Movie Review

Parbina Rashid Spoiler alert! There is no cow flying in this one. Yes, the black and white (or, was it brown and white) bovine from ‘Twister’, which became a symbol of disaster movies, is missing in this standalone sequel of...

Nonika Singh It’s a strange, tangled love triangle and at one level, progressive too. A woman expecting twins by not one but two men is certainly a novel idea and out of the box, indeed. A sequel to the highly...

Sheetal There’s a reason Luv Ranjan’s love and break-up universe is received with open arms. It catches the pulse of modern-day relationships and friendships. But Ranjan-backed ‘Wild Wild Punjab’ takes a wild turn and steers away from its staple plot,...

Johnson Thomas Though a fresh romcom genre offering, ‘Fly Me to The Moon’ is not exactly a risible entertainer. The narrative is a bit confused about the tone it needs to stick to. There are bits of comedy, satire, drama...

Parbina Rashid Older, wiser, deadlier — that’s how fans of Indian, aka Senapathy, who is now teaching Indian martial arts in Taipei, perceives the erstwhile vigilante as they get ready to welcome him back after they find him through a...

Nonika Singh Behind every successful man, there is an obstacle race, endless challenges and, of course, steely grit and obsessive determination. Here there is a woman, too, but more on her later. As expected in a Bollywood film, ‘Sarfira’, an...

Sheetal This triple collaboration between producers Karan Johar and Guneet Monga and overseas distribution partners Lionsgate Studios is being marketed as the most violent film Bollywood has ever made. Starring known faces yet relatively new actors, Raghav Juyal, Lakshya...

Johnson Thomas Directed by Chris Renaud, with screenplay by Mike White and franchise stalwart Ken Daurio, ‘Despicable Me 4’ is not exactly a winning creative follow-up to this financially proficient series. The new setting, new villain and new characters, including...

Parbina Rashid In 2012, Ayushmann Khurrana’s debut film ‘Vicky Donor’ created quite a stir for its bold concept. Critics hailed director Shoojit Sircar for his ‘fertile’ imagination for touching a taboo subject like sperm donation. We loved serial sperm...

Nonika Singh As ‘Mirzapur’, one of India’s most successful franchises, moves into its third season, the delectable signature tune, one of the high points of the series, is the same. So is the signature touch. It’s still the killing...

Punjabi superstars Diljit Dosanjh and Neeru Bajwa impress with their onscreen chemistry in this third outing of the hit franchisee

Sheetal Set in Rautu Ki Beli village in Uttarakhand, this detective noir film comes from ‘The Fakir of Venice’ director Anand Surapur. Starring Nawazuddin Siddiqui as Inspector Deepak Negi, this would rate among his most subtle performances. Streaming on Zee5,...

Johnson Thomas Tahira Kashyap Khurrana’s debut directorial feature is a multi-generational ensemble about the modern, middle-class female experience. It focuses on the lives of urban girls/women with Sharma as their common surname. We get a fairly warm, tender dekko into...

Parbina Rashid Celine Dion made us believe in the ‘Power of Love’ when we were young (Jennifer Rush originally sang the song, but Dion owned it with her 1993 cover). Decades later, she makes us believe in the ‘power of...

Nonika Singh Many of us cinephiles have always believed that India’s answer to Hollywood’s ‘Avengers’ and Marvel Cinematic Universe lies in our layered and surrealistic mythology. Telugu director Nag Ashwin has not only managed to dig deep into our mythical...

Vikrant Parmar It’s a fight between good and evil — everyone knows who wins, right? In the Netflix movie Maharaj the course is the same, only the route full of potholes! But before that, why are the religious sentiments of...