Cast: Akshay Kumar, Riteish Deshmukh, Abhishek Bachchan, Sanjay Dutt, Jackie Shroff, Fardeen Khan, Shreyas Talpade, Nana Patekar, Dino Morea, Jacqueline Fernandez, Nargis Fakhri, Sonam Bajwa, Chitrangada Singh, Soundarya Sharma, Chunky Panday, Johnny Lever and Nikitin Dheer
(2/5)‘Housefull 5’ is like a cruise with no captain, weak direction, and everyone screaming, hoping a plot floats by in the ocean
Cast: Jon Hamm, Amanda Peet, Olivia Munn, Mark Tallman, Hoon Lee, Lena Hall and Aimee Carrero
(3/5)The show follows Andrew Cooper aka Coop, played by Jon Hamm, a former hedge fund manager who has lost his job, his marriage and, most importantly, control over the life he once so carefully curated.
The directorial debut of Karan Tejpal not only brings to fore some significant issues, but also has a visceral engaging quality to its proceedings
Cast: Kamal Haasan, Nassar, Trisha Krishnan, Silambarasan TR, Aishwarya Lekshmi, Rohit Saraf, Mahesh Manjrekar, Ali Fazal, Abhirami, Joju George, Sanjana Krishnamoorthy, Bagavathi Perumal and Ashok Selvan
(2/5)‘Thug Life’ is a tiresome retread of gangster films and has nothing unique or novel to speak of
Cast: John Krasinski, Natalie Portman, Domhnall Gleeson, Eiza Gonzalez, Stanley Tucci and Arian Moayed
(2.5/5)‘Fountain of Youth’ is easy to watch, and there are a few fun moments. But it’s also forgettable
Cast: Sargun Mehta, Ammy Virk, Nimrat Khaira, Nirmal Rishi and Karamjit Anmol
(2.5/5)Even though funny, ‘Saunkan Saunkanay 2’ lacks the emotional heft of its wildly entertaining predecessor
Cast: Roshan Mathew, Mohit Raina, Sarah Jane Dias, Trinetra Haldar, Ninad Kamat, Mahesh Shetty, Heeba Shah and Usha Nadkarni
(3/5)In a land where bhai-bhai bonding is epitomised with virtuous broad-strokes, clearly the complexity and toxicity of this ‘Karan Arjun’ is a refreshing departure. It might be too much to handle for those who swear by familial ties
Cast: Ben Wang, Jackie Chan, Ralph Macchio, Joshua Jackson, Sadie Stanley, Ming-Na Wen, Aramis Knight and Wyatt Oleff
(2.5/5)The original ‘Karate Kid’ remains unmatched. This one mines nostalgia
Cast: Rajkummar Rao, Wamiqa Gabbi, Raghubir Yadav, Sanjay Mishra, Seema Pahwa, Zakir Hussain, Anubha Fatehpuria and Ishtiyak Khan
(2.5/5)The story, written and directed by Karan Sharma, employs some deft touches to drive home the point.
Cast: Maia Kealoha, Chris Sanders, Sydney Agudong, Billy Magnussen, Zach Galifianakis, Hannah Waddingham, Courtney B Vance and Tia Carrere
(2.5/5)The family values on display are heartfelt, and the narrative delivers some laughs but the whole is not as appealing as the 2002 original
Despite having scenes staged in public guerrilla-style, you don’t feel the urgency or spontaneity here
Cast: Miku Martineau, Ayo Solanke, Eve Edwards, Clara Alexandrova, Hunter Cardinal, Ryan Sutherland
(4/5)This live-action adaptation plunges viewers into the exclusive, cut-throat world of St Dominic’s Prep, a school where the real curriculum is gambling and the stakes are social status
Cast: Tom Cruise, Hayley Atwell, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, Henry Czerny, Angela Bassett, Esai Morales and Pom Klementieff
(3.5/5)Tom Cruise returns with a film built on high-octane action, stunning visuals and borderline absurd twists, and yet manages to strike a chord
The documentary shows how the US ensured nobody questioned its authority.
Cast: Alberto Olmo, Elea Rochera, Sara Arino, Farid Bechara, Mirela Balic, Fer Fraga and Enrique Arce
(2/5)Despite the high production quality and peppy beats, the plot is super flimsy.
Cast: Kaitlyn Santa Juana, Teo Briones, Richard Harmon, Owen Joyner, Berc Bassinger, Tony Todd
(4/5)The movie is well made, with good music and strong camera work
Cast: Neil Nitin Mukesh, Jacqueline Fernandez, Sumedh Mudgalkar, Siddharth Nigam, Priyank Sharma, Boman Irani, Shazahn Padamsee and Anusha Mani
(2.5/5)There are flaws, but the passion behind the making of ‘Hai Junoon’ makes it more than watchable.
Cast: Kerry Washington, Omar Sy, Mark Strong, Da'Vine Joy Randolph, Method Man, Ed Quinn, Shaina West and Natalia Reyes
(1.5/5)‘Shadow Force’ is far from a solid action thriller.
Cast: Vince Vaughn, Susan Sarandon, Lorraine Bracco, Talia Shire, Brenda Vaccaro, Linda Cardellini, Drea de Matteo, Joe Manganiello and Michael Rispoli
(2.5/5)hat makes ‘Nonnas’ even more endearing is that this is a story based out of true life!
Cast: Tina Fey, Steve Carell, Will Forte, Kerri Kenney-Silver, Marco Calvani, Erika Henningsen and Colman Domingo
(4/5)Created by comedy stars Tina Fey, Lang Fisher and Tracey Wigfield, this eight-episode series is a fresh take on Alan Alda’s 1981 movie of the same name.
Cast: Bhumi Pednekar, Ishaan Khatter, Sakshi Tanwar, Zeenat Aman, Nora Fatehi, Vihaan Samat, Dino Morea, Milind Soman, Chunky Panday, Lisa Mishra, Sumukhi Suresh and Luke Kenny
‘The Royals’, touted as a romcom, is expectedly a love story between a blue-blooded heir and a commoner
Black, White & Gray — Love Kills SonyLIV The docu-drama follows a journalist on a mission to uncover a trail of murders linked to a young man from an economically disadvantaged background. As he delves deeper into the investigation, he...
Taking us back on a ride through the rough times of 1914, Guru Nanak Jahaz powerfully explores the tragic Komagata Maru incident—a real and painful part of history. The movie is an honest attempt at depicting the story of 376...
Cast: Florence Pugh, Sebastian Stan, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Wyatt Russell, David Harbour, Hannah John-Kamen, Lewis Pullman, Olga Kurylenko, Geraldine Viswanathan, Wendell Edward Pierce, Chris Bauer
(3/5)‘Thunderbolts’, the latest in Marvel’s second generation comic book hero movie adaptations, is a refreshingly fun engagement. It doesn’t have the power and dynamics of ‘The Avengers’, but it sits pretty well in the MCU. This new chapter, a sort...
Cast: Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Priya Bapat, Kishore Kumar G, Gagan Dev Riar, Hussain Dala
(2.5/5)Set in the Goa of the 1990s, the film revolves around Costao, who on a tip-off goes all by himself to seize 15,000 kg of gold being smuggled into the state by a mobster
Cast: Penn Badgley, Charlotte Ritchie, Madeline Brewer, Tati Gabrielle, Amy-Leigh Hickman, Anna Camp, Griffin Matthews, Nava Mau and Natasha Behnam
(2.5/5)‘You’ was at its absolute best through its first three seasons
Cast: Ajay Devgn, Riteish Deshmukh, Vaani Kapoor, Rajat Kapoor, Saurabh Shukla, Supriya Pathak, Amit Sial, Shruti Pandey, Brijendra Kala, Yashpal Sharma and Govind Namdev
(2.5/5)‘Raid 2’ is not a spiritual sequel, as has become the norm today. Rather, it is still the tale of the upright income-tax officer Amay Patnaik
The biggest high of the film is its super-stylised action.
Cast: Ella Rubin, Michael Cimino, Odessa A'zion, Ji-young Yoo, Belmont Cameli, Maia Mitchell, Peter Stormare, Willem van der Vegt
(2.5/5)This film is unlikely to satisfy fans of the game or the horror genre.