by Sonal Sher | Jun 16, 2016
After the kind of monster publicity (good or bad, it’s all publicity), an amazing trailer and the freaky bright and quirky music it was really difficult to go into this film with absolutely no expectations. And yet as I sat through this dark tale of drug trafficking...
by Sonal Sher | Nov 22, 2013
In Hindi cinema, there is not one film. There are two. Pre-interval and post-interval. Films are described in this peculiar fashion of before and after, where the intermission attains almost this Christ like status, a vantage point from where the work is judged. ...
by Sonal Sher | Jan 28, 2013
Yesterday was the moment that I got the answer to a question that I was asking myself ever since the release of the 2012 blockbuster ‘The Avengers’. The question being, ‘Was I too hard on the film back when I wrote the review?’ Yes, I was in a very good company in my...
by Sonal Sher | Dec 21, 2012
I went into the cinema hall expecting nothing more than to be entertained. And to give the Khan Brothers credit, I was entertained for the length of the entire film. While I loved ‘Dabangg’ it is with its sequel that I have finally understood the concept of masala...
by Sonal Sher | Jun 7, 2012
Of all the painful things I have watched over the years, I think the ‘Twilight’ series is what I would call an assault on the senses. The tale of the poor lost girl confused between the pale white vampire and the shirtless wolf, sounds ridiculous even on...
by Sonal Sher | Apr 28, 2012
Yes. You saw right. That is two stars you are seeing up there. If a superhero movie with Robert Downey Jr can make me sleep in the theatre than there has to be something wrong with the world. And when I say world I mean the ‘let’s dish out cash to make a...
