Author: Akhil Arora
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Jawan review: two Shah Rukh Khans, too many PSAs
Khan’s movie-star charisma is doomed by Atlee’s didactic writing and direction.
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Guns & Gulaabs review: gory and garrulous, unfunny and uninspired
From the creators of The Family Man, a bottom-tier series set in ‘90s small-town India, full of tales that are neither thrilling nor comedic.
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Made in Heaven season 2 review: overwhelming and emotionally exhausting
Though it shines on rare occasions, the Prime Video series struggles to evolve thanks to overlong episodes, a lacking depth, and a failure to recognise its prior faults.
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Heart of Stone review: new Mission: Impossible? Not even close
Netflix’s second attempt at an action franchise with Gal Gadot is marginally better than the first.
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Barbie review: literal feminist fable
Greta Gerwig expertly and hilariously sketches out the problems with our male-dominated world—but with zero subtlety. Akhil Arora, a member of the Film Critics Guild and a Rotten Tomatoes-certified film critic When I first heard that the writer-director behind Lady Bird and the most recent Little Women movie adaptation had been picked to give us…
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Oppenheimer review: Nolan goes nuclear
Part thriller and part character study, Christopher Nolan’s biopic of the father of the atomic bomb is his most political movie yet.
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Kohrra review: toxic masculinity will be the death of us all
Police apathy, failed fathers, and a foggy future make a deadly cocktail in this spiritual successor to Udta Punjab.
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Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning review: you can bet on Tom Cruise
No better duo than Cruise and Christopher McQuarrie when it comes to action blockbuster filmmaking in Hollywood today.
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The Witcher season 3 review: time runs out
In Henry Cavill’s final season as Geralt, as the Netflix series loses its star attraction, it makes a bigger case for Ciri as the future.
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The Flash review: best DC universe movie since Wonder Woman
The utterly joyous first half is doomed by a third act full of multiversal shenanigans.