Column: Cinema Scope

Don’t miss this Stanley Ka Dabba. Its sincerity will leave you moved.

The fourth Pirates of the Caribbean movie exudes a freshness, retaining the series’ unpredictability and sense of humour.

A well intentioned film that wanders somewhere in between, slightly lost in confusion.

Story of a young veterinary student who joins the travelling circus, Water for Elephants is cinema that absorbs but does not haunt you.

A well crafted, introspective, intelligent cinema that looms tall over much of what we see in contemporary Hindi cinema.

Dum Maaro Dum is not great cinema. But it does make for an entertaining watch at the movies.

Bazmee combines the formidable talents of Akshay Kumar and Irrfan Khan, yet not managing to produce an entertaining result.

JR’s ‘Women are Heroes’, speaks through the voice of women, for the condition of women reflects the state of the society that they live in.

Sudeep breathes fire and power into ‘Kempe Gowda’, which raises the bar for Kannada action movies.
The Fighter, a realistic boxing film helps Hollywood return to the genre with a bang!

In ‘A Million Snakebites’, Reptile conservationist Rom Whitaker travels across India, collecting snake venom in an effort to arrive at an anti-venom cure for all snake bites.

Linear narration and less than nuanced performances lets ‘7 Khoon Maaf’ down. Music is the only highlight.

Akshay Kumar’s first release this year, isn’t exactly setting the box-office on fire.