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'Inspector Zende' review: Send-up of crime folklore marred by inconsistency

New Delhi, Sept. 6 -- Inspector Zende, written and directed by Chinmay Mandlekar, announces itself as "a story inspired by true events that looks like a fairy tale". It's meant as parody, not fact, bu... Read More


'The Roses' review: Benedict Cumberbatch and Olivia Colman spar memorably

New Delhi, Aug. 31 -- The Roses is director Jay Roach and screenwriter Tony McNamara's reimagining of the 1989 film The War of the Roses, which starred Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner in an untame... Read More


'The Thursday Murder Club' review: Affable cast sells senior citizen whodunit

New Delhi, Aug. 30 -- Richard Osman's 2020 novel The Thursday Murder Club soon became a runaway bestseller and a book-club favourite. Its delightful premise follows four older residents living at Coop... Read More


'Tehran' review: Action film addresses the ethical complexities of espionage

New Delhi, Aug. 17 -- In Tehran, director Arun Gopalan adapts the high-stakes geopolitics of 2012 into a tense espionage drama. The film's premise is rooted in a real incident: the February 2012 bomb ... Read More


'Son of Sardaar 2' review: A confused, half-hearted comedy

New Delhi, Aug. 2 -- Thirteen years after Son of Sardaar hit cinemas with its brand of crowd-pleasing comedy, its sequel arrives with less humour and even less purpose. Vijay Kumar Arora takes the hel... Read More


'The Fantastic Four: First Steps' review: New Marvel effort is competent at best

New Delhi, July 26 -- Writer Stan Lee and artist Jack Kirby premiered the Fantastic Four in a comic book in 1961, and the quartet soon came to be known as Marvel's 'first family'. They lived together ... Read More


'Aap Jaisa Koi' review: Polished but superficial romance

New Delhi, July 13 -- In Aap Jaisa Koi, director Vivek Soni takes on the delicate subjects of late-blooming romance, masculine vulnerability, modern love, and old-fashioned chauvinism. The film, now s... Read More


'Heads of State' review: Action film plays to its stars' strengths

New Delhi, July 6 -- Heads of State is exactly what it promises: a fast-paced, action-packed buddy comedy that leans into its absurdity with style, big laughs and big action set pieces. Ilya Naishull... Read More


'Jurassic World Rebirth' review: Torn between homage and reinvention

New Delhi, July 4 -- More than 30 years ago, Steven Spielberg directed the action adventure Jurassic Park, based on Michael Crichton's novel about genetic modification, paleontology and the dangers of... Read More


'28 Years Later' review: Danny Boyle's triumphant return to zombie film

New Delhi, June 21 -- Danny Boyle's 2002 film 28 Days Later is widely considered one of the most influential entries in the zombie genre. By stripping out the supernatural and replacing it with a scie... Read More