Category: Movie Review
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Challengers review: ace
With Zendaya leading a stellar trio, director Luca Guadagnino concocts a heady mix of jealousy, ambition, and attraction. It’s terrific.
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Rebel Moon Part 2 review: sloppy, horrid, and unimaginative
Zack Snyder’s Netflix sequel is an overlong epilogue that ought to have been the third act of the first part.
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Amar Singh Chamkila review: a disorderly protest
Imtiaz Ali’s call for artistic freedom—and the price you must be willing to pay—doesn’t always have the power or focus it needs.
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Damsel review: Millie Bobby Brown-led Netflix movie is in distress
Even a giant talking dragon—voiced by the always wonderful Shohreh Aghdashloo—can’t save this feminist fantasy survival thriller.
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Bhakshak review: all posturing, no heft
Inspired by true events, the Bhumi Pednekar-led Netflix film has little interest in the vitality of local journalism and frequently resorts to grandstanding dialogues.
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Kho Gaye Hum Kahan review: lost in the malaise
The new Indian Netflix movie about the ennui of the digital age is wayward, just like its characters.
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The Archies review: cotton candy
Zoya Akhtar’s Indian take on Riverdale, with Suhana Khan, Khushi Kapoor, and Agastya Nanda, is a soft serve.
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The Marvels review: too lightweight
The sequel to Captain Marvel, with Brie Larson, Teyonah Parris and Iman Vellani, is fun in spurts but never the film it needs to be.
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Khufiya review: the exact opposite of a spy thriller
The new Netflix movie—with Tabu, Ali Fazal, and Wamiqa Gabbi—is an overlong slog.
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Jaane Jaan review: Jaideep Ahlawat and Vijay Varma thrill in solid Netflix movie
Kareena Kapoor Khan is the least interesting element in Sujoy Ghosh’s new Netflix movie, his most mature work yet.