Dum Laga Ke Haisha is so simple that it never gives you a single moment of unpredictability…

As the curtain falls on Badlapur, any argument on rightness feels both moot and muddy.

This is a noir world, its aftertaste like chocolate with 85% cocoa, and the answer is deceptively simple: Who gets right of way? The one in a greater hurry.

Whiplash is a film that captivates right from the start and reels in the viewer in that seductive way only the finest jazz can…

MSG The Messenger is a feature-length advertisement you’d be best advised to forego…

That, in essence, is the problem with Shamitabh: it spends all its time explaining its own jokes.

And that never sounds right, no matter the voice.

In the name of seriousness, Foxcatcher is deathly dull and far too graceless. When all it needed was a director light on his feet.

If you do end up watching The Imitation Game and rightfully applauding its performances, do so with gusto but do also look up the facts of Turing’s life.

As for this critic who expected more from yet another obvious biopic-shaped piece of Oscar-bait, well, as that feeble Floyd album sang, High Hopes.

Tevar emerges an overdone, underwhelming film with zero charm…Stay away.

Ugly is a tale of torment, masterfully woven around the universally urgent trigger of a disappearing minor — and yet where, in the larger scheme of things, that kidnapping itself becomes, I daresay, a minor detail. Genius.

PK is no satire — it’s a bit too toothless for that — but it is a rollicking mainstream entertainer with ambition to evoke some introspection, one with compelling moments and some genuine surprises.