Here's yet another assembly-line actioner, and, for what it's worth, it's not as awful, really.
Raja Sen raves about the big wins at the 70th Golden Globe awards.
An experiment this may well be, but it is a pointless one.
'Alia is very clear about what she likes and what she does not like.' 'She responds with her gut.'
There is much craft on display, and some lovely moments, but the immense promise shown by the first half of the film turns out as hollow as a politician's.
Despite average performances from Mahie Gill and Deepak Dobriyal the treatment of the film amounts to nothing spectacular.
Raja Sen lists the late comedy great's most memorable dialogues.
Raja Sen feels that Dabangg 2 is less unwatchable.
'He wrote movies that shaped different comedic fashions of their time, movies that inspired comedians to go out further on a limb, try harder, be more accessible, make their jokes land better. It's hard to explain how much Harold Ramis mattered to us, and to the men who make us laugh.' Raja Sen pays tribute to the late comedy legend.
The Avengers is an absolute blast.
Publicised purely on the strength of its 'erotic' content and scandalously adult themes, Hate Story delivers very little actual heat.
Hotel Transylvania is atrociously unfunny.
Supavitra Babul's directorial debut tries far too hard to be the next Band Baaja Baaraat.
'To surprise us every single time, come what may... To show us a simple enough boxed-up character and then spring out in a way we could never anticipate...' And now he's dead. Before the devil could know it.'Raja Sen salutes Philip Seymour Hoffman, perhaps the finest actor of his time.
Raja Sen reviews Jab Tak Hai Jaan.
The new dance reality show just can't get enough of the 'God of Dance.'
Raja Sen salutes Jaspal Bhatti.
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.
'Footballers are refusing to sleep because they don't want to wake up to fatal news. Cricketers playing the Ashes are saying they don't care about it. Those who have never been Schumacher supporters are willing him on in what is being described as his greatest-ever battle. A battle he never chose, and one for which he wasn't even wearing warpaint.' Raja Sen, who shares a birthday with Michael Schumacher, joins in the prayers for the incomparable Formula One great.
Kareena Kapoor impresses in Heroine, but is let down by the film itself.
Raja Sen, a Top Gear fan, points out that the problem with the show's Indian edition wasn't the host's political incorrectness, but the fact that it lacked its characteristic bite.
The trailer looks solid and promising.
Nandana Sen on her new film Marigold and the upcoming Tango Charlie.
X-The Film brings together 11 new-age filmmakers for a very interesting film.
Raja Sen pays tribute to the great director Tony Scott.
By the time the film winds down in extremely simplistic fashion, we just don't care anymore.
The superstar talks about his negative character in The Expendables 2.
Raja Sen brings us all the action from the track and the paddock at the Indian GP in Greater Noida this weekend.
Don't miss this emotionally fascinating drama that stubbornly refuses to have anything to do with filmmaking conventions.
Cocktail has a handful of moments and a few genuine sparks, but finally crashes and burns so spectacularly that it's hard to focus on the positives, writes Raja Sen.
The first race of the season in Melbourne saw a surprise winner in Kimi Raikkonen. Fernando Alonso can't be written off. With Raikkonen in a reliable-looking car, he will have to be the relative outsider this season, writes Raja Sen.
The Formula One season in 2012 has been the sport's most divisive one. On one hand, there's constant overtaking and incredible unpredictability: for the first time in F1 history, seven different drivers won the first seven races.
Check out these pictures of the cast and crew of the movie at the Berlin film festival.
We're introduced to exploitative underwater cameras but they aren't used to liven up the climax. The 3D promises but never delivers.
Both Pankaj Kapur and Shahid struggle, going from light and likable to irritating and implausible when the film changes gear from romcom to melodrama.
With Will Smith, Tommy Lee Jones and Josh Brolin as lead actors, only very rarely can a casting call be this perfect.
Director Rohit Shetty defends his latest film, Bol Bachchan.
Leading man Emran Hashmi himself seems to lose interest by the time the interval comes around.
According to sources, the song alone costs Rs 2 crores.
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