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Review :- Once again, the common man is left asking for tareekh pe tareekh. Women are forced to play ‘Daminis’, and men turn into rakhwalas of the world. Sadly, in…
Jack Reacher
Review :- The film is a cinematic adaptation of Lee Child’s 2005 novel One Shot. Jack Reacher is Child’s successful fictional character from his mystery/thriller novels. The film opens with…
Cigarette Ki Tarah
Review :- Cigarette Ki Tarah is an unintelligent thriller which looks like a wannabe Bhatt camp film. It’s inspired by Jism and Kalyug, just that this one’s painfully silly. Nikhil…
The Last Act
Review :- Murder. They wrote. The ‘They’ in this case being Mr Maverick’s (Anurag Kashyap) team of 12. And this murderous plot comes in 12 different parts – all found…
Talaash
Review :- Talaash belongs to the genre of cinema noir of which there are few examples in recent times. This film is a good attempt at revisiting suspense flicks that…
Rush
Review :- First, the good news – Rush has an interesting plot and great detailing, the latter unusual in Bollywood. Such detailing – irregularly placed photos in Samar (Hashmi) and…
Ek Tha Tiger
Review :- Kabir Khan’s movies—Kabul Express; New York, Ek Tha Tiger start with the similar sepia-toned skyline montages of what could be Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq; strife-ridden country associated with extremists.…
Jism-2
Review :- Jism-2 is a sexy movie – but it’s not as dirty a picture as you might expect. Surprisingly, Jism-2 hovers over sex, like a butterfly gliding across one…
Maximum
Review :- Mumbai! Yeah, sure! The city of dreams and disasters. Traffic and terrorism. Slums and skyscrapers. Bollywood and bhais. Corruption and ‘cop’ulation. Cutting chai and ‘cut-pieces’. The city of…
Shanghai
Review :- Okay, so there are no towering ‘erections’ here – like in the famed Chinese city of the same name. Of course, it’s ‘election’ (now how does the Orient…
