Department, about a special task force of encounter specialists, begins with this adage: Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely. After that, Ram Gopal Varma retreads old ground: crooked cops, underworld dons, political leaders who function like underworld dons.

Age has nothing to do with it — so goes the premise of this India-set fable about a group of geriatrics with a boundless zest for life. The film is a triumph for director Madden (Shakespeare in Love) as well as the grand ensemble of British thespians. Rashid Irani writes.

The animated adaptation of the popular 1971 bedtime book by Theodor Seuss Geisel has an eco-friendly storyline, bright colour palette and frenetic 3D chases — everything, it seems, except the good doctor’s magic. Rashid Irani writes.

Sacrificing atmosphere for sadistic, blood-soaked killings, this murder mystery hinges on a clever conceit. A serial killer is on the loose in mid-19th-century Baltimore. The investigating police detective discovers that... Rashid Irani writes.

I wonder if the Indian film ritual of intermission also functions as a creative road-block. Because so many fine films derail exactly there; I call it the curse of the second half. Ishaqzaade is one of these. Anupama Chopra writes.

It's easy to understand why Karisma Kapoor chose Dangerous Ishhq as her comeback film after a hiatus of six years and two children. She's the hero. She sets the plot in motion. Anupama Chopra writes.

A big-screen reworking of the 1960s gothic soap opera, Dark Shadows marks the eighth collaboration between those mavens of the macabre, Johnny Depp and Tim Burton. Rashid Irani writes.

At long last, it has made it to our multiplexes. And in case you are wondering if it has been worth the wait, the answer is a resounding yes. Rashid Irani writes.

Jannat 2 begins with a bang. In the narrow gullies of Old Delhi (point to ponder: when did ‘Dilli’ become Bollywood’s main muse?), a man is holding a gun to the head of Sonu Dilli KKC, short for kutti kameeni cheez. Anupama Chopra writes.

Tezz is an unapologetic, unacknowledged copy of the 1975 Japanese film The Bullet Train. Director Priyadarshan and writer Robin Bhatt liberally lift the plot and entire sequences from the film, writes Anupama Chopra.

Comic-book geeks needn’t lose heart. Ditto, action aficionados. The upbeat news is that the ballyhooed Marvel mash-up is not only exciting but, surprise, surprise, also extremely funny, reports Rashid Irani.

Vicky Donor is one of those rare Hindi films that work purely on the strength of writing and performances. There are no crutches here of stars, sets, styling or foreign locations. Anupama Chopra writes.

A vacuous re-imagining of the Snow White fairy-tale, Mirror Mirror marks a change of pace for the director of the recently released, Immortals. This time around, Tarsem Singh Dhandwar attempts an outlandish comedy, reports Rashid Irani.

It’s the same old global cataclysm for which those darn extraterrestrials are to blame. Ostensibly on a reconnaissance mission, the none-too-friendly aliens intend to claim our oceans’ resources.

Years ago, Karan Johar had joked that the credits in his films could be somewhat altered - instead of saying 'A film by Karan Johar,' it could say 'The same film by Karan Johar.' I think this would work well for Sajid Khan. Anupama Chopra writes.