Reviews

If only the screenplay was not so riddled with holes that suspension of disbelief is not enough.

You feel embarrassed for the young actors who over-act and are over-styled - eager to be stars before they have become actors or learnt the craft.

Crisp editing and evocative framing give the film a mesmerizing effect, a tension that draws you in and holds you captive for the duration of it’s runtime.

A Christmas Carol is certainly worthy of high-praise for it’s technique alone!

The range is from musical and action to adventure; and all the films have registered their presence in the minds and hearts of people as prominent masterpieces.

It’s the story about childbirth that takes the cake in the book by Steven D Levitt & Stephen J Dubner.

All in all one wishes there had been more originality in the story and a little more fun in the telling.

Tum Mile might have worked if it had stuck to the love story - about a mature relationship that sours.

The film is visually satisfying no doubt what with every single disaster cliché employed; just don’t expect to exercise your grey matter all that much.

Since we’re just around Children’s Day, we have chosen films which are targeted at the young ones.

Ken Fisher presents some powerful formulae to value stocks based on a company’s market share.

There are very few directors who can sell tickets with their name on it and Steven Spielberg undoubtedly would top the list.

Salim-Sulaiman bring out a simple, minimalistic and intense album while strictly sticking to the film’s script.

One of the good aspects about the book is that the tempo is set from the first page itself — the narrative is fast, almost in a style similar to his previous books.

While Why Hasn’t He Proposed will offer some entertainment, How To Create A Magical Relationship may help if you are comfortable with stereotypes.

Much of his commitment to the language and its literary culture comes through in his short but cogent introduction to the anthology.

Bewitched, like a wonderstruck Westerner, by all that is Oriental, William Dalrymple is unable to make sense of the sacred in modern India.

A vibrant eatery with old British flavours is for casual connoisseurs of good food.

While watching Aladin, you secretly wish for three things too. In the first half you wish for the interval, in the second half you wish for the film to end.

The loss of Michael Jackson can never be breached; in it’s entirety This is It is an experience that is both awe-inspiring and saddening.