Movie Review

There are enough rich-people-doing-rich-stuff shows on OTT, so what makes this whodunit murder mystery a clickbait on Netflix? For starters, the impressive ensemble, renowned Danish director Susanne Bier and the fact that it is an adaptation of Elin Hilderbrand’s book...

It’s amazing how a ticking clock can be used to keep us on the edge of our seats for those few minutes as Apollo 13 loses communication with the ground after it re-enters Earth’s atmosphere. This despite knowing that it’s...

A rich heiress thrown out of her palatial mansion… the basic theme of ‘Call Me Bae’ might remind you of ‘Schitt’s Creek’ in which a multibillionaire family suddenly has to rediscover themselves sans their riches. Baeurf Bella (Ananya Panday), too,...

An interesting premise fails to deliver because of sketchy writing and scatter-brained treatment

Rupert Sanders (‘Ghost in the Shell, ‘Snow White and the Huntsman’) re-envisions the dark super-heroics of James O’Barr’s comic about a man who comes back from the dead to avenge his girlfriend’s murder as a sort of homage to Brandon...

Adam Sandler is back on stage with his comedy special. Some stupid jokes, crude ones too, peppy songs to a heartfelt tribute, this not so long Netflix show comes packed with his signature silly voices, funny antics and some really...

JRR Tolkien’s novels and Peter Jackson’s trilogies made the world of ‘The Lord of the Rings’ (‘LOTR’) an epic that fans of the fantasy genre couldn’t get enough of. The lore of ‘LOTR’ is sacred and not many have thought...

Capitulation to terror elements, or a trade-off to save precious lives? Making a series on an incident which many are likely to see as an abject surrender to terrorists requires some courage. In times when we are blowing the trumpet...

Simply put, it’s a ‘lesbian rom-com’ drama belted out by one half of Coen brothers. Together, Joel and Ethan have given us fun movies like ‘Fargo’, ‘The Big Lebowski’, ‘Where Art Thou?’ and the crime thriller, ‘No Country for Old...

There have been nine editions in the ‘Alien’ franchise, and the story has nowhere to go except to mirror and reference past events with newer younger actors. The template remains the same, with a few diversions here and there. ‘Romulus’...

The fans of ‘Emily in Paris’, who have been glued to the show ever since it dropped in 2020, know too well — the more things change, the more they remain the same. Thus, you can’t possibly expect dramatic, earth-shaking...

‘Kitne aadmi they — do!’ And these ‘do’ were the hottest selling duo, writing 24 films together, 22 of these blockbusters! The famous Salim-Javed story gets to the masses with docu-series ‘Angry Young Men’. And, it’s a masterclass in how...

‘Pushpa, I hate tears’

Mona Five years after ‘Batla House’, director-actor duo Nikkhil Advani and John Abraham once again come together in the Independence Day release ‘Vedaa’. The action drama is a revenge story that moves from verdant Kashmir to royal Rajasthan! The plot...

Parbina Rashid Voila! Akshay Kumar has shed his fake moustache and the acquired ultra-nationalistic aura for Mudassar Aziz, and that’s quite refreshing. The familiar Khiladi plays an unfamiliar game here, but he is in form. We may not agree with...

Nonika Singh Six years ago, when ‘Stree’ was released, it established horror.com as a commercially viable genre. Yesterday’s sleeper hit is today a full-blown franchise, evident not only in full-house shows across the country, but its surprise guest entries boasting...

Sheetal Can one change the past and hence the future? ‘Gyaarah Gyaarah’ by Umesh Bisht answers the question by bending the laws of nature, science and mystery in this investigative thriller. ‘Gyaarah Gyaarah’ is adapted from a Korean series, ‘Signal’,...

Mona For starters, it’s just not another two-hour-long romantic drama, but a phenomenon. When one of the bestselling authors of current times Colleen Hoover’s most notable work, ‘It Ends With Us’, gets a screen outing, there is already a tribe...

Johnson Thomas Director and co-writer Eli Roth’s attempt to score with a ‘game’ franchise comes a cropper because his vision for the adaptation is sorely lacking in skill and imagination. Lilith (Cate Blanchett), the main heroine, is quick with a...

Nonika Singh Those like us who found ‘Haseen Dillruba’ not all that haseen don’t quite expect too much from its sequel. Yet, ‘Phir Aayi Hasseen Dillruba’ comes riding on an interesting new twist, and additions. To say that ‘Phir…’ is...

Sheetal We’ve seen movies involving Indian and Pakistani intelligence agencies, where things generally don’t end well for the ones on the evil side. But what happens when your protagonist is cooperating with the enemy? Director Sudhanshu Saria has made ‘Ulajh’...

Parbina Rashid Prabhas calls him a mad person. “He will beg, borrow, steal or even kill to get 100 per cent out of his actors,” NT Rama Rao Jr chips in. Grudgingly admiring words! Even his cousin, MM Keeravani, talks...

Johnson Thomas Manoj Night Shyamalan’s latest project, ‘Trap’, has him teaming up with Josh Hartnett, who happens to be on a comeback trail himself. This film is meant to be a white-knuckle suspense thriller laced with black comedy and it...

Nonika Singh Tales of star-crossed lovers have given us many touching films. Add to it the deep shade of sacrifice as in yesteryear classics or modern-day ‘Raanjhanaa’, and there’s nothing better to tug at our heartstrings. As ‘Auron Mein Kahan...