Mohammad Kamran Jawaid

STREAMING: ALL ABOUT THE LOKI-VERSE

With Loki, Marvel demonstrates that you can still do a fresh cinematic take on comic book characters, without sullying the Published 25 Jul, 2021 07:44am

SPOTLIGHT: A WORLD WITH TOO MUCH ENTERTAINMENT?

With mega corporate-media mergers happening globally, do individual and non-conforming creative voices stand a chance? Published 18 Jul, 2021 08:10am

STREAMING: BACK TO BLACK

Black Widow just works, and the best part is one doesn’t have to know the lore of the Marvel cinematic universe to enjoy it Published 18 Jul, 2021 07:38am

SCREEN: FUTURE IMPERFECT

Despite its video game level action plotting, The Tomorrow War has enough going for it to remain engaging Published 11 Jul, 2021 08:03am

SPOTLIGHT: A RETURN TO THE MOVIES

The good news is cinemas are re-opening. The bad news is there’s not much of a pipeline of international films and the problems of Published 04 Jul, 2021 06:29am

STREAMING: BARELY GOOD ENOUGH

Both Infinite, starring Mark Wahlberg, and Pixar’s Luca, are good enough to spend time with. Just don’t go in with high Published 04 Jul, 2021 06:29am

FOCUS: A FILM POLICY WITH HOLES IN ITS PLOT

A ‘final’ draft of the government’s new film policy has been circulated and may soon find its way to the Prime Minister for Published 20 Jun, 2021 06:06am

SPOTLIGHT: A LOVE-HATE STORY

The upcoming mega-series Dhoop Ki Deewar, premiering at the end of this month on Zee5, started out as a cross-border love story. Published 13 Jun, 2021 09:08am

STREAMING: ZOMBIES, MURDER AND DEVILS

Zack Snyder’s Army of the Dead is a worthless sequel to his near-classic, career-starting original Dawn of the Dead while there’s Published 13 Jun, 2021 08:44am

STREAMING: THE REIGN OF SILLY

No matter how ridiculous the chase, or how big the weapon, the characters are simply not meant to die in F9, while Sardar ka Published 06 Jun, 2021 09:04am

STREAMING: CONFUSED AND CONFUSING

The Netflix series Shadow and Bone requires some getting used to if you don’t know the source material Published 30 May, 2021 08:10am

SUBTEXT: TURNING BACK THE CLOCK

Time travel — and its aggressive sub-genre, the time-loop — has long been a staple in ingeniously written stories in fiction and Published 30 May, 2021 07:53am

STREAMING: BEING UNINSPIRED

Radhe: Your Most Wanted Bhai is a hot mess Published 23 May, 2021 06:07am

STREAMING: NO ORDINARY SPACE

Stowaway is an exceptional story of morals, humanity and the will to do what is right in desperate circumstances Published 16 May, 2021 07:26am

THE ICON INTERVIEW: THE MAN WITH A THOUSAND FACES

Character actor par excellence, Nayyar Ejaz still has a lot to give to the entertainment industry, but it’s an industry that Published 09 May, 2021 08:40am

STREAMING: ANIMATION OVER LIVE ACTION

Other movies with similar themes and settings would be a better bet than Ram Prasad Ki Tehrvi and Things Heard and Seen, while The Published 09 May, 2021 07:59am

STREAMING: LAWS OF ATTRACTION

The Sanjay Leela Bhansali-produced Tuesdays and Fridays is over-run by trite writing and uninspired direction, whereas Karan Published 02 May, 2021 07:42am

OSCARS: AND THE GOLDEN STATUE WILL PROBABLY GO TO…

Predictions for the 93rd Academy Awards have been made more difficult not only by the lack of theatrical releases last year and a Published 25 Apr, 2021 06:23am

STREAMING: POSSESSED BY WOMEN

Madam Chief Minister skims through important aspects that would have made the characters more memorable, whereas Roohi has mild Published 18 Apr, 2021 08:20am

SPOTLIGHT: ‘I WANT TO BRING HOLLYWOOD TO PAKISTAN’

The young producer of Monstrous and Afterward, set for release between this and next year, Omer Paracha is slowly putting in place Published 18 Apr, 2021 07:52am