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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: Jaat A Tsunami of Testosterone

Cast: Sunny Deol, Randeep Hooda, Regena Cassandrra, Saiyami Kher, Vineet Kumar Singh Director: Gints Zilbalodis Platform: On Netflix from April 10 Rating out of 5:★★ There’s a...

Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning: A last farewell from the man who ran for us all

Cast: Tom Cruise, Hayley Atwell, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, Henry Czerny, Angela Bassett Directors: Christopher McQuarrie Platform: In cinemas from 23 May Star rating out of 5:...

FILM REVIEW: Flow: A silent drift through the post apocalypse

Director: Gints Zilbalodis Platform: Amazon Prime Rating out of 5:★★★★ I’ve always believed that the best stories don’t need a lot of words. Sometimes, all you need is...

FILM REVIEW: The Accountant 2- Balance without brilliance

Cast: Ben Affleck, Jon Bernthal, Cynthia Addai-Robinson, Daniella Pineda, J. K. Simmons Director: Gavin O'Connor Platform: In cinemas from 25 April 2025 Rating out of 5:★★1/2 There’s a...

SERIES REVIEW: The Royals – All crown, no kingdom

Cast: Bhumi Pedneka, Ishaan Khatter, Zeenat Aman, Sakshi Tanwar, Vihaan Samat, Kavya Trehan, Sumukhi Suresh, Nora Fatehi, Lisa Mishra and Udit Arora Directors: Priyanka Ghose and...

FILM REVIEW: Costao- Nawazuddin Siddiqui shines in a bold biopic that restores the glory of forgotten heroes

Cast: Nawazuddin Siddiqui as Costao Fernandes, Priya Bapat as Maria Fernandes, Kishore Kumar G as Alfanso D’Mello, Hussain Dalal as Peter, Mahika Sharma as...

SERIES REVIEW: The Royals – All crown, no kingdom

FILM REVIEW: Costao- Nawazuddin Siddiqui shines in a bold biopic that restores the glory of forgotten heroes

FILM REVIEW: Thunderbolts* – Marvel’s misfits find their humanity

FILM REVIEW: Sinners – Blues with fangs

FILM REVIEW: Raid 2 – Ajay Devgn returns in a familiar, if uneven, sequel

FILM REVIEW: Another Simple Favor – Feig’s thriller-comedy hybrid promises more than it pours

MOVIE REVIEW: Netflix’s Jewel Thief: Saif Ali Khan shines in a stylish heist thriller

Sikandar Film Review: Salman Khan’s heroic effort falls short in this flawed love story- He needs to reinvent, not repeat

Bambi Stanmore: A feast for the scene, but does it deliver on flavour?

Music Album Review: Selena Gomez releases ‘I Said I Love You First’ with Benny Blanco