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June 29, 2007
Awarapan : Stay off the cinema hall
Awarapan: Preserved your ticket and await a refund.

Apne : Watch it for knock-out Dharmendra
In Apne Dharmendra reminds us why he is so special.

AKS : Only for Himesh fans
The film has no story and poor acting. But excellent songs.

AKS : A Himesh showcase
Avoid Aap Kaa Surroor at all costs.

June 28, 2007
Welcome back, Mr John McClane
The new Die Hard is a typical Hollywood popcorn movie, and works only because of Bruce Willis.

June 22, 2007
Chain Kulii Ki Main Kulii is a cute film
Chain Kulii Ki Main Kulii, starring Rahul Bose and Zain Khan, is a cute story about kids, cricket and a magic bat.

Ignore this Premonition
Sandra Bullock stars in a suspense drama that leaves you very bored.

Marie Antoinette : No great shakes
The film is akin to an American high school drama staged in Marie Antoinette's French quarters for teenage girls.

June 15, 2007
This one ain't Fantastic either
The Fantastic Four sequel turns out to be okay, but flat overall.

Jhoom Bore-abar Jhoom
Shaad Ali's new film is a moronic, overbaked effort.

Jhoom is just a concert
The actors do well, but Shaad Ali's film is nothing more than a packaging.

June 08, 2007
Thirteenth time's the charm
Steven Soderbergh's latest film is the ultimate guilty pleasure.

Don't get on this Train
Except for Hamshmi's non-stop kissing, there's nothing to write home about this lackluster rip off from the Hollywood film Derailed .

Pankaj Kapoor excels in Dharm
But the film will not draw in the audiences.

You'll fall in love with MP3
MP3 will bring back fond memories of your first love.

Swami is touching
The simple tale of a couple and their struggle will tug at your heart strings.

Red Swast-eek!
The film, in which sexist subjugation is countered with a shiny knife and Swastika art, falls flat on its face whilst trying to provide an estrogen-powered slice of sadistic pie in a perverted male dominated world.

June 01, 2007
Very foolish, and that's final
Fool N Final is a bad film.

Knocked up : Delightfully raunchy
Knocked Up , directed by Judd Apatow is a delightful comedy of an unplanned pregnancy and its aftermath.

Yo ho ho and a bottle of ho-hum
Close to three hours long, this Johnny Depp film is an exhausting watch.

May 25, 2007
Shootout : Very pakao
Apoorva Lakhia's film is a disappointment.

BigB-ittersweet Symphony
Amitabh rocks in his new film, Cheeni Kum.

May 21, 2007
The Train has a good groove
Composer Mithoon does well with his first complete soundtrack.

May 18, 2007
Review: Raqeeb belongs to Sharman
Raqeeb might not be a unique tale, but has enough twists to keep you hooked.

Ek Chalis : Bizarre
In what could have been a brilliant dark comedy ends up as a mishmash of everything weird.

May 17, 2007
Shrek the Third offers plenty of fun
Overall the film has enough colour, humour, and drama to make it one of the biggest summer hits of the year.

May 15, 2007
Cheeni Kum , not Ilaiyaraaja's best
Cheeni Kum, the album by musical maestro Ilaiyaraaja is not upto the mark.

May 11, 2007
Good Boy Bad Boy is painful
Director Ashvini Choudhury makes a mediocre Emraan Hashmi film.

There's Something About Metro
Anurag Basu's latest film is a well cast, crisply made film that entertains perhaps more than it intended to.

May 04, 2007
Yatra is a trip to nowhere
Rekha and Nana Patekar fail to impress in Gautam Ghose's laborious new film.

May 03, 2007
Fans will love Himesh's Aap Kaa Surroor
But the music composer has done better before.

May 02, 2007
Raqeeb : Pritam offers a mixed bag
Music director Pritam gives some good numbers and some outdated number in his new album.

April 27, 2007
Ta Ra Rum Pum makes you feel good
Siddharth Anand's film is an entertaining watch.

April 21, 2007
Meet The Robinsons is a fun fable
The latest Disney feature isn't consistently funny, but impresses overall.

Bean there, done that
Rowan Atkinson is brilliant as usual.

April 20, 2007
Kya Koi Aur Script Nahin Hai?
Kya Love Story Hain is a recycled, redundant tale not likely to find many takers.

A nostalgic but ineffective German
Steven Soderbergh's most recent effort looks like a 40s film but fails to capture the spirit of the era.

April 16, 2007
Bachchan brings warmth to Penguins
Amitabh's Hindi narration adds cosiness to the Oscar-winning March Of The Penguins.

Panthayakozhi is a big letdown
Young Narain is projected as star material, but the subject matter lets him down.

Lancha Saamraajya is a very pedestrian effort
Lancha Saamraajya has little substance, and stereotyped characters.

April 13, 2007
Eragon is not bad, it's unremarkable
Nothing remarkable about the film except for some breathtaking special effects here and there.

LMKK : Filmi soap opera
Vikram Bhatt starts off with promise but, like his characters, he aims for too much too fast, dwindling the plot's pace and persuasion.

Vinay almost makes Bheja Fry work
Vinay Pathak is the one reason to watch this stilted comic remake.

Music of Naan Avan Illai remake is dismal
This remake of the same name directed by Jeevan of Kaakha Kaakha and Thiruttu Payale fame fails to match up to the musical brilliance of the original.

Perfect Stranger is not so perfect
Perfect Stranger could have made a good film had the scriptwriter, Todd Komarnicki, and the director, James Foley, been less careless.

April 09, 2007
Ta Ra Rum Pum has cool tunes
Vishal-Shekhar's music is good.

April 06, 2007
Beerfest works great for overgrown kids
A lager-soaked film aiming shamelessly for male laughs.

Shakalaka Boom Boom is timepass
Upen Patel and Bobby Deol handle this tale of rivalry quite well.

Provoked tells an important story
Aishwarya Rai manages to stay sincere in this traumatic true story.

March 30, 2007
Khanna & Iyer is obnoxious
Avoid the film at all costs.

Actual World Cup nahi toh Kya, Salaam India Cup toh Jeet gaye
This film about cricket works simply because it comes without the usual hype.

A bad pursuit of Delhiiness
Don't let Rabbi's music fool you, this is one bad film.

March 27, 2007
Metro music is refreshing
Lets hope the film is as good as pritam's score.

March 23, 2007
Namastey London is a fun ride
Akshay Kumar's new film is worth a watch.

This Sunshine is beautiful
Little Miss Sunshine is a must watch.

March 16, 2007
If you have seen Honeymoon , skip Just Married
Otherwise, Just Married is a good one-time watch.

300 thrills, but leaves you cold
There is much technical achievement but little heart in this big-screen adaptation.

Hattrick: Not as entertaining as a cricket match
The Rediff Review.

March 13, 2007
Review: Too much Jessica in this Bachchan book
A review of the Jessica Hines book, Looking for the Big B: Bollywood, Bachchan and Me.

March 12, 2007
Sarhad Paar : Terrible!
Sanjay Dutt's new film is a sheer waste of time.

March 09, 2007
Deepa Mehta impresses with Water
Lisa Ray is a revelation, while Seema Biswas steals the show.

The film will make you see Red
Red has nothing much to offer other than Celina Jaitley, in a bikini.

1971: A good effort
1971, by 31-year old Amrit Sagar, is a realistic tale based on the plight of 54 prisoners of war still languishing in Pakistani jails.

Tabu, Irrfan are brilliant in Namesake
Mira Nair's Namesake is a must watch.

Aw, get us Hema Malini instead
Dreamgirls is a poor musical, and a barely watchable film.

Apocalypto is brilliant
Mel Gibson's new film is meant for mature audiences.

Happyness is an unreal true story
Will Smith and son Jaden act very well in The Pursuit Of Happyness.

March 07, 2007
Hattrick scores with its music
Pritam dishes out a peppy, enjoyable soundtrack.

March 02, 2007
The Last King is worth a watch
Forest Whitaker deserves his Best Actor Oscar.

Nishabd is a powerful film
RGV does very well in Nishabd.

February 27, 2007
Rahman gives sweet music to Water
Water's music is worth a listen.

February 24, 2007
Paperback Rider
Nicolas Cage stars in a comicbook adaptation that's cool, in a slightly 80s kinda way.

February 23, 2007
Not a good Honeymoon , this!
Reema Kadgi's new film is a sore disappointment.

February 22, 2007
Rabbi rocks with Delhii Heights
The Delhi lad does very well with his first Bollywood soundtrack.

February 16, 2007
In the garden of Eklavya and Evil
Vidhu Vinod Chopra's film calls for applause -- and deserves it.

February 14, 2007
Hugh Grant is music to our ears
Do watch the movie for Grant and his hillarious antics.

Eklavya is a must-watch
If the success of Omkara, which wrestled with the themes of betrayal, jealousy, destructive ambition and revenge, is any indication, then Eklavya too should do solid business.

February 12, 2007
Shah Rukh makes good Koffee
Karan Johar's chat show is back, and SRK gives it delicious edge.

Karamchand : Not quite the same
Pankaj Parasher's detective drama fails to match the original's charm.

February 09, 2007
Black Friday is grim yet great
Essential viewing, especially for Mumbaikars.

Rajpal doesn't have much to say
Rajpal Yadav acts well, but the film doesn't impress.

February 07, 2007
Just Married has fun music
Pritam and Gulzar come up with a pleasant, ear-pleasing album.

February 02, 2007
Rocky Balboa will make you whistle
Sylvester Stallone comes back and gives his gloved legacy a great finale.

Namaste London : Run of the mill
Himesh Reshammiya's new scoree is no fun.

Jump this Traffic Signal
Madhur Bhandarkar seems to have slipped this time.

January 27, 2007
Arrasu: A neat entertainer
Puneet has put in a lot of efforts to deliver a powerful performance as the rich NRI. In the first half, his body language as a rich NRI is perfect. As usual his fight and song sequences are a treat to his fans.

January 26, 2007
Salaam-E-Ishq : Stars shine in mediocre film
Alas, director Nikhil Advani is no juggler. He manages to throw half a dozen balls in the air. But by the end of it, most of them find their way to the floor.

January 24, 2007
Traffic Signal has boring music
Madhur Bhandarkar's latest film fails to inspire with its music.

January 23, 2007
No high-five for Shah Rukh just yet
Shah Rukh Khan doesn't have a very impressive opening night.

January 22, 2007
SRK makes KBC work, and how!
Prem Panicker gives the first episode of the show a thumbs up.

January 19, 2007
Risk is worth a watch
The plot is cliched, but the film has good performances and a fast pace.

January 13, 2007
Tamil Guru does not have the real feel
The movie successfully brings out the several facets of the life of Guru. The realism in the evolution of his relationships with people around him shows the distinguished touch of Mani Ratnam.

January 12, 2007
Blood Diamond leaves a lasting impact
Leonardo DiCaprio excels in the thought-provoking film.

Anwar is strictly okay
Manish Jha's new film works, but only rarely.

Watch Guru for the actors
Mani Ratnam's film works, despite playing it very safe.

The Holiday will make you smile
The Holiday is a film about a journey; it's hilarious, heart-warming film.

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