Pari – Review by Manisha Lakhe The hallmark of a good scary movie is that the scares come at you from all sides, fast and furious and do not allow you to breathe. This movie is slow to create the scary world, and even though you enjoy it, it takes too long to actually make ...

Welcome To New York – Review by Manisha Lakhe When you watch award shows, you know the stars in the audience are cheering and clapping for something else. They use the footage from the IIFA show and include it on terrible green screens and edits to make a terrible copy of Mel Brooks hit film ...

Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety – Review by Manisha Lakhe ‘Bromance or Romance’ is the underlying premise of the battle of the sexes film. Although it feels misogynistic to paint women the way they have in the film, it is so delightful and frothy and fun, you come away smiling. Are all girlfriends needy or ...

Aiyaary – Review by Manisha Lakhe An Indian Army Covert Unit has gone rogue and threatens to expose Army-Politicians-Arms Dealer nexus, thereby exposing his own unit. The Covert Unit head goes undercover to catch him before he sells out. The goings on seem interesting enough and you … Read full review at http://j.mp/2ELNeBu

Kuch Bheege Alfaaz – Review by Manisha Lakhe This film is about a grown-up woman who goes on blind Tinder dates, her friend-zoned pajama wearing bestie who works with her at a meme generating social media company, and a supposedly-popular late night RJ who spouts really smarmy poetry. The film … Read full review at ...

PadMan – Review by Manisha Lakhe This is a dramatised biopic of India’s sanitary ‘Pad’ man, who in his quest for making cheaper sanitary napkins for his wife, suffered socially, was ostracised and then ultimately acknowledged for his innovation. Akshay Kumar does a fabulous job as s… Read full review at http://j.mp/2E9DKAC

Kuldip Patwal: I Didn’t Do It ! – Review by Manisha Lakhe The concept is good: the common man always gets caught in the crossfire between politicians and big money. The execution, plain awful. Common man kills young politician, insists he didn’t do it, the cops investigating think he might be telling the tr… Read ...

Dobaara – Review by Manisha Lakhe Remake of the Hollywood film Oculus, Dobaara is so tiresome, you are actually glad whenever the evil presence shows up and begin rooting for it. It’s not horror, but horrendous. Read full review at http://j.mp/2rP2w2E

Dear Maya – Review by Manisha Lakhe Dear Maya does have some sweet moments but the film vacillates from interesting to ghastly so often you wonder if this movie was made by a committee. Wait for the movie to show up on cable. Read full review at http://j.mp/2sotN9d

Mirror Game – Ab Khel Shuru – Review by Manisha Lakhe Mirror Game is an interesting story, well-executed but everything moves so slow you have to pinch yourself to keep awake. The twist in the story is good, very good perhaps. Read full review at http://j.mp/2rOMju3

Dear Zindagi – Review by Manisha Lakhe For two hours you put up with too shiny, too happy people holding hands and you’re fed up with the hokey counseling sessions. The last half hour actually touches you but it is too little too late. Read full review at http://ift.tt/2gqXzoc

Moh Maya Money – Review by Manisha Lakhe Ranveer Shorey plays Aman, a real estate agent who wants to get rich quick. His wife Divya (Neha Dhupia) is a television producer who disapproves of his schemes. When his one cheat-deal goes wrong, he has to find an even worse idea in order to get mo… ...

Tum Bin 2 – Review by Manisha Lakhe Girl and Boy1 are in love. They go to ski resort and Boy 1 topples off the snowy mountain after colliding with someone on a snowmobile. Girl comes back with Papaji and everyone grieves. Papaji introduces Girl to Boy2 and because Boy2 is so endearing … Read ...

Force 2 – Review by Manisha Lakhe Mumbai Police officer ACP Yashvardhan (John Abraham) once again kicks, punches and shoots his way to the baddie, his biceps flexed permanently, his dimple flashing rarely. This time the bad guy is killing RAW agents one by one. In this mission, he ha… Read full review at http://ift.tt/2gqWpJd

Brothers – Review by Shishir Gautam Brothers could have worked better with better editing and lesser of the forced melodrama. What it becomes is a lackluster piece of cinema despite some very hard work put in by the actors. Read full review at http://j.mp/1E82CDz

Baahubali – Review by Shishir Gautam They say, all’s well that ends well! Bahubali: The Beginning is just that. Cannot wait to watch the conclusion of this grand saga that will unfold in a few months from now! Read full review at http://j.mp/1Sdgptk

Second Hand Husband – Review by Shishir Gautam Second Hand Husband manages to deliver some real good laughs but probably the film could have been far more entertaining in Punjabi than in Hindi. Read full review at http://j.mp/1NIQgBO

Bezubaan Ishq – Review by Shishir Gautam Bezuban Ishq will probably be one of those films that will just disappear into the vacuum of history… without a trace. And non-regrettably so! Read full review at http://j.mp/1UocVIa

Guddu Rangeela – Review by Piyush Chopra Guddu Rangeela could’ve been great had Subhash Kapoor stuck to making a satire that tried to do something about the appalling backwardness of our hinterlands. Instead, we get a middling and uninspired action comedy that’s neither entertaining nor enl… Read full review at http://j.mp/1H5E9wk

Miss Tanakpur Haazir Ho – Review by Shishir Gautam Miss Tanakpur Haazir Ho should have been a much better film, if not let down by writing. The direction however is at par with any other good work. There is no solution preached. But no solid statement made either. Read full review at http://ift.tt/1fXAg3J