Recorded in Nashville, his latest six-track EP, also titled cold/mess, boasts of artwork reminiscent of The Lovers by René Magritte, and is said to be a break-up album.

In Mood, Syd reveals the tactical thinking during a date: “Right where I want you/I check my posture.” And in Wanna be, she ponders how to move from friendship to romance, as creamy vocal harmonies — part Chi-Lites, part Beach Boys — hint at blissful possibilities.

Soorma’s soundtrack isn’t in the unendurable zone but what it does not have, perhaps, is the chant-like quality that Jaideep Sahni’s Chak De had. Soorma, although interesting and energetic in parts, just isn’t edgy enough.

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Of bovines who don’t know better, bots which know a lot and those who separate the facts from the fake.

The score of Veere Di Wedding misses the punch that an album such as this needs. Queen’s score hit the bull’s eye in this regard. Veere Di Wedding, in an attempt to sound suave and sexy, delivers a flat soundtrack.

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Beyond the Clouds review: The bright-eyed Ishaan Khatter has something, a flicker in his eyes, and gets some zest into his part. Malavika Mohanan is great on the eyes, but clueless in how to fill her part.

Submergence review: The film throws the might of two good actors, some metaphysical questions, some ocean bio-mathematics, a lot of schmoozing by candlelight, and some very lame dialogue trying to encapsulate this world, that world, and the other world, all into some words.

The eight-track album is a lesson in legitimate, fine music-making by talented artistes, without recording in certain kinds of studios and certain kinds of spaces.

Pacific Rim Uprising review: Guillermo del Toro, still enjoying his Oscar, has to take some blame for this metal-on-metal havoc, which he helmed the first time around as director (Pacific Rim, 2013) and now shepherds as producer.

Hichki review: While Rani Mukerji is good as always, the actors who play the students are also natural and without any artifice, with the film cleverly dodging stereotypes just when you suspect one around the corner.

7 Days In Entebbe movie review: The most satisfying scenes in the film involve Israeli PM Yitzhak Rabin (Ashkenazi) and Defence Minister Shimon Peres (Marsan) discussing their options, driven largely by political one-upmanship.

Gringo movie review: So, what do we have here? Some very bad people, and two very nice, gullible ones, of opposite sex, and the right ages. Need we say more?

Raid review: In all this to-ing and fro-ing, background music blaring to make up for the lack of real drama, even a terrific actor like Saurabh Shukla is left floundering.

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri review: Frances McDormand, an actor never given to exaggerations, is a picture of un-subdued grief here, her eyes vacant and haunting, her pain a gaping wound seeking to be filled.

Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety movie review: Kartik Aaryan, Nushrat Bharucha and Sunny Singh starrer Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety is breezy enough, and provides some laughs, some of which escape involuntarily.

Turn Out The Lights, Julien Baker, matador, $12.99 Julien Baker’s debut album, Sprained Ankle, self-released in 2015, was a bolt of lightning from out of nowhere. Recorded at the time she was in college, it was a stark contemplation on heartbreak, insecurity, loneliness, addiction and faith, built almost entirely out of gently plucked acoustic guitar […]

One newsman mistakenly appropriates a slice-of-life of another, and POTUS takes on the wrong ’Un

Clampdowns on websites that freeze frame the internet and how the Queen can still rock you with her wine routine

Gurgaon movie review: Pankaj Tripathi starrer is a solid, atmospheric debut. It tells us that power can never be permanent, and how the good may not always win. Uncomfortable, but true. Ragini Khanna and Akshay Oberoi play pivotal role in this thriller.

Jab Harry Met Sejal movie review: ‘Sweet si, ‘sister-type’ Sejal aka Anushka Sharma and the ‘chalu, chalta-hua, cheap’ Harry aka Shah Rukh Khan are much too fraternal with each other. We do see that fire, but much too briefly.

Indian channels will eventually resume talks with Pakistani generals. Meanwhile, India slips three places on the media freedom index

An eerie organ tone, straight out of an episode of Tales from the Crypt, ushers you to The Stage, the album and and the song.