The actors do well, but Shaad Ali's film is nothing more than a packaging.
What Sukanya Verma loves about Kenneth Branagh's extravagant vision is he gives us a Cinderella that's got a little more spirit and penchant for horse-riding if not the hand-drawn delicacy or singing prowess of her animated avatar.
Anshu Kumar, 21, son of government school teachers from a village in Bihar, won the President's Silver Medal at the NDA. He commanded the grand passing out parade and will go on to join the Indian Navy.
Joginder Tuteja looks at the big September hits in the past decade.
'After 10 days, Balki, Sunny Deol and Pooja Bhatt liked what I did, and the tension eased.' 'I started calming down a little bit. but nobody knew that in my head a tandav was going on.'
Love in Singapore, the latest Malayalam film by director duo Rafi-Mecartin starring Mammootty is yet another effort by the actor to be humorous. But, the implausibility of the plot and the lacklustre execution reduces him to a clown.
Kannada film Nam Areal Ondina tells a realistic love story.
'This is a movie, which if you allow it to, will wash itself all over you, so that you emerge from it a little drenched but wide awake,' says Sreehari Nair.
The Dulquer factor is the only saving grace of this witless, charmless sham posturing as satire, feels Sukanya Verma.
Chhichhore offers too good a time to pay attention to its faults, feels Sukanya Verma.
With Deepika Padukone and Anushka Sharma not having a release in 2019 and Priyanka Chopra featuring in a solitary non-mainstream film, the ground was wide open for many actresses to make their mark.
All through Moothon, you can sense Mohandas trying hard to empathise with her characters; I just wish she was interested in them, declares Sreehari Nair.
Spider-Man: Far From Home moves to and fro between light-hearted slice-of-teen life and an underprepared Avenger second guessing what's right, real and responsible, notes Sukanya Verma.
Alia Bhatt continues to impress while Shah Rukh Khan takes it easy in this lovely, thoughtful little film, applauds Raja Sen.
Spark's title, like everything else about it, is random, rants Paloma Sharma.
'Never in the history of Indian cinema did we have a distribution system for 240 countries, but we have it now.' 'And if we still keep catering to the B and C-tiers of our country, and not the whole world, then we are really being losers.' 'The visionaries of the industry must pull up their socks and say that now we will create for the world.'
This hormone-crazy, romantic-comedy is let down by some tepid direction.
Alia Bhatt, animated treats, action masala and comic book adaptations, OTT is quite the goodie bag this week.
'This is a film that trumpets out its sex -- it is content in being a girl's version of the archetypical boy's locker-room picture.' 'And if it was just that, that would have been fun too, but Lipstick Under My Burkha doesn't want to affect your senses, it wants to control your mind!' Sreehari Nair comes away unimpressed.
Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani is a good-looking film but lacks a good story, writes Raja Sen.
Katti Batti is infuriatingly indecisive, says Sukanya Verma.
If sporting films were pitted against one another, Dangal would be champion, says Raja Sen.
The film starts out well with plenty of fun and intrigue, but the second half does not live up to the promises of the first, writes S Saraswathi.
From silver screen and small, here are Sukanya Verma's 10 favourite male performances of the year.
'Love Sonia is a motion picture with the ambitions of a novel.' 'When I walked out of Love Sonia this Monday night, I walked out with a hushed audience that seemed too overcome by the raw power of the film to even pause for applause,' notes Sreehari Nair.
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The film is a must watch for Ramya Krishna's expressions and Radhika's ravishing new look.
Gitanjali Selvaraghavan's Maalai Nerathu Mayakkam is a far cry from your regular love stories.
Mission Mangal has its heart in place, feels Sukanya Verma.
Koothara in colloquial terms means something despicable. Luckily, this film does not live up to its title.
Inside Out is arguably Pixar's finest film, says Raja Sen.
As the curtain come down on 2022, Roshmila Bhattacharya flashbacks to some of the year's news-makers and events.
Finding Fanny strikes gold, raves Raja Sen.
Lingaa can get tiresome, especially with the too-long fight scenes, but remains constantly watchable because of the miraculously light way in which Rajinikanth continues to wear his megastardom around him, says Raja Sen.
The bar's been raised again, says Sukanya Verma.
Watch it for a slightly different feel and cast.
Kahaani 2 could have been a great film, but it isn't.
The film is more ego trip than cinema, feels Paloma Sharma.
Super Model is everything it shouldn't be -- dowdy, uninteresting, and clumsy.
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