Category: Movie Review
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CTRL review: scattershot
Ananya Panday is the lone spark in Vikramaditya Motwane’s Netflix screenlife movie, which aims to do too much.
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Sector 36 review: botched just like the real-life investigation
The Netflix movie is as poorly handled as the police’s work on the 2006 Nithari serial murders that it’s based on.
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Phir Aayi Hasseen Dillruba review: out of order
Taapsee Pannu and Vikrant Massey return in the first sequel to an Indian Netflix original movie that struggles to justify its existence.
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Deadpool & Wolverine review: too focused on the now
All the jokes about its new setting (in Marvel’s world) and the lovey-dovey X-Men fan service cannot overcome the fact that Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman are hacking about without a solid purpose.
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Wild Wild Punjab review: deeply unfunny
Inspired by The Hangover, the new Indian Netflix movie fails its title and attempted genre.
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Maharaj review: prehistoric anti-women disaster
Junaid Khan makes his debut in a Netflix movie that tackles blind faith and abuse of power. But what could’ve been a 19th-century #MeToo story is a typical Bollywood male saviour project.
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Inside Out 2 review: an expansion, not an evolution
The new Pixar movie cannot match the greatness of its decade-old predecessor. It’s nigh impossible. But thanks to a new emotion, Inside Out 2 pushes into more complex territory.
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Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga review: richer than ever before
Unlike any other Mad Max movie before it, Furiosa is expansive, character-centric, and revisits the past. And it does all that while delivering stunning action.
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The Fall Guy review: Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt are dreamy
Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt’s chemistry takes the roof off director David Leitch’s new film—his best so far.