Stories by Mohammad Kamran Jawaid
Despite living movies 24/7 (http://kamranjawaid.com), the writer is still truly, madly, deeply in love with cinema; the root cause of this anomaly requires further clinical trials.
He tweets @kamranjawaid
Nazualiya Arsalan's naturalness somewhat eases the insistent nature of the film.
Published 10 Nov, 2026 03:12pm
Despite not being as absorbing as one hoped, DC’s villain-origin story Clayface may be a career-making film for lead actor Tom...
Published 08 Nov, 2026 07:56am
Writer-director-producer Seemab Gul’s Ghost School takes on an important issue but is a very long, tiring one-dimensional message
Published 08 Nov, 2026 07:44am
Pakistan’s shorter theatrical cut gives Hope a much-needed boost, but director Na Hong-jin’s unwieldy alien thriller still...
Published 01 Nov, 2026 06:29am
But its villain fails to inspire dread.
Published 27 Oct, 2026 03:44pm
This campy, kooky adaptation of the iconic video game Street Fighter embraces its outlandish fighting moves, colourful characters
Published 25 Oct, 2026 06:28am
After years in the making and a troubled production, Mango Jutt arrives as a chaotic mix of slapstick, missed opportunities...
Published 25 Oct, 2026 06:28am
Michael Showalter’s Verity, starring Anne Hathaway, Dakota Johnson and Josh Hartnett, has all the ingredients of a chilling...
Published 18 Oct, 2026 06:34am
The film is loud, strange, intemperate and perhaps far too pleased with its own madness.
Published 16 Oct, 2026 01:26pm
The story suffers from an utter lack of clear-headedness and foresight.
Published 13 Oct, 2026 03:13pm
Alejandro Iñárritu’s Digger is loud, strange and gloriously unhinged — an eco-satire that digs beneath its own madness to confront
Published 11 Oct, 2026 09:15am
Sheroes sets out to tell three unconventional stories about women’s empowerment, culture and anti-terrorism, but weak writing...
Updated 13 Oct, 2026 03:06pm
Netflix’s Unabomber splits its story between an FBI investigation into a 17-year bombing spree and some disturbing years at
Published 04 Oct, 2026 10:39am
Twenty-eight years on, the Owens sisters return in Practical Magic 2 — a nostalgic sequel that recaptures much of the original’s
Published 27 Sep, 2026 09:45am
Despite the novelty of the premise, Fall 2 joins the seen-it-all-but-better club
Published 20 Sep, 2026 09:30am
The Whisper Man has all the ingredients of a gripping thriller — a serial killer, a copycat and a dark family mystery — but...
Published 13 Sep, 2026 09:42am
The movie reaches for a bittersweet tale of love, loss and Partition, but its emotional journey never quite lives up to its destination.
Published 08 Sep, 2026 01:21pm
Imtiaz Ali’s Main Vaapas Aaunga reaches for a bittersweet tale of love, loss and Partition, but its emotional journey never quite
Published 06 Sep, 2026 09:26am
Insidious: Out of the Further adds a few new wrinkles to the long-running horror series, but even the most inventive ideas cannot
Published 30 Aug, 2026 08:00am
Despite some fine performances and a good enough story and pacing, at the end, there seems to be something missing from The End of
Published 23 Aug, 2026 10:22am
