Reviews

The nightmare of a kidnapping and surviving in a confined space has been turned into a generic race-against-time thriller. Relying too heavily on contrivances and hoary plot twists, The Call is certainly not meant for claustrophobes or the faint-hearted. Rashid Irani writes.

More than anything, Himmatwala is a reminder of why the ’80s are considered the worst decade in Hindi cinema. The film is an excruciating experience. It begins with a close-up of a disco ball, and it’s downhill from there. Anupama Chopra writes.

A sequel to G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, the 2009 toy line based G.I. Joe flick, G.I Joe: Retaliation ranks with last week’s Olympus Has Fallen among the worst films of the year (so far). Rashid Irani writes.

Early on in Aatma, a cop investigating the murder of a young boy says: 'I have a bad feeling about this'. He took the words right out of my mouth. Anupama Chopra writes.

In Hollywood the king of cool still rules. Quentin Tarantino, whose last film was the World War II revenge fantasy lnglourious Basterds (2009), now ventures into the pre-Civil War America to address issues of race and slavery.

Rangrezz is an over-wrought melodrama that has stray moments of power but is ultimately too convoluted to be convincing. Anupama Chopra writes.

Writer-director Paul Thomas Anderson's sixth feature film focuses on the see-saw relationship, circa the mid-20th century, between a traumatised veteran of the Second World War and the self-styled guru of a pseudo-religious organization.

A Honey Singh track claims something to the effect that Punjabis have their batteries charged 24x7. You understand when that becomes the next big party anthem in north India. But when it captures the essence and intent of a film, you know the bar’s set rather low.

In Saheb Biwi aur Gangster Returns, writer-director Tigmanshu Dhulia takes us back to that deliciously decadent world of decaying, modern-day royalty in Uttar Pradesh that he created in Saheb Biwi aur Gangster, writes Anupama Chopra.