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Udita Jhunjhunwala Livemint Oct 20, 2026 For all its energy and eccentricity, the film is better at recreating the experience of watching a game than at making a case for its characters. Go to Full Review Street Fighter (2026) 41% - -

Udita Jhunjhunwala Livemint Oct 6, 2026 The film provides the kind of closure its premise demands. It is not without its excesses, but it knows its audience, trusts the accumulated mythology of Vijay Salgaonkar and, crucially, gives him one last game to play. Go to Full Review Drishyam: The Conclusion (2026) 100% - -

Udita Jhunjhunwala Livemint Sep 28, 2026 There are moments when Heart of the Beast comes close to the familiar conventions of the survival genre, and some of its threats are more predictable than others. But the film’s sincerity is difficult to resist. Go to Full Review Heart of the Beast (2026) 85% - -

Udita Jhunjhunwala Livemint Sep 9, 2026 Singh’s direction gives the familiar world enough new terrain, new characters and new spectacle to keep it moving. Go to Full Review Mirzapur: The Movie (2026) 80% - -

Udita Jhunjhunwala Livemint Aug 31, 2026 The film stops just as Tony’s life is about to take off. It is an interesting choice for an origin story, but it also leaves the film feeling oddly incomplete. Go to Full Review Tony (2026) 93% - -

Udita Jhunjhunwala Livemint Aug 18, 2026 At 140 minutes, there are shootings, betrayals and rescues, but surprisingly little urgency. Go to Full Review Awarapan 2 (2026) 47% - -

Udita Jhunjhunwala Livemint Jul 7, 2026 There's a genuinely interesting film hidden inside Baby Do Die Do. It just takes far too long to reveal itself, and even then, it refuses to answer the questions that matter. Go to Full Review Baby Do Die Do (2026) 71% - -

Udita Jhunjhunwala Livemint Jun 26, 2026 Welcome to the Jungle mistakes scale for entertainment, confusion for comedy and noise for energy. Bigger is not always better, and this film proves that no amount of star power can compensate for a script. Go to Full Review Welcome to the Jungle (2026) 47% - -

Udita Jhunjhunwala Livemint May 15, 2026 Mercifully, Pati Patni Aur Woh Do is only 117 minutes long. But it remains curiously disengaged from the people inside its farce. Go to Full Review Pati Patni Aur Woh Do (2026) 17% - -

Udita Jhunjhunwala Livemint May 11, 2026 Not as funny as one might expect, or even wholly cutesy, The Sheep Detectives is a woolly Agatha Christie-style mystery with a tender heart and some adorable little lambs. Go to Full Review The Sheep Detectives (2026) 95% - -

Udita Jhunjhunwala Livemint May 4, 2026 The fashion is not as dramatic this time, and the dialogues not as meme-worthy, but the cast is on-point and the cameos are many. The result is a glossy, fun watch that’s also a commentary on an industry struggling in the digital age. Go to Full Review The Devil Wears Prada 2 (2026) 78% - -

Udita Jhunjhunwala Livemint Apr 20, 2026 The film...attempts to revive the director’s signature blend of slapstick comedy and supernatural intrigue. What it delivers instead is a sprawling, uneven narrative that depends heavily on nostalgia while offering little that feels fresh. Go to Full Review Bhooth Bangla (2026) 15% - -

Udita Jhunjhunwala Livemint Mar 3, 2026 Rather than reinvent the genre, the film leans into familiar tropes to deliver bursts of visceral action backed by a commanding central performance from Priyanka Chopra Jonas. Go to Full Review The Bluff (2026) 56% - -

Udita Jhunjhunwala Livemint Feb 24, 2026 Assi builds its case by asking difficult questions about responsibility and about the society and machinery that make such acts possible. Go to Full Review Assi (2026) 90% - -

Udita Jhunjhunwala Livemint Feb 17, 2026 In the end, Tu Yaa Main has bite; it just takes too long to sink its teeth in. Go to Full Review Tu Yaa Main (2026) 91% - -

Udita Jhunjhunwala Livemint Jan 27, 2026 ...the film is confident in its choices, content to let the music and its lead actors do the heavy lifting, as Lionel and David fight battles both externally and internally. Go to Full Review The History of Sound (2025) 69% - -

Udita Jhunjhunwala Livemint Jan 20, 2026 The graphic violence and tone of The Bone Temple will not work for everyone, yet it remains a purposeful sequel, pushing the franchise forward. Go to Full Review 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple (2026) 91% - -

Udita Jhunjhunwala Livemint Dec 11, 2025 Jay Kelly is occasionally uneven and overlong, yet it’s an intelligent, humorous and often emotional exploration of fame’s collateral damage. Go to Full Review Jay Kelly (2025) 75% - -

Udita Jhunjhunwala Livemint Oct 14, 2025 The film is brutal—filled with bad luck, questionable choices and broken bodies—but it’s also thrilling, propelled by Butler’s performance and Aronofsky’s compassion for the flawed. Go to Full Review Caught Stealing (2025) 85% - -

Udita Jhunjhunwala Livemint Oct 6, 2025 The first half spends stretches in world-building, layering history, ritual and politics. It’s a breathless visual spectacle, loaded with concepts and commentary. The last 45 minutes, while packed with spectacle, are where the film unravels most. Go to Full Review Kantara: A Legend - Chapter 1 (2025) 85% - -