Angrezi Mein Kehte Hain Starring Sanjai Mishra, Ekavali Khanna, Pankaj Tripathi, Anshuman Jha,Shivani Raghuvanshi, Brijendra Kala Directed by: Harish Vyas Rating: ****(4...
Raazi Starring Alia Bhatt, Vickey Kaushal Directed by Meghna Gulzar Rating: ****(4 Stars) Sometimes a flawed diamond can sparkle and shine brighter...
Hope Aur Hum Starring: Naseeruddin Shah, Sajid Kabir, Amir Bashir,Naveen Kasturia Sonali Kulkarni, Beena Bannerjee Directed by Sudeep Bandopadhyay Rating: ***(3 stars) There...
Mahanati(Telugu with English Subtitles) Starring Keerthy Suresh, Dulquer Salmaan,Samantha Akkineni,Vijay Devarakonda Directed by Nag Ashwin Rating: ****(4 stars) Truth, they say, is...
Kodachrome Starring Ed Harris, Jason Sudeikis,Elizabeth Olsen Directed by Mark Raso Rating: *1/2(one and a half stars) Of late Netflix has been giving us some thoughtproving if not always brilliant...
Starring Robert Downey Jr and the rest of the Marvel marvels. Directed by Anthony Russo, Joe Russo Rating: **(2 stars) Halfway or...
Daas Dev Starring Rahul Bhat, Richa Chadha, Adito Rao Hydari, Vipin Sharma, Sourabh Shukla, Vineet Mishra Directed by Sudhir Mishra Rating: *** ½ (3 and a half stars) The violence in the political dynamics of Sudhir Mishra’s latest work is so organized ,...
Starring Alicia Vikander, James McAvoy Rating:**(2 Stars) A very handsome production traversing many continents directed by Australia’s finest filmmaker, and a charismatic lead pair, can’t prevent this purported love epic from sliding...
Bharat Ane Nenu(Telugu) Starring Mahesh Babhu, Prakash Raj, Kiara Advani Directed by Koratala Siva Rating: ****(4 stars) Not once does this politician...
Nanu Ki Janu Starring Abhay Deol, Patralekha, Manu Rishi Chadha Directed by Faraz Haidar Rating:***(3 Stars) One moment can change your life.So says the film regarding our nasty habit of attending to the cellphone while driving. Oh...
Beyond The Clouds Introducing Ishaan Khatter, Malavika Mohanan Directed by Majidi Majidi Rating: *****(5 stars) There came a time in this cyclonic...
Omerta Starring Rajkummar Rao, Rupinder Nagra Directed by Hansal Mehta Rating: *** ½(3 a half stars) In the end we hear the nightmare-inducing sounds of man’s throat being ...
Mercury Starring Prabhudheva, Directed by Karthik Subbaraj Rating: * Sometimes the message is not enough .Not when you have to wade through...
October Starring Varun Dhawan, Introducing Banita Sandhu, Directed by Shoojit Sircar Rating: *****(5 stars) In a film where everything that could possibly wrong for the characters, does go...
Unfreedom Starring Victor Bannerjee, Bhanu Uday, Preeti Gupta, Bhavani Lee, Adil Hussain Directed by Raj Amit Kumar(out now on Netflix) Rating: ***(3 Stars) It is not difficult to understand why this film was refused a censor...
Mango Dreams(Netflix) Starring Ram Gopal Bajaj, Pankaj Tripathy, Samir Kochar, Rohini Hattangadi, S M Zaheer Directed by John Upchurch Rating: * ½(one...
Basmati Blues Starring: Brie Larson,Utkarsh Ambudkar, Scott Bakula, Donald Sutherland Directed by: Danny Baron Rating: *(1 star) The worst possible stereotypes on the Indian ruralscape runs through this puny undernourished...
S Durga Starring Rajshree Despande, Kannan Nayar Directed by Sanal Sasidharan Rating: *** ½ (3 and a half stars) The first 15...
Missing Starring: Manoj Bajpai, Tabu, Annu Kapoor Directed by: Mukul Abhyankar Rating: *** ½(3 and a half stars) That face is the map of the human heart. No one does it...
Peter Rabbit Starring Domhall Gleeson, Rose Byrne Directed by Will Gluck Rating: **(2 stars) It was 29 years ago that the idea of yoking an animation version of a...
Documentary: Ladies First Rating: ** ½ (two and a half stars) There is so much that one expects from the sharp-shooting archer Deepika Kumari story as told...
Blackmail Starring Irrfan. Kriti Kulhari,Arunodoy Singh, Divya Dutta, Praduman Singh, Anuja Sathe. Omi Vaidya Directed by Abhinay Deo Rating:****(4 Stars) If I didn’t know about Irrfan’s health issue I’d still be shaken by his hangdog unenthusiastic expression as...
Florida Project Starring Willem Dafoe, Brooklyn Prince Directed by Sean Baker Rating:*****(5 stars) Close to Disneyland in Florida are subsidized residences once meant...
Movie: Baaghi 2 Starring: Tiger Shroff, Disha Patani, Manoj Bajpai, Randeep Hooda, Deepak Dobriyal Directed by: Ahmed Khan Rating: * ½ (one and a half stars) All this while we rued what Jacqueline Fernandez was seen...
Rangasthalam(Telugu) Starring Ramcharan Teja, Samantha Akkineni, Jagapati Babu Directed by Sukumar Rating: ***(3 stars) There is something enormously endearing about a superstar trying to shed his image , to get into...
A Short Film Written & Directed by Imtiaz Ali Starring Pavail Gulati,Shreya Choudhary Rating: *(1 Star) Apart from a very engaging actor Pavail Gulati, Imtiaz Ali’s new short-film The Other Way has only one takeway at...
Pacific Rim Uprising Starring John Boyega, Cailee Spaeny Directed by Steven S DeKnight Rating: *(1 star) The BHFS, Big Hollywood Franchise Spectacle,is fast running out of steam. After...
Film: Hichki Starring: Rani Mukerjee, Neeraj Kabi, Directed by: Sidharth P Malhotra Rating: ****(4 Stars) There is a disarming idealism at the heart of this inspirational tale told without frills of fancy....
Film: Annihilation Starring Natalie Portman Directed by Alex Garland Rating: ** If you are fan of Natalie Portman and have forgiven her poor imitation of Jackie Kennedy in Jackie,...
Starring: Annette Bening, Jamie Bell Directed by Paul McGuigan Rating: *** ½(3 and a half stars) Nothing in this enchanting moving edifying tale of tragic love...
Film: The Square Starring: Claes Bang, Elizabeth Moss, Terry Notary Directed by: Ruben Ostlund Rating: * ½(one and a half stars) Look, I enjoy deviant cinema as much...
Film: Raid Starring: Ajay Devgan, Saurabh Shukla Directed by: Raj Kumar Gupta Rating: ****(4 stars) Just when you think the Bollywood thriller is running out of steam there comes Raid,a film so taut and...
Film: Tomb Raider Starring: Alicia Vikander, Dominic West Rating: * ½ It’s not as though Tomb Raider is the worst film ever made on...
Starring :Urvashi Rautela, Karan Vahi, Vivan Bhatena, Gulshan Grover Directed by: Vishal Pandya Rating: ***(3 stars) She stoops to conquer.And how! For a major part of the film all we get to see...
Film: 3 Storeys Starring: Renuka Shahane, Pulkit Samrat, Richa Chadha, Masumeh Makhija Directed by: Arjun Mukherjee Rating:*** ½(3 and a half stars) At one point in this three-storeyed plot we see a...
Film: The Argumentative Indian Director: Suman Ghosh Rating: ***1/2 It is a miracle that this vital documentary throwing light on one of...
Starring: Charles Bronson, Elizabeth Shue, Camilla Morone, Vincent d’Onofrio Directed by: Eli Roth Rating: ***(3 stars) The Death Wish remake is actually a far better...
Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, Joel Egerton Directed by: Francis Lawrence Rating: ***(three stars) Coincidentally the female heroes in both the releases this week are subjected to sadism...
Starring: Jimmy Sheirgill,Pulkit Samrat, Kriti Kharbanda, Yuvika Chowdhary, Satish Kaushik Rating: ** There are two brothers played by the talented duo Jimmy Sheirgill and Pulkit Samratm who keep knocking into an assortment of girls from Haryana and Delhi as they plough along a...
Starring: Anushka Sharma, Parambrata Chattopadhyay, Rajat Kapoor Directed by: Prosit Roy Rating: **** ½ (4 and a half stars) There is a heartstopping moment of elemental candour in this chilling portrayal of love amidst satanism, where Anushka Sharma,...
Lady Bird Starring: Saoirse Ronan, Lauri Metcalf Directed by: Greta Gerwig Rating: *** ½(3 and a half stars) There is a lot of,what one would call window-dressing...
Starring: Diljit Dosanjh, Karan Johar, Boman Irani, Lara Dutta, Ritesh Deshmukh Directed by: Chakri Toleti Rating: **(two stars) First things first.This is not a proper feature film but more of a promotional pitch...
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Starring: Frances McDormand, Woody Harrelson, Sam Rockwell Directed by: Martin McDonagh Rating: **** ½ (4 and a half stars) The ...
Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety Starring Kartik Aryan, Nushrat Bharucha, Sunny Singh Directed by Luv Ranjan Rating: 4 and a half stars There is something to be said in favour of the spoken word...
Directed by: Anand Tiwari Rating: *** ½(3 and a half stars) Not too many people write love letters these days. So let’s celebrate this love letter from actor-turned-director Anand Tiwari toBasu Chatterjee....
Movie: Black Panther Starring: Chadwick Boseman, Michael Jordan, Lupita Nyong’o Directed by: Ryan Coogler Rating: ** ½(2 and a half stars) At one point in this...
Starring: Manoj Bajpai, Siddharth Malhotra,Naseeruddin Shah, Rakul Preet Singh Written & Directed by: Neeraj Pandey Rating: ****(4 stars). At first Aiyaary seems less seamless...
Shape Of Water Starring: Sally Hawkins,Richard Jenkins, Michael Shanon, Octavia Spencer Directed by: Guillermo del Toro Rating: *** ½(3 a half stars) Touching , warm-hearted and...
Movie: Hostiles Starring: Christian Bale, Rosemund Pike Directed by Scott Cooper Rating: *** ½(3 and a half stars) Outwardly ,like most films of...
Starring: Zain Khan Durrani, Gitanjali Thapar Directed by: Onir Rating: **** ( 4 stars) In his latest directorial venture the prolific and insightful director Onir probes wounds that never heal. The love...
Starring: Akshay Kumar, Sonam Kapoor, Radhika Apte Directed by: R Balki Rating: *****(5 Stars) There was Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s stunning Padmaavat two weeks ago. There is the stunning-in-its-own-right PadMan this week. There is the period film. And then there...
Starring: Jackie Chan, Ouyang Nana, Show Lo Directed by: Leo Shang Rating: **(2 stars) Nothing infuriates more than an aging star refusing to play his age....
Movie: Den Of Thieves Starring: Gerard Butler, O’Shea Jackson Jr Directed by: Christian Gudegast Rating: * ½(one a half stars) If you love Oceans 11, then try...
Movie Review: Padmaavat Starring: Ranveer Singh, Deepika Padukone, Shahid Kapoor, Adito Rao, Jim Serbh Directed by: Sanjay Leela Bhansali Rating: *****(5 stars) For my money, there is no contemporary filmmaker with the vision and...
Vodka Diaries Starring:K K Menon, Mandira Bedi, Raima Sen, Sharib Hashmi Directed by Kushal Shrivastava Rating: ***(3 stars) It isn’t often that we get to see a suspense thriller that dares...
My Birthday Song Starring Sanjay Suri, Nora Fatehi, Zenia Starr Directed by Samir Soni Rating: ***(3 Stars) Actor Samir Soni turns director with a stylish erotic thriller about a...
The Darkest Hour Starring Gary Oldman, Kristin Scott Thomas, Lily James Directed by Joe Wright Rating: ** ½(2 and a half stars) The ...
Thaanaa Serndha Koottam Starring Suriya,Ramya Krishnan, Keerthi Suresh Directed by Vignesh Shivan Rating: ** Let’s face it, Neeraj Pandey’s Special 26 was not so special. A hodgepodge of espionage, heist, caper and satire...
Starring: Pavan Kalyan, Anu Emmanuel, Keerthy Suresh, Khushboo Directed by: Trivikram Srinivas Rating: *(1 star) If I was the producer-director of the French film Largo Winch I wouldn’t even bother to acknowledge this...
Starring: Saif Ali Khan, Akshay Oberoi, Ishita Talwar, Sobhita Dhulipala, Kunal Roy Kapoor, Vijay Raaz, Deepak Dobriyal, Shivam Patil, Shernaaz Treasurywala, Nary Singh Written & Directed: Akshat Varma Rating: *** ½(3 and a half stars) For those...
Starring: Hugh Grant,Hugh Bonnerville, Sally Hawkins,BrendanGleeson Directed by: Paul King Rating:**(2 Stars) Paddington in 2014 was so treacly it was like eating too ...
Mukkabaaz Starring Vineet Kumar, Zoya Hussain, Jimmy Sheirgill, Ravi Kissan Directed by Anurag Kashyap Rating: ****(4 stars) Really, we couldn’t hope for a better start to our movie-going spree in...
Movie: Downsizing Starring: Matt Damon, Hong Chau, Christopher Waltz Directed by: Alexander Payne Rating: **(2 stars) It is heartbreaking to see so much earnestness...
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Starring Frances McDormand, Woody Harrelson, Sam Rockwell Directed by Martin McDonagh Rating: **** ½ (4 and a half stars) The ...
Pitch Perfect 3 Starring Anna Kedrick, Rebel Wilson Directed by Trish Sie Rating: **(2 stars) Thankfully, this franchise has run its course. Though I ...
Starring Lin Shaye, Directed by Adam Robitel Rating: * ½(one a half stars) Really, now. The American horror genre has run out of ideas....
Starring: Dwayne Johnson, Jack Black, Kevin Hart, Karen Gillan Directed by Jake Kasdan Rating: 0 stars This has got to be the most cretinous...
The Greatest Showman Starring Hugh Jackmam, Zac Efron,Michelle Williams, RebeccaFergusson Directed by Michael Gracey Rating: *** ½(3 a half stars) What is it about morality tales that...
Hello(Telugu) Starring Akhil Akkineni, Kalyani Priyadarshan Directed by Vikram Kumar Rating:***(3 stars) There is much yet to be said about the first flush of love.Luca Guadagnino’s Call Me By...
Tiger Zinda Hai Starring Salman Khan, Katrina Kaif, Sajjad Delafrooz, GirishKarnad, Kumud Mishra, Paresh Rawal Directed by Ali Abbas Zafar Rating: *** ( 3 Stars) When did this Tiger ever stop roaring? Well…okay, Tubelight didn’t quite work...
Starring: Daisy Ridley, Adam Driver, Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill Directed by: Rian Johnson Rating: ** ½ (2 a half stars) The good news about the...
Starring: Vijay Verma, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Tannishtha Chatterjee, Gitanjali Thapa,Farhan Mohammed Hanif Sheikh Directed by: Amit Kumar Rating: *** ½(3 and a half stars) Rain-splashed bloodied puddles of questioning probing searching emotional and physical violence…Monsoon Shootout is...
Starring: Mel Gibson, John Lithgow, Will Farrell, Mark Walhberg Directed by: Sean Anders Rating:*** It is important to understand that political correctness is not...
Bjorn Versus McEnroe Starring: Sverrir Gudanson, Shia LaBeouf Directed by: Janus Metz Rating: ** ½(2 and a half stars) The best of intentions and impeccable casting do...
Starring: Richa Chadha, Pulkit Samrat, Ali Fazal, Manjot Singh,Varun Sharma Directed by: Mrighdeep Singh Lamba Rating: *** ½(3 a half stars) There is a kind of quirky credibility in the way the characters...
Starring Sunny Leone , Arbaaz Khan, Aarya Babbar, Salil Ankola, Sudha Chandran Directed by Rajeev Walia Rating: (0 stars) If God, CBFC and Karni Sena(not necessarily in that order) had permitted we’d be watching Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Padmavati this...
Starring: Kapil Sharma, Monica Gill,Ishita Dutta, Anjan Shrivastava, Edward Sonenblick Directed by: Rajiev Dhingra Rating: ****(4 stars) In his second –and far superior to the first—outing as a feature-film star,Kapil Sharma ...
Starring: Kenneth Branagh, Judi Dench, Johnny Depp, Penelope Cruz, Willem Defoe, Michelle Pfeiffer Directed by: Kenneth Branagh Rating; ** ½(2 and a half stars) Unless you are...
Starring: Shefali Shah, Manish Choudhary Directed by: Neeraj Ghaywan Rating: ***(3 stars) It is easy to rave about a film that champions the middleclass housewife’s cause with such intense enthusiasm. Juice,...
Movie: Julie 2 Starring: Rai Laxmi, Ravi Kishan, Aditya Shrivastava, Pankaj Tripathy Directed by: Deepak Shivdasani Rating: ***(3 stars) Films about the movie industry tend to demonstrate the sleazy side of...
Movie: Ajji Starring Sushma Despande, Sharvani Suryavanshi, Sadiya Siddiqui Directed by Devashish Makhija Rating: ****(4 Stars) It’s not so much the horror of a 10-year old girl’s rape that hits...
Movie: Tumhari Sulu Starring: Vidya Balan, Manav Kaul, Neha Dhupia, Vijay Mourya Directed by: Suresh Triveni Rating: *** ½ One extra star in this flawed and often loosely structured film for Vidya Balan’s extraordinarily empathetic...
Movie: Panchlait Starring: Amitosh Nagpal, Anuradha Mukherjee,Yashpal Sharma,Rajesh Sharma Directed by: Prem Prakash Modi Rating: ***(3 Stars) If you’ve ever been in a village of North Bihar, or, better still, lived the...
Shaadi Mein Zarooor Aana… Shaadi Mein Zaroor Aaana Starring: Rajkummar Rao,Kriti Kharbanda Directed by Ratnaa Sinha Rating: ***(3 stars) Kanpur joins the growing league of North Indian towns that have lately been used to...
The House Next Door Starring Siddharth, Andrea Jeremiah,Anisha Angelina Directed by Milind Rau Rating: ***(3 stars) Horror as a genre can be horrific in Indian cinema...
Qarib Qarib Singlle Starring Irrfan, Parvathi Directed by Tanuja Chandra Rating: ****(4 stars) Look, there are lots of problems in Qareeb Qareeb Singlle. As there are in life. But that’s what...
Starring Akshaye Khanna,Sidharth Malhotra, Sonakshi Sinha Directed by Abhay Chopra Rating: * ½(one and a half stars) This 2-hour thriller claiming to...
The first time that I met Shah Rukh he was shooting for one of the few flops he has done in recent...
Ribbon Starring: Kalki Koechlin, Sumeet Vyas Directed by: Raakhee Sandilya Rating:*** ½(3 and a half stars) And then, something happens. Something awful and irreversibly life-changing happens in this...
Villain(Malayalam) Starring Mohanlal, Vishal Krishna, Anju Warrier Directed by B Unnikrishnan Rating: ***(3 stars) The thing about Mohanlal is , he sees things that others can’t. And he makes us...
Starring Adarsh Gourav, Manoj Bajpayee, Smita Tambe, Kumud Mishra Direced By Atanu Mukherjee Rating:*** ½(3 and a half stars) [wp-review id=””] It...
Starring: Richa Chaddha, Kalki Koechlin, Arslan Goni Directed by: Howard Rosemeyer Rating:***(3 stars) Jia Aur Jia Movie Review: Why should boys have all the fun?Just the sheer pleasure of watching two...
Starring: Ajay Devgan ,Tabu, Parineeti Chopra, plus the usualGolmaal gang Directed by: Rohit Shetty Rating: * ½(one and a half stars) Half a star extra for this cold turkey ...
Secret Superstar Starring: Zaira Wasim,Aamir Khan Directed by: Advait Chandan Rating: ** ½ (two and a half stars) It is easy and comforting to get swayed by ...
Movie Review: Victoria & Abdul Starring Judi Dench, Ali Fazal, Directed by Stephen Frears Rating: *** ½(3 and a half stars) There has been a...
Movie Review: Outwardly sunny bright cheerful and brimming with joie de vivre, Bejoy Nambiar’s startling omnibus opens on a deceptively positive note as a college romance burgeons...
Movie Review 2049: Do yourself a favour. Run away from Blade Runner 2049 as far as you can while you still have time. It...
Some truths are so painful that the pain must transmit itself to the audience if it must be made into cinema. The Silence is...
Movie Review: Once in a while in my long career as a movie fanatic I come across a sparkling gem that reminds me ...
Movie Review: Nostradamus has a new avatar, And it is such a pleasure to see Tom Alter just weeks after his death,...