Rajeev Masand says 'Star Trek - Into Darkness' won't bore you if you are willing to suspend disbelief. What do you think? Write your own review and win prizes.
11:46 PM, May 10, 2013
Rajeev Masand says 'Gippi' is one of those movies whose good idea gets lost during execution. What do you think? Write your own review and win prizes.
11:46 PM, May 10, 2013
Rajeev Masand says 'Go Goa Gone' is good until it all goes nowhere in the end. What do you think? Write your own review and win prizes.
11:46 PM, May 10, 2013
Cast: Chris Pine, Karl Urban, Benedict Cumberbatch, Zoe Saldana Director: JJ Abrams Even if, like me, you weren't a fan of the Star Trek universe, or were mostly unfamiliar with its 40-year-old legacy, you'd have to admit that JJ Abrams' 2009 reboot was a fresh and accessible stand-alone sci-fi adventure. The sequel, 'Star Trek: Into Darkness', directed again by Abrams, is cut from the same cloth. So although there are...
11:37 PM, May 10, 2013
Cast: Riya Vij, Taaha Shah Director: Sonam Nair School can be a difficult place if you're overweight, awkward, not particularly bright, or clumsy on the sports field. Gurpreet Kaur, the 14-year-old protagonist of Gippi (Riya Vij), ticks all the boxes. She's routinely taunted by the mean girl in class, ignored by all the popular kids, and can barely squeeze into her uniform. An unlikely friendship with the school jock (Taaha...
11:35 PM, May 10, 2013
Cast: Saif Ali Khan, Kunal Khemu, Vir Das, Anand Tiwari Directors: Krishna DK and Raj Nidimoru 'Go Goa Gone' has been advertised as India's first zom-com, or a comedy about zombies. The film, starring Kunal Khemu, Vir Das, and Anand Tiwari as three best friends stranded on an island infested with flesh-eating zombies, works like magic when directors Krishna DK and Raj Nidimoru focus on their three leads and the...
11:29 PM, May 10, 2013
Cast: Saoirse Ronan, Max Irons, Jake Abel Director: Andrew Niccol When an alien enters the body of a nice teenage girl, her original spirit refuses to leave, her head now crowded with two voices that want different things, including two boys who aren't particularly fond of each other. Stephenie Meyer, author of the Twilight books, recycles the same love triangle formula, only replacing vampires and werewolves with a sci-fi spin....
10:51 PM, Apr 19, 2013
Cast: Nicolas Cage, Emma Stone, Ryan Reynolds, Catherine Keener, Cloris Leachman, Clark Duke, Chris Sanders, Randy Thom Director: Kirk De Micco, Chris Sanders Set in prehistoric times, 'The Croods' is what you might describe as "Ice Age with Humans". The film's message - that being adaptable is the key to one's survival - is conveyed through the story of a close-knit family of cave dwellers. Grug (voiced by Nicolas Cage)...
10:43 PM, Apr 19, 2013
Rajeev Masand says 'The Croods' is funny in generous doses. What do you say? Write your own review and win prizes.
10:38 PM, Apr 19, 2013
Cast: Emraan Hashmi, Konkona Sen Sharma, Huma Qureshi, Kalki Koechlin Director: Kannan Iyer A very different beast from 'Makdee', his charming directorial debut from eleven years ago, 'Ek Thi Daayan', co-written and co-produced by Vishal Bhardwaj, sees the filmmaker revisit the mythology of witches once again. But where 'Makdee' was an old-fashioned fable about a village witch who supposedly turned humans into animals, 'Daayan', set in the modern, urban world,...
10:36 PM, Apr 19, 2013
Rajeev Masand says 'The Host' is at best unintentionally hilarious. What do you say? Write your own review and win prizes.
10:35 PM, Apr 19, 2013
Rajeev Masand says 'Ek Thi Daayan' leaves you wanting more in the end. What do you say? Write your own review and win prizes.
10:35 PM, Apr 19, 2013
Cast: Farooq Shaikh, Deepti Naval, Rakesh Bedi, Ravi Baswani, Saeed Jaffrey Director: Sai Paranjpye If you've watched the original 'Chashme Buddoor', it's unlikely that you'll ever forget the characters of Omi and Jai (played by Rakesh Bedi and Ravi Baswani), two slackers who constantly bum cigarettes from Lalan Miyaan (Saeed Jaffrey) and spend their time hatching elaborate plans to win the heart of the new girl in the neighbourhood. In...
10:59 PM, Apr 05, 2013
Rajeev Masand says 'Chashme Buddoor' is cinematic nostalgia at its best. What do you say? Write your own review and win prizes.
10:55 PM, Apr 05, 2013
Cast: Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum Director Steven Spielberg There's a scene in 'Jurassic Park' that's etched in movie history - you know the one I'm talking about - ripples appearing in two glasses of water on the dashboard of a car that ominously announce the arrival of the hulking, roaring T-Rex. This scene is hyper accentuated in 3D through Steven Spielberg's restored version of this monster movie classic...
10:52 PM, Apr 05, 2013
Rajeev Masand says 'Jurassic Park 3D' still has a hair-raising effect. What do you say? Write your own review and win prizes.
10:51 PM, Apr 05, 2013
Cast: Halle Berry, Abigail Breslin Director: Brad Anderson 'The Call', starring Halle Berry, gets straight down to business. It's a promising thriller that hits the ground running, never wasting any time setting up its intriguing premise. The film opens in the emergency call center of the Los Angeles Police Department, where dozens of operators manning the phone lines must calm down panicked callers while simultaneously assigning officers to their cases....
10:48 PM, Apr 05, 2013
Rajeev Masand says 'The Call' could have been much better. What do you say? Write your own review and win prizes.
10:45 PM, Apr 05, 2013
Cast: Ali Zafar, Siddharth, Divyendu Sharma, Taapsee Pannu Director: David Dhawan Like a battering ram, David Dhawan's puerile and frenzied remake, 'Chashme Baddoor', shatters and mauls your memories of Sai Paranjpye's charming original. Light-hearted humour and innocent romance makes way for sexist jokes and cheesy puns and the merits of keeping things simple are lost in the cacophony of screechy performances. But I have a confession to make here -...
10:43 PM, Apr 05, 2013
Rajeev Masand says 'Chashme Baddoor' mauls your memory of the original. What do you say? Write your own review and win prizes.
10:35 PM, Apr 05, 2013
