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Birdman Movie Review: The sound of my voice

January 31, 2015 03:12 IST

A couple of Golden Globes already under its belt, Birdman has garnered seven Oscar nominations.

Sat, Jun 20, 2020

Mortdecai movie review: The story is predictable

January 23, 2015 16:11 IST

The story is predictable, the jokes flat, and the action put there because, well, you can’t very well have a heist otherwise.

Mon, Jun 08, 2020

The Imitation Game movie review: Based on a biography by Andrew Hodges

January 16, 2015 19:46 IST

The film tells Turing's life in three chapters, which run parallel to each other.

Sat, Jun 20, 2020

American Sniper movie review: There is no large picture

January 16, 2015 19:34 IST

Without getting into the politics of this, Eastwood tells a straight-from-the-hip story of this sniper over four tours of war-torn Iraq.

Wed, Jul 16, 2025

The Theory of Everything movie review: Call it the black hole

January 16, 2015 17:51 IST

It gives us a close look at the withering away of Hawking's body under motor neuron disease or Lou Gehrig's disease.

Sat, Jun 20, 2020

Big Eyes film review: Keane Interest

January 10, 2015 03:13 IST

Eerily, Margaret also sees these eyes at times, randomly, on people she encounters in the midst of a painting spree.

Tue, Jul 15, 2025

Taken 3 film review: A retired CIA operative who comes out of hibernation

January 09, 2015 18:01 IST

In Taken 3, Bryan Mills's (Neeson) ex-wife Lenore is found murdered with him holding the murder weapon.

Mon, Oct 06, 2025

Unbroken film review: Power of the desire to live

January 02, 2015 18:32 IST

There are almost no heroes in this chapter of the war treated mostly as a postscript.

Sat, Jun 27, 2020

The Woman In Black 2: Angel of Death film review: Woman with a busload of children in her care

January 02, 2015 18:31 IST

The only one who lends her fears a sympathetic ear is Harry (Irvine), a dashing pilot stationed off the island in the village.

Sat, Jun 27, 2020

A time before hateSubscriber Only

January 02, 2015 03:18 IST

How do I explain to my children that school was not always a battleground?

Fri, Jan 02, 2015

Night At The Museum: Secret Of The Tomb Film Review: Not as much about teaching as impressing

December 26, 2014 14:55 IST

So dinosaurs have company in mythical demons, and Pompeii's volcano meets Camelot's swashbuckling Lancelot.

Fri, Jun 26, 2020

THE BABADOOK review: All she wants is a good night’s sleep

December 12, 2014 18:12 IST

Amelia lost her husband while on way to hospital to deliver Samuel. She loves him but, seven years later, still hasn't got around to giving him a birthday party.

Wed, Jul 16, 2025

THE HOBBIT: The Battle of the Five Armies review: Nothing much happens

December 12, 2014 17:06 IST

And so it ends. After five films, 13 years and at least 17 Academy awards, the tale of Middle Earth on the big screen has drawn to a close.

Sat, Jun 06, 2020

This Is Where I Leave You review: Anything can happen. Anything happens all the time

December 05, 2014 18:22 IST

A RECENTLY departed father, an unstoppable mother, four middlingly successful children, their neighbourhood past flings and one week at the family home.

Sat, Jun 06, 2020

EXODUS: Gods and Kings review: It has a few shades of grey

December 05, 2014 17:45 IST

Ridley Scott's Exodus is as epic in scale as the director likes them, with horses, swords and men in togas.

Fri, Jun 26, 2020

Movie review – Horrible Bosses 2

November 28, 2014 18:49 IST

There are a lot of risque jokes, plenty of abusive language and a plot that seems suspiciously like it was made up as the film went along.

Fri, Nov 28, 2014

Movie review – The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part I

November 28, 2014 18:45 IST

We know how it's all going to end, and perhaps even how it's all going to start. Still it's one of those films which -- even if by commercial design, to milk the maximum out of a successful franchise -- takes a pause to give you an idea of what lies in the interrgenum.

Mon, Jul 21, 2025

Movie review – Dumb And Dumber To

November 21, 2014 20:30 IST

Even if the story was a little better, there is something quite pathetic about wrinkled, greying men on the wrong side of 40 behaving like their selves from the right side of 20.

Fri, Nov 21, 2014

Movie review – The Equalizer

November 21, 2014 20:27 IST

This is far from Fuqua's own Training Day and Washington's other impressive body of work, but The Equalizer is a good reminder of what we may be missing.

Wed, Feb 26, 2025

Movie review: Boyhood

November 14, 2014 18:57 IST

Boyhood could very well have been called Girlhood. But it may be no coincidence that Linklater went with the first name.

Fri, Jan 24, 2025

Beauty and the Beast review: There is little to recommend this fairytale

November 14, 2014 11:15 IST

A rose by any other name may smell as sweet, but there is little to recommend this fairytale told countless times before.

Sat, Jun 20, 2020

Movie Review: Nightcrawler

November 07, 2014 16:32 IST

'Nightcrawler' is no 'Taxi Driver', and Lou while a reflection of our full and empty times isn't really a product of it.

Fri, Sep 12, 2025

Movie Review: Interstellar

November 07, 2014 15:12 IST

'Interstellar' has everything - an Earth-bound story of loss and longing, a space-bound story of endeavour and enterprise, and even an audience-bound message of preserving our planet.

Sat, Jun 27, 2020