Here’s how reviewing works on this site. Our contributors watch movies (lots of them!), and then offer very subjective, very personal opinions on them. The objective here (pun intended) is to give you a perspective on the movie or show, and justify it. An informed opinion, if you please. You may wonder then: why should you be reading these reviews, or value these opinions over others? To borrow a thought from famous film critic Barry Norman, CBE (1933-2017), the biggest reason you should consider reading them is that these contributors probably have seen many more movies than the average movie-watcher over a long period of time and draw from a larger pool of movies they have watched, to form opinions. Does that make sense? Read on! If you would like to contribute, get in touch with us on one of our social media pages.
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Lucky Baskhar (2024)
On a well done backdrop of late 1980s (early 90s) Venky Alturi takes you to the Bombay of stock market scams and financial dealings. This was a time when Mumbai was still Bombay, scams were still caught and the scamsters were still jailed, institutions like…
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Sikandar ka Muqaddar (2024)
Hansa: Aye Prafullll, I heard your new movie is playing on Netflix Praful: Yes Hansa, after a long long time. Hansa: And do you have a good role in it? Praful: I am there right from the first scene Hansa: Suparkkk Praful, so what is…
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Martin (2024)
Martin is a high voltage Kannada action thriller which can applauded and put to good use for several reasons. The movie starts off in Islamabad Pakistan, which has a prison filled with all the MMA wrestlers of the world. While the entire North India is…
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Yudhra (2024)
So last night I made myself an omelette. It wasn’t an ordinary omelette it was a cheese and Kheema omelette. I put on the movie as I started cooking the Kheema. Stirring the well minced mutton as I looked at Siddhant chaturvedi who was beating…
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Napad (2024)
A police car drives up on a remote road. The driver stops to ask a passerby for directions to a Tadeusz Gadacz’s residence. The car comes to a stop and a serious-looking woman steps out and walks on a muddy pathway and across a tiny…
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Lubber Pandhu (2024)
A clash of egos, firm unwavering love, confidence in oneself, sportsman spirit with subtle hints at casteism, classism, woman empowerment and all on the backdrop of cricket….that’s what forms the podium on which Lubber Pandhu is delivered. And what a movie it is…… The movie…
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Vettaiyan (2024)
Vettaiyan is the latest offering from TJ Gnanavel whose last movie Jai Bhim was a super super success. In this movie Gnanavel tries to talk about the moral dilemma behind encounter killings, wait no sorry, drugs in school, no coaching class scams, no no, Chinese…
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The Buckingham Murders (2024)
Okay, first of all, let me say that someone who can make an awesome Biryani or a fantastic cake is perfectly capable of making a terrible Sabudana Khichadi. So when, Hansal Mehta, who made Shahid and Citylights makes Buckingham Murders you shouldn’t hold that against…
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Devara Part 1 (2024)
A movie made for the masses is usually supposed to be intense, grandiose, with high voltage action, stars with huge fan base, seeti maar songs and dances and a racy plot. Devara gets all of this but forgets to get in the plot. So we…
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Killer Heat (2024)
Killer Heat opens with private detective Nick Bali (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) arriving on a picturesque Greek island to investigate the accidental death of a wealthy resident Leo Vardakis in a freak climbing accident. He has come at the behest of the deceased man’s sister-in-law Penelope (Shailene…
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Meiyazhagan (2024)
Meiyazhagan is an emotional rollercoaster in the best ways. It tugs at your heartstrings, squeezing out the essence of everything good in relationships, family, and the goodness of people—in the best of times, and at the worst. Does it succeed? Very well. The movie sets…
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Do Patti (2024)
DO PATTI, BUT EK NA CHALI!Do Patti scores top marks for me as one of the worst A-lister Hindi films I have seen in recent times. I like both Kriti Sanon and Kajol as very capable actors, but Do Patti is that one film that…
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Mausam (1975)
The movie begins with the gentle tune of “Dil dhundhta hai fir wahi fursat ke Raat din” as a merc travels through the winding roads of Darjeeling, and you know you are set for a soul stirring journey for the next two hours or so.…
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Wit (2001)
A room. A doctor. A potential experimentee. Dr Bearing is a scholar in seventeenth-century English poetry. Dr Kelekian is an oncologist. He has bad news for Dr Bearing. It is cancer. The patient seems to be bearing the news as well as one can, given…
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Venom: the Last Dance (2024)
VENOMENAL? NOT QUITE. I rarely watch movies on the first day of its release. Yes, I do sometimes; usually Superstar Rajini’s movies (not all of them!), or something I got super-hyped waiting for—like The Batman (the new one). This time was a fluke thanks once…
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Do Patti (2024)
Director: Okay ladies I have a movie for you Kajol: Yes Yes Yes I wanna do a movie Kriti: Me too. But I won’t be a robot again Director: Alright, well, this is not about robots, it’s a thriller Kajol: A thrillerrrrrrrr Director: Yes a…