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‘Costao’ movie review: Nawazuddin Siddiqui anchors this biopic which shines in the second half

Nawazuddin Siddiqui in ‘Costao’. | Photo Credit: Zee5/YouTube Costao Fernandes, the ex-officer from Marmagoa Custom House, hid in the jungle for a day after accidentally killing Alvernaz Alemao, brother of former Goa chief minister Churchill Alemao. With his body battered with multiple wounds, Costao faced an immense struggle to stay alive. Only after he surrendered…

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‘Thunderbolts*’ movie review: Florence Pugh shines amid the ennui of Marvel’s mid-life crisis

With Thunderbolts* (the asterisk denotes a little something that’s worth ceasing all phones at early screenings), Marvel Studios offers a strange something. Not a new beginning, not even an end, but a reluctant middle piece to its dwindling self-worth nearing the conclusion of Phase-5. After a decade-plus of spandex operatics, cosmic showdowns, and multiversal migraines,…

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Bengali drama ‘Shadowbox’ (‘Baksho Bondi’) shines at 75th Berlin International Film Festival

Chandan Bisht, Tanushree Das, Tillotama Shome and Saumyananda Sahi at the premiere of ‘Shadowbox’ at the prestigious 75th Berlin International Film Festival | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Bengali-language drama Shadowbox (Baksho Bondi) made a stellar premiere at the prestigious 75th Berlin International Film Festival. Directed by debut filmmakers Tanushree Das and Saumyananda Sahi, the film…

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‘Vidaamuyarchi’ movie review: An earnest Ajith Kumar shines in this generic yet genre-centric actioner

Ajith Kumar in a still from ‘Vidaamuyarchi’ | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement In a scene in director Magizh Thirumeni’s Vidaamuyarchi, Ajith Kumar’s character Arjun, trying to move a stalled car from the road to the shoulder, wraps the car’s seat belt around him to push the vehicle safely. That, in a scene, encapsulates the film…

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