Tag: movie
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Snow White movie review: Rachel Zegler, Gal Gadot cannot save this vanilla iteration of the fairy tale
Read Latest News Rachel Zegler in ‘Snow White’ There have been all sorts of clamour against this live-action remake of Disney’s 1937 animated film, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, based on the Grimm fairy tale, Snow White. There were angry reactions to casting Rachel Zegler as the titular character and then her pro-Palestine comments…
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Warner Bros in talks for sale of John Cena’s shelved movie ‘Coyote Vs Acme’
Read Latest News John Cena | Photo Credit: MARIO ANZUONI Hollywood studio Warner Bros is in negotiations for the sale of its scrapped movie, Coyote vs Acme, starring John Cena. According to entertainment news outlet Deadline, Ketchup Entertainment is expected to land distribution rights for Coyote vs Acme. Though the sale has not closed, the…
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‘My Melbourne’ movie review: ‘Setara’ shines in this otherwise insipid multigrain recipe
Read Latest News A still from ‘My Melbourne’. | Photo Credit: Mind Blowing Films/YouTube Celebrating the cultural ethos of a city through an anthology is not a new cinematic concept. Over the years, we have watched films etching the spirit of Paris, Tokyo, and Mumbai on celluloid. This week, we have some distinguished names from…
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‘Perusu’ movie review: ‘Stand-up comedy’ gets a new definition in Vaibhav’s mindless entertainer
Read Latest News A still from ‘Perusu’ | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement A bit of googling tells how terminal erection or death erection is an actual condition that’s very much as shocking as it sounds. It is also the core idea behind director Ilango Ram’s Perusu, the remake of the director’s Sinhala-language comedy-drama Tentigo, which…
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‘The Electric State’ movie review: 320 million reasons why the Russos have lost the plot
Read Latest News A still from ‘The Electric State’ | Photo Credit: Netflix The Russos are cooked. At this point, Netflix’s unwavering commitment to funding the brothers’ algorithmically engineered blockbusters feels like an expensive experiment in diminishing returns. A bloated and deeply confused adaptation of Simon Stalenhag’s somber, visually arresting illustrated novel, The Electric State…
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‘Inn Galiyon Mein’ movie review: In the lanes of love and tolerance
Read Latest News A still from ‘Inn Galiyon Mein’. | Photo Credit: Zee Music Company/YouTube Sometimes, the timing of a film’s release makes it special. A few years back, Inn Galiyon Main would have been dubbed dated for repeating the obvious. Today, its theme is here and now. Mostly, social values inform a film, but sometimes, a social churn…
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‘Dilruba’ movie review: Kiran Abbavaram’s film is confusing than heartfelt
Read Latest News Rukshar Dhillon, Kiran Abbavaram in ‘Dilruba’ | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Dilruba, the romance-action drama starring Kiran Abbavaram, Rukshar Dhillon and Kathryn Davison, has a fairly intriguing premise. To make amends for a misstep from the past, an ex returns to her former boyfriend’s turf and helps him reconcile with a current…
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‘Universal Language’ movie review: Lost in translation, found in kindness
Read Latest News Produced in an era crowded with movies about division, Matthew Rankin’s ‘Universal Language’ stands out for its generosity, for the way it insists that compassion is always possible, even in an estranged world built on mistrust Source Link ~ Read More News like this ~ Don’t Miss Amazon’s Top Treasures & Fan…
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‘Be Happy’ movie review: Abhishek Bachchan hits the right beats in Remo D’Souza’s love letter to dance
Read Latest News Abhishek Bachchan and Inayat Verma in ‘Be Happy’ | Photo Credit: Prime Video An old Yiddish proverb goes, “Man makes plans, and God laughs.” However, Remo D’Souza’s latest directorial, Be Happy, is particularly painful as God takes to task a young girl who makes plans for a future she dreams of dancing…
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‘Court’ movie review: Priyadarshi leads a compelling drama directed by Ram Jagadeesh
Read Latest News The strength of Court: State Vs a Nobody, debut director Ram Jagadeesh’s Telugu film, lies in its simple yet powerful truth —that the world would be a better place if those in power carried out their duties with sincerity. In this case, the focus is on the judiciary. Through an underdog narrative,…
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‘The Diplomat’ movie review: Diplomacy for the Dummies
Read Latest News John Abraham in a still from ‘The Diplomat’ | Photo Credit: T-Series/YouTube In 2017, Uzma Ahmed made headlines when she was rescued from her abusive Pakistani husband by the Indian High Commission officials under the supervision of the then Minister of External Affairs, Sushma Swaraj. Director Shivam Nair joins forces with actor-producer…
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Aamir Khan turns 60: Six iconic movie scenes to celebrate with
Read Latest News Stills from across Aamir Khan’s filmography Just like that… Aamir Khan is 60. One of the biggest stars of Indian cinema, Khan — a producer’s son who learned to combine commerce and craft, with his films conquering far-off territories including China — has committed several memorable moments to screen. He broke out as…
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BIFFes 2025: ‘Humans of Loop’ wins best Indian film award; ‘Mikka Bannada Hakki’ adjudged best Kannada movie
Read Latest News Manohara K., director of Mikka Bannada Hakki, receiving the award at the valedictory function of BIFFes in Bengaluru on Saturday. Theatre personality Arundhati Nag received the Lifetime Achievement Award on behalf of Shabana Azmi. | Photo Credit: K. MURALI KUMAR Humans in the Loop, a Hindi film that blends the themes of…
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‘Sthal’ movie review: A sharp critique of traditional matchmaking practice
Read Latest News As the world customarily deliberates on a woman’s place in society this week, writer-director Jayant Somalkar shows us the mirror through a deceptively simple take on the patriarchal roots of the traditional matchmaking process and the attendant social churn in our villages. Structured like a coming-of-age story of a village girl struggling to find…
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‘Mithya’ movie review: Sumanth Bhat’s debut is a moving reflection of a troubled childhood
Read Latest News Athish Shetty in ‘Mithya’. | Photo Credit: Paramvah Studios/YouTube In Sumanth Bhat’s Mithya, Mithun, a.k.a Mithya (Athish Shetty), is hesitant to move forward as he stands alone and stares at his new house. The poignant Kannada film, which premiered at MAMI Mumbai Film Festival 2023, has several scenes like this that depict…
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‘Mickey 17’ movie review: Robert Pattinson is sweet, sour, seventeen and everything in between
Read Latest News This image released by Warner Bros. Pictures shows Robert Pattinson as Mickey 18, left, and Mickey 17 in a scene from “Mickey 17.” It is well-nigh impossible to celebrate just one aspect of Bong Joon-ho’s adaptation of Edward Ashton’s 2022 novel, Mickey7 — Joon-ho apparently called the film Mickey 17 for the…
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‘The Monkey’ movie review: Osgood Perkins’ gorefest bludgeons a stale beat to death
Read Latest News A still from ‘The Monkey’ | Photo Credit: Neon Osgood Perkins’ The Monkey is a characteristically deranged swing at horror-comedy. It’s loosely based on Stephen King’s 1980 short story, but where King’s original felt like a meditation on guilt and inherited doom, Perkins’ adaptation cranks the camp to eleven. In many ways,…
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‘Kingston’ movie review: GV Prakash’s unanchored horror adventure is lost at sea
Read Latest News GV Prakash in a still from ‘Kingston’ | Photo Credit: Saregama Tamil/YouTube Another Friday, another Tamil film that squanders its potential and settles for less. Kingstonis yet another horror flick diluted by commercial compulsions, with a loud, distracting score drowning any chance to be transported into its world. And after 2024’s Sorgavaasal,…
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Nadaaniyan movie review: Ibrahim Ali Khan’s debut film doesn’t pass the test
Read Latest News Ibrahim Ali Khan, Khushi Kapoor in ‘Nadaaniyan’ A gossamer-thin romantic comedy that comes across as Karan Johar’s latest home assignment for star kids to pass the Bollywood entrance test, Nadaaniyan doesn’t pass muster. Reflecting the armchair sensibility of the Bandra school of filmmaking, the love story strains credibility and tests patience. Its…
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‘Picture This’ movie review: Simone Ashley and Hero Fiennes Tiffin fail to make this romantic comedy work
Read Latest News A still from ‘Picture This’ | Photo Credit: Prime Video Ninth Mandala is a portraiture studio in Hackney run by Pia Jaswani (Simone Ashley) and her gay best friend, Jay (Luke Fetherston), who share a strict distaste for passport photographs. They want to capture light and play with it through the lenses…
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‘Melo Movie’ K-Drama review: Choi Woo-shik, Park Bo-young are stellar in this endearing series
Read Latest News Park Bo-young and Choi Woo-shik in a still from the show Throughout Melo Movie, movies are all-pervading. It is what drives the lives of its four lead characters, contributing to their joy, grief, frustration and ambition in equal measure. All of this comes blanketed in nostalgia; there are stacks of VHS tapes…
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‘Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – Infinity Castle’ first movie sets Indian and international release dates
Read Latest News A look at the Infinity Castle from the upcoming ‘Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – Infinity Castle’ movie | Photo Credit: Ufotable Anime fans worldwide can finally mark their calendars as Crunchyroll and Sony Pictures Entertainment have officially announced the international release dates for Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – Infinity Castle,…
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‘Flow’ movie review: This endearing tale of survival is purr-fect
Read Latest News A still from ‘Flow’ | Photo Credit: @madmanfilms/YouTube Pardon the wordplay in the headline. I could not help it. Films rarely feel as simple yet complete and…. as perfect as Gints Zilbalodis’ animated fantasy adventure, Flow. In a runtime of less than 90 minutes — in which not a single word is…
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‘Aghathiyaa’ movie review: Jiiva, Arjun turn Siddha medicine marketeers in Pa Vijay’s dreadful horror-drama
Read Latest News While stepping into films like Aghathiyaa, you need to set your expectations right, something the promo material of the Pa Vijay-directorial fails to do. So when the film opens with a drone shot swooping us into a palatial bungalow replete with translucent ghosts and a Piano-playing French woman whose head can turn…
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‘Crazxy’ movie review: Sohum Shah almost pulls off a blinder
Read Latest News A still from ‘Crazxy’ | Photo Credit: @sohumshahfilmss/YouTube We get so many spam calls these days that it is hard to figure out which ones are real. Then, while driving the car, you listen to FM stations where prank calls drive the programming. Director Girish Kohli employs this odd everyday reality in…
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‘A Complete Unknown’ movie review: Timothée Chalamet, Edward Norton singe the screen in beautiful but anodyne musical drama
Read Latest News Though James Mangold plays it frustratingly safe, the story of Bob Dylan’s switch to an electric sound is nevertheless a jolly trip thanks to the incendiary performances Source Link ~ Read More News like this ~ Don’t Miss Amazon’s Top Treasures & Fan Favorites! Click to see the hottest picks everyone’s talking…
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‘Sabdham’ movie review: Aadhi-Arivazhagan’s reunion has an intriguing premise but misses the right notes
Read Latest News A still from ‘Sabdham’ | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement What distinguishes music and noise is a thin line. It also seems to be the case between service and business for those with healthcare needs. The former involves soundwaves while the latter can be implied with a heartbeat waveform and in both cases,…
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‘The Brutalist’ movie review: Adrien Brody bolsters Brady Corbet’s overwhelming edifice on the American Dream
Read Latest News Brady Corbet’s The Brutalist is the kind of project that seems willed into existence by sheer conviction alone. A stark, unflinching, and rigorously designed meditation on ambition, power, and the immigrant experience, the film unfolds with the same extended grandiosity as the clean, concrete constructs its protagonist spends his life erecting. Running…
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‘Superboys of Malegaon’ movie review: Not too super, much too safe
Read Latest News A strong ensemble, led by Adarsh Gourav, combined with writer Varun Grover’s earnest delineation of small-town cinematic ambitions, make Reema Kagti’s ‘Superboys of Malegaon’ an engaging character study of desi dream merchants Source Link ~ Read More News like this ~ Don’t Miss Amazon’s Top Treasures & Fan Favorites! Click to see the hottest picks everyone’s talking…
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‘Nickel Boys’ movie review: In another life, RaMell Ross’s devastating adaptation would have won Best Picture
Read Latest News A still from ‘Nickel Boys’ | Photo Credit: Prime Video RaMell Ross has been trying to reshape our understanding of what storytelling can be. His debut, Hale County This Morning, This Evening, turned everyday Black life into something lyrical and ineffable, demonstrating how cinema could hold time gently and reverently, before it…
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Machante Malakha movie review: A competition between regressive ideas and outdated filmmaking
Read Latest News Soubin Shahir and Namitha Pramod in a still from Machante Malakha. A certain machine-like uniformity marks the male and female characters in Boban Samuel’s Machante Malakha. While almost all the male characters are good-hearted and submissive, a majority of the female characters are scheming ones trying every trick in their book to…
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‘Anuja’ movie review: Adam J. Graves’ Oscar-nominated short film leaves you yearning for more
Read Latest News A still from ‘Anuja’. | Photo Credit: Netflix Set in a nondescript Hindi-speaking city, Adam J. Graves’ Oscar-nominated short film Anuja is sustained throughout the twenty-odd minutes thanks to Graves’ attempt at paying homage to storytelling. The film begins with Palak (Ananya Shanbhag) narrating a Panchatantra tale of the loyal mongoose to…
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‘Mazaka’ movie review: Sundeep Kishan, Rao Ramesh film entertains occasionally
Read Latest News Ritu Varma and Sundeep Kishan in ‘Mazaka’ | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Reviewing a film often involves stating the obvious: an interesting or amusing idea does not always translate into an engaging cinematic experience. Yet, after watching director Trinadha Rao Nakkina’s Telugu comedy Mazaka, written by Prasanna Kumar Bezawada, it feels necessary…
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Ayo Edebiri to write and in talks to star in ‘Barney’ live-action movie
Read Latest News Ayo Edebiri. | Photo Credit: REUTERS Ayo Edebiri, The Bear star, is set to pen the screenplay for the upcoming live-action Barney film, reported Variety. She is also in talks to star in the movie. Plot details of the film are kept under wraps. Barney will be co-produced by A24 and Daniel…
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Mere Husband Ki Biwi movie review: Arjun Kapoor makes himself heard in this loud, drawn-out dramedy
Read Latest News Rakul Preet Singh, Arjun Kapoor and Bhumi Pednekar in ‘Mere Husband Ki Biwi’ Love and war come in all shapes and sizes. This week they take the shape of a circle in the hands of Muddassar Aziz. The writer-director knows more than a thing or two about finding mirth in the geometry…
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‘Anora’ movie review: Sean Baker’s kitsch working-class fantasy is stripped off any nuance
Read Latest News A still from ‘Anora’ | Photo Credit: Neon Sean Baker has built his career peeling back the tattered sequins of the American Dream, revealing it as either a grand cosmic gag or a long con perpetuated by those with just the right mix of shamelessness and dumb luck. His latest, and the…
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‘Dragon’ movie review: Pradeep Ranganathan entertains and captures the zeitgeist, again
Read Latest News There’s something so raw and likeable about actor-director Pradeep Ranganathan that you can immediately accept his make-believe as an impressionable Tamil middle-class youth. With Love Today, where he directed himself, Pradeep made a moving impression on the zeitgeist as a familiar boy-next-door, with all his flaws, ticks, beliefs and charm. With director…
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‘Nilavuku Enmel Ennadi Kobam’ movie review: Mathew Thomas steals the show in Dhanush’s rocky rom-com
Read Latest News A line from the ‘Nilavukku Enmel Ennadi Kobam’ song from the 1962 Tamil film Policekaran Magalgoes, “Kulungum mundhaanai sirikum athanai viratuvathu yenadiyo? Unthan kodiyidai indru padai kondu vanthu kolluvathu yenadiyo.” While this beautiful Tamil line by Kannadasan might sound like Greek and Latin to today’s Gen Z and Alpha generation and their…
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Babygirl movie review: Nicole Kidman, Harris Dickinson burn up the screen in this sexy play of basic instincts
Read Latest News Nicole Kidman, Harris Dickinson in ‘Babygirl’ Though very much a movie of and in its time, there is a deliciously cool retro vibe to Halina Reijn’s Babygirl, an underlying thread of those jolly erotic thrillers of the late ‘80s and ‘90s. It is no surprise that Reijn has cited directors such as…
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‘Baapu’ movie review: Brahmaji shines in a tepid narrative that sparkles occasionally
Read Latest News Mani, Brahmaji, Sudhakar Reddy, Aamani and Dhanya Balakrishna | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The premise of Baapu – A Father’s Story seems compelling on paper, but translating it into an engaging film is another challenge altogether. This indie-spirited Telugu drama, written and directed by Daya, unfolds in rural Telangana, aiming for a…
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Screen Chhaava movie for all legislators in India, make it tax-free, demands Sena (UBT) MP
Read Latest News The recently released movie Chhaava, based on the life of Maratha warrior king Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj, should be screened for all the legislators across the country, Shiv Sena UBT MP Priyanka Chaturvedi demanded on Thursday. She also sought that the movie be declared “tax-free”. “I have written to Ashwini Vaishnawji to urge…
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‘Officer on Duty’ movie review: Shahi Kabir conjures up yet another gripping police tale
Read Latest News Kunchacko Boban in ‘Officer on Duty’ Officer On Duty (Malayalam) Starring: Kunchacko Boban, Priyamani, Jagadish, Vishak Nair Direction: Jithu Ashraf Storyline: A police officer, who is back in the force after a demotion, pursues a case involving fake gold chains, but there is more than meets the eye. Runtime: 137 minutes Till…
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Bengaluru consumer court fines PVR INOX Rs one lakh for delaying movie screening with excessive ads
Read Latest News The Bengaluru District Commission Disputes Redressal Commission has directed PVR INOX to display the actual time of movie on tickets and not the time when the advertisements start play in the hall. A NewsX report said Abhishek MR, a consumer from Bengaluru, had filed a case on PVR INOX for the delayed…
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Chinese film ‘Ne Zha 2’ surpasses ‘Inside Out 2’ as the highest-grossing animated movie of all time
Read Latest News ‘Ne Zha 2’ | Photo Credit: Beijing Enlight Media The Chinese animated blockbuster Ne Zha 2 has surpassed Pixar’s Inside Out 2 to become the highest-grossing animated film worldwide. According to ticketing platform Maoyan, the film has amassed 12.3 billion yuan ($1.69 billion) in global box office revenue, making it the eighth…
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Steven Spielberg’s next movie, with Josh O’Connor and Emily Blunt, set for June 2026
Read Latest News Steven Spielberg is gearing up to direct a new film starring Josh O’Connor and Emily Blunt. File photo | Photo Credit: Jordan Strauss Steven Spielberg is gearing up to direct a new film starring Josh O’Connor and Emily Blunt. The still untitled “event film” is set for a theatrical release on June…
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‘Multiverse Manmadhan’: Nivin Pauly to star in ‘India’s first multiverse superhero movie’
Read Latest News Nivin Pauly; poster of ‘Multiverse Manmadhan’ | Photo Credit: @nivinpaulyactor/Instagram Malayalam star Nivin Pauly on Sunday announced that he will headline Multiverse Manmadhan, billed as “India’s first multiverse superhero movie.” Adithyan Chandrashkar, known for the 2023 film Enkilum Chandrike and mini-series Average Ambili (2019), will direct the upcoming project. Multiverse Manmadhan is…
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‘Bromance’ movie review: A fun-filled ride despite its thin plotline and some failed gags
Read Latest News A still from the film ‘Bromance’. Pop cultural references in a film often give a hint of the particular demographic the makers are aiming the film at. In Arun D.Jose’s Bromance, the references that fly thick and fast, almost as an easy stand-in for thoughtful dialogue writing, are from recent films. Just…
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‘Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy’ movie review: Renée Zellweger returns as our favourite singleton in a film that’s strictly for fans
Read Latest News Renée Zellweger in a scene from ‘Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy’ | Photo Credit: JAY MAIDMENT One thing Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy, taught me was that some clothes were indestructible. Bridget’s (Renée Zellweger) closet still has the red, printed pyjamas, the see-through top and granny underwear from the first…
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‘Kaadhal Enbadhu Podhu Udamai’ movie review: Admirable queer drama rises above its flaws
Read Latest News A still from ‘Kaadhal Enbadhu Podhu Udamai’ | Photo Credit: Saregama Tamil/YouTube For queers, differently abled, neurodivergent and other outliers in society, there’s real agony in being refused to be seen, heard or understood for their individual choices and who they are born as. Activism on these fronts, especially in Indian society,…
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‘Chhaava’ movie review: Vicky Kaushal, Akshaye Khanna jostle for attention in this uneven sketch of a Maratha legend
Read Latest News Vicky Kaushal in ‘Chhaava’ Based on Shivaji Sawant’s popular novel, Chhaava is a puff piece on Maratha warrior Chhatrapati Sambhaji, who took on the might of Mughal emperor Aurangzeb for around eight years in the 17th Century. Carrying forward the defiant approach of his father Chhatrapati Shivaji, he kept Aurangzeb occupied in the Deccan during the…
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‘Baby and Baby’ movie review: Jai’s film is high on errors, low on comedy
Read Latest News Poster of ‘Baby and Baby’ | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement When a family matriarch, vexed about not having a grandson after her first two sons produce girl children, is on the verge of giving up, her third son’s wife births a baby girl while the son’s friend becomes a father of a…
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‘Sidlingu 2’ movie review: A bland sequel devoid of the refreshing quality of the original
Read Latest News Yogi and Sonu Gowda in ‘Sidlingu 2’ | Photo Credit: MRT Music/YouTube Director Vijaya Prasad transitioned from television to films with his State-award winning feature debut Sidlingu in 2012. The film centred on on a youngster’s infatuation and tracked his coming-of-age journey. Apart from some melodious tracks, Yogi’s earnest performance was the…
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‘Captain America: Brave New World’ movie review: Harrison Ford thunders to the rescue
Read Latest News A still from ‘Captain America: Brave New World’ | Photo Credit: Marvel Studios We are in the midst of a Harrison Ford tsunami, with the 82-year-old superstar winning plaudits and a fresh batch of fans for his portrayal of the gruff psychotherapist with Parkinson’s in the series, Shrinking, and his final outing…
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‘Painkili’ movie review: Forced humour and shoddy writing makes the film fall flat
Read Latest News A still from ‘Painkili’ Humour in free flow, with impeccable timing, could turn even poorly written films into experiences worth sitting through. But, when the humour is forced, with the effort to make us laugh painfully visible in every other scene, it can bring down even a film with a decent idea.…
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‘Dhoom Dhaam’ movie review: Yami Gautam, Pratik Gandhi are ineffective in this screwball comedy
Read Latest News Yami Gautam, Pratik Gandhi in ‘Dhoom Dhaam’ Bollywood’s current solution to its lack of profitable new films has come in the form of re-releases. It would be remiss not to note that the choice of films being re-released has been geared towards capitalising on nostalgia for the whimsy of the Hindi cinema…
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‘Laila’ movie review: A troublesome, crass narrative
Read Latest News Vishwak Sen in two characters in ‘Laila’ | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The Telugu film Laila, directed by Ram Narayan and starring Vishwak Sen, outlined its premise clearly in its promotional material. The story revolves around a man forced to disguise himself as a woman to escape a group of men out…
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‘Brahma Anandam’ movie review: Brahmanandam, Vennela Kishore shine in this half-baked dramedy
Read Latest News Brahmanandam, Raja Goutham and Vennela Kishore | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Brahma Anandam presents an intriguing premise — real-life father and son, Brahmanandam and Raja Goutham, portraying an estranged grandfather-grandson duo named after the legendary comedian. Director RVS Nikhil builds on this quirky concept but overcomplicates it with excessive subplots, ultimately diluting…
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‘Anamadheya Ashok Kumar’ movie review: Kishore, Harshil Koushik anchor an engaging, ‘Vikram Vedha’-esque thriller
Read Latest News Kishore in ‘Anamadheya Ashok Kumar’. | Photo Credit: MRT Music/YouTube In Anamadheya Ashok Kumar, police officer Athirath (Harshil Koushik) takes a small break while questioning a murder suspect (Kishore). “Logically, I feel he is innocent, but my instinct says that he has committed a crime,” he tells his subordinate. Interestingly, even the audience feels…
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‘Mrs.’ movie review: Sanya Malhotra powers this poignant ‘The Great Indian Kitchen’ remake
Read Latest News Sanya Malhotra in ‘Mrs’. | Photo Credit: Jio Studios/YouTube Mrs. is a film that needed to be made. The Hindi remake of Jeo Baby’s Malayalam film The Great Indian Kitchenhits home just as much as the original, once again proving that irrespective of the milieu, patriarchy and how it is enforced is…
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‘Narayaneente Moonnaanmakkal’ movie review: A character-driven drama marked by its remarkable restraint
Read Latest News A still from ‘Narayaneente Moonnaanmakkal’ Everything inNarayaneente Moonnaanmakkalis marked by the not-so-common quality of restraint. It is something that punctuates the conversations, as well as Appu Prabhakar’s camera movements and director Sharan Venugopal’s approach to the material. That restraint, which is maintained throughout, is remarkable for what is being said in the…
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‘Badass Ravi Kumar’ movie review: Himesh Reshammiya fights, sings and romances his way through an over-the-top masala film
Read Latest News A still from ‘Badass Ravi Kumar’ | Photo Credit: @HimeshReshammiyaMelodies/YouTube Badass Ravi Kumar begins with an earnest appeal, where a voiceover urges people to put on their 80s masala goggles, and that it is all about ‘entertainment, entertainment, and entertainment’. There is also the all-important addendum; logic is optional. Now, going into…
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‘Loveyapa’ movie review: Junaid Khan and Khushi Kapoor toil in this shallow rom-com
Read Latest News A still from ‘Loveyapa’ | Photo Credit: @zeecafe/YouTube Smartphone is the new villain in love stories. Screenwriters looking for new obstacles for love birds have discovered social evils on the web. After Muddassar Aziz used phone swapping to generate humour in Khel Khel Main, director Advait Chandan recycles the Tamil hit Love…
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‘Conclave’ movie review: Ralph Fiennes is the tortured soul in this exploration of faith
Read Latest News A still from ‘Conclave’ | Photo Credit: Focus Features There is a grand yet simple beauty to Conclave, which bristles with contrary images. There are the Renaissance paintings and sculptures, the weathered stones from an earlier time, the scarlet and purple of the Cardinals’ and bishops’ robes, and the distinctly analogue tilt…
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‘The Mehta Boys’ movie review: Boman Irani maps an intricate architecture of father-son relationship
Read Latest News A still from ‘The Mehta Boys’ | Photo Credit: Prime Video Is he an adult? Is he a child? He is your father. In his first directorial venture, Boman Irani renders a keenly observed, lived experience of an urban Indian family as he finds the simple answer to the tricky question. The…
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‘Thandel’ movie review: Sai Pallavi, Naga Chaitanya elevate a partly-choppy romance saga
Read Latest News Some films focus less on plot and more on character-driven narratives. Thandel, the Telugu film directed by Chandoo Mondeti, is a prime example. Based on true incidents from a few years ago, in which fishermen from Andhra Pradesh unknowingly crossed international waters into Pakistan, the film weaves a love story that transcends…
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‘Kinda Pregnant’ movie review: Amy Schumer’s latest comedy-drama is a misfire
Read Latest News A still from ‘Kinda Pregnant’ Writer and activist Shulamith Firestone was vocal in her belief that women could never be free of patriarchy until they were freed from the yoke of reproduction; she dreamt of a day when babies could be created in mechanical uteruses. But on Netflix’s Kinda Pregnant, Lainy Newton…
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‘Vidaamuyarchi’ movie review: An earnest Ajith Kumar shines in this generic yet genre-centric actioner
Read Latest News Ajith Kumar in a still from ‘Vidaamuyarchi’ | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement In a scene in director Magizh Thirumeni’s Vidaamuyarchi, Ajith Kumar’s character Arjun, trying to move a stalled car from the road to the shoulder, wraps the car’s seat belt around him to push the vehicle safely. That, in a scene,…
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The first look poster of the Malayalam movie Vadakkan is out
Read Latest News Vadakkan first look | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT The first look of Vadakkan, produced by Studio Beet is out. Vadakkan marks the first chapter in a trilogy, starring Kishore, Shruthy Menon and Merin Philip as the lead protagonists. The first-look poster offers a glimpse of a mystical character, of which the director,…
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‘Badass Ravikumar’: CBFC cuts sensual, violent scenes from Himesh Reshammiya’s movie
Read Latest News Himesh Reshammiya in ‘Badass Ravi Kumar’. | Photo Credit: Himesh Reshammiya/YouTube Singer-actor Himesh Reshammiya’s film, Badass Ravi Kumar, is set to release on February 07, 2025. The Hindi movie is in the spotlight after the Censor Board of Film Certification (CBFC) reportedly suggested significant changes. Reports say the Examining Committee of the…
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‘STR 51’: Silambarasan to play ‘God of Love’ in Ashwath Marimuthu’s movie
Read Latest News Silambarasan’s film with Ashwath Marimuthu is tentatively titled ‘STR 51’. | Photo Credit: @SilambarasanTR_/X Tamil star Silambarasan is set to play ‘God of Love’ in his upcoming film with Ashwath Marimuthu. The movie, which is set to be the actor’s 51st movie, is tentatively titled STR 51. The film will be bankrolled…
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‘You’re Cordially Invited’ movie review: Wedding woes
Read Latest News Reese Witherspoon, left, and Will Ferrell in a scene from ‘You’re Cordially Invited’ | Photo Credit: GLEN WILSON By now, big stars teaming up for a streaming platform-exclusive film — mostly comedy, and made on a budget that makes you wonder about the recovery without a theatrical run — has become a…
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‘Oru Jaathi Jathakam’ movie review: Vineeth Sreenivasan headlines a fun flick that punches up
Read Latest News A still from Oru Jaathi Jathakam “Misogyny is my fundamental right,” says one of the characters in the initial scenes of the Vineeth Sreenivasan-starrer Oru Jaathi Jathakam, setting the tone for what the movie promises to discuss. The light-hearted flick directed by veteran filmmaker, M Mohanan forays into themes of gender and sexuality while…
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‘Deva’ movie review: Shahid Kapoor almost pulls off this wild version of ‘Mumbai Police’
Read Latest News Shahid Kapoor and Pooja Hegde in a still from ‘Deva’ | Photo Credit: Zee Studios/YouTube After a long wait, we have a mainstream flick where the hero makes you forget the lapses in the logic of the screenplay as director Rosshan Andrrews mounts his Malayalam blockbuster Mumbai Police for the Hindi heartland, a decade after its…
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‘Companion’ movie review: Sophie Thatcher and Jack Quaid smoothly propel this efficient little horror comedy
Read Latest News A still from ‘Companion’ What an excellent little film Companionis! Drew Hancock, who has written and directed the film, deserves kudos for creating a high-concept, entertaining film with a consistent ability to surprise. Just when you think it is one kind of film, Companion spins around on its axis and presents yet…
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‘Nodidavaru Enantare’ movie review: A superb Naveen Shankar anchors a moving story of finding oneself
Read Latest News In Nodidavaru Enantare (meaning, ‘what will people say’), life is falling apart for Siddharth (Naveen Shankar). He has broken up with his girlfriend and is on the verge of losing his job. One night, he gets slapped by his junior for judging her. The final blow arrives when Siddharth receives a call…
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‘Ponman’ movie review: Basil Joseph headlines an engrossing character study that’s worth its weight in gold
Read Latest News A still from ‘Ponman’ First impressions can be hard to change, but in Ponman most of our initial assumptions about the characters turn out to be wrong, as it happens in thoughtfully-written films. This change is not brought about by deceptive writing or staging of scenes, but it slowly gets revealed to…
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‘Hridayapoorvam’: Malavika Mohanan joins the cast of Mohanlal-Sathyan Anthikad movie
Read Latest News Malavika Mohanan and Mohanlal are set to star in ‘Hridayapoorvam’. Actor Malavika Mohanan has joined the cast of Hridayapoorvam, starring Mohanlal. The Malayalam film marks the reunion of Mohanlal with director Sathyan Anthikad after 10 years. During the 25th-anniversary celebration of Aashirvad Cinemas, Sathyan Anthikad said that Malavika Mohanan has replaced the…
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‘Queer’ movie review: Daniel Craig is sublime in Luca Guadagnino’s woozy psychedelia
Read Latest News Luca Guadagnino’s Queer is a film of obsessions — some sublime, others grotesque, but all simmering under the sweltering heat of a Mexico City that feels at once intoxicatingly free and claustrophobically doomed. Adapted from William S. Burroughs’ long-suppressed second novel, the Italian auteur’s follow-up to last year’s Challengers, is less concerned…
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M Night Shyamalan ropes in Jake Gyllenhaal for new movie
Read Latest News Jake Gyllenhaal. | Photo Credit: AP Filmmaker M Night Shyamalan is set to collaborate with Hollywood star Jake Gyllenhaal for his next directorial project. The project is a supernatural romantic thriller, based on an original story co-created by Shyamalan and bestselling novelist Nicholas Sparks, reported Deadline. Shyamalan and Sparks are independently creating…
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Composer Raamnaath on his track in the upcoming Malayalam movie ‘Parannu Parannu Parannu Chellan’
Read Latest News A scene from Parannu Parannu Parannu Chellan | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Jishnu Harindra’s sophomore movie Parannu Parannu Parannu Chellan, which releases on January 31, is special in many ways for composer Raamnaath. Ever since the lyric video of the soulful love track, ‘Charusheele’, sung by Hariharan and Reshma Raghavendra came out,…
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Sooraj Barjatya on his next film with Salman Khan: Not an action movie
Read Latest News When I enter the Prabhadevi office of Rajshri Productions — all very white and polite, like their films — it’s a hive of activity. Young actors are milling about in the lobby, enquiring about ‘interviews’. A gold-fonted standee announces their 2025 slate: two feature films, two web shows, and two television serials.…
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‘Tere Ishk Mein’: Kriti Sanon joins Dhanush-Anand L Rai movie
Read Latest News Kriti Sanon in ‘Tere Ishk Mein’. | Photo Credit: T-Series/YouTube Kriti Sanon has been roped in as the female lead in Tere Ishk Mein. Starring Dhanush, the movie is directed by Anand L Rai. Dhanush and Anand L Rai had previously worked in Raanjhanaaand Atrangi Re. The makers of Tere Ishk Mein…
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Was set to direct Rajinikanth in a movie but it didn’t materialise, says Prithviraj Sukumaran
Read Latest News Actor Prithviraj Sukumaran. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Malayalam actor-filmmaker Prithviraj Sukumaran said he came close to directing Tamil superstar Rajinikanth in a movie but he couldn’t get the script ready well in time. Prithviraj, who made his directorial debut with 2019’s Lucifer, said A Subaskaran of Lyca Productions once approached him…
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‘Dìdi’ movie review: Sean Wang’s snapshot of 2008 teenage life is intimate and effective
Read Latest News A still from ‘Dìdi’ | Photo Credit: Focus Features/YouTube It is the stuff of horrors, mostly, to look back at your teenage years. Not just reminisce over the carefree days but really look at the awkward growing pains. Sean Wang’s semi-autobiographical film Dìdi is a similarly unflinching and jarringly specific teenage snapshot…
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‘Bottle Radha’ movie review: Guru Somasundaram powers a scathing drama that goes for heart over intellect
Read Latest News The opening of Bottle Radha is an overhead shot of Chennai, with a speaker somewhere playing ‘Thanni Thotti’ from Sindhu Bhairavi (it’s a staple booze anthem in Tamil). There are over a dozen shots of alcohol being poured into glasses in this film, and of men downing bottle after bottle to the…
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‘Kudumbasthan’ movie review: Manikandan maintains his winning streak with this entertaining comedy caper
Read Latest News A still from ‘Kudumbasthan’ | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement At a time when family audiences are expected to be entertained by gore and violence, which seems to be the go-to genre for superstars, it’s difficult for those who grew up in the 80s and 90s not to reminisce about the family dramas…
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‘Royal’ movie review: Dinakar Thoogudeepa-Viraat film is short of inventive ideas
Read Latest News Viraat and Sanjana Anand in ‘Royal’. | Photo Credit: Saregama Kannada/YouTube Royal is directed by Dinakar Thogudeepa, the younger brother of Kannada superstar Darshan. Dinakar is a filmmaker who rose to prominence in the mid-2000s with hits such as Navagraha (2008), and Sarathi (2011), both starring Darshan. For Royal, he has joined hands with the hugely successful producer duo…
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‘Sky Force’ movie review: Akshay Kumar hijacks this tale of valour
Read Latest News Veer Pahariya and Akshay Kumar in ‘Sky Force’ The dogfight between the Indian Air Force’s Mystere and Pakistan Air Force’s Starfighter during the 1965 Indo-Pakistan war is among the finest aerial contents in the IAF’s history. This Republic Day week, two debutant directors, Sandeep Kewlani and Abhishek Anil Kapur, join hands to recreate the…
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‘Hisaab Barabar’ movie review: R Madhavan does the math in toothless comedy
Read Latest News A still from ‘Hisaab Barabar’ Some films suffer from a surfeit of ambition. Others—like Ashwni Dhir’s Hisaab Barabar—have none to begin with. A middling comedy about the middle class, it tracks a common man’s crusade against fraudulent banking practices. A modest, toothless satire, the film boasts sitcom staging and visuals, lacking cinematic…
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‘Rudhra Garuda Purana’ movie review: Rishi gives his all in this tepid thriller
Read Latest News Rishi in ‘Rudhra Garuda Purana’. | Photo Credit: Ashwin Arts/YouTube It’s been seven years since Rishi debuted as a lead actor in Suni’s Operation Alamelamma.He played a goofy, likable common man in the comedy thriller. It was a great year for the actor as he also starred in Kavaludaari, directed by Hemanth…
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‘Gandhi Tatha Chettu’ movie review: A heartfelt tribute to Gandhian principles and rural innocence
Read Latest News Early in the Telugu film Gandhi Tatha Chettu, Ramachandraiah (Anand Chakrapani) tells his granddaughter Gandhi (Sukriti Veni Bandreddi), “Prema tho gelavalante time padthadi” (it takes time to win through love). His statement follows her question about something she heard from her friends — that India’s independence took longer because of Mahatma Gandhi’s…
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‘Dominic And the Ladies’ Purse’ movie review: Needless flab turns Gautham Menon-Mammootty film into average fare
Read Latest News Mammootty in a still from ‘Dominic And the Ladies’ Purse’ Private eye Dominic, like all wannabe Sherlocks, has a habit of making quick deductions about other people just from their appearances. But, unlike in most other films, the protagonist of Gautham Vasudev Menon’s Dominic And The Ladies’ Purse gets it wrong in…
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‘The Girl with the Needle’ movie review: Magnus von Horn’s evocative true crime thriller is a nightmarishly sordid affair
Read Latest News The bleakness of Magnus von Horn’s The Girl with the Needle is intimate and inescapable. Loosely inspired by the story of Dagmar Overbye, a Danish child caretaker turned serial killer in the 1920s, von Horn has crafted an unearthly portrait of survival in a society built to fail its most vulnerable, anchored…
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‘Back in Action’ movie review: Cameron Diaz and Jamie Foxx attempt to anchor this facile action-comedy
Read Latest News A still from ‘Back in Action’ | Photo Credit: Netflix Cameron Diaz is (at the risk of sounding too on the nose) back in action! After a decade-long hiatus, the Charlie’s Angels star opted to embrace the big screen with a Seth Gordan-directed action-comedy alongside Jamie Foxx. Emily (Cameron Diaz) and Matt…
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IT raids at movie producer Dil Raju’s residence
Read Latest News Telangana Film Development Corporation chairman and film maker V. Venkata Ramana Reddy, who is popularly known as Dil Raju. File | Photo Credit: RAJU V The Income Tax Department carried out raids at the properties of Telangana Film Development Corporation chairman and film maker V. Venkata Ramana Reddy, who is popularly known…
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‘Unstoppable’ movie review: Anthony Robles’ biopic finds rhythm after a false start
Read Latest News William Goldenberg’s portrait of the inspiring American wrestling champion struggles to claw its way back from a heavy-handed opening, becoming a routine sports drama that works in parts Source Link ~ Read More News like this ~ Don’t Miss Amazon’s Top Treasures & Fan Favorites! Click to see the hottest picks everyone’s…
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‘Sanju Weds Geetha 2’ movie review: Rachita Ram, Srinigara Kitty star in a soulless sequel
Read Latest News Srinagara Kitty and Rachita Ram in ‘Sanju Weds Geetha 2’. | Photo Credit: Anand Audio/YouTube In Nagashekar’s Sanju Weds Geetha 2, the lead couple (essayed by Rachita Ram and Srinigara Kitty) is seated against the backdrop of a scenic waterfall in a crucial scene. Geetha expresses her love for Sanju, saying marriage is…
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‘Wolf Man’ movie review: Universal Pictures’ horror classic reboot is a howling miss
Read Latest News Julia Garner, from left, Christopher Abbott, and Matilda Firth in a scene from ‘Wolf Man’ | Photo Credit: NICOLA DOVE After the astounding success ofThe Invisible Man, director Leigh Whannell is back to reboot another of Universal Pictures’ most iconic horror titles. While The Invisible Man turned out to be the outing…
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‘Azaad’ movie review: Aaman Devgan’s debut is a disappointing ride
Read Latest News Betaab, Barsaat, Mirziya… Bollywood somehow loves to launch its kids on horses. Abhishek Kapoor’s Azaad is the latest addition to the list where Ajay Devgn’s nephew Aaman Devgan, and Raveena Tandon’s daughter Rasha Thadani, get a horse ride because of their pedigree. In the period piece set in feudal India, the horse…
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‘Emergency’ movie review: Kangana Ranaut turns Indira Gandhi’s life into a lopsided listicle
Read Latest News A still from ‘Emergency’ | Photo Credit: Zee Studios/YouTube When Kangana Ranaut announced that she would direct Emergency, many felt it might be another weapon to whip the Congress in the election year to limit the memory of the grand old party’s rule to the 21-month blot that Indira Gandhi inflicted on democracy…