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‘Ocean’s 8’ drops all the men in favour of a scintillating cast of women. The new all-women setup puts a fresh perspective on this heist franchise. As you’d expect from an ‘Ocean’s’ movie, this film has some great set pieces on planning the robbery. Because the film’s central characters are all women, their conversations mix the usual hustle talk with fashion, shopping and style related subjects and that makes things interesting. While they do talk about men too, thankfully it doesn’t go over-the-top with the bashing or swooning. The girls stay focussed on their task at hand, to pull off the heist in the smartest of fashion. The film has the same busy and slick feel of Steven Soderbergh’s movies with George Clooney; it’s just as funny and engaging too. But it’s not as smart or detailed as those films. In an attempt to pull off the twists, the film takes a few cinematic liberties.  Sandra Bullock takes over the ‘Ocean’ mantle from George Clooney. She’s introduced as his sis...

Although they saved the city of Metroville, superheroes are still decommissioned. After their home was destroyed, the Parr family is given a new lease of life when they’re approached by wealthy siblings Winston (Bob Odenkirk) and Evelyn Deavor (Catherine Keener). Elastigirl (Holly Hunter) is tasked with being the new face of superheroes in the hopes of restoring their legal status. To support her, Mr Incredible (Craig T. Nelson) takes on the responsibility of looking after the kids at home, which proves to be quite the handful. To make matters worse, the mind-controlling villain Screenslaver threatens the city. When you consider the rapid-fire rate of superhero movies in today’s comic book franchise-driven landscape, it’s a surprise that this sequel took 14 years to make. Picking up right after the events of its prequel – the film wastes little time getting back into its quick-paced groove. Even though an entire generation has grown up exploring various aspects of superhero s...

First thing first – a huge shout out to debutant director Sivaani Senthil for coming up with a film that shows on camera just one character, while the others (okay, the girlfriend was part of one song) are just voices. The concept is applause-worthy, but the execution? The film opens with a song, and we are told that Arjun (Jishnu Menon) and Maha (Prarna Sathani) are madly in love and she asks him to pick up her father from Chennai airport the next noon and head to Bengaluru, where she will be meeting them all. While Arjun is all set to impress his prospective father-in-law, he is asked by Sindhu - his MD and boss’s live-in partner - to head to Bengaluru for the US project interview – which he failed the last time, but lied to Maha that he got through - by afternoon. Left with no choice, he asks his uncle to pick his could-be father-in-law up and sets off in his car. All could have been well, except that on his way, he gets numerous phone calls from his uncle, Maha, her father,...

If you believed there is certain level of positivism surrounding any film that is said to have a female protagonist of late, this story will leave you both disoriented and disappointed. Just-married couple Sagar (Tej Gowda) and Neetu Bala (Tanu) have to deal with more than their share of getting used to each other in their new life together. While there is none of the regular drama surrounding getting used to each others' family — what with Tanu gelling well with her in-laws, it is the existence of a third person in this relationship that troubles the two. A mystery gift — a honeymoon package, followed by periodic messages beeping on Sagar's phone that seems to track all their moves. The fact that his new wife spends a lot of her time on her phone makes Sagar suspect that he is being targeted by one of her former lovers. On the advice of a psychiatrist friend, Sagar decides to accept the mystery gift and take his wife on an all-paid-for honeymoon, hoping to fig...

There has been a lot of curiosity about this film for many reasons. It brings together KM Chaitanya, Yogish Dwarakish and Chiranjeevi Sarja together once again. It is the 51st film from the Dwarakish Chitra banner, after a successful Chowka. It also is the remake of the successful Tamil emotional action drama Pichaikaran. With so much expectations lined up, does it hold fort? It does, to a large extent. The film manages to entertain with some funny sequences, thrill in the action scenes and also tug the heart during those emotional scenes. One only wishes the pace was a tad quicker at times. The film is about a son who takes up an unusual vow to lead a life as a beggar anonymously for the sake of his mother's well-being. The film follows how Sidharth tries to keep up this vow while also battling many impediments through the course of this ordeal. Meanwhile, Sidharth also has a tryst with love and friendship during this phase of his. But do his sacrifices help him kee...

Ram is hearing-impaired after a large explosion in a factory that he owns, but he doesn’t want people around him to know about his impairment. On the advice of doctor, Ram, with his friend Bharath, stays at a farm house in Himagiri, before getting operated upon, where he meets his dream girl, Aadhya. Ram falls in love with Aadhya at first sight, but doesn't want her to know about his hearing impairment, worried that she may reject him. He tries several tricks to woo Aadhya. On the other hand, a gang tries to abduct Aadhya and her friends, and series of murders keeps taking place.In the second half, the movie gathers pace after a diligent police officer, Rajesh, takes over the case to solve the murder mystery. Is there a ghost, a gang or a person behind series of murders? Director Raj Praveen attempts to churn out a suspense thriller with a murder plot, with an intriguing title, but it fails to keep one engaged, except in some portion of the second half. The comic ...