By Subhash K Jha Film: “Thor: Ragnarok”; Cast: Chris Hemsworth, Tom Hiddleston, Tessa Thompson; Director: Taika Waititi; Rating: ** 1/2 (2 and a half stars) So okay, this comic book-into-movie is more fun than many…
By Subhash K Jha Film: “Ittefaq”; Cast: Akshaye Khanna,Sidharth Malhotra, Sonakshi Sinha; Director: Abhay Chopra; Rating: * 1/2 (one and a half stars) This 2-hour thriller claiming to be a taut, revisionist version of the…
By Troy Ribeiro Film: “Ribbon”; Director: Rakhee Sandilya; Cast: Kalki Koechlin, Sumeet Vyas, Kalyanee Mulay, Neha Iyer; Rating: *** There is a certain honesty in Rakhee Sandilya’s directorial debut, “Ribbon”. It is about the joy…
By Troy Ribeiro Film: “Ittefaq”; Director: Abhay Chopra; Cast: Sidharth Malhotra, Sonakshi Sinha, Akshaye Khanna, Kimberley Louisa McBeath, Mir Sarwar, Parul Gulati and Shankar Yadav; Rating: **1/2 Director Abhay Chopra’s thriller “Ittefaq” is purportedly a…
By Troy Ribeiro Film: “Thor: Ragnarok” Director: Taika Waititi Cast: Chris Hemsworth, Tom Hiddleston, Cate Blanchett, Idris Elba, Jeff Goldblum, Tessa Thompson, Karl Urban, Mark Ruffalo, Anthony Hopkins, Benedict Cumberbatch, Taika Waititi, Rachel House, Clancy…
By Subhash K. Jha Film: “Ribbon”; Director: Raakhee Sandilya; Cast: Kalki Koechlin and Sumeet Vyas; Rating: ***1/2 And then, something happens. Something awful and irreversibly life-changing happens in this true life portrait of an urban…
By Subhash K. Jha Film: “Villain” Language: Malayalam Director: Unnikrishnan Cast: Mohanlal, Vishal Krishna, and Manju Warrier Rating: *** The thing about Mohanlal is, he sees things that others can’t. And he makes us see…
By Subhash K Jha Film: “Rukh”; Cast: Adarsh Gourav, Manoj Bajpayee, Smita Tambe, Kumud Mishra; Director: Atanu Mukherjee; Rating: *** 1/2 (3 and a half stars) It is very difficult, if not altogether impossible, to…
By Troy Ribeiro Film: “Jia Aur Jia”; Director: Howard Rosemeyer; Cast: Kalki Koechlin, Richa Chadha, Arslan Goni, Sudhanshu Pandey, Zarina Wahab; Rating: ** Debutant director Howard Rosemeyer’s film, “Jia Aur Jia” has all the ingredients…
By Troy Ribeiro Film: “Geostorm”; Director: Dean Devlin; Cast: Gerard Butler, Jim Sturgess, Abbie Cornish, Alexandra Maria Lara, Andy Garcia, Ed Harris, Talitha Bateman, Daniel Wu; Rating: **1/2 Layered with a bro-bonding drama, “Geostorm” is…
By Troy Ribeiro Film: “Rukh”; Director: Atanu Mukherjee; Cast: Manoj Bajpayee, Adarsh Gourav, Smita Tambe, Kumud Mishra; Rating: *** Rukh, which means direction, has been astutely used as a metaphor in debutant director Atanu Mukherjee’s…
By Subhash K. Jha Film: “Jia Aur Jia”; Director: Howard Rosemeyer; Cast: Richa Chadha, Kalki Koechlin and Arslan Goni; Rating: *** Why should boys have all the fun? Just the sheer pleasure of watching two…
By Subhash K Jha Film: “Golmaal Again”; Director: Rohit Shetty; Cast: Ajay Devgan, Tabu, Parineeti Chopra, plus the usual Golmaal gang; Rating: *1/2 Half a star extra for this cold turkey of a comedy for…
By Troy Ribeiro Film: “Golmaal Again” Director: Rohit Shetty Cast: Ajay Devgn, Arshad Warsi, Tabu, Kunal Kemmu, Shreyas Talpade, Tusshar Kapoor, Parineeti Chopra, Johnny Lever, Sanjay Mishra, Sachin Khedekar, Mukesh Tiwari, Neil Nitin Mukesh, Prakash…
By Subhash K. Jha Film: ‘Secret Superstar’; Director: Advait Chandan; Starring: Zaira Wasim, Aamir Khan; Rating: **1/2 It is easy and comforting to get swayed by the rags-to-riches fable constructed with such contemporary diligence and…
By Troy Ribeiro Film: “Secret Superstar” Director: Advait Chandan Cast: Zaira Wasim, Meher Vij, Aamir Khan, Raj Arjun, Harsh Jha, Kabir Sajid, Aryan Ashik, Farrokh Jaffer, Manuj Sharma and Tirth Sharma; Rating: **** What one…
By Troy Ribeiro Film: “Ranchi Diaries”; Director: Sattwik Mohanty; Cast: Himanshu Kohli, Soundarya Sharma, Taaha Shah, Harry Bala, Pitobash, Pradeep Singh, Anupam Kher, Jimmy Shergill and Satish Kaushik; Rating: ** Contextually, director Sattwik Mohanty’s “Ranchi…
By Subhash K. Jha Film: “Victoria & Abdul”; Director: Stephen Frears; Cast: Judi Dench and Ali Fazal; Rating: ***1/2 There has been a lot of flak aimed at this enchanting film for it subversive look…
By Troy Ribeiro Film: “Victoria and Abdul”; Director: Stephen Frears; Cast: Judi Dench, Ali Fazal, Eddie Izzard, Adeel Akhtar, Tim Pigott-Smith, Olivia Williams, Fenella Woolgar, Paul Higgins, Robin Soans, Julian Wadham, Simon Callow, Michael Gambon;…
By Subhash K. Jha Film: “Blade Runner 2049; Director: Denis Villeneuve; Cast: Ryan Gosling, Harrison Ford, Ana de Armas, Sylvia Hoeks, Robin Wright, Mackenzie Davis Carli Juri, Lennie James, Dave Baustista, Jared Leto; Rating: *1/2…