Reviews
Penguin Bloom sees Naomi Watts in a poigant comeback…February 18 2021
Framing Britney Spears: documenting the tale of a shackled life…February 14 2021
Family’s border separation sparks risky road trip for Palestinian dad in 200 Meters...February 11 2021
The Man Who Sold His Skin follows a provocative path…February 10 2021
The Dig: A charming look at one history-making moment now on Netflix…February 1 2021
What Killed Maradona? A life of glory that came with pain…January 20 2021
Night Stalker – the Hunt for a Serial Killer is fraught with blood and gore…January 16 2021
Netflix’s French crime caper Lupin is thrilling to the core…January 13 2021
Actress Vanessa Kirby packs a punch as Pieces of a Woman shows grief at its most raw...January 10 2021
Strong yet subtle Sylvie’s Love is beautiful retro romance…January 4 2021
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Netflix Regency romp Bridgerton big on style, small on substance…December 30 2020
New Netflix documentary on Ariana Grande hits the wrong notes…December 24 2020
A Call To Spy: Gripping World War II thriller shines a light on brave women...December 15 2020
Godmothered: Are sugary fantasies losing their charm?…December 15 2020
Netflix’s Ava follows a paid assassin who trips over her conscience…December 9 2020
Audrey: More Than An Icon takes viewers behind glitz of Hollywood heroine...December 2 2020
Black Beauty: Mending broken spirits in yet another retelling of a classic...November 30 2020
Italian diva Sophia Loren still firing on all cylinders in The Life Ahead…November 25 2020
New York outshines lead stars in festive season offering Dash and Lily…November 23 2020
Holidate: A great background film with no real tension…November 2 2020
A Suitable Boy mirrors political, personal dilemmas on an unwieldy canvas…October 26 2020
On the Rocks — Bill Murray is a steal in this dad-daughter outing…October 25 2020
Nocturne sheds light on toxic competitiveness in a music school...October 24 2020
Blackpink: Light Up the Sky: The joys, angst of a K-pop group…October 15 2020
Parents face ethical quagmire to protect daughter in The Lie...October 12 2020
Hubei Halloween: Adam Sandler’s latest gag-filled Netflix rom…October 11 2020
Emily in Paris: Show-stealing fashion, but no real substance…October 5 2020
Environmental film Kiss the Ground offers hope in the face of despair…September 29 2020
Enola Holmes: Fun sleuthing gamble that is let down by its script…September 27 2020
The Third Day: Jude Law stuns in a riveting psychological thriller…September 19 2020
Freaks: You’re One Of Us: German superhero caper lets Netflix down…September 16 2020
Love, Guaranteed: A charming rom-com for the new era…September 6 2020
Serious first-world issues dealt with charming ease in moody teen drama…September 2 2020
Chemical Hearts: A romance that takes off from tragedy…August 30 2020
Dirty John: The Betty Broderick Story takes rage and revenge to a tragic point…August 25 2020
The Sleepover: A mom with a hidden life on mission impossible…August 23 2020
Emotions run low in predictable damsel-in-distress drama, Khuda Haafiz…August 19 2020
Berlin, Berlin: Lolle on the run does not fly…August 18 2020
Work It playfully explores ambition through music and dance…August 11 2020
Zingy rom-com Seriously Single offers lighthearted plot with a refreshing twist…August 4 2020
The Kissing Booth 2: A rom-com with unresolved issues…July 29 2020
Dil Bechara flies high with Sushant Singh Rajput’s mesmeric performance… July 28 2020
Fatal Affair explores a subject beaten to death…July 22 2020
Breathe: Into The Shadows has bizarre plot, shoddy writing…July 15 2020
I May Destroy You is brutal take on sexual assault…July 11 2020
Hamilton makes a successful transition to the big screen…July 4 2020
The Oak Room — A slow burner with a rich horror story...June 30 2020
Lost Bullet whizzes past car chases, fistfights…June 29 2020
Gagarine shows pain of losing home…June 27 2020
One-Way to Tomorrow: A railroad romance...June 23 2020
Artemis Fowl is a disappointing fantasy of a rescue mission…June 17 2020
Spike Lee’s Da 5 Bloods is right for the moment…June 13 2020
Netflix zombie horror series offers chills without the thrills…June 10 2020
Control Z: A high school sleuth sets out to find a vicious hacker…June 6 2020
The Lovebirds is a romance that runs into rough weather…May 31 2020
Capone: The degeneration of an evil mind…May 23 2020
The Last Dance is exactly what sports fans needed…May 19 2020
18 Presents: Story of motherly love may struggle to be believed…May 12 2020
Becoming, the (very) authorised biopic of Michelle Obama...May 6 2020
Dangerous Lies — A messy and lazily paced whodunit...May 3 2020
Lessons to be learnt from real-life school corruption scandal…April 30 2020
Extraction is high on adventure to chase away your lockdown blues...April 26 2020
Tigertail is deeply touching, but fails to achieve narrative brilliance…April 19 2020
Love Wedding Repeat crumbles despite an impressive cast...April 13 2020
Kim Kardashian West: The Justice Project — who is it for ?…April 8 2020
Despite slickness, ennui sets in as Money Heist season four streams…April 6
Coffee & Kareem is an inane adventure with a few laughs…April 4 2020
She follows a would-be Mata Hari in Mumbai’s murkiness...March 26 2020
Alison Brie is brilliant, but Horse Girl is confusing…March 23 2020
Lost Girls — Police apathy at a mother’s grief is hard to swallow…March 16 2020
Mark Wahlberg plays a cop with a conscience in Spencer Confidential…March 10 2020
Netflix drama Guilty a lesson on consent in the #MeToo era…March 8 2020
Netflix drama’s refreshingly sober take on teenage mental illness…March 3 2020
Great storytelling makes for fascinating watch in Netflix’s Yeh Ballet…February 24 2020
Miss Americana: A telling look at pop’s most polarising star…February 5 2020
Nefta Football Club: A charming Oscar-nominated tale…February 2 2020
A Fall from Grace is a dark thriller with a fresh take…January 26 2020
Oscar nominated Brotherhood is pure unadulterated drama…January 19 2020
Adam: A story of compassion and companionship…Janaury 9 2020
1982: Witnessing a war via the corridors of a school...January 4 2020
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A narrow airbrushed take on the Syrian war…December 30 2019
Jumanji: The Next Level plays on novelty…December 15 2019
Parkour (s) takes obstacle course through class conflict…December 8 2019
Scorsese scores with mayhem and the mafia in The Irishman…December 6 2019
The Perfect Candidate is a tongue-in-cheek look at the power of women…November 19 2019
Charlie’s Angels punch though the glass ceiling…November 16 2019
Housefull 4: Bollywood’s Akshay Kumar sinks in a senseless, sexist fare…November 16 2019
Lack of spirit leaves World War II saga hanging midway...November 14 2019
Driven crazy by Netflix heist drama’s endless twists…November 4 2019
Meryl’s brilliance sets Soderbergh financial dreamed Streeps apart...October 28 2019
It Must be Heaven: Elia Suleiman’s sardonic take on the world...October 23 2019
Noura’s Dream becomes nightmare dilemma in this raw tale…October 16 2019
Papicha: Rebelling through fashion in Algeria’s black decade…October 16 2019
The Sky is Pink: Priyanka Chopra disappoints, Zaira Wasim shines…October 13 2019
You Will Die at 20: Cursed boy’s Sudanese struggles mix fantasy, superstition…October 8 2019
Bitter Chestnut explores a contemporary quandary…October 7 2019
Bard of Blood is another Indian jaunt from Netflix…September 26 2019
Brilliant Pitt’s stellar performance in bedazzling space adventure…September 23 2019
Marriage Story paints love and loss with levity…September 15 2019
Discredited director’s comeback movie comes under skin…September 11 2019
Afghan tale of three troubled pregnancies fails to deliver…September 11 2019
Scales: Powerful critique of male dominance does Arab cinema proud…September 10 2019
Shadow of Water: A trek through the jungle with a predictable ending…September 10 2019
Joker: A painted face hides the bitter truth…September 9 2019
A Son is a powerful family tragedy will long be remembered…September 4 2019
Why animated film Bombay Rose was just too busy and sentimental…September 3 2019
Kore-eda’s The Truth puts director in uncertain world …September 3 2019
Women troop out of The Kitchen to maul the mafia…August 26 2019
Mindhunter: Getting into the psyche of a killer...August 25 2019
Second season of Sacred Games mirrors the ills of today’s India…August 17 2019
Once Upon a Time a tame Tarantino ode to the past…August 14 2019
Arabic-language ‘Dollar’ on Netflix struggles to show its worth…August 11 2019
‘Hobbs & Shaw’– Muscle and little else...August 5 2019
‘The Great Hack’: Manipulating people with their own data…July 29 2019
‘Super 30′, an exhilarating sketch of life and times of mathematician to the poor...July 16 2019
Confused narrative impedes scare series ‘Typewriter’... July 11 2019
Spider-Man: Far from Home’ lacks the thrills to trap us in its web…July 7 2019
Pervasively powerful ‘Last Visit’ explores father-son ties in a changing world…July 3 2019
‘Yesterday’, a rom-com with a soundtrack of Beatles hits...July 1 2019
Fakir’s farcical adventure a condescending take on India...June 27 2019
Clumsy mix of fiction and fact in Bollywood-obsessed orphan’s tale...June 25 2019
Frightening glimpse into near-future India under draconian rule...June 18 2019
Movie master’s reflective study of aging film director low on energy...June 13 2019
Cannes Palm d’Or winner, ‘Parasite’ is a brutal look at social inequality…June 11 2019
‘Young Ahmed’: Cannes prize winner offers a harsh look at radicalisation…May 27 2019
Of Fathers and Sons captures the moment childhood is lost…May 15 2019
The Last Summer: A flat teen rom-com that needs updating...May 11 2019
Breaking up is hard to do...April 28 2019
The Curse of La Llorona: Ghost story falls frightfully short on scare factor...April 23 2019
Selection Day: Once again TV cricketing series lacks spin and spirit of book...April 17 2019
‘The Tashkent Files’ rakes up a long-dead issue at last...April 14 2019
Childhood fancy adventure not quite what dreams are made of…April 10 2019
‘Traitors’ takes no prisoners in gripping spy drama...April 9 2019
Netflix retells story of Bonnie and Clyde in The Highwaymen…April 1 2019
Star-studded rumble in jungle packs powerful punch…March 27 2019
Put-upon mother’s journey of discovery is magical...March 26 2019
Unlikely romance loses its spark in soulless sojourn…March 19 2019
Set for Netflix, ‘Delhi Crime’ is engrossing and gut-wrenching…Mar 16 2019
‘Badla’ sinks in a quagmire of plot imperfections…March 13 2019
‘Period. End of Sentence’: India confronts the last female taboo in this award-winning documentary…March 2 2019
‘The Favourite’ is a triangular palace intrigue with an Oscar-winning lead...February 25 2019
Hip-hop dream in ‘Gully Boy’ is music to the ears...February 23 2019
Line of Descent is a dramatic tale of crime and atonement…February 16 2019
Bollywood Venetian escapade loses plot in the city of romance…February 13 2019
‘Wajib’– A father and son bond over a road trip…February 11 2019
‘Velvet Buzzsaw’: Money and cursed art paint a strange spectacle…February 2 2019
‘Gaza’: An uplifting study of a land in turmoil...January 30 2019
Syrupy Manikarnika biopic fails to impress…January 30 2019
Netflix’s first Emirati show is fascinating but lacks wit…January 26 2019
‘Why Cheat India’ is a rocky ride to the murky side of education…January 21 2019
A slanted silver screen offering on the Uri attack…January 17 2019
‘Selection Day’ fails to capture the nuances of the novel…January 14 2019
‘Girls of the Sun’– A female Kurdish battalion gives Daesh a drubbing…January 9 2019
‘Sofia’ — a damsel in distress and a selfish solution...January 1 2019
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