Phullu Review: All Talk, No Action
Director: Abhishek Saxena Cast: Sharib Hashmi, Jyoti Sethi, Nutan Surya Phullu is one of those infantile, socially (over)conscious films I really wanted to like. In fact, I’m reminded infinitely –…
Star Rating: 2
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Rangoon Movie Review: An Imperfect, But Genuine Film
First-time director Rajkumar Periasamy – a former associate of A. R. Murugadoss, who is the producer here – fills Rangoon with the factual density of non-fiction
Behen Hogi Teri Movie Review: There Are A Few Sparkles At But Is Let Down By Sloppy Wri...
This could have and should’ve been a better film. It sparkles and soon enough, sputters out
Dobaara: See Your Evil Movie Review
Dobaara: See your Evil is a movie about a murderous mirror. The story is exactly as ridiculous as that sounds. And I’m still wondering what the tag line means –…
Mirror Game Review: A Semi-Competent Whodunit
Director: Vijit Sharma Cast: Parvin Dabas, Dhruv Bali, Omi Vaidya, Sneha Ramachander The game actually begins right during the opening credits sequence. Elaborate mental health disorder terms flash up on…
Sachin: A Billion Dreams Review: A One-sided Account Of Tendulkar’s Legacy
Director James Erskine’s film about the cricket legend betrays the complexity of the man, but not the theatre of him. It betrays the integrity of documentation, but not the power of it
Born Free Short Film Review: When Freedom Is Branded
At 40 minutes, this film about a corporate slave and a carefree travel blogger, is too short to support its conversational structure, and too long to say something painfully familiar
Hindi Medium Review: A Brave Attempt That Goes Awry At The End
Like most of Saket Chaudhry’s other work, in this film too, he seems in control for the most part, only to choke spectacularly in the end
Yeidhavan Movie Review
Language: Tamil Director: Sakthi Rajasekaran Cast: Kalaiyarasan, Satna Titus, Aadukalam Naren In just the span of the first scene, Sakthi Rajasekaran’s Yeidhavan (The Arrow Shooter) gives us two -ism dialogues,…
Comrade in America Movie Review
Language: Malayalam Director: Amal Neerad Cast: Dulquer Salmaan, Karthika Muralidharan, Julio Antonio Alonzo, Soubin Shahir, Dileesh Pothan. John Vijay Amal Neerad’s previous film, Iyobinte Pusthakam, began with an Emergency-era communist, the…
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 Movie Review
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 begins with a bang – literally. The guardians fight off a gigantic squid-like creature while Baby Groot dances to the Electric Light Orchestra hit ‘Mr. Blue…
