By Subhash K Jha Starring: Shabana Azmi, Satinder Sartaaj, Amanda Root, Directed by Kavi Raz Rating: *1/2 Something awfully aberrant, horribly wrong resides at the heart of this nobly intended tale of a valorous Sikh…
By Troy Ribeiro Film: “Lipstick Under My Burkha”; Director: Alankrita Shrivastav; Cast: Ratna Pathak Shah, Konkona Sen Sharma, Sushant Singh, Shashank Arora, Vikrant Massey, Ahana Kumra, Plabita Borthakur, Rating: ***1/2 The much-awaited “Lipstick Under My…
By Troy Ribeiro Film: “Dunkirk” Director: Christopher Nolan Cast: Fionn Whitehead, Tom Glynn-Carney, Jack Lowden, Harry Styles, Aneurin Barnard, James D’Arcy, Barry Keoghan, Kenneth Branagh, Cillian Murphy, Mark Rylance, Tom Hardy Rating: **** With “Dunkirk”,…
By Somrita Ghosh New Delhi, July 19 (IANS) Ponty Chadha, Sheena Bora, Jiah Khan, Sunanda Pushkar, Rizwanur Rahman and Neeraj Grover — the connecting factor for each of these high-profile personalities is the unsolved mystery…
By Subhash K. Jha Film: “War For The Planet Of The Apes”; Director: Matt Reeves; Starring: Andy Serkis, Woody Harrelson, Steve Zahn; Rating: **** Let’s not beat around the bush. This is a great, a…
By Troy Ribeiro Film: “Shab”; Director: Onir; Cast: Raveena Tandon, Ashish Bisht, Simon Frenay, Areesz Ganddi, Gaurav Nanda, Shray Rai Tiwari, Arpita Chatterjee, Sanjay Suri, Raj Suri; Rating: ** Onir’s “Shab” is a bit less…
By Troy Ribeiro Film: “Jagga Jasoos” Director: Anurag Basu Cast: Ranbir Kapoor, Katrina Kaif, Saswata Chatterjee, Saurabh Shukla Rating: **1/2 Designed as a comic book character and mounted as a musical, “Jagga Jasoos” with its…
By Troy Ribeiro Film: “War For The Planet Of The Apes” Director: Matt Reeves Cast: Andy Serkis, Woody Harrelson, Steve Zahn, Toby Kebbell, Gabriel Chavarria, Karen Konoval, Terry Notary, Michael Adamthwaite, Ty Olsson, Dervy Dalton,…
By Subhash K. Jha Film: “Shab”; Director: Onir; Starring: Raveena Tandon, introducing Ashish Bisht, Arpita Chatterjee, Areesz Gandii, Simon Frenay; Rating: **** Delhi…soaked in the wispy wetness of monsoon, the shivery tensions of winter, the…
By Radhika Bhirani New York, July 12 (IANS) At a time when Hollywood is incubating diverse talent like never before, Bollywood is out to mesmerise the US with its magic at the three-day IIFA Weekend…
By Subhash K. Jha Film: “Spider-Man: Homecoming”; Director: Jon Watts; Starring: Tom Holland, Robert Downey Jr., Michael Keaton; Rating: ** “What the f…k!” is the last thing we hear our underage superhero’s sexy aunt May…
By Troy Ribeiro Film: “Guest Iin London”; Director: Ashwni Dhir; Cast: Kartik Aaryan, Kirti Kharbanda, Paresh Rawal, Tanvi Azmi and Sanjay Mishra; Rating: *1/2 “Guest Iin London” is the rehash of director Ashwni Dhir’s 2010…
By Troy Ribeiro Film: “Mom”; Director: Ravi Udyawar; Cast: Sridevi, Akshaye Khanna, Adnan Siddiqui, Sajal Ali, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Pitobash and Abhimanyu Singh; Rating: ***1/2 This fictionalised revenge drama has the same template as the recently…
By Troy Ribeiro Film: “Spider-Man: Homecoming”; Director: Jon Watts; Cast: Tom Holland, Michael Keaton, Marisa Tomei, Robert Downey Jr, Jon Favreau, Jacob Batalon, Laura Harrier, Zendaya, Tony Revolori, Martin Starr, Hannibal Buress, Donald Glover and…
By Subhash K Jha Film: ‘Guest In London’; Director: Ashwni Dheer; Starring: Paresh Rawal, Kartik Aryan, Kriti Kharbanda, Tanve Azmi; Rating: ***1/2 First things first. The most welcome thing about this tragic-comedy about unwelcome guests…
By Subhash K. Jha Film: “Mom”; Director: Ravi Udyawar; Cast: Sridevi, Adnan Siddiqui, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Akshaye Khanna, Sajal Ali and Abhimanyu Singh; Rating: ***** Just when you think Sridevi has run out of surprises, she…
By Subhash K. Jha Film: “The Big Sick”; Director: Michael Showalter; Cast: Kumail Nanjiani, Zoe Kazan, Ray Romano, Holly Hunter, Anupam Kher and Zenobia Shroff; Rating: ****(4 Stars) I confess I didn’t know who Kumail…
By Subhash K. Jha Film: “Transformers: The Last Knight”; Director: Michael Bay; Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Josh Duhamel, Stanley Tucci, Anthony Hopkins, Laura Haddock, Jerrod Carmichael, Isabela Moner, Santiago Cabrera, Glenn Morshower, John Turturro and Tony…
By Troy Ribeiro Film: “Ek Haseena Thi Ek Deewana Tha”; Director: Suneel Darshan; Cast: Shiv Darshan, Natasha Fernandez, Upen Patel, Rumi Khan, Soni Kaur, Lalitmohan Tiwari; Rating: *1/2 Designed as a mystery thriller with doses…
By Troy Ribeiro Film: “Transformers: The Last Knight”; Director: Michael Bay; Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Josh Duhamel, Stanley Tucci, Anthony Hopkins, Laura Haddock, Jerrod Carmichael, Isabela Moner, Santiago Cabrera, Glenn Morshower, John Turturro and Tony Hale;…
