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Netflix’s The Gray Man is a fun action ride, but has nothing new to offer

Based on Mark Greaney’s novel of the same name, The Gray Man, with its $200 million budget, is Netflix’s most expensive project to date.

Hotstar’s Shoorveer has the best aerial dogfight scenes on Indian TV. Rest is half-baked

Samar Khan's Shoorveer could have been 'the' Air Force show. It lands the aerial dogfight scenes perfectly, but the rest is a parachute-less jump.

Netflix’s Jaadugar has a magical cast that scores many points. But it keeps shifting goalposts

Sameer Saxena’s Jaadugar has achieved a near-impossible goal of capturing the essence of small-town India. But there are too many loose ends.

No amount of Rajkummar Rao’s acting can save ‘HIT: The First Case’

Written and directed by Sailesh Kolanu, HIT: The First Case is virtually a shot-for-shot remake of Kolanu's Telugu original from two years ago. But did we need it?

Shabaash Mithu not a chest thumping sports film. Taapsee shows Mithali Raj’s resilience

From lack of matches, payments, coaches to even jerseys, Shabaash Mithu highlights heartbreaking struggle of India’s women cricketers and their strong captain.

Saas Bahu Achaar Pvt. Ltd is real ‘vocal for local’ story of Indian businesswomen

Saas Bahu Achaar Pvt. Ltd is the real ‘vocal for local’. Without being noisy, the show hums its way slowly into your heart and...

Ranveer vs Wild on Netflix is a lazy joke. And Bear Grylls is just not that into it

After Modi, Akshay Kumar, Ranveer Singh is the latest to join Man vs. Wild's Bear Grylls. But the 70-minute 'choose-your-own-adventure' doesn't work.

Partly mediocre, partly predictable—Modern love Hyderabad is pleasing, but fails the city

For the most part, Hyderabad is just a silent performer in this six-part anthology of the much loved Modern Love franchise.

Thor: Love and Thunder is one more love story. But it doesn’t live up to Ragnarok

In the fourth movie in the Thor saga, it's good to see Marvel heroes getting surer of themselves. A pot-bellied Thor is now finding his journey.

Desmond Tutu, Dalai Lama are mischievous spiritual brothers— ‘suffering’ vital for compassion

Both leaders have a shared history of fighting authoritarian regimes in China and South Africa. Directors Psihoyos and Callahan give you exclusive insight.

On Camera

America’s out-of-control militarised police forces are a threat to democracy

The world watched aghast as police armed with tasers, tear-gas masks—and in one case backed up by snipers—arrested hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters at universities across the United States.

Government allows export of onions to six countries, sets buffer stock target

The government had imposed an export prohibition in order to ensure adequate domestic availability of onions in the country.

Germany removes restrictions, India can now buy small arms from its firms

Germany’s erstwhile Christian Democratic Union govt, led by Angela Merkel, prevented sale of small arms to police forces in states they perceived had ‘bad human rights record’.

Frontrunner is letting the challenger define this poll campaign. Modi still hasn’t found a big theme

A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.