Get your lowdown on what's happening in Malayalam cinema.
A promising premise, except it's a poorly planned trip that goes nowhere and infuriates with its inadequacies.
Vijay giving an amazing performance in Thalaivaa which is full of action, drama and emotion.
'For an introduction to his career-spanning genius, watch just five of his movies: Anand, Saudagar, Abhiman, Black and Pink,' notes Kalyan Singhal, McCurdy Professor of Business at the University of Baltimore.
'We expect insignificant froth from the director, but this particular can of Rohit Shetty has been lying open too long. The contents are not merely un-fizzy but, unforgivably, flat.'
As many as 17 films entered the Rs 100 Crore Club in 2019.
Will this be yet another Dibakar Banerjee masterstroke? Raja Sen reviews the trailer of Detective Byomkesh Bakshy!
Raag Desh is one of the best films of the year, Sreehari Nair raves.
'It's time to change this system of randomly giving stars and the right to bad critics to run down our products.' 'Two films, even if both get three stars, are very different from each other.' 'I can understand if these stars indicated a level of enjoyment or engagement, but the current rating system is flawed because there are no parameters.'
'Don't let anybody tell you that Kadvi Hawa is a manifesto for the fight against climate change or that it's an austere, unforgiving movie.' 'This is an intensely felt, beautifully expressed piece of cinema,' says Sreehari Nair.
We salute the late thespian in this compilation of his ten essentials movies that highlight his range and stature as an actor par excellence.
Every year in Bollywood brings its share of good and bad. 2019 did too. Sukanya Verma lists what we learned.
Varun Dhawan is Bollywood's most successful actor today, but his Badrinath Ki Dulhania and Judwaa 2 don't top this list.
The high voltage drama film is not enacted in an exciting manner.
'I have never played a character like that before -- very non-glamourous and hard-hitting.'
Sukanya Verma lists 10 knockout performances from the star.
Kangana Ranaut is gobstoppingly spectacular. The actress has always flirted with the unfamiliar but here -- at her most real, at her most gorgeously guileless -- she absolutely shines and the film stands back and lets her rule.
Bombay Velvet is an obviously shallow film, an all-out retro masala-movie with homage on the rocks and cocktail-shakers brimming with cliche.
Joginder Tuteja looks at the big November hits in the past decade.
The Kannada movie is okay for a one time watch.
Joining the chorus against the film, the Samajwadi Party said the faithful are hurt by its "cheap and superficial dialogues" and that the film was part of an "agenda".
'I was told so often by people, "Please leave your brains at home".' 'And I would say, "I only have myself to offer. I can't dance like Madhuri Dixit or Shilpa Shetty. I can only come and act."'
Siddharth, Samantha and Nithya Menen deliver fine performances.
Joginder Tuteja looks at the film-maker's work over the years.
Even though 2019 turned out to be a good year for Bollywood with a record count of films in the Rs 100 crore club -- there's an average of at least one major success every month -- quite a few films emerged as big disappointments commercially.
Telugu superstar Prabhas suffered a box office blow with the multi-lingual action thriller Saaho but he has moved on to his next.
There is no 'remix version' for any of the songs, as the music deserves to be heard unadulterated.
Half a dozen reasons why Sridevi is to the camera born. Sreehari Nair lists them out.
The 3D version of Sholay is tedious and feels like a classic novel being turned into a children's pop-up book. But Raja Sen recommends this cult classic for a taste of how good the Indian entertainer can truly be.
Today, Anirudh Ravichander's name on a film's poster is enough to pull in audiences, notes Arjun Menon.
Here's looking at the hits and misses at the box office.
The hits and misses of the week.
Fugly is a trainwreck, says Raja Sen.
'And though I wasn't too shocked to see Swami Om go, I wonder how his stay in the secret room will make the show more entertaining.'
According to Raja Sen, Goliyon Ki Rasleela Ram-Leela is an overplotted, bloody mess.
'As much as I appreciate this seamless show of computer graphics -- the gobsmacking detailing of its manufactured wildlife and landscapes -- there's something awkward about its authenticity.' 'Neither does it match the vigour of The Lion King's dramatic plot,' says Sukanya Verma.
Relive your childhood or enrich your kid's but revisit The Jungle Book you must, stresses Sukanya Verma.
'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.'
'Once an ad, or a brand, has taken a stance, it should have the guts to stick to it.' 'You can't put out an ad and then issue an apology.'
