By Subhash K. Jha Film: “Mowgli: Legend Of The Jungle”; Director: Andy Serkis; Cast: Rohan Chand, Freida Pinto, Christian Bale, Andy Serkis, Benedict Cumberbatch and Cate Blanchett, Rating: ** Netflix’s big-screen experience of Rudyard Kipling’s…
By Subhash K. Jha Film: Next Enti(Telugu) Starring: Tamannaah Bhatia, Sundeep Kishan Written and Directed by Kunal Kohli Rating: *** (three and a half stars) Telugu cinema is changing fast. “Baahubali”, “Arjun Reddy” and now…
By Troy Ribeiro Film: “Kedarnath”; Director: Abhishek Kapoor; Cast: Sushant Singh Rajput, Sara Ali Khan, Nishant Dahiya, Nitish Bharadwaj, Pooja Gor, Alka Amin; Rating: *** Director Abhishek Kapoor’s “Kedarnath” kind of wears its premise on…
By Subhash K. Jha Film: ‘Kedarnath’ Starring: Sushant Singh Rajput, Sara Ali Khan; Directed by Abhishek Kapoor Rating: **** (four and a half stars) It’s a pity that revealing the end of a film in…
By Troy Ribeiro Film: “Mortal Engines” Director: Christian Rivers Cast: Hera Hilmar, Robert Sheehan, Hugo Weaving, Jihae, Ronan Raftery, Leila George, Patrick Malahide, Stephen Lang, Frankie Adams, Colin Salmon, Caren Pistorius, and Kee Chan Rating:…
By Troy Ribeiro Film: “Spider-man: Into the Spider-verse”; Directors: Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, Rodney Rothman; Voice Cast: Shameik Moore, Jake Johnson, Hailee Steinfeld, Mahershala Ali, Brian Cage, Kathryn Hahn, Live Schreiber; Rating: ***1/2 For a…
By Subhash K. Jha Film: ‘2.0’; Starring: Rajinikanth, Akshay Kumar Directed by Shankar Rating: *(1 star) With due respects to ‘Thugs Of Hindostan’, it wouldn’t be wrong to call Shankar’s long-awaited spectacle about Man, Robot…
By Troy Ribeiro Film: “Creed II” Director: Stephen Caple Jr. Cast: Michel B. Jordan, Sylvester Stallone, Tessa Thompson, Wood Harris, Russell Hornsby, Phylicia Rashad, Dolph Lundgren, and Florian Munteanu Rating: ** Like most sequels, “Creed…
By Haricharan Pudipeddi Film: “2.0” Director: S.Shankar Cast: Rajinikanth, Akshay Kumar, Amy Jackson, Adil Hussain, and Sudhanshu Pandey Rating: ***1/2 It’s been a long wait for superstar Rajinikanth’s “2.0”, which has finally hit the screens,…
By Troy Ribeiro Film: “2.0” Director: S. Shankar Cast: Rajinikanth, Akshay Kumar, Amy Jackson, Sudhanshu Pandey, Adil Hussain, Ananth Mahadevan, Mayilsamy Rating: **1/2 Patience is all you need to watch and appreciate, director S….
By Subhash K Jha Film: Rogan Josh (Short Film); Starring: Naseeruddin Shah, Avantika Akerkar, Shishir Sharma; Directed by Sanjeev Wig; Rating: **(2 stars) 26/11 has spawned many works of art, some memorable, others chilling…some neither….
By Subhash K Jha Film: “The Girl In The Spiders Web”; Director: Fede Alvarez; Cast: Claire Foy; Rating: **(2 stars) God and the godforsaken Crime Thriller genre move in uncertain ways. The uncertainties of the…
By Troy Ribeiro Film: “Bhaiaji Super Hit”; Director: Neerraj Pathak; Cast: Sunny Deol, Preity Zinta, Arshad Warsi, Ameesha Patel, Jaideep Ahlawat, Brajesh Kala, Shreyas Talpade and Ranjeet, Rating ** Director Neerraj Pathak’s “Bhaiaji Superhit”…
By Troy Ribeiro Film: “Green Book”; Director: Peter Farrelly; Cast: Viggo Mortensen, Mahershala Ali, Linda Cardellini, Sebastian Maniscalco, Dimiter D. Marinov, P.J. Byrne and Montel Miller; Rating: **** Set in the early 1960s, director Peter…
By Troy Ribeiro Film: “The Dark Side of Life: Mumbai City”; Director: Tariq Khan; Cast: Mahesh Bhatt, Kay Kay Menon, Deepraj Rana, Neha Khan, Alisha Seema Khan, Avii Pardasani, Nikhil Ratnaparkhi, Jyoti Malshe, Sayed Gul…
By Troy Ribeiro Film: “The Girl in the Spider’s Web”; Director: Fede Alvarez; Cast: Claire Foy, Sylvia Hoeks, Lakeith Stanfield, Sverrir Gudnason, Vicky Krieps, Stephen Merchant; Rating: ** “The Girl in the Spider’s Web” is…
By Subhash K. Jha Bhaiaji Superhit: Starring, Sunny Deol, Preity Zinta, Arshad Warsi, Ameesha Patel, Shreyas Talpade; Directed by Neerraj Pathak. Rating: ***(3 stars) What does a UP Bhaiyya-Gangster do when his beloved wife leaves…
By Subhash K Jha Film: Tigers; Director: Danis Tanovic; Cast: Emraan Hashmi, Geetanjali Thapa, Satyadeep Mishra, Maryam dAbo, Supriya Pathak, Vinod Nagpal; Rating: **(2 stars) Funny, how idealism can never be defeated by compromise. In…
By Subhash K. Jha Film: “Taxiwaala” Director: Rahul Sankrityan Cast: Vijay Deverakonda, Priyanka Jawalkar, Malavika Nair Rating: *** 1/2 (3 and a half stars) In his 7-year career, Vijay Deverakonda has gone from strength…
By Subhash K. Jha Film: “Bohemian Rhapsody”; Director: Bryan Singer; Cast: Rami Malek, Lucy Boynton, Gwilym Lee, Ben Hardy, Joseph Mazzello, Aidan Gillen, Allen Leech, Tom Hollander and Mike Myers; Rating: *** “Bohemian Rhapsody” is…