Skyfall is fabulously refreshing.
It starts on a promising note but soon descends into a plot rife with cliches.
Raja Sen looks at the journey of the legendary director who introduced to Hindi cinema to the picturesque locales of Switzerland, the chiffon saris, the picturesque nararted some complex romantic stories.
Raja Sen thinks Premium Rush is a very tight film.
The film is achingly stupid and beyond ludicrous.
It's a bad film brought furthur down by a bunch of Bollywood cliches and a fading Preity Zinta.
The brilliant Looper is one for the ages.
Aamir Khan, Dev Anand, Kishore Kumar all feature on Farah Khan's list.
The Great Gatsby is a good looking film but is less heartfelt, writes Raja Sen.
Kahaani director Sujoy Ghosh lists film stories that he absoloutely loves.
It is enormously heartening to see young people play young people in the movies.
Rediff.com's film critic Raja Sen, who has written the dialogues for the zombie-comedy Go Goa Gone, tell us why Saif Ali Khan's character is such a gamechanger.
Dredd 3D is excessive and glossy and uninspired, writes Raja Sen.
Anurag Basu's Barfi! is a well-crafted script with an intriguing back-and-forth narrative but it all goes south towards the end, writes Raja Sen.
Iron Man 3 boasts of the headiest of action setpieces, writes Raja Sen.
There is much joy to be found in watching the stories unravel in their wonderfully unpredictable ways in To Rome With Love, writes Raja Sen.
It's a highly original film in its approach and a strikingly ambitious effort for the genre.
The film isn an exquisite and gorgeous motion picture.
Those in the need for the real, cerebral Holmes can find him in the BBC's terrific Sherlock, featuring Benedict Cumberbatch (Season Two starts on the first day of 2012) but for a rollicking winter evening, director Guy Ritchie provides stupid but striking fireworks.
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.
The thrills are never quite there, writes Raja Sen.
The original Chashme Buddoor is the best Hindi film you'll see this year!
To commemorate 20 years of worship, here are 20 things about Pulp Fiction that make it better than your favourite film, no matter what it may be.
Salman and Katrina do not fail to impress but the film could have been much better.
The actress makes the character her own with remarkable commitment to the role. Naseeruddin Shah and Emraan Hashmi put in great performances too.
Director Anurag Kashyap's visual flair has just grown with each film, and this one is not just cinematically self-assured but also highly nuanced.
Django Unchained is far better a script than it is a film.
Mere Dad Ki Maruti throws up a debutant director with promise and actors who deserve to be in more films, writes Raja Sen.
Jolly LLB is funny in parts but preachiness and the need to flaunt the film's sincerity and heart get in the way, writes Raja Sen.
Raja Sen sums up the action in Friday's second practice session of the Indian Formula One GP
The film is a sexless sex comedy.
Imtiaz Ali masterfully weaves in details that draw us in while his leading man basks magnificently in the glow of a bespoke script.
There are bits in the film that work, all the rest is just pedestrian fare.
Raja Sen lists his reasons why Spidey's fifth outing should be something special.
Zero Dark Thirty works as an action movie, writes Raja Sen.
Raja Sen picks his top 10 favourites from Coppola's cinematic vineyard.
The film is essentially Freaky Friday pretending to be Mulan: and both those Disney productions were decidedly more entertaining.
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