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Review of Love Sonia (2018)

By Rahul Desai (66) for Film Companion Reviews (159) on 11 Sep 2018

Tabrez Noorani is unrelenting in his deconstruction of cinema, and by extension, humanity…

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Review of 7 Days in Entebbe (2018)

By Rahul Desai (66) for Film Companion Reviews (159) on 04 Sep 2018

[Entebbe] misses an opportunity to supplement its vision with a voice…

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Review of Pari (2018)

By Rahul Desai (66) for Film Companion Reviews (159) on 04 Sep 2018

It's rare to see a successful mainstream actress not only believe in this as a producer, but strip herself of beauty so fully that her hideousness…

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Review of Gringo (2018)

By Rahul Desai (66) for Film Companion Reviews (159) on 04 Sep 2018

Perhaps the most disappointing part is Oyelowo's clumsy presence…

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Review of Aiyaary (2018)

By Rahul Desai (66) for Film Companion Reviews (159) on 04 Sep 2018

Take out all the slow-motion saunters, needless flashbacks, timeline jumps and token female representation...and Aiyaary isn't a second longer…

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Review of Hate Story IV (2018)

By Rahul Desai (66) for Film Companion Reviews (159) on 04 Sep 2018

Perhaps the most humbling moment of my existence occurs every year at the ticket counter on the morning of another Hate Story movie…

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Review of Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety (2018)

By Rahul Desai (66) for Film Companion Reviews (159) on 04 Sep 2018

Every meninist who forgets that he is not a real term is on you. Every subsequent Sonu ke Titu ki Sweety ka Punchnama will be on you…

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Review of Red Sparrow (2018)

By Rahul Desai (66) for Film Companion Reviews (159) on 04 Sep 2018

Even after watching 140 minutes of a gloomy, campy European Katniss Everdeen find her real-world calling, it's difficult not to want more…

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Review of Hostiles (2017)

By Rahul Desai (66) for Film Companion Reviews (159) on 04 Sep 2018

What Cooper manages to achieve through his simple, uncomplicated storytelling is a remarkable magnification of time…

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Review of Raazi (2018)

By Rahul Desai (66) for Film Companion Reviews (159) on 29 Aug 2018

Raazi is an excellent film because of how easily it could have not been one…

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Review of Blackmail (2018)

By Rahul Desai (66) for Film Companion Reviews (159) on 29 Aug 2018

It's a pity Blackmail doesn't capitalize on its details…

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Review of Veere Di Wedding (2018)

By Rahul Desai (66) for Film Companion Reviews (159) on 29 Aug 2018

It might look bold and flashy and path breaking in an industry yet to acknowledge the whims of female chemistry…

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Review of Searching (2018)

By Rahul Desai (66) for Film Companion Reviews (159) on 29 Aug 2018

The film's skeleton isn't a commercial gimmick; the style is in fact an integral part of infusing the story with an extra tonal dimension to…

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Review of Parmanu: The Story of Pokhran (2018)

By Rahul Desai (66) for Film Companion Reviews (159) on 26 Aug 2018

This might have seemed cheeky on paper, but it's almost as if the writers willingly dilute their vision when it runs the risk of getting too…

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Review of High Jack (2018)

By Rahul Desai (66) for Film Companion Reviews (159) on 26 Aug 2018

If nothing, High Jack might just end Kumud Mishra's comedy career…

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Review of Set It Up (2018)

By Rahul Desai (66) for Film Companion Reviews (159) on 26 Aug 2018

It's calculative matchmaking, but not entirely genuine. Consequentially, the narrative appears more custom-made than it already is…

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Review of Angrezi Mein Kehte Hain (2018)

By Rahul Desai (66) for Film Companion Reviews (159) on 26 Aug 2018

A movie that thrives on inverting the angrezi of love isn't as novel as it should have been: it is too busy flaunting its humble grammar…

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Review of Mission: Impossible - Fallout (2018)

By Rahul Desai (66) for Film Companion Reviews (159) on 26 Aug 2018

Much of our enjoyment of the Mission: Impossible series is derived from the fact that filmmakers continue to challenge Cruise's ageing body…

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Review of Bhavesh Joshi Superhero (2018)

By Rahul Desai (66) for Film Companion Reviews (159) on 26 Aug 2018

To call Bhavesh Joshi Superhero a lost opportunity is a gross understatement…

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Review of October (2018)

By Rahul Desai (66) for Film Companion Reviews (159) on 26 Aug 2018

While movies regularly pivot on those who use heartbreak to find passion, October meditates on those who might never discover the difference…

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