By Subhash K. Jha Film: “The Greatest Showman”; Director: Michael Gracey; Cast: Hugh Jackmam, Zac Efron, Michelle Williams and Rebecca Ferguson; Rating: *** 1/2 What is it about morality tales that makes them so perennially…
By Vikas Datta Title: India Now and in Transition; Editor: Atul Thakur; Publisher: Niyogi Books: Pages: 448; Price: Rs 599 Stretching from icy mountains to the boundless oceans and from arid deserts to tropical forests…
By Troy Ribeiro Film: “Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle”; Director: Jake Kasdan; Cast: Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart, Karen Gillan, Jack Black, Bobby Cannavale, Nick Jonas, Rhys Darby, Alex Wolff, Ser’Darius Blain, Madison Iseman and Morgan…
By Troy Ribeiro Film: “The Greatest Showman”; Director: Michael Gracey; Cast: Hugh Jackman, Zac Efron, Michelle Williams, Rebecca Ferguson, Zendaya, Keala Settle, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Natasha Liu Bordizzo, Paul Sparks, Sam Humphrey, Aystyn Johnson and…
By Vikas Datta Title: The Power Paradox; Author: Dacher Keltner; Publisher: Penguin Random House UK: Pages: 208; Price: Rs 499 It is termed the ultimate aphrodisiac. It is that intense but intangible phenomenon that runs…
By Vikas Datta Title: Gorbachev: His Life and Times ; Author: William J. Taubman; Publisher: Simon & Schuster: Pages: 880; Price: Rs 799 A hundred years ago, Communism triumphed in Russia and the Soviet Union…
By Subhash K Jha Film: “Hello” (Telugu); Director: Vikram Kumar; Cast: Akhil Akkineni, Kalyani Priyadarshan; Rating: *** There is much yet to be said about the first flush of love. Luca Guadagnino’s “Call Me By…
By Troy Ribeiro Film: “Tiger Zinda Hai”; Director: Ali Abbas Zafar; Cast: Salman Khan, Katrina Kaif, Sajjad Delfrooz, Sudeep Zahir, Angad Bedi, Kumud Mishra, Girish Karnad, Paresh Rawal; Rating: **1/2 “Tiger Zinda Hai” is the…
By Subhash K Jha Film: ‘Boss: Dead/Alive’ (available on AltBalaji); Director: Pulkit; Starring: Rajkummar Rao, Naveen Kasturia, Edward Sonnenblick, Anna Ador; Rating: *** If one had to single out one actor this year for the…
By Subhash K Jha Film: ‘Tiger Zinda Hai’ Director: Ali Abbas Zafar Starring: Salman Khan, Katrina Kaif, Sajjad Delafrooz, Girish Karnad, Kumud Mishra, Paresh Rawal Rating: *** When did this Tiger ever stop roaring? Well…okay,…
Film: Hello Language: Telugu Cast: Akhil Akkineni, Kalyani Priyadarshan, Jagapati Babu, Ramya Krishna, Ajay Director: Vikram Kumar Rating: 3.25 Reviewed By: SOCIALNEWS.XYZ Story: Seenu/Avinash (Akhil) is an orphan who becomes friends Junnu/Priya (Kalyani Priyadarshan) in Hyderabad. Junnu’s…
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By Subhash K Jha Film: ‘Chhuri'(Short Film); Director: Mansi Jain; Starring: Tisca Chopra, Anurag Kashyap, Surveen Chawla; Rating: *** After the tangy Chutney it is the teekhi Chhuri for the very talented Tisca Chopra. Seeing…
By Subhash K Jha Film: ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’; Director: Rian Johnson; Starring: Daisy Ridley, Adam Driver, Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill; Rating: ** 1/2 The good news about the latest instalment in the 40-year…
By Troy Ribeiro Film: “Monsoon Shootout”; Director: Amit Kumar; Cast: Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Tannishtha Chatterjee, Neeraj Kabi, Sreejita De, Vijay Varma and Geetanjali Thapa; Rating: ***1/2 Opportunities and words of wisdom have always been at loggerheads,…
By Troy Ribeiro Film: “Hare Krishna! The Mantra, the Movement and the Swami who started it all”; Director: John Griesser; Cast: Srila Prabhupada, George Harrison, Thomas J. Hopkins, Sally Agarwal, Allen Ginsberg, Larry Shinn, Mukunda…
By Troy Ribeiro Film: “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” Director: Rian Johnson Cast: Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Adam Driver, Daisey Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Andy Serkis, Lupita Nyong’o, Domhnall Gleeson, Anthony Daniels, Gwendoline Christie,…
By Subhash K. Jha Film: “Monsoon Shootout”; Director: Amit Kumar; Cast: Vijay Varma, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Tannishtha Chatterjee, Gitanjali Thapa, Farhan Mohammed Hanif Sheikh; Rating: ***1/2 Rain-splashed bloodied puddles of questioning, probing, searching emotional and physical…
By Troy Ribeiro Film: “Ferdinand”; Director: Carlos Saldanha; Cast: John Cena, Kate McKinnon, David Tennant, Gina Rodriguez, Daveed Diggs, Peyton Manning, Bobby Cannavale, Anthony Anderson and Raul Esparza; Rating: ***1/2 Director Carlos Saldanha’s latest animated…
By Aroonim Bhuyan Title: The ASEAN Miracle: A Catalyst for Peace; Authors: Kishore Mahbubani and Jeffery Sng; Publisher: Oxford University Press; Pages: 264; Price: Rs 750 As India prepares to host the leaders of the…