At 160 minutes, Wicked is too long, and knowing the undercurrents running through the plot, the candyfloss cheeriness gets too much after a point. Still, it is a worthwhile page-to-stage-to screen journey, observes Deepa Gahlot.
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Dear Mr Spielberg, can we now put to rest this overstretched, bloated dinosaur franchise? asks Aseem Chhabra.
'Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom is every bit a horror film split into predictable hostility and periodic close calls,' says Sukanya Verma.
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One sees a lot more of the aliens in this edition though not necessarily in a good way, wites Sukanya Verma.
'Jurassic World is a perfectly passable blockbuster with a B-movie heart -- but why on earth would you want to watch something so unremarkable when Mad Max: Fury Road is still in theatres and gets better on each viewing?' asks Raja Sen.
Nobody makes denial look this fabulous, says Raja Sen after watching Wes Anderson's The Grand Budapest Hotel.
The awards aren't the only story, and here, in chronological order, are my top 10 moments from this year's Globes.