review Star Wars The Rise of Skywalker Movie Review: Battle Between Good and Evil is Tedious By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 20 Dec 2019 11:58:48 +0530 Overall, while the film is mega-mounted and technically impressive. It does not offer anything that's new and exciting. Read our full review of 'Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker' below. Full Article
review Dabangg 3 Movie Review: Salman Khan Dominates Every Frame and Plays to the Gallery By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 20 Dec 2019 11:21:21 +0530 Dabangg 3 review: The challenge to a popular movie franchise like Dabangg is that it requires novelty and sameness in equal parts and the team does get its balance right. Full Article
review Star Wars The Rise of Skywalker Movie Review: Exhilarating Adventure Aided by Sophisticated VFX By www.news18.com Published On :: Sat, 21 Dec 2019 11:16:24 +0530 Even if you’re not a hardcore fan, there’s enough visual wizardry to keep you entertained for the duration of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker's running time. Full Article
review Good Newwz Movie Review: Akshay Kumar, Kareena Kapoor Stand Out in This Family Entertainer By www.news18.com Published On :: Thu, 26 Dec 2019 01:21:08 +0530 An urbane comedy with the fresh subject of a pregnancy switcheroo, 'Good Newwz' may well be the family entertainer that city slickers opt for this weekend. Read our full review of the latest Bollywood film below. Full Article
review Good Newwz Movie Review: Akshay Kumar Film is a Bumpy Ride But There's Lot to Laugh About By www.news18.com Published On :: Sat, 28 Dec 2019 12:01:47 +0530 Kareena Kapoor deserves special mention for rooting her character in believability. There's a lot to enjoy in the film despite its bumps. Not a bad way to end the year. Full Article
review Ghost Stories Movie Review: Netflix's New Year Release Will Reel You in Instantly By www.news18.com Published On :: Wed, 1 Jan 2020 03:29:46 +0530 Ghost Stories is experimental but not overwhelming. The directors have tied individual short films together with good production value and vision. Full Article
review Sab Kushal Mangal Movie Review: All Is Not Hunky Dory In This Comic Caper By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 3 Jan 2020 10:54:16 +0530 Sab Kushal Mangal Movie Review: The film does have a few redeeming features but it is unlikely to make the list of memorable comedies in Hindi cinema. A pity really, for a good comedy, would have been the perfect way to kick off the New Year. Full Article
review Chhapaak Movie Review: A Positive Life-affirming Story That is Engaging By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 10 Jan 2020 07:41:20 +0530 Deepika Padukone blends into Malti seamlessly, the star, rarely surfacing and director Meghna Gulzar constructs the balance with a seasoned hand. Read our full review of 'Chhapaak' below. Full Article
review Tanhaji Movie Review: Ajay Devgn, Saif Ali Khan’s Film Has the Best VFX in Hindi Cinema Till Date By www.news18.com Published On :: Sat, 11 Jan 2020 08:50:29 +0530 Tanhaji Movie Review: Ajay Devgn and Saif Ali Khan ensure that the viewers get enough dose of high-voltage dialogues, along with fascinating action scenes. Full Article
review Chhapaak Movie Review: Deepika Padukone is in Fine Form and Delivers an Important Message By www.news18.com Published On :: Sat, 11 Jan 2020 10:27:34 +0530 The film is both moving and important. And its leading lady is in very fine form. Read our full review of 'Chhapaak' below. Full Article
review Tanhaji Movie Review: Ajay Devgn, Saif Ali Khan Make it a Delightful Watch By www.news18.com Published On :: Sat, 11 Jan 2020 10:42:09 +0530 'Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior' speaks directly to our hyper-nationalistic climate. The history is dubious, the politics problematic. Read our full review of the latest Bollywood film below. Full Article
review A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood Movie Review: Even the Cynics are Charmed by Tom Hanks By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 17 Jan 2020 11:27:14 +0530 A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood Movie Review: The movie is among those rare films of post-truth era that makes you believe that good people do exist-- even among television hosts. Full Article
review Jai Mummy Di Movie Review: Sunny Singh is Burdened with an Average Film and a Few Remixes By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 17 Jan 2020 12:14:42 +0530 Though there are some funny one-liners but they aren’t capable of sustaining our interest for long. Navjot Gulati’s film must have looked better on paper. Full Article
review 1917 Movie Review: Sam Mendes' Oscar-nominated Tale is a War Classic By www.news18.com Published On :: Sat, 18 Jan 2020 10:07:33 +0530 '1917' is a visually wondrous experience. It’s also emotional and moving in parts. Read our full review of the Hollywood film below. Full Article
review Panga Movie Review: Kangana Ranaut Delivers A Pitch-perfect Performance By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 24 Jan 2020 08:01:04 +0530 Kangana Ranaut gets out of her comfort zone in director Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari's Panga and delivers a stunning performance. Here's our movie review. Full Article
review Street Dancer 3D Movie Review: Varun Dhawan-Shraddha Kapoor Film Fails To Get us Grooving By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 24 Jan 2020 08:00:59 +0530 Varun Dhawan and Shradha Kapoor's dance film struggles at crucial junctures. Here's our movie review of Remo D'Souza's Street Dancer 3D. Full Article
review Panga Movie Review: Kangana Ranaut's Charming Film Fills You with Hope and Warmth By www.news18.com Published On :: Sat, 25 Jan 2020 10:45:11 +0530 The film’s big success is in delivering its message without making a big noise about it. Panga is all about its little moments. It’s a film about love disguised as a sports-movie. Full Article
review Jawaani Jaaneman Movie Review: Saif Ali Khan Embodies the Peter Pan Who Never Grew Up By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 31 Jan 2020 12:06:19 +0530 Given its Modern Familyesque tilt, Saif Ali Khan, Tabu and Alaya F starrer Jawaani Jaaneman seems poised to score well with the old-in-the-tooth as well as the young at heart city slickers! Full Article
review Gul Makai Movie Review: Malala Yousafzai's Biopic is Half-baked Fare By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 31 Jan 2020 03:36:55 +0530 A proper character sketch of Malala Yousafzai never really happens over Gul Makai's runtime of around 130 minutes, and the life story of the film's titular protagonist remains a shallow sideshow in her own biopic. Full Article
review Jawaani Jaaneman Movie Review: Saif Ali Khan's Ageing Playboy Is Good Fun in this Contrived Drama By www.news18.com Published On :: Sat, 1 Feb 2020 11:34:26 +0530 In Jawaani Jaaneman, Saif Ali Khan is in good form once again, but saddled with the kind of material he knows inside out. Full Article
review Parasite Movie Review: This Korean Masterpiece is Universal in Nature, 5 Stars By www.news18.com Published On :: Sat, 1 Feb 2020 11:43:11 +0530 There are moments that bristle with discomfort. Particularly a scene in which the wealthy couple discuss how the poor smell. Full Article
review Malang Movie Review: Aditya Roy Kapur, Disha Patani’s Film Is High On Style By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 7 Feb 2020 07:54:06 +0530 Malang starts with Disha Patani emerging out of the sea a la Ursula Andress and goes on to track the party scene in the city. Full Article
review Shikara Movie Review: Paradise Lost and Regained in Vidhu Vinod Chopra's Film By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 7 Feb 2020 03:03:19 +0530 Shikara resembles a painting, a work of art with Rangarajan Ramabadran’s delicate cinematography accompanied by excellent production and costume design. Full Article
review Malang Movie Review: This Dark and Twisted Film Isn't Likely To Do Much for Goa Tourism By www.news18.com Published On :: Sat, 8 Feb 2020 09:56:22 +0530 The world of Malang is dark and twisted, and Mohit Suri depicts the beach state as a Wasseypur-like badlands with rampant drug use. Full Article
review Birds of Prey Movie Review: Charismatic Margot Robbie Gives Harley Quinn Her Wings By www.news18.com Published On :: Sat, 8 Feb 2020 10:36:36 +0530 Makers of 'Birds of Prey' are trying to free the protagonist Harley Quinn once and for all from her ex-boyfriend, the Joker, and plant her firmly within a girl gang. Read our full review of the latest Hollywood film below. Full Article
review To All The Boys 2 Movie Review: Lara Jean, Peter Kavinsky are Charming but Sequel Falls Flat By www.news18.com Published On :: Thu, 13 Feb 2020 01:31:29 +0530 To All the Boys I Have Loved Before was a guilty pleasure you'd turn to every time you wanted to take a break from the regular sci-fi films and mafia thrillers. But To All The Boys 2 PS: I Still Love You doesn't fit here. Full Article
review Love Aaj Kal Movie Review: The Second Round of Love and Longing Disappoints Big Time By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 14 Feb 2020 06:35:08 +0530 Imtiaz Ali'sLove Aaj Kal’s reprised version of the same theme of love across different generations starring Kartik Aaryan, Sara Ali Khan, Randeep Hooda and Aarushi Sharmais disappointing. Full Article
review Love Aaj Kal Movie Review: The Only Nice Bits Feature Kartik Aaryan and Newcomer Arushi Sharma By www.news18.com Published On :: Sun, 16 Feb 2020 12:02:33 +0530 Love Aaj Kal 2.0, if you like, is largely contrived and superficial. It’s a love story in search of a conflict. Read our full review of the latest Bollywood film below. Full Article
review Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan Movie Review: Ayushmann Khurrana Delivers Another Winner By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 21 Feb 2020 11:39:57 +0530 The gay characters are self-respecting men dead against the idea of marrying a woman out of convenience. Parental denial is also addressed head-on, and frowned upon using clap-trap dialogues. Full Article
review Bhoot Movie Review: Vicky Kaushal Film Can Make You Spill Your Popcorn By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 21 Feb 2020 12:26:13 +0530 Thanks to Vicky Kaushal and the screenplay, Bhoot serves the basic demands but it never rises beyond the obvious. Full Article
review Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan Movie Review: Weddings and Other Pandemoniums By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 21 Feb 2020 04:31:16 +0530 If one were to rewind a bit, we have had Dostana, which introduced the idea of two brawny men as a pretend gay couple and the hilarity it would induce. Full Article
review Thappad Movie Review: Taapsee Pannu, Anubhav Sinha Deliver a Tight Slap on the Face of Patriarchy By www.news18.com Published On :: Thu, 27 Feb 2020 12:07:32 +0530 Taapsee Pannu and Anubhav Sinha's Thappad is a rousing soul search, raising the question again and again, till it forces an answer. Full Article
review Thappad Movie Review: Taapsee Pannu is First-Rate in Anubhav Sinha's Compelling Film By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 28 Feb 2020 07:50:45 +0530 Thappad isn’t a film about a wife teaching her husband not to take her for granted. It’s about a woman rediscovering her sense of self, contemplating what is fair and what isn’t. Full Article
review Baaghi 3 Movie Review: Even Tiger Shroff's Gravity-defying Stunts Couldn't Save the Film By www.news18.com Published On :: Sat, 7 Mar 2020 01:16:15 +0530 A foreign locale, bone-crunching scenes one after another and piling up choppers, instead of cars, do not make Baaghi 3 an entertaining film. Full Article
review Baaghi 3 Movie Review: Tiger Shroff Throws Logic Out of the Window But Makes it a Fun Watch By www.news18.com Published On :: Sat, 7 Mar 2020 01:15:30 +0530 Tiger Shroff, who is the star attraction of the 'Baaghi' films, is in reliably good form as the third installment hangs by a thread off its leading man’s strong shoulders. Full Article
review Guilty Movie Review: Kiara Advani, Akansha Ranjan's Netflix Film Lacks Earnestness By www.news18.com Published On :: Sat, 7 Mar 2020 04:05:41 +0530 'Guilty' boasts of some fine performances by the cast -- Kiara Advani, particularly, deserves mention. But the actors are weighed down by mediocre storytelling and the film is a wasted attempt. Full Article
review Angrezi Medium Movie Review: First-Rate Irrfan and A Delightful Deepak Dobriyal Lift the Film By www.news18.com Published On :: Thu, 12 Mar 2020 12:50:05 +0530 Irrfan, despite a difficult phase of illness just before the film’s shooting began, puts forward a stellar performance, absolutely convincing as the loving father. Full Article
review Asur Review: Inside Home During Coronavirus Lockdown? Binge Watch Barun Sobti's Show By www.news18.com Published On :: Mon, 23 Mar 2020 01:55:59 +0530 There’s a bit of Hindu mythological references and a tinge of supercop extravaganza, Asur travels back and forth in time zones 18 years apart. Full Article
review She Review: Imtiaz Ali's Web Series Suffers Due to the Wrong Idea of Empowered Woman By www.news18.com Published On :: Mon, 23 Mar 2020 08:58:46 +0530 Netflix's new show, She, which is created by Imtiaz Ali, gives the impression that a woman’s body could also work as the chain to control the developments around her. Full Article
review Maska Movie Review: Could Have Been Smoother With A Little More Butter By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 27 Mar 2020 07:48:55 +0530 It’s not a new concept as the personal versus professional has spawned many ideas but most of the time, they work because of their intensity, which Maska lacks. Full Article
review Money Heist Season 4 Review: Professor Returns Without A Plan And This May Cost Him By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 3 Apr 2020 06:56:50 +0530 You know that Professor and his team are robbers, sometimes they even kill people, but you root for them as you identify with their needs. Full Article
review Angrezi Medium Desi Trailer Review | Irrfan | Review Ramesh I Showsha By www.news18.com Published On :: Thu, 9 Apr 2020 02:49:01 +0530 Our very own #Irrfan has finally made a dhamaakedaar comeback with #AngreziMedium. A film, in which he does an impossible task of sending his daughter abroad for further studies. But does this film hold up to the hype? Is it better than the prequel 'Hindi Medium'? Does it deserve your time in these #lockdown days? Watch this hilariously honest review to find out. Full Article
review Home Before Dark Review: With Lot of Family Drama It's Not a Drab and Dreary Murder Mystery By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 10 Apr 2020 11:27:31 +0530 With a strong hook for Season 2 that has already stoked much curiosity, Home Before Dark could well fill the void left behind by Stranger Things. Full Article
review The Raikar Case Review: It's Not A Complicated Murder Mystery By www.news18.com Published On :: Sat, 11 Apr 2020 11:52:55 +0530 As the seven-episode storyline unfolds, you realise that the hunch is not altogether misplaced. Series director Aditya Sarpotdar and his team of writers have obviously made extra efforts to balance schmaltz with suspense. Full Article
review Love Wedding Repeat Movie Review: New Netflix Romcom is a Missed Opportunity By www.news18.com Published On :: Thu, 16 Apr 2020 11:48:23 +0530 Quite like the romantic fate of its protagonists, 'Love Wedding Repeat' is riddled with too many missed opportunities, preventing the audiences from falling in love with the film. Full Article
review Four More Shots Please Season 2 Review: All-women Crew Provides a Happy High By www.news18.com Published On :: Sun, 26 Apr 2020 01:19:41 +0530 Despite the feel-good simplicity of the narrative, the protagonists' worlds continue to be nuanced. Read our full review of the Amazon Prime Video series here. Full Article
review Sergio Movie Review: Narcos' Wagner Moura Returns As A Peacekeeper In Baghdad By www.news18.com Published On :: Mon, 20 Apr 2020 02:46:48 +0530 The best thing about the movie is that one does not have to know about the politics of the countries Sergio served, and this includes his last assignment as the UN Special Representative in Baghdad. Full Article
review Extraction Movie Review: Dhaka Faces Unimaginable Wrath of ‘Mercenary’ Chris Hemsworth By www.news18.com Published On :: Thu, 23 Apr 2020 09:13:51 +0530 Sam Hargrave, stunt coordinator of Captain America-Civil War and Avengers-Endgame, faces the dilemma of choosing between hardcore action and emotional support till Chris Hemsworth decides to go all out. Full Article
review Never Have I Ever Review: An Emotional Roller-coaster Ride You'll Enjoy for the Most Part By www.news18.com Published On :: Tue, 28 Apr 2020 11:55:54 +0530 With Never Have I Ever, the inimitable Mindy Kaling, attempts a show ‘for and about teenagers’ and does so with the aplomb of a seasoned hand. Full Article
review Mrs Serial Killer Movie Review: Shirish Kunder, Why Don’t You Take Criticism Seriously? By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 1 May 2020 06:55:00 +0530 First 20 minutes of Mrs Serial Killer look like a total assault on the senses, but what do you do? You can only wait for little joys of life. Full Article