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The Conjuring Last Rites Movie Review: With no real jump scares, horror franchise deserved a better send-off
September 05, 2025 18:39 IST
The Conjuring Last Rites Movie Review & Rating: There is too much happening to too many people to make any sort of a coherent narrative, so much so that the demon-fighting itself is crunched.
Fri, Sep 05, 2025
Baaghi 4 Movie Review: Tiger Shroff bleeds, Sanjay Dutt snarls, you flinch
September 05, 2025 15:11 IST
Baaghi 4 Movie Review and Rating: One star to Tiger Shroff film for surprising us every time we think Ronny surely has butchered enough, or when you think Sanjay Dutt can’t be doing his maniacal laugh one more time.
Fri, Sep 05, 2025
The Roses movie review: Olivia Colman, Benedict Cumberbatch can’t save this tepid film
August 29, 2025 14:47 IST
The Roses film review: Olivia Colman and Benedict Cumberbatch don’t really set the screen on fire – though The Roses would have you believe otherwise.
Fri, Aug 29, 2025
Relay movie review: Riz Ahmed deserves a better film
August 22, 2025 19:08 IST
Relay movie review: For all his professionalism, Riz Ahmed's Ash comes off as pretty juvenile. Lily James' Sarah, for a brilliant scientist, can’t figure out that keeping blinds closed may be one way of throwing stalkers off scent.
Fri, Aug 22, 2025
Bring Her Back movie review: Sally Hawkins shines in taut film
August 22, 2025 17:39 IST
Bring Her Back movie review: The beauty of Bring Her Back and Sally Hawkins is that even when you think you know Laura, you don’t know her.
Fri, Aug 22, 2025
The Naked Gun movie review: Liam Neeson shoots for laughs, hits just enoughSubscriber Only
August 01, 2025 16:38 IST
The Naked Gun movie review: Fans of The Naked Gun will go back happy, and those missing the kind of crude, unsanitized humour that it revels in, would be gratified to see Liam Neeson lending his weight to it.
Wed, Sep 03, 2025
The Bad Guys 2 movie review: A breezy, entertaining sequelSubscriber Only
August 01, 2025 14:32 IST
The Bad Guys 2 review: The Bad Guys 2, featuring the voices of Sam Rockwell, Marc Maron, Craig Robinson, Anthony Ramos, Awkwafina, Zazie Beetz, ensures audiences across ages will be entertained.
Fri, Aug 01, 2025
Dear Gen Z, ‘Saiyaara’ is not what real love looks likeSubscriber Only
July 30, 2025 12:39 IST
But what is writer-director Mohit Suri to do, when nothing such as caste, class, religion, parents, society, even unsatiated raging hormones, seem now to stand in the way?
Wed, Jul 30, 2025
The Fantastic Four First Steps movie review: Vanessa Kirby outshines Pedro Pascal as Marvel’s Fantastic Four reboot kicks off in styleSubscriber Only
July 25, 2025 09:00 IST
The Fantastic Four First Steps movie review: A lot has to do with the fantastic four at the heart of this Marvel family, who live together and eat together, and are played by actors who play well off each other, particularly the always-splendid Kirby.
Fri, Jul 25, 2025
I Know What You Did Last Summer movie review: A slasher sequel that can’t escape its pastSubscriber Only
July 18, 2025 14:46 IST
Guessing who dies first, in what sequence, and who does not, may keep you hooked – no pun intended. Though clearly the killer hasn’t spent much thought on planning, given how many times the victims fight back and get away.
Fri, Jul 18, 2025
Superman movie review: James Gunn delivers Interstellar-level show-and-tell universe with a cute David CorenswetSubscriber Only
July 11, 2025 08:29 IST
Superman movie review: The Justice Gang gets introduced (including the Green Lantern, Metamorpho, Mr Terrific and Hawkgirl), and you can see the easy chemistry Gunn engineered in Guardians of the Galaxy at play between them.
Fri, Jul 11, 2025
Jurassic World Rebirth movie review: Scarlett Johansson, Jonathan Bailey film keeps heart both pounding and beatingSubscriber Only
July 04, 2025 14:29 IST
Jurassic World Rebirth movie review: This is the seventh film in the Jurassic series, and the wonder of seeing dinosaurs stride across the screen has naturally worn off over the past 30 years. The best makers can hope for is awe, and Rebirth does capture that – till it starts repeating itself.
Fri, Jul 04, 2025
F1 movie review: Film leaves you wanting more Formula 1, and more Brad PittSubscriber Only
June 27, 2025 16:26 IST
F1 movie review: If Formula 1 cars are a beautiful mesh of man and machine, Brad Pitt is as close to perfection in flesh and bones. Put one in the other, and you have a film that whirs by briskly.
Fri, Jun 27, 2025
Elio movie review: All smiles, and then someSubscriber Only
June 20, 2025 15:52 IST
Elio movie review: Pixar’s latest is the staple story of an orphaned child, who not only rediscovers his family at home but also finding one across the universe.
Fri, Jun 20, 2025
28 Years Later Movie Review: Danny Boyle’s legacy sequel leaves you hungry for what comes nextSubscriber Only
June 20, 2025 09:12 IST
28 Years Later Movie Review: The ending is rushed and, a lot of it, an appendage. However, entertained you are – and anticipating what comes next.
Fri, Jun 20, 2025
The Ritual movie review: Even Al Pacino can’t save this spiritless exorcism taleSubscriber Only
June 19, 2025 14:18 IST
The Ritual review: A lot does happen, but a lot of the same, same. Sudden snarling and attacking, rolling of the eyes, twisting of the limbs, levitating of bodies, things moving, walls cracking – nothing you haven’t seen before.
Thu, Jun 19, 2025
Because every story has a beginning. Even Sonam’sSubscriber Only
June 15, 2025 07:10 IST
Dr Naresh Purohit, who is attached with the National Mental Health Programme, said that a surge in spousal murders reflects “deeper societal issues where forced marriages and inability to express views about relationship choices can lead to violent outcomes”.
Sun, Jun 15, 2025
Materialists movie review: Dakota Johnson, Chris Evans film takes a clinical view of love in times of dating appsSubscriber Only
June 13, 2025 17:13 IST
Materialists movie review: If Celine Song's wistful and much-lauded Past Lives was about old romances and new lives, Materialists ends up being a film about never-too-old romances and did-you-really-think-new lives.
Fri, Jun 13, 2025
How to Train Your Dragon movie review: A trip down a familiar memory laneSubscriber Only
June 13, 2025 16:53 IST
How to Train Your Dragon movie review: When Hiccup and Toothless the Night Fury dragon develop their bond, and their eyes meet, it is as warm and touching as it was 15 years ago.
Fri, Jun 13, 2025
From the World of John Wick Ballerina movie review: Gorgeous Ana de Armas doesn’t have Keanu Reeves’ pizzazzSubscriber Only
June 13, 2025 09:36 IST
From the World of John Wick Ballerina movie review: The elements are all there in the John Wick spinoff, which has tragedy, Tchaikovsky and tribes rolled into one – not to mention a lone Sikh mixed up with brainwashed Slavs.
Fri, Jun 13, 2025
Karate Kid Legends movie review: Jackie Chan, Ben Wang film is worth rooting forSubscriber Only
May 30, 2025 15:59 IST
Karate Kid Legends movie review: Ben Wang, Jackie Chan, Ralph Macchio film has the moves and lands its karate kid on his feet – but it flutters rather than floats like a butterfly and pricks rather than stings like a bee.
Fri, May 30, 2025
Lilo & Stitch movie review: A serviceable return of a beloved filmSubscriber Only
May 23, 2025 14:57 IST
Lilo & Stitch movie review: Perhaps too much has changed since 2002 to expect quietude to be the heart of a mainstream film. Still, Lilo & Stitch at least manages a world untouched by violence or malice. We can live with that.
Fri, May 23, 2025
Bhool Chuk Maaf movie review: Rajkummar Rao, Wamiqa Gabbi film feels like poor man’s BrahmastraSubscriber Only
May 23, 2025 10:47 IST
Bhool Chuk Maaf movie review: Despite its cast including good actors like Rajkummar Rao and Wamiqa Gabbi, the film feels like such a stew of Ghat meets Groundhog Day.
Fri, May 23, 2025
Mission Impossible – The Final Reckoning movie review: Tom Cruise’s last rodeo as Ethan Hunt makes a feeble appeal for a united worldSubscriber Only
May 17, 2025 14:54 IST
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning movie review: The film is an ode to Tom Cruise. In its numerous flashbacks to the previous M:I films, it underlines the times Ethan Hunt saved the world, and honours the people he loved and lost.
Sat, May 17, 2025
Final Destination Bloodlines movie review: This franchise, and death, goes out with a bangSubscriber Only
May 15, 2025 17:56 IST
Final Destination Bloodlines movie review: If Bloodlines packs enough surprises to give you chills down the spine, it is because Death is stalking a close-knit family.
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