By Subhash K. Jha Film: “Happy Phirr Bhaag Jayegi”; Director: Mudassar Aziz; Starring: Sonakshi Sinha, Jassi Gill, Jimmy Shergil, Denzil Smith, Aparshakti Khurrana; Rating: *** 1/2 (3 and a half stars) A rom-com works and…
By Troy Ribeiro Film: “Genius”; Director: Anil Sharma; Cast: Utkarsh Sharma, Ishitha Chauhan, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Mithun Chakraborty, Ayesha Jhulka, Zakir Hussain; Rating: **1/2 There is something amiable about Utkarsh Sharma, the hero of this film….
By Troy Ribeiro Film: “Happy Phirr Bhag Jayegi”; Director: Mudassar Aziz; Cast: Diana Penty, Ali Fazal, Sonakshi Sinha, Jimmy Shergill, Jassi Gill, Piyush Mishra, Jason Tham; Rating: ***1/2 There is a cause for excitement every…
By Subhash K. Jha Film: “Genius”; Director: Anil Sharma; Starring: Utkarsh Sharma, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Ishitha Chauhan; Rating: *** A (3 and a half stars) “Genius”, with the sub-title Dil Ki Ladai Dimaag Se, meaning the…
By Troy Ribeiro Film: “Mile 22”; Director: Peter Berg; Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Lauren Cohan, Iko Uwais, Ronda Rousey, John Malkovich; Rating: *1/2 “Mile 22” is a loud, high-strung CIA-action drama that’s tedious and confusing. The…
By Subhash K Jha Film: “Mile 22”; Director: Peter Berg; Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Iko Uwais; Rating: ** (2 stars) More than the basic plot premise which propels this pyretic action adventure into the zone of…
By Troy Ribeiro Film: “The Stolen Princess”; Director: Oleg Malamuzh; Voice Cast: Oleksandr Usyk, Nadiia Dorofeieva, Positiff, Monatik, Yevhen Mykolayovych Malukha, Serhiy Prytula; Rating: **1/2 “The Stolen Princess” is the first animation film in English…
By Subhash K. Jha Gold: Starring, Akshay Kumar, Kunal Kapoor, Amit Sadh, Mouni Roy, Vineet Kumar Singh; Directed by Reema Kagti: Rating: **** 1/2 (4 and a half stars) There is something to be said…
By Troy Ribeiro Film: “Gold”; Director: Reema Kagti; Cast: Akshay Kumar, Farhan Akhtar, Abdul Quadir Amin, Mouni Roy, Vinit Kumar Singh, Amit Sadh; Rating: **1/2 “Dreams should not die, and one should not lose hope,”…
By Troy Ribeiro Film: “Satyameva Jayate”; Director: Milap Zaveri; Cast: John Abraham, Manoj Bajpayee, Aisha Sharma and Amruta Khanvilkar; Rating: **1/2 “Satyameva Jayate” which means, “Truth always triumphs”, is designed as an action thriller. It…
By Subhash K Jha Film: “Satyameva Jayate”; Director: Milap Milan Jhaveri; Starring: John Abraham, Manoj Bajpai, Manish Choudhary, Aisha Sharma; Rating: ****(4 stars) It is easy enough to ridicule ‘Satyameva Jayate’. God knows, it renders…
By Subhash K. Jha Film: “Geetha Govindam” Language: Telugu Director: Parasuram Cast: Vijay Deverakonda and Rashmika Mandanna Rating: ****(4 stars) Some movie experiences take us on a romantic joyride while offering us an insight into…
By Subhash K Jha After I saw Sharat Kataria’s “Dum Laga Ke Haisha”, I immediately sensed he was an important and portentous cinematic voice, meant to take our cinema far ahead. This time again in…
By Troy Ribeiro Film: “Vishwaroop II”; Director: Kamal Haasan; Cast:Kamal Haasan, Shekhar Kapur, Anant Mahadevan, Pooja Kumar, Andrea Jeremiah, Rahul Bose; Rating: **1/2 This action spy drama, “Vishwaroop II”, serves as a prequel cum sequel…
By Subhash K Jha Film: “A Fantastic Woman” (Spanish, with English Subtitles); Director: Sebastian Lelio; Starring: Daniela Vega; Rating: **1/2 (2 and half stars) “A Fantastic Woman” could have been penetrating portrait of a transgender…
By Troy Ribeiro Film: “Christopher Robin”; Director: Marc Forster; Cast: Ewan McGregor, Hayley Atwell, Bronte Carmichael, Mark Gatiss; Voice Cast: Jim Cummings, Brad Garrett, Toby Jones, Nick Mohammed, Peter Capaldi, Sophie Okonedo, Sara Sheen; Rating:…
By Subhash K. Jha Movie: Vishwaroopam 2 Starring: Kamal Haasan, Waheeda Rehman, Shekhar Kapoor, Anand Mahadevan, Pooja Kumar, Andrea Jermiah; Directed by Kamal Haasan Rating: *** 1/2 (3 and a half stars). The best thing…
By Troy Ribeiro Film: “Redrum: A Love Story”; Directors: Dhruv Sachdev and Sourabh Bali; Cast: Vibhav Roy, Tom Alter, Pawan Nagpal, Saeeda Imtiaz; Rating: *1/2 This film is adapted from American author Edgar Allan Poe’s…
By Troy Ribeiro Film: “The Spy Who Dumped Me”; Director: Susanna Fogel; Cast: Mila Kunis, Kate McKinnon, Justin Theroux, Sam Heughan, Hasan Minhaj, Gillian Anderson, Ivanna Sakhno, Jane Curtin, Paul Reiser; Rating: **1/2 Although it…
By Subhash K. Jha Film: “Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again”; Director: Ol Parker; Cast: Amanda Seyfried, Dominic Cooper, Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth, Stellan Skarsgard, Andy Garcia, Christine Branski, Julie Walters, Meryl Streep and Cher;…