
This week Rajeev Masand reviews Irrfan Khan-starrer 'Paan Singh Tomar', 'London Paris New York', 'Iron Lady' and 'Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close'. ...

01:05 PM, Mar 03, 2012

Cast: Ryan Gosling, Carey Mulligan, Bryan Cranston Director: Nicolas Winding Refn Ryan Gosling shines as a nameless auto mechanic and Hollywood stunt driver who uses his skills behind the wheel to moonlight as a getaway guy for criminals in the moody, existential thriller 'Drive'. Clients get five minutes only, no more no less, for them to do their dirty work and hop back inside to evade the cops. Then Gosling...

11:31 PM, Sep 30, 2011

Cast: Vinay Pathak, Ria Sen, Jagrat Desai, Sasha Goradia Director: Deepa Sahi 'Tere Mere Phere' is a loud and exaggerated comedy whose opening scene sets the mood and the tone for the roughly ninety minutes that follow. A man and woman seated beside each other on a flight get into a squabble over hogging a common armrest. It leads to something of a riot in the cabin when other passengers...

11:15 PM, Sep 30, 2011

Cast: Jimmy Shergill, Randeep Hooda and Mahie Gill Director: Tigmanshu Dhulia In a nod to the Guru Dutt classic from which it derives its title, director Tigmanshu Dhulia's 'Saheb Biwi Aur Gangster' explores the premise of a married woman's isolation in a sprawling estate, and the unlikely relationship she forms with a devoted male help. Sadly that's where the comparisons must end. For where 'Sahib Biwi Aur Ghulam' was the...

11:04 PM, Sep 30, 2011

Cast: John Abraham and Genelia D'Souza Director: Nishikant Kamath John Abraham shows off his abs of steel playing a fearless cop committed to wiping out the drug mafia in director Nishikant Kamat's Force. Judged strictly by action-movie standards, this remake of the Tamil hit 'Kaakha Kaakha' delivers the goods. After all there are some slickly edited hand-to-hand fight sequences, a few breathless chases, and a little too much blood spill....

10:51 PM, Sep 30, 2011

Cast: Tom Hardy, Nick Nolte, Joel Edgerton Director: Gavin O'Connor 'Warrior' is an intense fight movie about two estranged brothers who face off against each other in the final round of a brutal, mixed martial-arts tournament. Joel Edgerton (from last year's excellent Australian hit Animal Kingdom) stars as Brendan Conlon, a high school physics teacher and ex-fighter who gets back into the ring to earn money so he can protect...

10:50 PM, Sep 16, 2011

Cast: Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling, Julianne Moore Director: Glenn Ficarra, John Requa 'Crazy Stupid Love' is a funny and touching film with characters so likeable, it's hard to judge them even when they do foolish things. The plot swings into action when happily married Cal (Steve Carell), discovers that his wife Emily (Julianne Moore) has cheated on him with a colleague, and wants a divorce. Moping about in a bar,...

10:37 PM, Sep 16, 2011

Cast: Brad Pitt, Sean Penn, Jessica Chastain, Hunter McCracken Director: Terrence Malick 'The Tree Of Life' is a hugely ambitious film. It polarizes audiences, calling for endless discussions and debate on what it's trying to say through its relentless visual ideas. This Palme D'Or winner is a modern mindbender. Writer-director Terrence Malick makes 'The Tree Of Life' a deeply personal film, dipping into his own childhood, but all the while...

11:23 PM, Jul 29, 2011