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Pathaan redeems Shah Rukh, as it had to. But it also redeems DeepikaSubscriber Only

February 12,2023 07:50:58 AM

If Shah Rukh is the force of nature who textured love for many of us, from sensual to psychotic, compulsive to obsessive, this article today is for Deepika Padukone.

Sun, Feb 12, 2023

A Man Called Otto movie review: Tom Hanks starrer has a big heart

February 10,2023 20:47:17 PM

Watching Otto conquer his Mission Irascible is not unpleasant, so to speak. But you know where you are going from a long way off.

Sun, Feb 19, 2023

The Whale movie review: Weighing in

February 03,2023 17:51:12 PM

The Whale might be the most schmaltzy of Aronofsky's films, but it's not the first time his central character has pushed himself/herself to their physical limits.

Fri, Feb 03, 2023

The Woman King movie review: Viola Davis film is too much of everything

February 03,2023 14:42:15 PM

The Woman King movie review: The Woman King ends up being somewhere in the middle — a thrilling action film that puts Africa and a murky chapter in its history front and centre, which is proud of the heritage of the continent that bears scars of it.

Fri, Feb 03, 2023

Broker movie review: The film is leavened by Hirokazu Koreeda’s light touch

January 20,2023 18:28:49 PM

While Song Kang-ho (Parasite) is characteristically good as the oldest of the group, who has seen everything come apart over his life, both Dong-won Gang and Ji-eun Lee grow on you as the two younger people carrying deep pain and unsaid feelings.

Fri, Jan 20, 2023

Puss in Boots The Last Wish movie review: The film thrills your heart and warms it too

January 20,2023 15:57:47 PM

Puss in Boots The Last Wish movie review: Dreamworks also puts story here above style, not aiming to impress by going all life-like but deliberately evoking those fairy tales where we hit reboot to life.

Fri, Jan 20, 2023

Hear the daughterSubscriber Only

January 15,2023 07:50:03 AM

Maybe that's what my daughter is telling me too, to rage against things that matter, but to see the change, to acknowledge kindness, to allow her a world that girls like her can make in their own image.

Sun, Jan 15, 2023

M3GAN movie review: The themes in this Allison Williams-starrer are dealt with pretty impressively

January 13,2023 20:46:02 PM

The story of M3GAN (the writer is James Wan of The Conjuring) holds many surprising themes that are very effective and are dealt with pretty impressively.

Fri, Jan 13, 2023

Operation Fortune Ruse de Guerre movie review: This film does Jason Statham, Guy Ritchie no favoursSubscriber Only

January 06,2023 16:04:57 PM

Operation Fortune Ruse de Guerre movie review: The film is done in by snide jokes at smart women, banter bordering on risque and generalisation about Russians and their 'lackey' Ukrainians.

Sat, Jan 07, 2023

Whitney Houston I Wanna Dance with Somebody movie review: An unapologetic ode to one of the greatest voices of all time

December 30,2022 18:43:15 PM

Whitney Houston I Wanna Dance with Somebody review: Naomi Ackie, who lacks that star quality that marked Whitney Houston, makes it up with an almost flawless performance – down to her beating fingers on a mic in the eponymous song of the film's title.

Fri, Dec 30, 2022

Devotion movie review: This Jonathan Majors film tries to be many things at once

December 02,2022 19:05:37 PM

Devotion movie review: Taking the weight of the film's title a bit too seriously, director JD Dillard puts Ensign Jesse Brown on a pedestal and won't allow him a moment to be entirely human.

Fri, Dec 02, 2022

The Wonder stands no chance against Florence Pugh

November 19,2022 16:04:45 PM

The Wonder, streaming on Netflix, stars Florence Pugh in the lead role. Helmed by Sebastian Lelio, the film also stars Tom Burke, Kíla Lord Cassidy, Niamh Algar, Toby Jones, Ciarán Hinds, and Brían F. O’Byrne.

Sun, Nov 20, 2022

The Menu movie review: An overcooked dish

November 18,2022 17:50:38 PM

The Menu review: The Menu is ultimately an overcooked dish – too busy plating itself, like the stentorian chef it is both trying to mock as well as celebrate.

Fri, Nov 18, 2022

Drishyam 2 movie review: Ajay Devgn, Tabu film lands home its lesson a second timeSign In to read

November 18,2022 10:03:57 AM

Drishyam 2 movie review: The Ajay Devgn-Akshaye Khanna-Tabu starrer very deftly picks up from where the two main protagonists, both fierce parents, left off in Drishyam. Its execution is not as smooth as the last time though.

Sat, Nov 19, 2022

Uunchai movie review: A heartfelt ode to friendship

November 11,2022 17:02:48 PM

Uunchai review: A bit fewer of several stretches towards the second half where the film meanders into more than one man-made crises, and this Uunchai would have been mission truly accomplished.

Sat, Nov 12, 2022

Black Panther Wakanda Forever movie review: A glorious send-off to a true Marvel hero

November 11,2022 14:28:29 PM

Black Panther Wakanda Forever movie review: The MCU film has human emotions at the heart of it and is anchored by some great acting. It's action is also impressive.

Sat, Nov 12, 2022

Mrs Harris Goes To Paris movie review: The film both celebrates haute couture and disses it

November 04,2022 17:18:00 PM

Mrs Harris Goes To Paris movie review: This film by director Anthony Fabian is a lot of different things hoping to come together into a wholesome work of couture.

Fri, Nov 04, 2022

Happy Diwali! From the other sideSubscriber Only

October 23,2022 04:32:08 AM

Yes, it is Diwali, and beyond those twinkling lights, there hides the well-known secret. While the world, or rather their male counterparts sleep, women are at work making festivals — including this one — happen.

Sun, Oct 23, 2022

Black Adam movie review: This Dwayne Johnson film ain’t all bad

October 20,2022 17:36:23 PM

Black Adam movie review: This Dwayne Johnson film has just the right amount of fun and games to lighten the mood of this story from the DC Extended Universe comic franchise.

Tue, Oct 25, 2022

Ticket to Paradise movie review Julia Roberts- George Clooney's film 1200

Ticket to Paradise movie review: Julia Roberts-George Clooney’s film is beautifully inert

October 06,2022 11:47:39 AM

Ticket to Paradise movie review: George Clooney and Julia Roberts' chemistry crackles, their jokes land, they can't be too mean to each other and we don't want that, he still has that crinkly-eyed grin with more of the salt-and-pepper hair, and she still has that most uplifting laugh in the world

Thu, Oct 06, 2022

Don’t Worry Darling movie review: Olivia Wilde thriller goes nowhere with its promising premise

September 30,2022 16:06:14 PM

Don’t Worry Darling movie review: Olivia Wilde flounders in this much-anticipated second directorial venture.

Fri, Sep 30, 2022

Everything Everywhere All At Once movie review: You can’t have everything

September 16,2022 18:13:41 PM

Everything Everywhere All At Once movie review: The film makes it all worthwhile in the end, by having at its heart a much simpler tale of marital conflict, family discords and the bonds of love.

Fri, Sep 16, 2022

Where the Crawdads Sing movie review: Effective as a story about loneliness and love

September 16,2022 15:22:21 PM

Where the Crawdads Sing movie review: The film decides to cast its protagonist in an insistently considerate light which does the most injustice to the girl who has conquered a jungle.

Thu, Jan 23, 2025