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Love Hostel Review: Noir at its Gruesome Best

Love Hostel is violent, vicious and clutches at your throat throughout a run-time shouldered by terrific performances by Vikrant Massey, Sanya Malhotra and chief among them, a chilling turn by Bobby Deol.

Divya Unny July 26, 2016

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Anushka Sharma: Never the Bridesmaid, Always the Bride

There is plenty to celebrate about Virushka. But we should probably clap loudest for Anushka Sharma’s pluckiness, a Bollywood outsider who does things her own way.

Poulomi Das July 26, 2016

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Jab Imtiaz Ali Should Have Killed Sejal

Imtiaz Ali’s Sejal sets off on a journey to achieve a socially acceptable level of fuckability and ultimately becomes an extremely worrying case of self-objectification.

Poulomi Das July 26, 2016

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Don’t We All Miss Jim Carrey?

When Kidding, premiered last year, there was relatively little fanfare greeting Jim Carrey’s return to screen. But his character Mr Pickles is the closest we’ll get to grasping Carrey’s quicksilver mind and mammoth career.

Kahini Iyer July 26, 2016

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Why I Love the Awkward Teens of TV Today More than Hannah Montana and Lizzie McGuire

As a 14-year-old, I turned to teen shows like Hannah Montana and Lizzie McGuire naively believing that they’d help me escape my woes. Instead, I was left aching for a life that could never be mine. It's why I am glad that awkward teens are ruling TV today.

Sanjukta Bose July 26, 2016

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What’s Better Than F.R.I.E.N.D.S? A Show About Nothing

If you watch F.R.I.E.N.D.S now, you realise that what passed for humour in 2000, doesn’t always elicit a laugh in 2021. However, the exploits of Seinfeld and Co hold up amazingly well even today.

Dushyant Shekhawat July 26, 2016

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Why I Can’t Bring Myself to Say Goodbye to BoJack Horseman

Netflix’s BoJack Horseman has made a habit of hitting its viewers right in the feels – but my feels are not ready for the final blow. The show was an uncannily accurate mirror of our own lives, which is why the thought of a less-than-happy ending for our protagonist is so terrifying.

Dushyant Shekhawat July 25, 2016

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Petitions and Pettiness: The Kangana Ranaut Story

Kangana Ranaut, who did not sign the petition to “Save Deepika” came in promising to be Bollywood’s Million Dollar Baby. She’s now left us with a re-enactment of Mean Girls.

Kavya J July 25, 2016

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Hostiles Review: What a 19th-century Western Can Teach Trump’s America

Hostiles reminds us that there is no greater mistake than not learning from the mistakes of our past. By taking a long, hard look at the dangers of division in 19th-century America, it goads contemplation of the racial divide that exists even to this day.

Poulomi Das July 25, 2016

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Rubaru Roshni Review: The Documentary Convinces Us that Everyone, Even Criminals, Deserve a Second Chance

Given the popularity of vengeful cinema – Simmba, Uri – and the strain of hateful politics bearing down on us, Aamir Khan’s Rubaru Roshni is that rare film that advocates and asserts the novelty of forgiveness.

Manik Sharma July 25, 2016