Rahu Ketu crams in a clumsy social commentary on corruption and social evils, along...

Vaa Vaathiyar ends up being a bland yet fascinating iteration of a masala film...

Happy Patel: Khatarnak Jasoos is not supposed to make sense, and doesn't even pretend...

Kalamkaval, like any good work of art, suggests more than it shows, raves Arjun Menon.

It is difficult to make conveyor belt and baggage-scanning scenes thrilling -- which is...

The Night Manager Season 2 is a comfortably paced, tension holding series, with a...

Throughout Parasakthi, Sivakarthikeyan mentions he is not against Hindi but the...

The Raja Saab is a poorly judged effort to appease to the lowest hanging fruit, and is...

Whether Freedom At Midnight 2 has a political agenda, a bias or two will be read into...

The Housemaid makes up for a few hiccups with a series of sharply staged shocks,...

Where Dhurandhar leaned into aggressive bloodlust through its acerbic storytelling,...

Vrusshabha feels like a ChatGPT prompt gone wrong, where the lazy ask for a sure-shot...

Large chunks of Stranger Things Season 5, Volume 2 are exhausting and boring, despite...

Nothing about TMMTMTTM feels fresh. That includes the painfully uninspired romance...

Raat Akeli Hai 2 is watchable, but considering the strength of its predecessor, it...

Four More Shots Please 4 seems to have been made to show off trendy outfits because...

By not turning Mrs Deshpande into a monster like the notorious Hannibal Lecter, the...

Avatar: Fire And Ash is visually stunning and emotionally engaging, offering strong...

There is nothing new or original about the storyline but loyalists may continue to be...

Akhanda 2: Thandavam may appeal to Nandamuri Balakrishna's fans and will be a madcap...

Saali Mohabbat escalates the hell-hath-no-fury-like-a-woman-scorned theme, and fashions...

In the midst of crime and cop shows all over, a family comedy comes as a relief, notes...

Christmas Karma narrowly misses being a highway pile up, mainly because its heart is in...

Kis Kisko Pyaar Karoon 2 may be a comedy filled with chaos, but in its indirect way, it...

The Great Shamsuddin Family is a seemingly light chamber piece that hides its claws of...

Real Kashmir Football Club is heartfelt and strong performances keep it afloat, but...

The bed starts to creak. Anklets jingle in the stillness of the night. A creeping...

Dhurandhar may not have the dark realism of a spy story which a web show can manage....

Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle's art is SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO good, amazing, terrific,...

Tere Ishk Mein is a disservice to brilliant actors like Dhanush and Kriti Sanon, who...

Those who have not watched earlier seasons of Stranger Things would be baffled by it,...

Revolver Rita doesn't use its comic potential to its fullest and ends up a passable...

Gustaakh Ishq feels like a cinematic revival of everything we once loved about Urdu...

We may not know Dr Ramani at first, but by the end, we get a clearer sense of his...

All this time the Great Indian Family was a refuge, when did it become a toxic dump,...

Zootopia 2 is charming, engaging, and thoroughly fun to watch, applauds Mayur Sanap.

120 Bahadur is not just a war movie. It is a tribute, a history lesson, and an...

Eko, a smartly written film, loses steam midway but somehow stays afloat and deliver...

Anything is better than Mastiii 4, sighs Mayur Sanap.

Ziddi Ishq is a messy, unhinged revenge drama that is all over the place, observes...

Dining With The Kapoors offers a perfectly edited, heart-warming family reunion, but it...

Season 3 belongs to Jaideep Ahlawat who, despite the not so well-etched character, owns...

120 Bahadur is underwhelming, adding little fresh perspective and generally feeling...

It's been a while since Hindi cinema had a zany, well-written comedy, applauds Deepa...

Agra is weird, even ambitiously so, as the film moves between being disturbing and just...

Kaantha is a peculiar love letter to cinema that tries to integrate various genres and...

This Delhi Crime series belongs to Huma Qureshi, who plays Badi Didi as a hateful...

The Girlfriend is not your typical love story and may not be streaming in as many...

The supernatural-mystery stuff is well balanced with Baramulla's more grounded,...

Maharani Season 4 doesn't disappoint, offering strong performances and Huma's powerful...

Pankaj Kapur, who visibly enjoys playing the ringmaster to this family circus, is the...

Made at a time when an insidious agenda can be read into it, Haq is an important film...

From the swag displayed in the King teaser, there is no dimming of the klieg light of...

Prabhas never looked more heroic and magnetic than he did in the dual role of Amarendra...

It's good to see Huma Qureshi help create a film which is as charming as it is...

Mari Selvaraj delivers his most rage-filled film in years, with a superbly cast Dhruv...

The hope is that the film raises significant issues about the rights of women, and does...

Nobody Wants This Season 2 might not reinvent the rom-com wheel, but it proves that...

This turgid drama, solely designed to titillate male audiences, move from one...

Thamma is mostly entertaining and not grotesquely horror-inducing, observes Deepa Gahlot.

Bhagwat Chapter One: Raakshas: An average watch instead of a compelling nightmare,...

The power of Santosh hinges on the script, enhanced by Shahana Goswami and Sunita...

In just five tightly packed episodes, Search: The Naina Murder Case takes you through a...

Lord Curzon Ki Haveli lacks the wit and the wickedness to go anywhere with the mildly...

Kiaan Shetty loves Kurukshetra so much that he recommends it to his friends too.

Dwayne Johnson delivers a knockout in quite possibly the best role of his career,...

Rishab Shetty's Kantara Chapter 1 is an ambitious, bold update of the ideas of the...

Sunny Sanskari Ki Tulsi Kumari is one of those mindless fluff kind of date movies,...

'Idli Kadai wears its heart on its sleeve, embracing nostalgia and roots with both...

The most beautiful aspect of Bad Girl is the way it delves into the mother and daughter...

In the slot of rural poor, there are those who struggle to pull themselves out of...

The emotional quotient of They Call Him OG falls flat, the plotting looks jerky, and...

Because the four -- Kajol, Twinkle, Aamir and Salman -- have worked together in the...

Given all the talent involved and a rousing real life story at its centre, Haq is...

Akshay Kumar, Arshad Warsi and Saurabh Shukla are in top form in Jolly LLB 3, applauds...

What you get is a predictable, conventional story salvaged only by powerful...

While Nishaanchi is not a homerun for Kashyap, there's enough joy in this audience...

Sabar Bonda is a tender, and exquisitely crafted slice-of-life drama that taps into...

Aryan Khan has made The Ba***ds of Bollywood entertaining and wicked, applauds Deepa...

A glimpse of the film, via the trailer, indicates a sincerity of purpose and the...

Jugnuma has the unhurried pace of a stroll at dusk through the hills and the quiet...

Do You Wanna Partner is frothy and funny without being loud or crude, which is...

Mirai is an ambitious, but lazily timid visual effects overkill that squanders away...

The comedy is unfunny, the emotional bits are dubious and the music forgettable in Heer...

The only saving grace is the title score by Amar Mohile, which injects some energy into...

For a story about sweethearts and heartache, it's a pity that you will likely forget...

The trailer of Jolly LLB 3 shows the two Jollys pitted against each other, which is a...

Ghaati does not understand how to harness Anushka Shetty's electrifying screen...

If it wasn't so violent, there would have been a few unintended laughs in Baaghi 4, but...

Inspector Zende had the potential to be genuinely entertaining. Instead, it settles for...

Silent it may aim to be, but Ufff Yeh Siyapaa is as headache-inducing as an out-of-tune...

Syed Firdaus Ashraf hopes that Nishaanchi will be a blockbuster like its trailer.

Hridayapoorvam does not break any new ground or tell a story as old as time with any...

The Kalyani Priyadarshan starrer is the kind of incentive superhero origin story that...

The lead pair looks good on screen. But each time they look lovingly into each other's...

Though Vash Level 2 doesn't deliver an absolute knock-out experience we would expect...

Songs Of Paradise is the story of a female achiever that needed to be told, just as her...

Where Half CA 2 scores is in making the audiences care for the characters to the extent...

War 2 offers you exactly what you'd expect from a mass entertainer: some escapist fun,...

Tehran's dull treatment of a dry premise never makes us feel the complexity of the...

But for those who come to watch Rajini for a larger-than-life, first-day-first-show...

It is sporadically chilling but the disparate elements take forever to come together,...

The always dependable Pratik Gandhi finds a match in Sunny Hinduja and they are...

The sheer awfulness of Andaaz 2 really doesn't deserve anyone's time or attention,...

Salakaar is full of heart, and emotionally satisfying, applauds Syed Firdaus Ashraf.

Coolie is expected to be an unabashed celebration of the larger-than-life ethos of...

Vijay Sethupathi and Nithya Menen's electrifying performances hold Thalaivan Thalaivii...

The jokes don't land. The one-liners fall flat. And worse, nobody from the well-stacked...

After a long time, here's a film that does justice to the people whose stories are...

Unlike the TVF shows that manage to mine humour and nostalgia for family bonds that are...

Fahad Faasil and Vadivelu more than deliver the goods, but the film, as a whole, fails...

Long lost brothers, downtrodden masses, a long forgotten prophecy, and a psychotic drug...

Smriti Irani is the oxygen of Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi. When the camera zooms in...

There's an obvious attempt to startle with its gruesome imagery of severed heads...

As a superhero movie, The Fantastic Four: First Steps has a stale feeling that gets...

Poor writing, unrealistic plot points, and weak performances drag Sarzameen down, sighs...

Saiyaara ends up a bland rehash of old ideas served in an older bottle, notes Arjun Menon.

The film lurches from one melodramatic situation to another, for nearly 160 minutes,...

A straightforward mishmash of earlier I Know... movies, where the obvious silliness...

Vir Das' comedy amuses even those who didn't expect to be amused in the first place,...

Rematch will be primarily enjoyed by chess lovers, but the series is sprinkled with a...

Special Ops 2 captures the spirit of the modern-day spy thriller and runs with it,...

For all its preoccupation with blindness, the only people Aankhon Ki Gustaakhiyan deems...

Maalik is just unpleasant, not even slightly engaging, observes Deepa Gahlot.

A fanciful air envelopes Aap Jaisa Koi's modest drama, of a story lost in its own...

This Superman likes a cuppa of hot cocoa, trusts people around him quite easily, gets...

Ishwak Singh's earnestness and the rustic energy of his mates keeps Mitti engaging,...

Four Years Later shines in various moments that instantly resonate with you, thanks to...

The two leads are looking confident in the trailer, but whether their chemistry will...

Aditya Dhar's penchant for action and high-pitched dramatic moments hover over...

Metro...In Dino's assembly of actors exhaust all their charm at the end of this messy...

You are hooked on The Hunt: The Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Case from the first episode,...

Watch Kaalidhar Laapata because clean family-viewing films are getting scarcer by the...

As a nothing-better-to-do weekend watch, Jurassic World Rebirth is fine. But the...

Heads of State, co-starring apna Priyanka Chopra, is a silly buddy comedy where you...

Everyone had high expectations of season 3, expecting the same level of emotion, the...

Kannappa is a bloated mess of a film that underutilises interesting story ideas,...

F1: The Movie is definitely a fun time at the movies and deserves a big screen...

What keeps the momentum going is Kajol's fully committed performance that elevates this...

Mistry may work for some, but also raises the question about mental illness being...

Panchayat Season 4 is watchable, mainly because of the wonderful actors, who, over the...

Mayur Sanap wishes there was more to a this feel-good exercise that never reaches the...

The silliness Detective Sherdil packs in the guise of humour not only trivialises a...

Kubera is a well-intentioned addition to Shekar Kammula's cinematic universe that drags...

What's unforgiving about Season two is the way the ever-so-entertaining Venkatesh...

The documentary series In Transit attempts to correct the misconceptions about...

If you're into reality shows with twists, high drama, clever gameplay and just the...

It looks like Diljit is having a field day with this one, one hopes his joy rubs off on...

Since the actors fit their parts perfectly, and everybody gets enough of an opportunity...

Housefull 5 is the most idiotic thing I've watched this year so far, asserts Sukanya...

Chhal Kapat is a bland whodunnit, which does not have the necessary skills and smarts...

The three lead actors are excellent, giving their parts the various shades of joy,...

The edge-of-the-seat action is interspersed with moments of intense, raw emotions of...

Stolen's crisp running time and Abhishek Banerjee's metamorphosis from callous to...

The tone of the film may be gloomy but it is never tragic or hopeless.Like millions of...

Kankhajura could have been so much better given its initial promise, observes Mayur Sanap

If you've watched and liked the Cobra Kai series, you will love this movie and the way...

Pankaj Tripathi's Madhav Mishra is one of the most entertaining characters created for...

Narivetta takes its cue from real-life incidents and fictionalises the ordeal through...

What grabs your attention is the end credit which has a montage of BTS pictures of...

Watching Rajkummar Rao and a horde of talented veterans indulge in mockery is getting...

Sooraj Pancholi, nostrils flaring and eyes twitching, tries to sell his character's...

The two immensely watchable stars aside, War 2 looks like a banal amalgam of every...

The Final Reckoning, with all its startling ambition and scope, puts a dazzling display...

The plot goes pretty much as expected but the Hai Junoon team seem to have sat with a...

Underdog stories always appeal to the audience if made well, and Aamir Khan's presence...

Gram Chikitsalay uses the same template as Panchayat but with a fraction of its humour...

Be it as a source of fire, secret or endgame, everything is seen through the prism of...

Retro is probably Surya's worst film till date, notes A Ganesh Nadar.

Performances by Nimrat Kaur and Amol Parashar make the rather unimaginative show...

Black, White & Gray - Love Kills has a unique take on the standard murder mystery that...

The Nani starrer is an all-out, larger-than-life upgrade of the HIT series that loses...

The Bhootnii is just never thrilling, frightening or funny enough to pass itself off as...

Rajkumar Gupta's hammy treatment and bombastic score strips the realism to turn Raid 2...

It's safe to say that Marvel is back, raves Varun Khanvilkar.

Sejal Shah's flatly-narrated timeline would probably serve better as a documentary,...

Thudarum is a masterpiece for adults, a serious yet self-aware piece of cinema that has...

Despite the evolution of cinema toward more refined expressions and aesthetics today,...

In this era of sensationalism, we should appreciate director Anant Mahadevan for...

Forget smarts or cheek, there's little novelty to be found in Jewel Thief's juvenile...

Ground Zero is a respectful biopic but a story like this needed more heart to make an...

If you disregard history and are ready to watch Kesari 2 purely as an entertainer, you...

Kesari 2 has more style than substance on its mind, feels Sukanya Verma.

If not for Tamannaah, it would have been an ordeal to sit through this uninspired...

Babil's palpable reactions to invasion of privacy make a strong case for Logout's...

Watching Bazooka is like trying to figure out a long drawn-out puzzle that never makes...

Jaat is a full-on, South-infused entertainer that delivers exactly what it promises,...

Everything in Good Bad Ugly seems copied, rues A Ganesh Nadar.

Chhorii 2 frustrates way more than it frightens, sighs Sukanya Verma.

Even if you don't play the game, you'll understand everything and have a good time,...

With a better script, Test could have been a compelling relationship drama. Instead, it...

Akshay Kumar's superhero-without-the-cape act will supersede the sheer magnitude of the...

There's not any effort -- not even a smidgen -- to resurrect a superstar on the wane in...

L2: Empuraan is an ambitious sequel that is bigger, bolder and timid in equal measure,...

Will Salman's latest endeavour finally mark a pulpy return to form? Sadly, no, answers...

Patrick Graham's crime documentary The Dupatta Killer gives all sides of the story and...

Loot Kaand tries to concoct a crime drama that arouses some curiosity but is instantly...

An upright police officer fighting wrongdoing is something we have seen umpteen times...

Empuraan promises a world of geo-political intrigue, drug wars and action spectacle all...

The possibilities of this serviceable thriller are immense but the makers prefer to...

Choreographer-turned-director Remo D'Souza can sure set the stage on fire but isn't...

Nadaaniyan's lack of charm, chemistry and cheek fails to create any ripples sighs...

Ram Madhvani's series is all over the place and also boring to watch, complains Deepa...

Such a collection of amiable characters were last seen in Panchayat.There are greedy...

For a story that thrives on jumpscares and gruesome kills, The Monkey has enough...

Fiercely original filmmaking from a director whose even just good enough attempt fares...