All stories by Raja Sen
Review: Kick is Salman's best film in a decade
Rediff.com25 Jul 2014In 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
Rediff.com25 Jul 2014Nobody 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
Rediff.com15 Jul 2014Yudh leaves things a bit too wide open, says Raja Sen.
Review: Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhaniya is a fresh, fun film about DDLJ-fans
Rediff.com11 Jul 2014Humpty 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
Rediff.com13 Jun 2014Fugly is a trainwreck, says Raja Sen.
Review: Holiday is too slow to thrill
Rediff.com6 Jun 2014Holiday takes obscene amounts of time getting to the point, says Raja Sen.
Review: Fading Gigolo is a lovely, bittersweet film
Rediff.com16 May 2014Fading Gigolo is evidence that a movie doesn't have to mumble to be modest.
Review: Drag every kid you care about to Hawaa Hawaai
Rediff.com8 May 2014This 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
Rediff.com15 Apr 2014The film releases on October 3, and from this first look, we're already hooked.
Happy 75th birthday, Francis Ford Coppola
Rediff.com7 Apr 2014Raja 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
Rediff.com4 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
Rediff.com28 Mar 2014O 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
Rediff.com28 Mar 2014The 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
Rediff.com14 Mar 2014Why is a horror film on vampires so bloodless and awful, asks Raja Sen.
Review: Kangna rules in Queen
Rediff.com7 Mar 2014Kangana 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
Rediff.com28 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
Rediff.com21 Feb 2014It 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
Rediff.com14 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
Rediff.com14 Feb 2014For 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.
Shirley Temple's 10 Most Memorable Quotes
Rediff.com12 Feb 2014The most iconic of child stars and America's truest sweetheart, Shirley Temple passed away on February 10. We pay a tribute.