News for 'Hollywood Review'

Bollywood's High Points of 2022

Bollywood's High Points of 2022

Rediff.com21 Dec 2022

As 2022 readies to bid adieu, Sukanya Verma raises a toast to the 10 high points of the year.

Review: Minchina Ota

Review: Minchina Ota

Rediff.com11 Jul 2008

Directed by young award-winning director M R Ramesh of Cyanide fame, the new Minchina Ota has been inspired by Hollywood director Steven Spielberg's classic telefilm Duel. Unlike Duel, however, Minichina Ota fails to make the grade as a taut suspense thriller.

Review: John Carter is engrossing

Review: John Carter is engrossing

Rediff.com9 Mar 2012

The filmis not half as bad as most such movies usually tend to be.

Flashback 2022: Malaika-Arjun's 'M' Word

Flashback 2022: Malaika-Arjun's 'M' Word

Rediff.com30 Dec 2022

As the curtain come down on 2022, Roshmila Bhattacharya flashbacks to some of the year's news-makers and events.

Review: Dasamukha makes you think

Review: Dasamukha makes you think

Rediff.com13 Apr 2012

Actors do a fine job with their roles.

Review: Jeeva is tedious

Review: Jeeva is tedious

Rediff.com27 Nov 2009

Save for Prajwal's neat performance and Guru Kiran's music, this Kannada flick has nothing going for it.

Review: Neram is an average entertainer

Review: Neram is an average entertainer

Rediff.com13 May 2013

The film has an interesting narrative but lacks on the humour quotient.

Resident Evil 4: Hollywood at its most trashy

Resident Evil 4: Hollywood at its most trashy

Rediff.com9 Sep 2010

Another sequel, another collection of disposable thrills.

Review: World War Z is predictable

Review: World War Z is predictable

Rediff.com21 Jun 2013

World War Z review

Review: Ambari is average

Review: Ambari is average

Rediff.com30 Jan 2009

Ambari's highlights are the songs of Hari Krishna and camera work by Sathya Hegde. Baare Baare and the titles song are rocking. Yogi's dialogue delivery and fight sequences may appeal his fans. New comer Sampreetha impresses.

Mission Impossible Fallout review: ACTION FEST!

Mission Impossible Fallout review: ACTION FEST!

Rediff.com27 Jul 2018

Breathless action is the only script 56-year-old Tom Cruise needs to work on as he jumps off from building to building with an agility and assurance that could put Spider-Man to shame.

Music review: Abhiyum Naanum'

Music review: Abhiyum Naanum'

Rediff.com13 Oct 2008

Barring infrequent flashes of his earlier works, there's very little to write home about -- and you hope Radhamohan's picturisation makes these numbers work.

Do audiences like MARRIED ACTRESSES?

Do audiences like MARRIED ACTRESSES?

Rediff.com17 Sep 2021

Joginder Tuteja looks back at their first films after marriage, and how well they did.

No takers for Norah Jones in Hollywood?

No takers for Norah Jones in Hollywood?

Rediff.com21 Apr 2008

Norah Jones, daughter of sitar maestro Ravi Shankar, has received mostly negative reviews for her work in the bleak love story of sorts. It marks the English-language debut of Hong Kong-based filmmaker Wong Kar Wai.

The Dream Girl Review

The Dream Girl Review

Rediff.com13 Sep 2019

You'll come out laughing till your sides hurt, promises Sukanya Verma.

Review: Avoid Baywatch if you are looking for logic!

Review: Avoid Baywatch if you are looking for logic!

Rediff.com3 Jun 2017

The story line of Baywatch is like a Hindi movie!

Review: Thalsamayam Oru Penkutty  is unreal

Review: Thalsamayam Oru Penkutty is unreal

Rediff.com5 Mar 2012

The film tretches the concept of reality teleivision to unreal realm.

Harry & Meghan: Extremely One-Sided

Harry & Meghan: Extremely One-Sided

Rediff.com14 Jan 2023

There's so much left unsaid in the Netflix documentary, Harry & Meghan.

Review: Ben Affleck's Argo is a masterpiece

Review: Ben Affleck's Argo is a masterpiece

Rediff.com19 Oct 2012

Argo tells a staggeringly peculiar story, and tells it with violent tension and extreme cleverness.

Review: The X Files: I Wanted To Believe

Review: The X Files: I Wanted To Believe

Rediff.com26 Sep 2008

Maybe the die-hard fans would enjoy watching Mulder and Scully doing their thing one more time. The rest of us are better off waiting for it to come out on DVD. Or skipping it all together.

Review: Tom Hanks' Electric City is intriguing

Review: Tom Hanks' Electric City is intriguing

Rediff.com20 Jul 2012

The web seires is divided into 20 episodes each clocking not more than seven minutes

#GameReview: PlayerUnknown's Battleground is very addictive

#GameReview: PlayerUnknown's Battleground is very addictive

Rediff.com2 Sep 2018

It's a fun game especially if you have friends to team up with, writes Khalid Anzar

Review: Battleship just doesn't hit you

Review: Battleship just doesn't hit you

Rediff.com13 Apr 2012

The film, along with the alien invasion, makes no sense at all.

Review: Olympus Has Fallen is ambitious but banal

Review: Olympus Has Fallen is ambitious but banal

Rediff.com22 Mar 2013

The film could have done with better writing.

Review: Safe House is a stylish thriller

Review: Safe House is a stylish thriller

Rediff.com10 Feb 2012

This one's a career-making performance for both actor Ryan Reynolds and director Daniel Espinosa.

Review: Only music can save Jashnn

Review: Only music can save Jashnn

Rediff.com17 Jul 2009

Jashnn is an ordinary film. Watch it only if you have nothing else to do.

PHOTOS: Bolt sprinkles star-dust as athletics goes Hollywood

PHOTOS: Bolt sprinkles star-dust as athletics goes Hollywood

Rediff.com4 Feb 2017

The Nitro Series promised to make athletics a show and the sport's ultimate show-man Usain Bolt capped its first meeting in Melbourne on Saturday by propelling his team of international "All-Stars" to a crowd-pleasing win in the 4x100 metres relay.

'Brahmastra has become that film that has given a feeling of hope'

'Brahmastra has become that film that has given a feeling of hope'

Rediff.com15 Sep 2022

'Movie-goers will thrive if you give them what they want.'

Review: Tom Cruise saves mankind YET AGAIN in Oblivion

Review: Tom Cruise saves mankind YET AGAIN in Oblivion

Rediff.com12 Apr 2013

Oblivion, outside its spectacular, smooth surface, is only a middling effort that borrows liberally in tone and technique from just about every science-fiction movie there is, writes Sukanya Verma.

Review: Tezz is high on action and style

Review: Tezz is high on action and style

Rediff.com27 Apr 2012

Priyadarshan's new film lives up to its name.

Review: Robert Pattinson shines in Remember Me

Review: Robert Pattinson shines in Remember Me

Rediff.com14 May 2010

Robert Pattinson shines in this movie which has a lesson you're not going to easily forget.

Review: Mere Dad Ki Maruti is fresh and fun

Review: Mere Dad Ki Maruti is fresh and fun

Rediff.com15 Mar 2013

Mere Dad Ki Maruti throws up a debutant director with promise and actors who deserve to be in more films, writes Raja Sen.

Jurassic World 2 Review: Predictable, yet petrifying!

Jurassic World 2 Review: Predictable, yet petrifying!

Rediff.com7 Jun 2018

'Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom is every bit a horror film split into predictable hostility and periodic close calls,' says Sukanya Verma.

When Akshay Scored a PERFECT TEN With...

When Akshay Scored a PERFECT TEN With...

Rediff.com16 Mar 2022

Akshay and Sajid Nadiadwala started their journey three decades ago with 1993's Waqt Hamara Hai, and have collaborated with each other on 10 films in their long careers.

Review: Forget the books, enjoy this Sherlock

Review: Forget the books, enjoy this Sherlock

Rediff.com8 Jan 2010

Guy Ritchie brings us a film that -- despite character names and even lines of dialogue contextlessly scattered throughout -- has precious little to do with the original.

Review: The Expendables 3 looks very tired

Review: The Expendables 3 looks very tired

Rediff.com22 Aug 2014

Suparn Verma may have issues with The Expendables 3 but the joy of watching these heroes together on screen is a movie event marked in his calendar until they keep making them.

Is Jallikattu the right choice for the Oscars?

Is Jallikattu the right choice for the Oscars?

Rediff.com26 Nov 2020

'I believe FFI has made a mistake,' notes Aseem Chhabra.

Review: A stitch in time saves 9

Review: A stitch in time saves 9

Rediff.com9 Sep 2009

This is a summer action movie all the way, and one that does indeed deserve a big-screen viewing.

Review: Watch  2012 at your own peril

Review: Watch 2012 at your own peril

Rediff.com13 Nov 2009

This Hollywood flick is lazy, lazy filmmaking completely lacking in character, humour or entertainment.

Review: Fatso is a waste of a great idea

Review: Fatso is a waste of a great idea

Rediff.com4 May 2012

Ranvir Shorey gives a fine performance, one that deserved a better script around it.