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Girls Will Be Girls (1)
The Real Superstar (1)
The Wild Robot (2)
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Sir (1)
The Apprentice (1)
Paris Has Fallen (1)
Shrinking S02 (1)
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Santosh
Sanyukta Thakare
Mashable India
Shahana Goswami’s Film Is One Of The Finest Police Dramas
It comes with a grim reality check
Santosh which has been making rounds in the top film festivals including Cannes is by the British-Indian director Sandhya Suri. Focusing on the state of rural India through the eyes of a young femal cop, the film is is Suri’s first fiction feature, which can be seen in its rawness and sincerity. The film is led by Shahana Goswami and Sunita Rajwar as cops on the other side of the law, and their performances are unforgettable.
All 2 reviews of Santosh here
Girls Will Be Girls
Sanyukta Thakare
Mashable India
Richa Chadha Backed Film Is Where Independent Cinema Meets Commerical
Complex but rewarding Mother-Daughter story
Girls Will Be Girls is helmed by first time feature film director Suchi Talati. It follows the story of a high school top student in a coming of age story. But the story isn’t just about Mira played by Preeti Panigrahi but also about her mom Anila played by Kani Kusruti. Their complex relationship amid Mira’s rebellious romance with NRI boy Sri (Kesav Binoy Kiron), the tense environment in strict school. The film offers a change for millennials to live through some of their most embarrassing and traumatizing memories but also gives a chance to many more in building a better and more nutriting relationship with their mothers.
All 3 reviews of Girls Will Be Girls here
The Real Superstar
Uday Bhatia
Mint Lounge
Lost in the Twilight Zone with Amitabh Bachchan
Cédric Dupire’s ‘The Real Superstar’ spans the actor’s epochal career but is an atypical tribute
Aman in red suede pants and jacket walks down a deserted road at night. Another man in a sky blue jacket over a black shirt races across a bridge as gunfire explodes around him. Yet another, in a deep blue shirt knotted at the waist, staggers out of a warehouse and is immediately carried off by a delirious crowd chanting his name.
The Wild Robot
Rahul Desai
The Hollywood Reporter India
A Heartfelt ‘Factory Reset’ Of Storytelling
The Wild Robot takes you back to the early days of Finding Nemo and Wall-E, where the joy is rooted in the innocence of imagination rather than the responsibility of the movie-going experience.
THE WILD ROBOT is about an all-purpose robot that turns sentient in the wilderness. After washing up on a forest island, Rozzum “Rozz” 7134 learns to feel and discern once it mothers an orphaned goose and befriends a red fox. I’d say it becomes human, but in the context of where we are today, “it grows a heart” is more accurate.
All 4 reviews of The Wild Robot here
Bougainvillea
Sachin Chatte
The Navhind Times Goa
The memory remains
Amal Neerad’s Bougainvillea features an impressive cast, including Kunchacko Boban, Jyothirmay, and Fahadh Faasil; however, the film ultimately flatters to deceive. Faasil is relegated to a tertiary role, likely either to help out his friends or for a fat paycheck – probably the former. Pitched as a psychological thriller, the film becomes exasperating due to its screenplay and overall execution.
All 5 reviews of Bougainvillea here
The Wild Robot
Sachin Chatte
The Navhind Times Goa
Kya bot hain!
The Wild Robot, inspired by Peter Brown’s 2016 novel of the same name, is a film that skillfully balances its emotional elements, resulting in a gratifying experience for both children and adults. While the notion of a robot experiencing emotions is not entirely original, it is the narrative and its execution that truly set this film apart. Achieving the right emotional resonance, whether from a human or a robot, is crucial, and Chris Sanders has struck gold with this film.
All 4 reviews of The Wild Robot here
Sir
Kirubhakar Purushothaman
News 18
Vemal’s Period Movie Belongs To The Era It Is Set In
Directed by actor-director Bose Venkat, Sir is about a family’s relentless and devastating crusade for rural education. Like many such Tamil films, it has 'only' its heart at the right place.
Sir is one of those formulaic Tamil movies with a strong cause or message it wants to put across and doesn’t mind doing so at the cost of being a didactic and dated. The style, writing, brevity, and everything that makes up for a superior form take a backseat in Sir as Bose Venkat prefers coming across as an activist to a fine filmmaker. While Sir has a noble cause at its core, the execution makes it a yarnfest, and instead of getting the catharsis such social commentary aims to provide, the film invokes a sense of guilt for feeling so.
The Apprentice
Shomini Sen
Wion
Jeremy Strong delivers stand out performance in Abbasi's film on Donald Trump
The Apprentice shows Trump (played stupendously well by Sebastian Stan) in his usual megalomaniac, ruthless avatar – an image that Trump has over the years created – painstakingly, if I may add so – but also humanises him to a certain extent.
Former United States president and presidential candidate Donald Trump went on a rant recently on filmmaker Ali Abbasi’s latest film The Apprentice, which narrates the Republican’s initial years as a real estate giant in New York and his relationship with attorney Roy Cohn. Perhaps, Trump’s reaction stems from information that is fed to him because had he watched the film, he may have only objected to certain aspects of Abbasi’s provocative film and not ranted about it in its entirety.
All 2 reviews of The Apprentice here
Paris Has Fallen
Sonal Pandya
Times Now, Zoom
Spinoff Series Of Absorbing Action Film Franchise Has Formidable Antagonist
The small screen version of the Has Fallen franchise is off to an intriguing start with a daunting villain.
Paris Has Fallen is the first in the franchise that won’t feature Gerard Butler’s Secret Service agent Mike Banning. The actor will continue on with the character in the films; however, this spinoff series forges its own identity with new protagonists and a deadly plot in this European adventure. With only the first two episodes premiering so far, Paris Has Fallen has set up an interesting scenario in which the villain has had the upper hand; it remains to be seen how and when the ‘fall’ will come.
Shrinking S02
Sonal Pandya
Times Now, Zoom
Jason Segel, Harrison Ford's Optimistic Comedy About Flawed Therapists Charms Again
From the makers of Ted Lasso, the comedy series starring Jason Segel returns to find its characters grappling with life's issues head-on.
Created by Bill Lawrence, star Jason Segel and Brett Goldstein, Shrinking focuses on a grieving therapist who decides to change his approach with his patients. Becoming more proactive, he becomes more involved in the lives of those around, both to his detriment and betterment. The second season of Shrinking charms with its loveable, goofball characters and some unexpected new faces.