Chumbak is silly, loud, chaotic and genuinely funny in bits, discovers Deepa Gahlot.
All of Gandhari's attempts to shroud itself in mystery are laughable, sighs Sukanya Verma.
Watching the World Cup and hearing the music in the stadium may have left you wondering - how is that chosen? Is it just coincidence that "Wonderwall" plays after England matches? Are "Freed from Desire" or "Livin' on a Prayer" always played? And why?
World Cup music isn't random; FIFA's 'Stadium Entertainment Team' curates over 750 songs, mixing global classics with country-specific favourites, with each team having signature, warm-up, and goal-scoring tracks.
This turgid drama, solely designed to titillate male audiences, move from one hare-brained scene after another with intermittent over-acting, ear-splitting background music, and over-the-top dialoguebaazi, sighs Mayur Sanap.
There's an obvious attempt to startle with its gruesome imagery of severed heads skewered on chopped limbs and peeled-off faces but it's too tacky to elicit any real dread, observes Sukanya Verma.
Baadshaho's sluggish screenplay and humourless rhythm are spectacularly low on swagger and daredevilry, feels Sukanya Verma.
Be it as a source of fire, secret or endgame, everything is seen through the prism of sex and good looks in The Royals, observes Sukanya Verma.
'...by saying since you have come say everything against your party.'
If Singham was a biryani, with all the flavours coming together seamlessly, Singham Again is a desi thaali, full of scrumptious dishes, but a tad in excess, discovers Sonil Dedhia who watched the film in New Zealand.
Andaz Apna Apna is practically the most quoted film since Sholay, observes Sukanya Verma, as she celebrates 30 years of this cult classic movie.
Patna Shuklla's dull drama struggles to leave any impact, sighs Sukanya Verma.
There isn't a single line in Shirish Kunder's film that actually works, leaving us with a film that, while commendably brisk in a 100-minute package, refuses to get going at all, writes Raja Sen.
On her 50th birthday on June 25, Sukanya Verma celebrates some of her most significant works.
England pacer Jofra Archer will continue to prepare for the Ashes while playing in the IPL, and once the lucrative T20 tournament is over, he will straightaway get into the gruelling five-Test series against Australia, according to his country club coach.
Maidaan draws out more yawns than yays, observes Sukanya Verma.
Anjaana Anjaani is embellished with contradictions.
Boycott said that Anderson deserves all the adulation but owing to his age, he is being used too less.
The mental age of Fukrey 3's humour is the same as the ones who titter at number one-number two jokes. And this one certainly has more loo than laughs on its mind, observes Sukanya Verma.
You will be as smitten with this Singaporean soup as I was.
Kunal Kemmu's default mode performing comedy is overacting. When surrounded by much more competent theatre-trained actors, he falls consistently short. (In the past, this role would have been tailor-made for Govinda), observes Deepa Gahlot.
Sukanya Verma had multiple migraines making sense of the utterly daft, warped and awful Ek Villain Returns.
Author and former Bollywood actor Twinkle Khanna is being criticised on social media for making a tongue-in-cheek remark about the film The Kashmir Files in her Sunday column for a leading daily.
Spectacular performances made the 2014 edition of the awards show a great success with Daft Punk picking up five nods.
Idiocy is the source of Heropanti 2's outdated thrills, observes Sukanya Verma.
The Foreign Department in Melbourne warned the Australian cricketers of the "high risk of terrorist activity" in India.
Mithya fumbles to make headway towards truth or dare, observes Sukanya Verma.
Trade pundits and quick think piece experts can speculate all they like, but what works at the box-office is a mystery as always.
'Surely a person like Happi deserves to be treated with dignity.' 'But does he deserve a two hour movie dedicated to his daftness, and to the failure of the rest of the world to come round to the purity that shines behind that daftness?' asks Sreehari Nair.
Raja Sen feels the film has enough substance to warrant repeated viewings, even though it takes a while to get into its groove.
Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara is pitted against Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Part 2 this week.
Arjun Rampal is the best thing in the biggest budget Indian feature of all time, says Raja Sen.
Rowan Atkinson doesn't get it right this time.
Watch Straight only if you have absolutely nothing better to do.
Directed by Madan Gunde Jhallumandi is a love story against a college backdrop. The entertaining film has some good performances by Uday Kiran and Aditi Sharma.
The Germany captain hobbled off just before halftime in Wednesday night's friendly and it was unclear if he would be fit for Saturday's Premier League match.
The actors do well, but Shaad Ali's film is nothing more than a packaging.
