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Mini Anthikad-Chhibber
Tomatometer-approved critic
Biography:
I enjoy and revel in all aspects of pop culture with a special fondness for sci fi, fantasy, and thrillers
Publications:
Movies reviews only
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Fly Me to the Moon (2024) |
This ‘60s-set rom-com is glorious fun thanks to the sizzling chemistry and timing of the leads and an extreme, outlandish turn by Woody Harrelson - The Hindu
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| Posted Jul 15, 2024
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Despicable Me 4 (2024) |
New vamps, villains, fans, mega-minions and wicked school principals populate this busy summer film which is enjoyable to the last ‘Everybody Wants to Rule the World’ sing-along - The Hindu
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| Posted Jul 10, 2024
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Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F (2024) |
This Eddie Murphy-led cop action comedy is a worthy addition to the franchise, that is simultaneously respectful and playful - The Hindu
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| Posted Jul 10, 2024
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A Quiet Place: Day One (2024) |
With most of the apocalyptic mayhem happening off-screen, it is Lupita Nyong’o who manages to grab the eye and keep it in ‘A Quiet Place: Day One’ - The Hindu
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| Posted Jul 02, 2024
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Trigger Warning (2024) |
With Netflix’s latest outing, Jessica Alba and director Mouly Surya pull off an ‘80s-style action movie complete with explosions, conspiracies, and twists - The Hindu
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| Posted Jun 24, 2024
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The Bikeriders (2023) |
Based on an iconic photographic book, this Jeff Nichols’ paean to Ben and the art of motorcycle maintenance, is a many-headed love story and a gritty, nostalgic look at the motorcycle sub-culture in America with a touch of homoerotic sub-text - The Hindu
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| Posted Jun 24, 2024
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Inside Out 2 (2024) |
The inner workings of a growing mind is captured in a fantastic fun way in Pixar‘s sequel that will charm children, adults, philosophers and psychologists alike - The Hindu
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| Posted Jun 18, 2024
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Mother of the Bride (2024) |
Brooke Shields powers this movie featuring a destination wedding in Phuket, with attendant floaty resort wear, skinny-dipping, old college friends and second chances - The Hindu
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| Posted Jun 09, 2024
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Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (2024) |
With awe-inspiring visuals, breath taking action sequences, uncanny CGI and underlying smarts, this prequel/sequel is a worthy addition to the canon - The Hindu
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| Posted Jun 09, 2024
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Atlas (2024) |
Jennifer Lopez, whose considerable star power cauterises the plot holes, and Simu Liu looking well-dressed and menacing, slug it out in this fairly enjoyable AI-versus-human battle - The Hindu
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| Posted Jun 09, 2024
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The Strangers: Chapter 1 (2024) |
Renny Harlin’s reimagining of Bryan Bertino’s 2008 psychological thriller is thin on scares and plot - The Hindu
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| Posted Jun 09, 2024
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Bad Boys: Ride or Die (2024) |
Everything about the fourth installment of the cop buddy comedy is forced and dated except the grinning ‘gator - The Hindu
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| Posted Jun 09, 2024
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House of Gucci (2021) |
Lady Gaga’s extraordinary turn as Patrizia Reggiani steals the show... - The Hindu
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| Posted May 28, 2024
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Knox Goes Away (2023) |
This story of a soon-to-be amnesiac assassin is on the right side of precious bolstered by Michael Keaton’s bravura turn as actor-director. - The Hindu
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| Posted Apr 03, 2024
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The Beautiful Game (2024) |
There are some loose ends, but they can be overlooked thanks to the good intentions and a marvellous Bill Nighy... - The Hindu
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| Posted Apr 03, 2024
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Kung Fu Panda 4 (2024) |
The one-liners zing by in clouds of fun and Black as usual gives 110 per cent to his dumpling-loving Po. - The Hindu
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| Posted Mar 17, 2024
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Anyone But You (2023) |
This Will Gluck-directed rom-com is predictable fun shored up by good-looking leads and locations. - The Hindu
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| Posted Jan 19, 2024
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Nope (2022) |
Jordan Peele’s third film captures the terrible beauty of our endless fascination with events no matter how horrific. - The Hindu
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| Posted Oct 04, 2023
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Day Shift (2022) |
Genre leaps from horror to buddy-comedy to action to family-friendly and to a road movie make for exhausting viewing. - The Hindu
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| Posted Oct 04, 2023
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Three Thousand Years of Longing (2022) |
The George Miller directorial, with its splendid imagery and sound so reminiscent of Baz Luhrmann’s Red Curtain trilogy and early Tarsem Singh, is the right kind of narrative to lose oneself in. - The Hindu
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| Posted Oct 04, 2023
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Beast (2022) |
Though peopled with characters behaving irrationally, this Baltasar Kormákur directorial is enjoyable in an economic, bare-bones way. - The Hindu
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| Posted Oct 04, 2023
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Pinocchio (2022) |
Robert Zemeckis’ live-action film has gorgeous, seamless animation and revels in its seductive timelessness. - The Hindu
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| Posted Oct 04, 2023
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Blonde (2022) |
Ana de Armas is scintillating in a film that tells the story of pop-culture icon Marilyn Monroe, but Blonde hardly explores who Norma Jeane truly is behind her on-screen avatar. - The Hindu
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| Posted Oct 04, 2023
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Ticket to Paradise (2022) |
The easy camaraderie between George Clooney and Julia Roberts and gorgeous location make this amiable rom-com the best kind of eye candy. - The Hindu
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| Posted Oct 04, 2023
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Catherine Called Birdy (2022) |
A charming adaptation of a beloved young adult book. - The Hindu
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| Posted Oct 04, 2023
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Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2022) |
There are enough twists and turns in Rian Johnson’s Knives Out follow-up to keep sharp-eyed viewers of all kinds happy, and the location is the best kind of eye candy. - The Hindu
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| Posted Oct 04, 2023
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Avatar: The Way of Water (2022) |
James Cameron's Avatar sequel has stunning visuals that get elevated on a big IMAX screen. However, the plot is less than engaging, the dialogues are clunky, and you wish it was shorter. - The Hindu
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| Posted Oct 04, 2023
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Amsterdam (2022) |
While there has been some criticism about the plot being too busy and trying to say too many things, part of Amsterdam's charm is its "everything, everywhere, all at once" vibe. - The Hindu
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| Posted Oct 04, 2023
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Violent Night (2022) |
A mean-spirited film with nothing to redeem. - The Hindu
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| Posted Oct 04, 2023
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Devotion (2022) |
The aviation drama tells the thrilling and tragic story of Jesse Brown, the first African-American aviator to complete the basic flight training program of the U.S. Navy. - The Hindu
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| Posted Oct 04, 2023
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Strange World (2022) |
Quietly inclusive, with its message of family and finding your place in the world, in trippy psychedelic colours, Strange World scores top marks in the entertaining stakes. - The Hindu
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| Posted Oct 04, 2023
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The People We Hate at the Wedding (2022) |
Puttering smoothly along the well-worn rom-com tracks, there is nothing to love or hate about this film... - The Hindu
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| Posted Oct 04, 2023
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The Menu (2022) |
Black satire skewers the world of haute cuisine. - The Hindu
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| Posted Oct 04, 2023
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Disenchanted (2022) |
If only Disenchanted had pushed the envelope more, we would have been truly spellbound rather than just mildly bewitched. - The Hindu
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| Posted Oct 04, 2023
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The Wonder (2022) |
Based on Emma Donoghue’s eponymous book, The Wonder is a beautiful yet disturbing psychological thriller with a stellar performance by Florence Pugh. - The Hindu
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| Posted Oct 04, 2023
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Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022) |
Apart from the overarching themes of death, loss, revenge and owning your destiny, and all the eye-popping battles atop barnacle-crusted whales and dolphins no less, Black Panther 2 works in the smaller, intimate moments too. - The Hindu
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| Posted Oct 04, 2023
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See How They Run (2022) |
[It] offers a well-mounted, sparkling murder-mystery supported by a glorious cast and peppered with fun ripostes. - The Hindu
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| Posted Oct 04, 2023
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My Policeman (2022) |
Despite impeccable credentials, good looking leads, spot-on period details and heart-wrenching love stories, Michael Grandage’s adaptation of a celebrated novel is an inexplicable slog. - The Hindu
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| Posted Oct 04, 2023
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Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile (2022) |
Shawn Mendes voices the most charming croc ever in this CGI-filled fun fest. - The Hindu
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| Posted Oct 04, 2023
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Black Adam (2022) |
Dwayne Johnson saves the day, despite some hiccups. - The Hindu
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| Posted Oct 04, 2023
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Luckiest Girl Alive (2022) |
Skilfully adapted for the screen from her 2015 novel of the same name, Jessica Knoll has brought contemporary concerns alive in a harrowingly thrilling film. - The Hindu
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| Posted Oct 04, 2023
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Halloween Ends (2022) |
It is fun to see Curtis do her feisty grandmother act flinging refrigerators about with vim and vigour, but otherwise this end to the trilogy is quite dreadful. - The Hindu
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| Posted Oct 04, 2023
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Dolly Kitty and Those Twinkling Stars (2019) |
An interesting slice-of-life dramedy... - The Hindu
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| Posted Sep 27, 2023
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Cassandro (2023) |
Gael García Bernal is a force of nature in his recreation of the life of the gay wrestler who laid a sparkly path into the macho world of Lucha Libre - The Hindu
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| Posted Sep 26, 2023
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Expend4bles (2023) |
The action is not engaging, the gaps in logic are overlaid with the loud music, the stunts are silly, and the one-liners fall flat with a soft, apologetic squelch - The Hindu
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| Posted Sep 25, 2023
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Death on the Nile (2022) |
All who enjoy Agatha Christie novels for the cleverly put-together puzzles and familiar characters, are sure to be disappointed with this version - The Hindu
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| Posted Sep 16, 2023
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Murder on the Orient Express (2017) |
In the final count, Murder on the Orient Express is lavish spectacle — not meaningless, so much as shallow. - The Hindu
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| Posted Sep 16, 2023
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A Haunting in Venice (2023) |
A Haunting in Venice wears its decadent luxuriousness proudly on its sleeve with the warm lamps throwing sinister shadows that contribute to a glowing gloom as Poirot reveals the dark secrets hidden in normal hearts. - The Hindu
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| Posted Sep 16, 2023
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Turning Red (2022) |
Pixar’s delightful ode to female adolescence... - The Hindu
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| Posted Sep 13, 2023
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Sitting in Bars with Cake (2023) |
Based on a true story as the title card charmingly proclaims, the film is a tasty tearjerker from the raspberry chocolate torte through the sage ricotta, chilli chocolate, and pina colada cake in a coconut, to the cherry CBD cake - The Hindu
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| Posted Sep 08, 2023
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