'The politics of it may be wishy-washy and the saviour at Darkest Hour's centre may well be a racist, an imperialist, and an alcoholic, but in Gary Oldman's nimble skin, smacked in layers and layers of prosthetics to resemble the heavily-jowled, cigar-smoking, portly penguin-like demeanour of the British Bulldog, it pretty much screams, "And the Oscar goes to"...' notes Sukanya Verma.
It beats Netflix any day, exclaims Prithvi Singh.
'It's not combat, but deliverance that dictates the action in Dunkirk,' notes Sukanya Verma.
Sukanya Verma pays tribute to Robin Williams, who passed into the ages on August 11.
Dhoom 3 is a children's film made for children who've never seen a film, writes Raja Sen.
A look at the top tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
Raja Sen takes stock of the Oscar 2015 nominations.
'If you can live your life with honesty and bravery, then that makes you a superhero.'
'Having the means to and not taking your child to watch the film will be considered parental harassment, warns Paloma Sharma after watching The Lego Movie.
Birdman. Boyhood. The Grand Budapest Hotel...
Prepping for Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Padmavati, remembering Rajesh Khanna and Raaj Kumar's exclusive tramp club and picking Ranbir Kapoor's best performance in my Super Filmi Week.
It's been a while since we've had a Batman film we can love.
'In our textbooks, we never had chapters where a woman does something. We had one Rani Laxmibai chapter, the rest only the men did. We have been trained like that but, now, things have to change.'
'Does Avengers: Endgame close satisfactorily?' 'Does it beat that gold standard of superhero movies, which Mr Nolan gave us nearly seven years ago?' 'After watching on an IMAX screen at a midnight show yesterday, I would say, yes sir, it most certainly does.'
'To me,' says Aseem Chhabra, 'the Golden Globes hold the most meaning as one gets to see stars celebrating, getting emotional, letting their guard down and showing us their regular human side.'
Old songs, retro fashion, 1980s pop culture, childhood icons and sharing space with Kundan Shah on paper, the theme of Sukanya Verma's super-filmi week was consistently nostalgic.
Rangoon haunts in unlikely fashion and, while the director's most straightforward picture, holds enough of its own marvels to justify multiple viewings,' notes Raja Sen.
'To jump from Madras Cafe to Piku to PINK to October, it takes time...'
'For Aamir Khan, the producer of Delhi Belly, to shame these boys -- and the celebrities involved -- for swearwords and insults, is the most hypocritical thing in the world. Raja Sen calls out Aamir Khan on his criticism of the controversial AIB Roast.
Gavin DSouza who scored 99.49 percentile in CAT 2013 tells us how he cracked the test.
'For 30 years I did nothing but work. The entire focus of my attention was I, me and myself. I have shifted my attention to my children.' Anil Kapoor speaks.
National award winner Chaitanya Tamhane tells us the story behind his film, Court.
Aseem Chhabra gives us the top films that enriched his year.
Indian billionaires do not believe in sitting on their wealth.
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