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'Nanu Ki Jaanu' movie review: Cute, Harmless and Original
'Nanu Ki Jaanu' compensates for its pale notions of redemption with lots of voluptuous Punjabi-styled humour, that includes a female ghostbuster in a hip-hugging saree and with a designer handbag.
20 Apr 2018
'I feel pretty' movie review: Amy Schumer tackles body image, and it's complicated
The real problem with "I Feel Pretty," is not in its message or conception, but in its ragtag execution.
19 Apr 2018
'Super Troopers 2' movie review: The prank-loving cops of return in a crowd-funded sequel
It's about a station of prank-loving, drug-taking of Vermont highway patrolmen who couldn't take their jobs less seriously.
19 Apr 2018
'Truth or Dare' movie review: Dull, sterile imagining of a fun premise
Coming from the makers who gave us horror films like "Get Out", "Insidious", "The Purge", "Split", "Paranormal Activity" "Sinister" and "The Gift", this one is a childish diversion.
19 Apr 2018
'Kodachrome' movie review: Road trips and redemption in this Netflix film
It's based on a 2010 New York Times article about the closing of the last processor of Kodachrome, Dwayne's Photo in Kansas, that inspired photographers to develop their last rolls.
18 Apr 2018
'Krishnarjuna Yuddham' movie review: Even Nani can’t salvage this borefest
Nani plays a dual role, with the two characters – Krishna and Arjun – being in stark contrast in the film set in two different worlds.
13 Apr 2018
'Mercury' movie review: An audacious experiment
To be perfectly clear, no real explanation is ever given as to why all the characters in the film are mute -- and only communicate in sign language. Something to do with mercury poisoning?
13 Apr 2018
'October' movie review: A measured, deeply sensitive romantic drama
After the memorable Vicky Donor and the thoroughly endearing Piku, Shoojit Sircar impresses us again in his latest feature.
13 Apr 2018
'Dalapathi' movie review: A twisted tale
With its length, the film wobbles treading the long hours, making it watchable only for those who have a liking for Prem.
13 Apr 2018
'Rampage' movie review: A passable popcorn monster film devoid of novelty
Okay, the film’s titled Rampage, and it stars Dwayne Johnson. You can immediately surmise that the film is about one of two things: Dwayne Johnson going on a rampage against evil, or someone/something
13 Apr 2018
'Unfreedom' movie review: Unbearably harsh, brutal, violent
Ironically, the film -- out now on Netflix -- plays a ‘Trump' card by showing exactly what the American President claims: that the Islamic radicalisation of US is now a reality.
10 Apr 2018
'Varthamana' movie review: Confused story, unpleasant dream
Don’t look for a regular, linear plotline in Umesh Amshi’s film Varthamana, as the debutant director claims that it is simply taken from his experiences of living in Bengaluru.
06 Apr 2018
'Chal Mohan Ranga' movie review: Entertaining only in parts
One of those films where the audience knows that there is a happy ending and one of the supporting characters will end up as a scapegoat, even if the confused leads themselves seem clueless.
06 Apr 2018
'Parole' movie review: Fills you with a sense of deja vu
While Mammootty manages to perform his part convincingly (this is Mammootty after all), everyone around him delivers page after page of painfully banal dialogue that belongs in a 1990s film.
06 Apr 2018
'The Hurricane Heist' movie review: Makes for a breezy watch
In the town of Gulfport in Alabama, a category 5 storm (the highest) is about to strike, and a meteorologist, just happens to be driving through his hometown at the same time.
06 Apr 2018
'Blackmail' movie review: A wholly unnecessary Black comedy
Coitus Interruptus accurately describes 'Blackmail' - it is in love with itself a little too much and thinks itself to be clever.
06 Apr 2018
'Peter Rabbit' movie review: A comedy that works if you’re in the mood
Peter Rabbit opens with a quartet of birds breaking into a sickeningly sweet, self-righteous song while narrating a time-worn forest tale, so typical of films made exclusively for kids.
06 Apr 2018
'A Quiet Place' review: A sound horror film
John Krasinski pops us right in the middle of what appears to be a post-apocalyptic world with a cold opening, only providing us with a title card that reads ‘Day 89'.
06 Apr 2018
'A Quiet Place' review: A terrific movie about parenting
If you're bringing your usual tub of multiplex popcorn into 'A Quiet Place,' just be aware that you'll be hearing every single crunch.
06 Apr 2018
'Missing' movie review: A thriller with plot-holes galore
Touted to be a thriller, the element of thrill is sadly missing in debutant writer-director Mukul Abhyankar's ‘Missing' starring Tabu and Manoj Bajpayee.
06 Apr 2018
'Blockers' movie review: A gleefully crude farce about gender bias
Three high-school friends are determined to lose their virginity on prom night before going off to college.
05 Apr 2018
