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LATEST ARTICLES ( 814 )

• Tevar: Pizza in an Irani Cafe

  Tevar isn't a film gone wrong. It's a sensibility gone wrong. The maker, an ad-director in the past, makes a calculative error of munching up a pizza in an Iran... Read more

  Posted on 14 January 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• I: A Dark And A Toothless Indulgence

  Shankar, with I has attempted his darkest film date. He is nowhere close to his past best when it comes to narrative precision, but like Robot or most of his... Read more

  Posted on 14 January 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• I: Big is Not Always Great

  Shankar, who wears his commercial tag like a medallion, has an addiction for making big commercial films. While he's been quite successful at it all these years... Read more

  Posted on 14 January 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Taken 3: Neeson’s Desperate Attempt To Save A Predictable Story

  Movie: Taken 3; Cast: Liam Neeson, Forest Whitaker, Maggie Grace, Famke Janssen, Sam Spruell, Dougray Scott, Dylan Bruno, Leland Orser and Jon Gries; Director:... Read more

  Posted on 11 January 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• A Walk Among The Tombstones: An Over Embellished Detective Thriller

  Film: A Walk Among The Tombstones; Cast: Liam Neeson, Dan Stevens, Boyd Holbrook, David Harbour, Adam David Thompson, Brian "Astro" Bradley, Olafur Darri... Read more

  Posted on 11 January 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Gopala Gopala: A Faithful Remake Sans Creativity

  Movie: Gopala Gopala; Cast: Daggubati Venkatesh, Pawan Kalyan, Mithun Chakraborty, Shreya Saran, Posani Krishna Murali, Madhu Shalini; Director: Kishore Kumar... Read more

  Posted on 11 January 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Balancing Bollywood, Southern Film World: Taapsee Pannu

  Taapsee Pannu may not have had a release in 2014, but she says it was the most satisfying year she had in terms of defining roles she has done. With four... Read more

  Posted on 10 January 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Unbroken: Awfully Slow, But Inspiring Tale About Endurance

  Minutes before Louie Zamperini, an athlete-turned-war hero, boards a train to participate in the 1936 Berlin Olympics, his brother Pete tells him: "Louie, a... Read more

  Posted on 03 January 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death: Moderate Chills, Thrills

  The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death; Cast: Jeremy Irvine, Helen McCrory, Phoebe Fox and Amelia Pidgeon; Director: Tom Harper; We've had enough haunted house... Read more

  Posted on 03 January 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Shades of Grey: Karunakaran Interview

  Kollywood's latest comic sensation is Karunakaran. The actor, who has projects like Nanbenda and Kanithan in his kitty, likes to believe his best is yet to come... Read more

  Posted on 31 December 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Best of Telugu Cinema 2014

  Small films with creative content ruled the roost in Telugu cinema, while most star-studded projects failed to leave an impact. I pick the best 10 from over... Read more

  Posted on 31 December 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Best of Tamil Cinema 2014

  While big-budget flicks failed to impress, it's the so-called small films that made a noise for its creative content in Tamil cinema. I pick the best 10 from th... Read more

  Posted on 31 December 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Mystifying Mysskin

  Known as the most under rated Tamil film-maker, Mysskin's dark stories rarely fail to strike a chord. In a freewheeling chat, he explains why he makes dark... Read more

  Posted on 31 December 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Ten Unmissable Hollywood Films of 2014 in India

  Hollywood managed to inspire and entertain audiences in right proportion in 2014. While some of the best films didn't make it to India for several reasons, I... Read more

  Posted on 30 December 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Chinnadana Nee Kosam: Laughs Minus Purpose

  When you’re repeating yourself or rather sticking to play safe as an actor, what’s exactly happening? Is Nithiin substantiating his position as the go-to dude... Read more

  Posted on 26 December 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Mukunda: All Show, Too Shallow

  There are two kinds of characters in Mukunda. There’s this lot that only does the talking and stamps its authority. There’s another group, the ‘youth’ as we cal... Read more

  Posted on 26 December 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Meaghamann: All Guns Blazing

  Just like in the game of chess, how a move by your opponent might totally catch you off guard, the proceedings in Magilzh Thirumeni’s impressive action film... Read more

  Posted on 26 December 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• PK: Massaging the Messages

  There’s always a problem, when a storyteller peeps inside to see, ‘Why my previous films worked and how will they re-manufacture themselves in the future?’. Read more

  Posted on 20 December 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Exodus: Gods and Kings: “There Is Only Me Here”

  The legend of Moses’ birth is an elaborate tale in itself and given it has had enough exposure, Exodus : Gods and Kings spares us the preamble and places us in... Read more

  Posted on 20 December 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• The Hobbit : The Battle of the Five Armies: There and Back Again Emotionally

  Just as the ‘The Return of the King’ completed the quest of the fellowship, Bilbo’s journey with the dwarves is brought to completion with ‘The Battle of the... Read more

  Posted on 20 December 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES