A scam called film reviews (IANS Column: B-Town)
By Vinod Mirani Film critics too can have a history. Really? Of course they do and it is a long one. Not surprisingly, it is a chequered history with mostly grey shades. Once upon a…
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Namasthe Setji Review: A time pass village story (Rating: 2.5)
నమస్తే సేట్ జీ దర్శకుడు, హీరో: తల్లాడ సాయిక్రిష్ణ హీరోయిన్: స్వప్నాచౌదరి అమ్మినేని కీలకపాత్రలో శోభన్ బోగరాజు సంగీతం: రామ్ తవ్వ నిర్మాత: తల్లాడ శ్రీనివాస్ Rating: 2.5/5. కరోనా సమయంలో కిరాణా షాపు యజమానులు సమాజానికి ఏ విధంగా అండగా నిలిచారనే కథాంశంతో నిర్మించిన ‘నమస్తే సేట్…
BIS moves in on fraud product reviews: Must include films (IANS Column: B-Town)
By Vinod Mirani You want to buy some product and when you visit its website, there are a number of reviews related to it, mostly adorned with four or five stars. Do you trust the…
OTT Preview: Viewers will be spoilt for choices with this week’s offerings
Mumbai, Nov 24 (SocialNews.XYZ) OTT content is growing from strength to strength in the age of the Internet. With new shows and films dropping on the web space every day, the audience have an ever-growing…
Madhi Movie (2022) Review: A feel good film (Rating: 3/5 )
Film: MadhiStarring: Shreeram Nimmala, Richa Joshi Directed by: Naga Dhanush Produced by Ram Kishan Reviewer: Social News XYZ Rating: 3/5 A youthful love drama titled, Madhi starring Sreeram Nimmala and Richa Joshi as the lead…
IANS OTT Preview: Deep dive into the sea of streaming content this week
Mumbai, Nov 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) The upcoming weekend and the week have quite a loaded line-up with regard to the release in the medium of digital space. A plethora of content ranging from films to webseries…
Tihar College Review – A tight slap on the face of corporate education (Rating: 3.0)
Film: Tihar College Banner: Sravya films Starcast: Manoj Nandam , Chakravarthy, Maneesha, Mounica, Soni, Thanusha, Sai Kishore, Teja, FM Babai, Raman, Prasad, Samudram venkatesh, Satyanand and TNR. Cinematography& Editing; Sabu James Music: Praveen Immadi Producers:…
OTT Preview: ‘Indian Predator’ tops mix of anime, comedy, drama, action
Mumbai, Oct 28 (SocialNews.XYZ) The week after Diwali has an exciting line-up in the OTT space. The upcoming OTT releases have a healthy mix of content from different genres of action, crime, drama, anime and…
IANS Review: ‘Ginna’ is praiseworthy, hilarious; Vishnu Manchu’s comic timing unmatchable (IANS Rating: ****)
Film: Ginna (Telugu). Duration: 135 minutes Story Idea: G. Nageswara Reddy. Concept and Visualisation: Prem Rakshith. Director: Suryaah. Cast: Vishnu Manchu, Payal Rajput, Sunny Leone Divi, Naresh, Raghu Babu, Vennela Kishore, Sunil, Chammak Chandra and…
Dwayne Johnson’s ‘Black Adam’ opens low among review aggregators
Los Angeles, Oct 19 (SocialNews.XYZ) The hierarchy of power in the DC Universe may be about to change with ‘Black Adam’, but the Dwayne Johnson star vehicle is landing low on the hierarchy of critical…
Neetho Telugu Movie (2022) Review: A thoughtful romantic drama whose sensibilities matter (Rating: 3/5)
Cast: Aberaam Varma, Saathvika Raj and others Music Director: Vivek Sagar Cinematographer: Sundar Ram Krishnan Editor: Marthand K Venkatesh Producers: AVR Swamy, M R Kirtana & Snehal Jangala Director: Balu SharmaRating: 3/5 The film begins…
Geeta Movie Review: Good Message To Society (Rating: 3/5)
Movie :- Geetha (2022) Cast :- Hebba Patel, Sunil, Sapthagiri, Ram Karthik, Sai Kiran ,Rajeev kanakala and so on. Producer :- R. Rachayya Music Director :- Subash Anand Director :- Vishwa. Rating: 3/5 Story (…
OTT Preview: A plethora of content across genres
Mumbai, Oct 14 (SocialNews.XYZ) While the theatricals continue to drop in at a steady pace, the third week of October will see quite a few releases in the OTT space. All the new shows dropping…
IANS Review: Karan Razdan’s ‘Hindutva Chapter 1’ explores identity of being a Hindu today
Film: Hindutva Chapter One – Main Hindu Hoon (playing in theatres) Director: Karan Razdan. Cast: Aashiesh Sharrma, Sonarika Bhadoria, Ankit Raj, Govind Namdev, Anup Jalota. IANS Rating: 3.5 stars Writer, producer, and director Karan Razdan’s…
Behind Someone (2022) Telugu Movie Review: A Thrill Ride (Rating: 3.0)
‘Behind Someone’, starring Raaj Suriyan and Niviksha Naidu, is a crime thriller. Also starring Ravi Babu, Ajay, Suman and others, the film is directed by Ajay Nali and produced by Dr Sunil Kumar Sing Singavaram….
‘Compelling watch’: Cricketer Ravichandran Ashwin reviews ‘PS-1’
Chennai, Oct 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) Team India Cricketer Ravichandran Ashwin, who is a big fan of eminent writer Kalki’s literary classic ‘Ponniyin Selvan’, has described director Mani Ratnam’s film, ‘Ponniyin Selvan 1’ as a “compelling watch”….
IANS Review: ‘Ponniyin Selvan 1’: Literary classic gets a grand second life (IANS Rating: ****)
By Manigandan K.R. Film: Ponniyin Selvan 1 (Playing in theatres). Duration: 167 minutes. Releasing in theatres Director: Mani Ratnam. Cast: Vikram, Karthi, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Trisha, Jayam Ravi, Prabhu, Vikram Prabhu, Jayaram, Prakash Raj, Sarathkumar…
Sussanne reviews ex-hubby Hrithik’s ‘Vikram Vedha’: says ‘one of my favourite movies ever’
Mumbai, Sep 30 (SocialNews.XYZ) Sussanne Khan has said that ‘Vikram Vedha’ starring her former husband Hrithik Roshan, is by far her most favourite movie ever. Sussanne took to Instagram, where she shared a poster of…
IANS Review: ‘Vikram Vedha’: Hrithik, Saif shine in this mass entertainer (IANS Rating: ***1/2)
Film: ‘Vikram Vedha’ (To be released in theatres on September 30). Duration: 156 minutes. Directors: Pushkar-Gayathri. Cast: Hrithik Roshan, Saif Ali Khan, Radhika Apte, Sharib Hashmi and Rohit Saraf. IANS Rating: ***1/2 By Akshay Acharya…
IANS Review: ‘Woh 3 Din’: This Sanjay Mishra-starrer is a cinematic treat (IANS Rating: ****)
Film: Woh 3 Din. Duration: 103 minutes. Director: Raaj Aashoo. Cast: Sanjay Mishra, Rajesh Sharma, Chandan Roy Sanyal, Payal Mukherjee, Purva Parag and Amzad Qureshi. IANS Rating: **** Some films are just not films but…