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Review of Underworld: Blood Wars (2016)

By Chris Newbould (81) for The National (UAE) (421) on 30 Nov 2016

Blood Wars is unlikely to convert many new fans to the Underworld cause, but for the sizeable army of existing devotees, it delivers admirably…

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Review of Force 2 (2016)

By Sonali Kokra (15) for The National (UAE) (421) on 23 Nov 2016

The only other good thing there is to say about Force 2 is that it is not as bad as it could have been…

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Review of Rock On 2 (2016)

By Christine Iyer (13) for The National (UAE) (421) on 22 Nov 2016

Rock On 2 could have been so much more, but winds up as a dim echo of the original film…

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Review of Bobby Jasoos (2014)

By Christine Iyer (13) for The National (UAE) (421) on 02 Nov 2016

In the midst of all this is Balan, effortless as the cheeky, fearless, sometimes bumbling amateur detective fighting for her place in this…

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Review of Shaadi Ke Side Effects (2014)

By Christine Iyer (13) for The National (UAE) (421) on 02 Nov 2016

Every joke seems effortless, every quarrel believable and it's only [Farhan Akhtar and Vidya Balan's] sparkling chemistry that saves this film…

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Review of Ninja: Shadow of a Tear (2013)

By James Luxford (227) for The National (UAE) (421) on 02 Nov 2016

If you can forgive the narrative scenes, there is plenty here for fans of old fashioned, one-man-army action movies…

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Review of Gunday (2014)

By Christine Iyer (13) for The National (UAE) (421) on 02 Nov 2016

Gunday is well made, slickly edited and stays true in its rendering of Kolkata during that turbulent era…

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Review of Ae Dil Hai Mushkil (2016)

By Christine Iyer (13) for The National (UAE) (421) on 02 Nov 2016

Ae Dil Hai Mushkil is utterly watchable -- it's the perfect Diwali romantic movie…

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Review of Inferno (2016)

By Chris Newbould (81) for The National (UAE) (421) on 11 Oct 2016

Overall, it offers an aesthetically and cerebrally satisfying way to while away a couple of hours this weekend…

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Review of Dionne Copland's Inferno (2016)

By Chris Newbould (81) for The National (UAE) (421) on 11 Oct 2016

Overall, it offers an aesthetically and cerebrally satisfying way to while away a couple of hours this weekend…

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Review of The Girl on the Train (2016)

By Kaleem Aftab (340) for The National (UAE) (421) on 06 Oct 2016

The audience has its Eureka moment much to soon and can easily guess whodunit -- and it's at that moment the shock turns to schlock…

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Review of Snowden (2016)

By Chris Newbould (81) for The National (UAE) (421) on 13 Sep 2016

It doesn't quite hit the heights of some of Stone's true classics but is, nonetheless, possibly the most important film you will see this year…

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Review of Baar Baar Dekho (2016)

By Sonali Kokra (15) for The National (UAE) (421) on 13 Sep 2016

Sadly, it ends up as one more example of two attractive actors looking good and doing little of substance on screen…

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Review of Morris from America (2016)

By Chris Newbould (81) for The National (UAE) (421) on 07 Sep 2016

As a European, albeit one whose country is apparently leaving Europe, I found the cliched approach to 'otherness' a little annoying…

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Review of Blood Father (2016)

By Chris Newbould (81) for The National (UAE) (421) on 31 Aug 2016

Will this film resurrect Gibson's career? Probably not…

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Review of Swiss Army Man (2016)

By Kaleem Aftab (340) for The National (UAE) (421) on 24 Aug 2016

With excellent performances from Paul Dano and Daniel Radcliffe, this is a rare American film that ponders big existential questions while…

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Review of Skiptrace (2016)

By Chris Newbould (81) for The National (UAE) (421) on 17 Aug 2016

Chan is no stranger to the buddy-cop movie genre, and this movie certainly brings nothing new to a well-worn genre…

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Review of Mohenjo Daro (2016)

By Sonali Kokra (15) for The National (UAE) (421) on 17 Aug 2016

The visuals are stunning -- which is unsurprising, given that it was directed by Ashutosh Gowariker…

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Review of Rustom (2016)

By Sonali Kokra (15) for The National (UAE) (421) on 17 Aug 2016

Tinu Desai's much-anticipated Rustom is many things - but mostly it is a crushing disappointment for fans of Bollywood's resident patriot,…

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Review of War Dogs (2016)

By Kaleem Aftab (340) for The National (UAE) (421) on 16 Aug 2016

[Phillips] takes the serious subject of arms dealers supplying troops in the Middle East and plays it for laughs -- and partly succeeds…

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