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The Hindu
17 hours ago
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- The Hindu
Watch: Dhanush's ‘Kuberaa' vs Aamir Khan's ‘Sitaare Zameen Par'
Why is your life not a romantic comedy but an arthouse bummer? Why are you stuck in a trope — a misfit in a world written by bad writers? This week on FOMO Fix, we break down two big releases that promise underdog wins but serve mid: Dhanush's Kubera vs Aamir Khan's Sitaare Zameen Par on Hype Check. Materialists: Romance meets bank balance and why you should watch Ben Stiller's Reality Bites instead. Devil's Double: Next Level: Kill the star, save the franchise Subham: Granny horror meets soap opera addiction Watch till the end to find out which meta-movie is worth your weekend — and which trope to avoid like a PSA disguised as a plot. Music: Ivan Avakian
The Hindu
15-06-2025
- Entertainment
- The Hindu
Watch: Action Special Feat. Housefull 5, Ballerina, Jatt, Hit 3, Rana Naidu
'From John Wick to Jatt Wack' This week on FOMO Fix, Sudhish Kamath dives into five action-packed (and action-mocking) titles — from the world of John Wick to a movie that literally giggles at the word 'action.' We review Ballerina, Jatt, Hit 3, and Rana Naidu S2 — before saving the best for last with a TV Gold recommendation you don't want to miss. Also in Hype Check: Housefull 5 — a bachelor party of a movie that confuses creepy with comedy and somehow still gets away with it. Is this the future of cringe-core? We break down why India's dumbest franchise keeps pulling in crowds. Watch till the end for your must-watch TV pick of the week. Spoiler: it's not what you think.
The Hindu
06-06-2025
- Entertainment
- The Hindu
Thug Life: First day first show reactions Tourist Family
What a week—so many choices, so little time. This episode of FOMO Fix dives into some of the buzziest new releases and helps you figure out what's worth watching. On Hype Check, I'm joined by film critic Shilajit Mitra to break down our first-day-first-show reactions to Thug Life, the much-anticipated Kamal Haasan–Mani Ratnam collaboration. It starts off with promise, but let's just say things go south after the interval. Then on TV Gold, I spotlight Mountainhead, Jesse Armstrong's razor-sharp satire on tech billionaires. It's dark, hilarious, and deeply relevant. If Succession met Black Mirror at a Silicon Valley retreat, this would be the outcome. Also in this week's heads up: • Tourist Family, a refugee drama that refuses to lean into trauma and instead delivers warmth, humor, and hope. • Stolen, a lean and tense thriller set over one unforgettable night. It's tightly made, hard-hitting, and leaves a mark.
The Hindu
31-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Hindu
Watch: Same plot, new bottles
This week on FOMO Fix, Sudhish Kamath breaks down Bhool Chuk Maaf — the latest entry in the overdone time-loop genre that ironically forgets to be original. Also on the episode: TV Gold: Taylor Sheridan's Landman — where oil meets fire and Billy Bob Thornton holds it all together. If Yellowstone was your vibe, this one is worth drilling into. Heads Up: Vijay Sethupathi stars in Ace, a film that tries to bluff with comedy, action, and a heist — but doesn't quite have the right cards. Retro Ride: Mohanlal's Thudarum revs up old-school action with Ilaiyaraaja music and raw nostalgia — but don't expect Drishyam-style twists. PSA: JJ Abrams throws it back to the '70s with Duster, where fast cars, FBI agents, and blue suede shoes collide. 👁🗨 Watch, skip, or wait — Sudhish Kamath is your binge guide, your designated driver through the noisy streets of content chaos. This is FOMO Fix, brought to you by The Hindu.
The Hindu
23-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Hindu
Planning to watch Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning? Here's a quick recap of the franchise's movies so far
My week began with a message that self destructed in five seconds: Your mission, should you choose to accept, is to watch all Mission: Impossible movie series this weekend. That amounts to 15 hours of preparation before I get to the latest instalment. Here's your recap. Mission: Impossible (1996), based on a 1966 TV show created by Bruce Gellar, kick-started this franchise about 30 years ago. American film director and screenwriter Brian De Palma made the first movie edition as a brooding, dark, cerebral thriller that was high on stunts but not the spectacle it has become. Luther (Ving Rhames) became the first regular member of Impossible Mission Force (IMF) along with Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise). FOMO Fix: Episode 8: Mission Impossible, Fire, The Studio The template was set. Hunt accepts a mission to recover a McGuffin to save the world. To do this, he needs his team to break into a highly secure facility that can only be accessed by impossible means. The fallout ultimately leads him to a choice — to save someone he loves or let millions die. He always does both as the best of men in the worst of times. John Woo, who directed Mission: Impossible 2 (2000), gave it the action-movie flourish it is associated with today. Slow-motion shots, high on emotion, so much so that every Hindi heist film made ever since has paid homage to it. Hunt saved the world from a deadly virus 20 years before we knew the damage it could do. The Limp Bizkit version of the theme still find its way to your ears before you finish this sentence. It was with Mission: Impossible III (2006) that the franchise got much needed reinvention. JJ Abrams, the creator of television series Lost, gave the franchise that grounded, gritty, high stakes action movie by creating a villain (Philip Seymour Hoffman) smarter and stronger than Hunt. Benji (Simon Pegg) joined the IMF as a regular from this point. Abrams brought in Brad Bird for Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol (2011) to lend humour to the franchise. But the pivot to humour got in the way of storytelling as Oscar-winner Christopher McQuarrie was brought in to doctor the script. McQuarrie took all the best elements of the first four movies and helped define the DNA of the franchise — intrigue, action, strong villains, drama and comedy. With this formula, McQuarrie made two near-perfect movies — Rogue Nation (2015) and Fallout (2018). As the scale became bigger, the franchise reeled in Jeremy Renner to join the IMF. Fun fact: Upon learning that they planned to kill him, Jeremy declined to return. The last two editions of the Mission: Impossible series, also helmed by McQuarrie, were originally titled Dead Reckoning Part 1 and 2, since the movies share a common AI villain called Entity that wants to take over the world. Though not quite as smart as the fourth and fifth instalment, Dead Reckoning (2023) made up with scale and spectacle — with the daredevil stunt where Tom rides a dirt bike off a cliff and sky dives, parachuting himself onto a speeding train. This brings us to The Final Reckoning (2025), a film that tries hard to tie up loose ends and threads from the franchise to mixed results. Some are fun, some are contrived and some completely unnecessary. To ensure you needn't have watched the other seven films, this one uses recaps, inserts and spoon feeds information to the point that would make Brian De Palma squirm. The franchise has come a full circle from assuming the audience is smart to assuming they are dumb but the joys of movie magic remain. Good, better, best Here's how I would rank all the Mission: Impossible films: Mission: Impossible Mission: Impossible – Fallout Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation Mission: Impossible III Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning Mission: Impossible 4 – Ghost Protocol Mission: Impossible 2 From the hottest shows to hidden gems, overlooked classics to guilty pleasures, FOMO Fix is a fortnightly compass through the chaos of content. Expect timely recommendations, spoiler-free insights, and an honest heads-up on what to not miss.
