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FILM REVIEW: War 2: Looks expensive, feels empty

Cast: Hrithik Roshan, N. T. Rama Rao Jr. and Kiara Advani Director:   Ayan Mukerji Platform: In Cinemas Rating out 5: ★★ Some films want to take you somewhere. They want...

FILM REVIEW: Dhadak 2 – Love burns, but caste scars! Dhadak 2 smoulders with fury and heartbreak

Cast: Triptii Dimri, Siddhant Chaturvedi, Zakir Hussain, Haider Ansari, Saurabh Sachdeva Director: Shazia Iqbal Platform: In cinemas from 1 August  Rating out 5: ★★★½ This film is a...

Saiyaara: Aneet Padda shines bright in a debut that’s equal parts hopeful and troubling

Cast: Ahaan Pandey, Aneet Pada Director:   Mohit Suri Platform: In Cinemas Rating out 5: ★★★ Saiyaara is a coming-of-age romance set against the confused, high-gloss haze of Delhi's elite youth...

F1 the movie: Kosinski’s high-octane vision meets Pitt’s ragged star power

Cast: Brad Pitt, Damson Idris, Javier Bardem, Kerry Condon, Tobias Menzies Director:   Joseph Kosinski Platform: In Cinemas Rating out 5: ★★★★ There’s a moment early in F1: The Movie when...

Jurassic World Rebirth: Gareth Edwards brings awe and teeth back to the franchise

Cast: Scarlett Johansson; Mahershala Ali; Jonathan Bailey; Rupert Friend; Manuel Garcia-Rulfo; Ed Skrein Director:   Gareth Edwards Platform: In Cinemas Rating out 5: ★★★ Franchises don’t usually come back from extinction....

FILM REVIEW: Maalik: All swagger, no soul

Cast: Rajkummar Rao, Huma Qureshi, Manushi Chhillar Director:   Pulpit Platform: In Cinemas Rating out 5: ★★ I watched Maalik expecting something that would at least rattle the walls a little....

FILM REVIEW: MAA: Mythological horror misfires with weak scares and clunky VFX

Cast: Kajol, Ronit Roy, Indraneil Sengupta, Kherin Sharma, Surjyasikha Das, Jitin Gulati Director: Vishal Furia Platform: In Cinemas June 27 2025 Rating out 5: ★★ There’s a fine...

FILM REVIEW: First Copy

Cast: Munawar Faruqui, Krystle D'Souza, Saqib Ayub, Gulshan Grover, Raza Murad, Ashi Singh Director: Farhan P. Zamma Platform: On Amazon MX Player Rating out 5: ★★★ First Copy begins...

FILM REVIEW: Sitaare Zameen Par – Another earnest chapter in Aamir Khan’s social cinema journey

Cast: Aamir Khan, Genelia Deshmukh, Gurpal Singh Director:  R.S. Prasanna Platform: In cinemas from 20 June  Rating out 5: ★★★ I count myself among the devoted: a fan of...

FILM REVIEW: Chhal Kapat: The Deception

Cast: Shriya Pilgaonkar, Kamya Ahlawat, Ragini Dwivedi, Tuhina Das, Yahhve Sharma Director:   Ajay Bhuyan Platform: On Zee5 from June 6 Rating out 5: ★ Chhal Kapat opens with such urgency...

Love Guru (2025): A pleasant surprise but we’ve seen it all before

Cast: Mahira Khan, Humayun Saeed, Ramsha Khan, Ahmad Ali Butt Director:   Nadeem Baig Platform: In cinemas from May 7 Rating out 5: ★★ In the latest offering from Pakistan’s slowly...

FILM REVIEW: The Salt Path

Cast: Gillian Anderson, Jason Isaacs Director:   Marianne Elliott Platform: In cinemas from May 30 Rating out 5: ★★★ Marianne Elliott’s The Salt Path, adapted from Raynor Winn’s best-selling memoir, arrives as...

FILM REVIEW: War 2: Looks expensive, feels empty

FILM REVIEW: Dhadak 2 – Love burns, but caste scars! Dhadak 2 smoulders with fury and heartbreak

Saiyaara: Aneet Padda shines bright in a debut that’s equal parts hopeful and troubling

F1 the movie: Kosinski’s high-octane vision meets Pitt’s ragged star power

Jurassic World Rebirth: Gareth Edwards brings awe and teeth back to the franchise

FILM REVIEW: Maalik: All swagger, no soul

FILM REVIEW: MAA: Mythological horror misfires with weak scares and clunky VFX

FILM REVIEW: First Copy

FILM REVIEW: Sitaare Zameen Par – Another earnest chapter in Aamir Khan’s social cinema journey

FILM REVIEW: Chhal Kapat: The Deception