Tevar emerges an overdone, underwhelming film with zero charm, warns Raja Sen.
Are the National Awards are bending over backwards trying to celebrate popular cinema, simply in order to gain more relevance and eyeballs, asks Raja Sen.
Raja Sen lists the highlights from the 89th annual Academy Awards.
'The phenomenal Max Verstappen was both sloppy and superb in Germany, getting caught out during the first two starts, and even spinning his car around to give the crowd something to gasp at with a Batmobile-esque 360 degree turn. 'After Hamilton crashed and Verstappen sniffed victory, though, he pounced hard, put his foot down, and took a deserved race win,' says Rediff's F1 columnist Raja Sen.
The genius of Deadpool lies in the audacity of its storytelling, raves Raja Sen.
In an afternoon of heroes, Sebastian Vettel played the Bond villain at Silverstone, notes Raja Sen, who returns to Rediff.com as F1 columnist!
The element of curiosity and chill is doubled when it's inspired from real-life manslaughter.
The actors are good and Sujoy Ghosh is tremendous at creating a textured Bengal setting, but this is a thriller which could have used more twists and smarts, says Raja Sen.
Yo, Rohit Shetty, what's with the volume, bro? asks Raja Sen
While Sonu Sood stays consistent and Deepika inevitably dazzles, it is Shah Rukh himself who appears the most out of place, says Raja Sen.
'A film that tells its tale with calculated intent -- coolly, cleverly, taking its time -- mirroring the dry panache of its self-assured protagonist.'
There is such a thing as too much sugar, says Raja Sen
Fugly is a trainwreck, says Raja Sen.
Pyaar Ka Punchnama 2 contains some genuine belly laughs, and would have been perfect were it not for its feature-length running time, writes Raja Sen.
Holiday takes obscene amounts of time getting to the point, says Raja Sen.
Talvar is a cleanly-crafted film, says Raja Sen.
Nothing in Baar Baar Dekho adds up, warns Raja Sen.
The Man From UNCLE is as lovingly tailored as they come, says Raja Sen.
Raja Sen wishes Francis Ford Coppola, the legendary filmmaker who transformed The Godfather into an immortal screen classic, a happy 75th birthday.
The government is likely to set up a Group of Ministers (GOM) to take a final decision on divesting stake in the telecommunications company, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd.
O Teri, which borrows heavily from Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro drowns it all in slapstick so noisy it all comes off as more lame than loving, more blasphemous than beholden.
Reader Jenny writes in a Bollywood blooper that she spotted.
'The uniform might be the most accurate thing about this film, however, a painfully tacky production where all the sets look like over-saturated cardboard,' says Raja Sen.
Are you all set for Palak Dikhhla Jaa, asks Raja Sen.
Kabali has nothing new to say or offer, besides Rajinikanth playing his age, feels Raja Sen.
R K Laxman was suffering from a prolonged illness.
'He was the manliest of them all, a true man's man. Warrior, King, Pioneer, Thespian, Womaniser, Drunkard, Scoundrel -- he made it all look grander than ever, and he did so with fluent effortlessness.' Raja Sen salutes the great actor who passed into the ages on Sunday.
This is not a film worth recommending, says Raja Sen.
According to Raja Sen, Goliyon Ki Rasleela Ram-Leela is an overplotted, bloody mess.
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You'll be hard pressed to find another hero so totally, awesomely Super, insists Raja Sen.
Logan is a relentless and thrilling film, a film that takes things farther than you may imagine, writes Raja Sen.
Indian and Pakistani movies, now in New York theatres!
Unlike the Australian GP, where the majority of drivers carried out only one pit-stop, of Sunday's second race of the season, at Sepang, Malaysia, will see at least two, says Raja Sen.
Happy New Year's moral compass has been twisted so bad that it looks more like a piece of Fusili, says Paloma Sharma.
With run of the mill action sequences and some bad jokes, Kick Ass-2 doesn't live up to the expectation.
Issaq is a shoddily written film with a cringeworthy performance from its leading man Prateik Babbar, writes Raja Sen.
In March 1972, The Godfather was first screened in a New York theatre. The movies were never the same again. Forty six years later, longtime Rediff film critic Raja Sen talks about why that film means that much, and how it led him to a unique tribute.
Spotlight is a powerful film, with a terrific ensemble cast, raves Raja Sen.
'The director casts two attractive people where he ought have chosen a couple of actual actors instead, and thus it becomes hard to care about the protagonists or their sundered hearts, and despite aesthetic appeal, what we end up with is -- at best -- a screensaver,' says Raja Sen.
'He never went to the Bombay industry.'
