Mohammad Kamran Jawaid

STREAMING: SLOW TO REVEAL

Despite the presence of Tabu, Vishal Bharadwaj’s revenge thriller Khufiya is a bit of an over-extended dud Published 22 Oct, 2023 09:17am

STREAMING: TAME MEDIOCRITY

The more Mission Majnu progresses, the more its fictitious nature peeps up and, by the third act, the film loses most Published 29 Jan, 2023 06:23am

STREAMING: THE BAD BATCH

Director Guy Ritchie’s Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre starring Jason Stratham is a limp adventure while Mister Mummy Published 22 Jan, 2023 07:08am

STREAMING: POE LITE

The Pale Blue Eye doesn’t raise a single hair in foreboding anxiousness Published 15 Jan, 2023 07:13am

THE ICON REVIEW: CHASING AFTER DREAMS

Director Tanaz Eshaghian’s As Far As They Can Run has been shortlisted for the Best Short Documentary at the Oscars. Published 08 Jan, 2023 07:42am

TRADE: ONE SWALLOW DOES NOT A SPRING MAKE

The soaring box office of The Legend of Maula Jatt might mislead people about the state of Pakistan’s cinema business. Published 08 Jan, 2023 07:42am

STREAMING: THE MAN AND THE LEGEND

As fact-laden as it is fictional, as deep as it is simple, as radical as it is conventional, Steven Spielberg’s quasi Published 25 Dec, 2022 08:20am

CINEMASCOPE: KING OF THE WATER

Director James Cameron is still the “king of the world”, especially when he makes sequels or movies that dive deep underwater Published 25 Dec, 2022 08:11am

STREAMING: TALES OF THE EXTRAORDINARY

Troll is a cliché of a movie, but there is a simple joy in watching something this clichéd unfold. One can’t help but enjoy... Updated 18 Dec, 2022 03:58pm

STREAMING: THE BAD AND THE UGLY

The South Indian production Godfather trending in the Netflix Top 10 is ho-hum, while the unapologetic, self-centred Goodbye is... Published 11 Dec, 2022 11:57am

THE ICON REVIEW: THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY

Yaara Vey has a lot going against it but nothing as much as its amateurish edit. A better edit could have turned this film around Published 04 Dec, 2022 08:10am

THE ICON REVIEW: BUTTONS UP

Despite being an ensemble film, Tich Button has a carefully designed story that has one core intention: to give Farhan Saeed a... Published 04 Dec, 2022 07:37am

FIRST PERSON: THE WAR NO ONE KNOWS ABOUT

Shaan Shahid’s Zarrar has been six-years-in-the-making. Mohammad Kamran Jawaid provides a first-hand account of his own Published 27 Nov, 2022 08:09am

THE ICON REVIEW: A JOY TO WATCH

A distinct, grounded tale of human frailty and fallibility, Saim Sadiq’s Joyland sees characters in search of an exit Published 27 Nov, 2022 07:10am

SPOTLIGHT: THE BIG BOYS OF THE BACKROOM

When it comes to pushing the technical boundaries of the post-production pipeline in Pakistan, very few can claim to be pros at... Updated 28 Dec, 2022 12:11pm

CINEMASCOPE: FADE TO BLACK

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever ranks among films that demolish the trend of enjoyable big-budget superhero adventures Published 20 Nov, 2022 07:09am

STREAMING: HOLMES IS WHERE THE ACTIVIST IS

There can be no denying the fact that Enola Holmes 2 is a pro-women film where the men are simply supporting characters Published 13 Nov, 2022 09:13am

STREAMING: LOVE AND WAR

All Quiet on the Western Front encapsulates the idea every anti-war movie makes, that war is brutal and no man wants to kill the Published 06 Nov, 2022 07:08am

SPOTLIGHT: MADE FOR EACH OTHER

The title of the upcoming Tich Button may refer to the film’s characters who learn to live together and love each other despite Updated 31 Oct, 2022 02:02am

CINEMASCOPE: NO HERO TO SAVE THE DAY

Even Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson cannot save the listless superhero flick that is Black Adam Published 30 Oct, 2022 11:45am