RAJA SEN

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Review: Guardians Of The Galaxy is a stunning success

Review: Guardians Of The Galaxy is a stunning success

Rediff.com   8 Aug 2014

Guardians Of The Galaxy takes place in a remarkable world drawn lovingly and beautifully by imaginative folks low on skin-coloured crayons.

Review: Kick is Salman's best film in a decade

Review: Kick is Salman's best film in a decade

Rediff.com   25 Jul 2014

In the world of harebrained Bhai films, Kick is the best made and the most fun, says Raja Sen.

Review: The Grand Budapest Hotel is a true marvel

Review: The Grand Budapest Hotel is a true marvel

Rediff.com   25 Jul 2014

Nobody makes denial look this fabulous, says Raja Sen after watching Wes Anderson's The Grand Budapest Hotel.

Review: Bachchan's strong, but Yudh starts off too slow

Review: Bachchan's strong, but Yudh starts off too slow

Rediff.com   15 Jul 2014

Yudh leaves things a bit too wide open, says Raja Sen.

Review: Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhaniya is a fresh, fun film about DDLJ-fans

Review: Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhaniya is a fresh, fun film about DDLJ-fans

Rediff.com   11 Jul 2014

Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhaniya is the kinda film Simran (of Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge) would have loved, says Raja Sen.

Review: Fugly is a pathetic waste of time

Review: Fugly is a pathetic waste of time

Rediff.com   13 Jun 2014

Fugly is a trainwreck, says Raja Sen.

Review: Holiday is too slow to thrill

Review: Holiday is too slow to thrill

Rediff.com   6 Jun 2014

Holiday takes obscene amounts of time getting to the point, says Raja Sen.

Review: Fading Gigolo is a lovely, bittersweet film

Review: Fading Gigolo is a lovely, bittersweet film

Rediff.com   16 May 2014

Fading Gigolo is evidence that a movie doesn't have to mumble to be modest.

Review: Drag every kid you care about to Hawaa Hawaai

Review: Drag every kid you care about to Hawaa Hawaai

Rediff.com   8 May 2014

This is a brisk, enjoyable film, and while the climactic race is somewhat marred by an overdose of melodrama - Gupte's far better at subtler strokes than the few broad ones he tries - it is rare to find a Hindi film hero more deserving of our cheers than Arjun. That unfortunate hint of Bhaag Milkha Bhaag in the final race doesn't alter the fact that this is an earnest, important and evocative film.

First Look: Ben Affleck's Gone Girl

First Look: Ben Affleck's Gone Girl

Rediff.com   15 Apr 2014

The film releases on October 3, and from this first look, we're already hooked.

Happy 75th birthday, Francis Ford Coppola

Happy 75th birthday, Francis Ford Coppola

Rediff.com   7 Apr 2014

Raja Sen wishes Francis Ford Coppola, the legendary filmmaker who transformed The Godfather into an immortal screen classic, a happy 75th birthday.

Review: Captain America is finally worth celebrating

Review: Captain America is finally worth celebrating

Rediff.com   4 Apr 2014

'This is the first of (ideally) many superhero films that will appeal to those who aren't already besotted by the comics and the characters,' says Raja Sen after watching Captain America.

Review: O Teri is a sham about scams

Review: O Teri is a sham about scams

Rediff.com   28 Mar 2014

O Teri, which borrows heavily from Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro drowns it all in slapstick so noisy it all comes off as more lame than loving, more blasphemous than beholden.

God save the Queen

God save the Queen

Rediff.com   28 Mar 2014

The fact that a woman-centric film can challenge those increasingly inane hero-vehicles is certainly cause for celebration, raves Raja Sen.

Review: Neighbours isn't worth a review

Review: Neighbours isn't worth a review

Rediff.com   14 Mar 2014

Why is a horror film on vampires so bloodless and awful, asks Raja Sen.

Review: Kangna rules in Queen

Review: Kangna rules in Queen

Rediff.com   7 Mar 2014

Kangana Ranaut is gobstoppingly spectacular. The actress has always flirted with the unfamiliar but here -- at her most real, at her most gorgeously guileless -- she absolutely shines and the film stands back and lets her rule.

Review: Dallas Buyers Club is as smart as it is inspiring

Review: Dallas Buyers Club is as smart as it is inspiring

Rediff.com   28 Feb 2014

'This is a stirring, touching film but it stays impressively away from overt manipulation.' 'It is a film about smarts,' says Raja Sen after watching Dallas Buyers' Club.

Review: Monuments Men isn't worth a showing

Review: Monuments Men isn't worth a showing

Rediff.com   21 Feb 2014

It seems exasperating that with this amazing story, George Clooney couldn't bring about a rousing, breast-beating, educative motion picture with The Monuments Men, rants Raja Sen.

Review: Gunday is utter garbage

Review: Gunday is utter garbage

Rediff.com   14 Feb 2014

'Director Ali Abbas Zafar has directed a monstrous film, one with a repellent 70s-set storyline that makes no sense whatsoever, and a cast who should all hang their heads and offer up a minute's silence for assaulting their respective filmographies,' says Raja Sen after watching Gunday.

Review: Her is the Best Picture of the year, by far

Review: Her is the Best Picture of the year, by far

Rediff.com   14 Feb 2014

For all its conceptual highs, Her is not a film about technology, though it is partly a cautionary fable. This is a film about love. A film to love.