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'Digger' review: Tom Cruise climate crisis film is trial by satire

New Delhi, Oct. 4 -- In the run-up to Digger's release, a stray theory caught on that Alejandro G. Iñarritu's film might be a stealth musical. It was a sizeable enough rumour that the studio actu... Read More


'Dorothy' review: Karthik Subbaraj's film is a wild ride and a frank challenge

New Delhi, Sept. 30 -- Subbu (Sananth) has just escaped the irate brother of the woman who was comforting him after a loss. Something compels him to seek out the hulking brute and explain that he has ... Read More


'Hunkkaar' review: Overcrowded but quietly determined series finishes strong

New Delhi, Sept. 26 -- A young woman and her parents are at a police station. They're trying to file a case, but the officer they're speaking to is distracted. Another cop comes by with a box of sweet... Read More


'Crash' is one of cinema's perfect provocations

New Delhi, Sept. 20 -- "I dreamed of other accidents that might enlarge this repertory of orifices, relating them to more elements of the automobile's engineering, to the ever-more complex technologie... Read More


'Daayra' review: Meghna Gulzar's timid procedural refuses to get messy

New Delhi, Sept. 19 -- Daayra opens with a city in celebration. It looks like a festival-the streets are teeming, sweets are distributed, fireworks set off. Eventually, the hero of the hour arrives: D... Read More


'Haiwaan' review: Priyadarshan thriller feels like an eternity

New Delhi, Sept. 12 -- At the start of Haiwaan, Shyam (Saif Ali Khan) boards a ferry, teases a man who owes him money, sings and plays guitar. If it weren't for the dark glasses and cane, it's difficu... Read More


'Bethlehem Kudumba Unit' review: Malayalam romcom is a pleasure to hang out with

New Delhi, Sept. 4 -- 'Illey Illa', the first song in Bethlehem Kudumba Unit, has a line that translates to "your novenas have finally come true". The word was unfamiliar to me-I later found it's a Ca... Read More


'Babita Singh Reporting' review: Bringing down Baby

New Delhi, Aug. 31 -- A young woman is visiting her in-laws for the first time. She's eager to impress them. She cooks, cleans, runs the house. She's hurt by their jibes but tries not to show it. Her ... Read More


'Toxic' review: Yash's latest can't even provoke properly

New Delhi, Aug. 26 -- "I was hoping to have a civilised conversation," says Melissa (Rukmini Vasanth) to the naked glowering gangster. Raya (Yash) glances down deliberately, then looks up and says, "D... Read More


'Mutiny' review: Actioner offers familiar Statham tricks, but on a boat

New Delhi, Aug. 22 -- Jason Statham isn't one to go a-wandering. In The Beekeeper (2024), he plays an ex-Marine out to avenge the death of his landlady. In his next film, A Working Man (2025), he's an... Read More