Manisha Lakhe

The world celebrates Halloween on October 31. Instead of doomscrolling through endless photos of people in bizarre, “sexy” costumes, why not dive into movies that deliver real chills? Skip the filters and fake fangs—this Halloween, let the scares come from the screen, not your social feed.

India is home to over 44 UNESCO-listed sites rich in history and culture. Before bragging about Stonehenge, consider exploring Ajanta and Ellora, or Hampi. With perfect holiday weather, now is the ideal time to experience the breathtaking heritage that India proudly offers.

Delhi Crime Season 3 sets its sights on the murky world of human trafficking and drags us down the rabbit hole where hope is lost. Almost lost.

Wicked was a genuinely wicked version of the The Wizard of Oz and all of us fell in love with ‘Defying Gravity' and everything that was so contemporary. Part two brings the story to a stupendous finale with Dorothy, Toto and the others giving us a fabulous high about friendship and so much more!

Vecna wants what Vecna wants in the Upside Down, sending flowerheads to snatch innocents. Army goons and school tropes are cliched. Eleven is spectacular but annoying as ‘she’s so hard on herself’. The Crawl packs in SFX, but at 6:30 am, Netflix, methinks we’ve outgrown ‘Stranger Things’.

Dhurandhar review: Aditya Dhar writes a seriously violent saga of revenge that walks a fine line between propaganda and patriotism, and we fall in love with Ranveer Singh all over again. Dhurandar is the story of an intelligence operative who went underground and emerged as a saviour.

Before family descends on you and everyone loses the fight for the TV remote to the kids, you have a week to enjoy romances that will make you sigh into your coffee and dream about a white Christmas even though the Sun rages outside.

James Cameron promised us five tales about five elements on Pandora, and this third film deals with Fire people — the villainous Naavi, who are not the sweet blue people you have seen in the first two films.

2025 struck with Col. Lockjaw's wickedness and Varang’s fury, battered us like Rehman Dackait beating his father, and left us licking our wounds in the quiet privacy of our homes. As the year closes, we pause to remember all those we lost and are grateful for what we received.

Sanjay Dutt is an evil greedy ghost grandpa who has turned Zarina Wahab into a weepy thing by hypnosis. Prabhas plays the grandson who’s stuck in his grandpa’s money filled mansion with three women who love him, and assorted sidekicks are there to scream.