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Tuesday, January 27, 2026
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Topic: Movie review

Jason Momoa steals the show in Fast X while Vin Diesel is stuck preaching about family

John Cena, Charlize Theron, Jason Statham and even Helen Mirren make an appearance in the latest instalment of the Fast and Furious series. But its not enough to save the film.

Gunasekhar’s Shaakuntalam has the bones of an epic love story but nothing else

Samantha Ruth Prabhu, Dev Mohan play their part well but there’s no spark. It’s Allu Arjun’s daughter Arha who steals the show in her debut performance.

A wacky multiverse fantasy, ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ beats Marvel—on all counts

'Everything Everywhere All at Once' blends infinite possibilities of cosmogenesis with a heartwarming story.

Idris Elba’s Beast is frenetic, fun and brings the South African bush alive

The Beast poster suggests a bonkers battle between a man and a lion with Idris channelling his inner Dwayne Johnson. Thankfully, the final product is not that.

Ek Villain Returns is a reminder that Mohit Suri should’ve stopped making movies in 2000s

Mohit Suri's film tries hard to appear slick and twisted but all it does is give you a blinding headache. It undermines the audience's intelligence.

Rajat Kapoor’s RK/RKay is more than a film—it’s a genre-bending treat

From Raghu Romeo to Mithya, Kapoor is an expert in stitching stories and characters that steer away from conventional ideas.

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.

‘Casting the British as villains to make up heroic stories’ — Cambridge professor’s take on RRR

In scathing review published in The Spectator, Robert Tombs writes that the film ‘doesn’t record nastiness of 1920s British rule, but does reflect growing nastiness of today’s India’.

A funny, layered entertainer, why Kissi Se Na Kehna deserves all the love but no hate

Released in 1983, a still from Hrishikesh Mukherjee's Kissi Se Na Kehna has landed Alt-News co-founder Mohammed Zubair in trouble.

Stellar cast, tight plot—Jugg Jugg Jeeyo is the Bollywood comedy India has been waiting for

Comedy is often not a great tool to discuss tense topics, but Anil Kapoor and Neetu Singh's Jugg Jugg Jeeyo passes the test.

On Camera

Beneath the ice — what a lost US base from the Cold War reveals about Greenland

A failed US plan to hide missiles under the ice now provides vital clues for understanding Greenland’s future and climate risks.

India wants Canada’s resources as nations build on truce, British Columbia’s Premier says

Premier David Eby, the leader of the minerals- and gas-rich province of British Columbia, spoke with executives at Tata Steel and Reliance Industries on a trade mission to India.

From action near Myanmar to hand-to-hand combat in Kishtwar, meet this year’s gallantry award winners

Overall, President Droupadi Murmu has approved Gallantry awards to 70 armed forces personnel, including six posthumous, on the eve of 77th Republic Day.

Non-alignment is coming back in a new avatar: Trump-peedit alliance

No nation other than China can negotiate one-on-one with Trump on an equal footing. That’s why the middle powers who so far formed the core of multilateral bodies now feel orphaned.