Into the Woods: not quite one thing nor the other Disney has chosen to take the middle ground here, cutting, smoothing and refining to create something more palatable to the masses.
PK: Laughter for the soul Director Rajkumar Hirani’s PK is saccharine sweet even as it takes pot-shots at the follies in the name of faith, Deepa Gauri writes
Grand battle is highlight of last Hobbit film This is the way The Hobbit ends: not with a whimper, but with an epic battle royale.
City Review: Sheer torture Prabhudheva knows just one formula; he has found success with it in Tamil cinema and even in Hindi so perhaps he sincerely believes that it can be recycled, refurbished and refitted to suit any actor and that the masses will blindly follow.
Ungli: Half-baked crusade Ungli is let down by poor writing, sketchy characterisation and lacklustre execution, Deepa Gauri writes
Horrible Bosses 2 doesn’t work The characters of the modern workplace comedy, like the rest of us, don’t know how to make a living anymore.
For a few laughs Happy Ending tries to take on the clichés in Bollywood and ends up being one itself, Deepa Gauri writes
Kill/Dil: No killer this one Kill/Dil stir-fries every cliché in Bollywood and ends up with little sizzle finds Deepa Gauri
