2026 looks promising for cinema lovers, with many highly anticipated, big-budget Hollywood films set to hit theatres this year.
The directors bagged the Venice Film Festival's lifetime achievement award.
From old favourites to brand new attractions, Sukanya Verma lists all the excitement OTT has laid out in its action-packed menu this week.
In a significant move, entertainment giant The Walt Disney Company plans to buy longtime partner Pixar Animation Studios Inc for $7.4 billi
'John Lasseter gave me such good advice. He said the reason why he wanted me to tell the story was because it was about my dad and me. He said if it is a father and son story, it will relate universally.' Star Pixar animator Sanjay Patel tells Aseem Chhabra/Rediff.com the back story behind his new film, Sanjay's Super Team, which features Hanuman, Vishnu and Durga as superheroes.
The film is essentially Freaky Friday pretending to be Mulan: and both those Disney productions were decidedly more entertaining.
Fast, furious and fashionable, it's all there on OTT this week. Here's the action-packed menu.
Much of the discussion is happening at a "family level, not a corporate level". That means it is an Ambani or a Goenka in direct talks with Johar.
Decapitated ghosts, ancient ghosts, devil judges, devious cartoons, angry young women, it's a super flavourful platter of assorted goodies on the OTT menu this week.
'Putting yourself out there can be scary and fearful.'
Woke Barbie, detective Red Riding Hood and gangsters galore on OTT this week.
The OTT menu is hot as ever. Sukanya Verma tells us everything we can try out this week.
Lavender marriages, time travel and teens turning into furry red pandas, cheer and chaos collide on OTT this week.
What does Bollywood do on a holiday?
Guess who's the newest fan of Pixar's finest film ever?
Where Laal Singh Chaddha succeeds most is heart, notes Sukanya Verma.
Telly folk catch the latest Pixar classic.
Cars 2 is more than just quality animation, and it's more than just a film.
This is a film packed with laughs and pathos, but the emotional manipulation is too blatant, too obvious, says Raja Sen.
Serial killer confusion in small-town South Korea, a struggling mission to save the tiger in the heartland of India, a slice-of-summer friendship by the Italian coast, Sukanya Verma lists a fascinating mix of must-watch fare on OTT this week.
Variety is the spice of life and the greatest USP of OTT platforms. Sukanya Verma points out all the wonderful stuff to choose from this week's mix.
Inside Out is arguably Pixar's finest film, says Raja Sen.
Here's the list as drawn up by a child psychologist.
The film could have been better had it been for some better animation and music.
From a college dropout to heading an over $350 billion Apple empire, Steve Jobs dramatically transformed the worlds of personal computing, music and mobile phones, ushering in a new digital era.
Cars 2 has more appeal for adults than the first one but in the process, it might lose some very young viewers.
Let's take a look at the nominees.
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The mini mogul from America made $ 22 mn last year just reviewing and playing with toys.
Ponyo reconfirms Miayazaki's genius as a writer and director.
Though it is being shown only in about a dozen countries abroad, waiting to add more formidable markets such as the United Kingdom, France, Germany and Japan in the coming weeks, it has already grossed an impressive $48 million in three days.
Here are the new toys who will be coming aboard the toytrain.
A far cry from its reputation of Hollywood's no holds barred night for glamour and glory, this year's Globes was a bizarrely informal affair.
A heartwarming fable from Pixar, the movie follows in the tradition of Finding Nemo and Monsters Inc, among the very best of Pixar.
While it's easy to look at Roadside Romeo as a harmless entertainer -- and there is a chance the film will indeed score very well with young audiences -- there is an inherent danger in the way it shoves even more Bollywood down the throats of its target audience.
Rarely are the heights of emotion so effortlessly scaled in live action cinema as they are in this animated film.
WALL-E itself is far more than a simple piece of mindless entertainment. With its beautifully rendered world and cheerfully choreographed sequences, it does serve its primary purpose of entertaining, but for those willing to burrow below the surface it offers so much more.
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