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A look at this week's hits and misses.
The Musketeers may not be original but it's engaging, says Paloma Sharma.
Main Aur Mr Riight is a tad too pretentiously philosophical to be taken seriously, says Paloma Sharma.
Horrible Bosses 2 has a stronger script and funnier gags than the first film.
Happy New Year's moral compass has been twisted so bad that it looks more like a piece of Fusili, says Paloma Sharma.
Yeh Hai Bakrapur starts off on a promising note but loses steam soon after, says Paloma Sharma.
Vampire Academy falls flat on its face, says Paloma Sharma.
A look at this week's hits and misses.
Paloma Sharma/Rediff.com sets out to discover a group of murti makers in Mumbai for who life comes to a halt with visarjan.
Oculus could have done better with tighter editing, says Paloma Sharma.
Margarita, With a Straw's is admirable in its handling of its protagonist and cerebral palsy, says Paloma Sharma.
It's hard to root for Aisa Yeh Jahaan despite its beautiful concept, says Paloma Sharma.
On paper, Tamanchey must have seemed like a great idea but it's transition to celluloid, perhaps, needed a stronger, more experienced director, feels Paloma Sharma.
Here's how the fashionistas showed off their style on Day Four of the Lakme Fashion Week. Text and photographs: Paloma Sharma
This is not your average superhero TV show, says Paloma Sharma.
Minions could have been a better edited, better directed and a much better written film, says Paloma Sharma.
Hunger Games: Catching Fire is clinical at times but nevertheless a smooth ride, according to Paloma Sharma.
Grace of Monaco is a shoddily written film, says Paloma Sharma.
As the protagonists fall in love in The Perfect Girl... Ek Simple Si Love Story, you and I fall out of love with the film, warns Paloma Sharma.
It's not Mr Sinha's analogy (if that's what it really was) that disturbs me but the fact that it was a completely normal thing for him to say. This is the head of the country's leading investigative organisation. What kind of opinions do the ones below him hold, asks Paloma Sharma.
For those who haven't watched Parinda, Broken Horses could perhaps be a moving, serious watch. But for those who have already been blown away by Chopra's original, Broken Horses pales in comparison, says Paloma Sharma.
The TV series is not afraid to tackle issues pertaining to gender identity, race and sexuality head on and that is commendable.
Fargo is intense and dark and raises more questions than one would usually be comfortable with.
Left Behind is a film you need to leave behind, warns Paloma Sharma.
Ekkees Toppon Ki Salaami could have been flawless but for slightly substandard dialogues and cinematography, says Paloma Sharma.
Jaanisaar will test your patience, cautions Paloma Sharma.
There's really no reason why one should not watch The Big C, says Paloma Sharma.
The movie may prove to be another turning point in the recent new wave Malayalam cinema.
Spy isn't a bad film. But it's only half a good one.
The one good thing about watching Miss Lovely is that now when I tell people I've watched it, they might mistake me for an intellectual, says Paloma Sharma.
The Legend of Hercules is merely a mash up of 300, Gladiator, Troy and pretty much every other film made about ancient Greece.
The film lacks the intensity to be categorised as espionage cinema
Unbroken's first half might seem a little vexing but the second one is where the actors' performances really shine through, says Paloma Sharma.
The Woman in Black: Angel of Death gets predictable real quick, says Paloma Sharma.
The film is the crime scene of a murder-suicide where the script kills common sense and then puts the gun to it's own head.
Walking With Dinosaurs has nothing new to offer, feels Paloma Sharma.
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Paloma Sharma feels R... Rajkumar is entertaining only in bits.
A film as strongly scripted and impeccably executed as The Theory of Everything will be remembered for longer than Stephen Hawking's estimate of the end of time, says Paloma Sharma.
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