. The film won...
In a father-daughter story at heart, a dance reality show forms the backdrop of Remo D’Souza’s directorial ‘Be Happy’. A single father, Shiv Rustogi is raising eight-year-old Dhara along with his father-in-law Nadar in scenic Ooty. The born-to-dance Dhara lands...
Netflix Adolescence
Cast: Owen Cooper, Stephen Graham, Ashley Walters, Faye Marsay and Christine Tremarco
When was the last time we were intrigued by the technical side of a film, much more than its subject or acting? Not in recent memory! Director Philip Barantini’s ‘Adolescence’, a four-episode British crime drama about a teenager accused of...
Snow White
Cast: Rachel Zegler, Emilia Faucher, Gal Gadot, Hadley Fraser, Lorena Andrea and Andrew Burnap
Live-action remakes of classic animated tales have been getting tiresome, but ‘Snow White’, the latest from the Disney stable, marks a turning point for the production house. It may not be their best work, but it certainly is not as...
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