By Troy Ribeiro Film: “Deepwater Horizon” Director: Peter Berg Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Kurt Russell, John Malkovich, Gina Rodriguez, Dylan O’Brien, Kate Hudson, Ethan Suplee, Trace Adkins, Brad Leland, Joe Chrest, James DuMont, Dave Maldonado, Douglas…
By Subhash K. Jha Film: “Moana” Directors: John Musker, Ron Clements Rating: ** 1/2 “Moana” radiates a kind of infectious warmth that only an animation film can and that too one with the optimum faith…
Mumbai: Filmmaker Sujoy Ghosh and actress Vidya Balan during the trailer launch of film Kahaani 2 on Oct 25, 2016. (Photo: IANS) By Troy Ribeiro Film: “Kahaani” Director: Sujoy Ghosh Cast: Vidya Balan, Arjun Rampal,…
By Troy Ribeiro Film: “Underworld: Blood Wars” Director: Anna Foerster Cast: Kate Beckinsale, Theo James, Tobias Menzies, Trent Garrett, Lara Pulver, Peter Andersson, Clementine Nicholson, Bradley James, Charles Dance, James Faulkner, Daisy Head, Oliver Stark,…
By Troy Ribeiro Film: “Moana” Directors: Ron Clements, John Musker Voices of: Auli’i Cravalho, Dwayne Johnson, Rachel House, Temuera Morrison, Jemaine Clement, Nicole Scherzinger, Alan Tudyk, Oscar Kightley Rating: *** Disney’s latest offering “Moana”, which…
By Subhash K. Jha Film: ‘Dear Zindagi’ Writer and Director: Gauri Shinde Starring: Alia Bhatt, Shah Rukh Khan, Kunal Roy Kapoor, Ali Zafar, Angad Bedi Rating:****1/2 It isn’t easy being Gauri Shinde. Not when you…
By Subhash K. Jha Film: Arrival Director: Denis Villeneuve Cast: Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner Rating: ***1/2 Somewhere, buried deep down in the compelling crevices of this remarkable but slight treatise on outerspace invasion, is a…
By Subhash K. Jha Film: “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” Director: David Yates Cast: Eddie Redmayne, Dan Fogler, Collin Farrell, Johnny Depp Rating: ** Really, Eddie Redmayne is the ultimate illusionist. And when…
By Subhash K. Jha Film: “Tum Bin 2” Cast: Neha Sharma, Aditya Seal, Aashim Gulati Writer and director: Anubhav Sinha Rating: *** In the torrent of songs that flows freely in this hopelessly romantic love…
By Troy Ribeiro Film: “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” Director: David Yates Cast: Eddie Redmayne, Katherine Waterston, Dan Fogler, Alison Sudol, Ezra Miller, Samantha Morton, Jon Voight, Carmen Ejogo and Colin Farrell Rating:…
By Troy Ribeiro Film: “Tum Bin 2” Director: Anubhav Sinha Cast: Neha Sharma, Aditya Seal, Aashim Gulati, Kanwaljit Singh and Sonia Balani Rating: ** An old-fashioned love story about selfless love, friendship, forgiveness and sacrifice,…
By Troy Ribeiro Film: “Force 2” Director: Abhinay Deo Cast: John Abraham, Sonakshi Sinha, Tahir Raj Bhasin, Adil Husain, Narendra Jha Rating: **1/2 Directed by Abhinay Deo, “Force 2” is a sequel of the 2011…
By Troy Ribeiro Film: “Shut In” Director: Farren Blackburn Cast: Naomi Watts, Oliver Platt, Charlie Heaton, Jacob Tremblay, David Cubitt, Clementine Poidatz and Alex Braunstein Rating: *1/2 Horror films leave an indelible mark on its…
By Troy Ribeiro Film: “Desierto” Director: Jonas Cuaron Cast: Gael Garcia Bernal, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Alondra Hidalgo, Diego Catano, Marco Erez, Oscar Flores Guerrero, David Peralt Arreola Rating: *** As a survival drama, “Desierto” is…
By Troy Ribeiro Film: “Chaar Sahibzaade: Rise of Banda Singh Bahadur” Director: Harry Baweja Voiceover: Om Puri Rating: **1/2 This motion capture animation film, is a historical faith film. It takes off from its…
By Subhash K. Jha Film: “Rock On 2”; Director: Shujaat Saudagar Cast: Farhan Akhtar, Shraddha Kapoor, Arjun Rampal, Purab Kohli, Shashank Arora, Prachi Desai and Kumud Mishra Rating: ****1/2 There is a life-defining sequence in…
By Troy Ribeiro Film: “Dongri Ka Raja” Director: Hadi Ali Abrar Cast: Gashmeer Mahajani, Reecha Sinha, Ashmit Patel, Ronit Roy, Ashwini Kalsekar, Gulshan Pandey and Sachin Suvarna Rating: **1/2 Set in Dongri, the underbelly of…
By Troy Ribeiro Film: “Mr. Church” Director: Bruce Beresford Cast: Eddie Murphy, Britt Robertson, Natascha McElhone, Xavier Samuel, Lucy Fry, Christian Madsen, McKenna Grace Rating: *** “Mr. Church” is a competently made film that is…
By Subhash K. Jha Film: “Doctor Strange” Director: Scott Derrickson Cast: Benedict Cumberbatch, Chiwetel Ejiofor and Tilda Swinton Rating:*** If the new supernatural spectacle from the self contained world of Marvel Comics were to be…
By Troy Ribeiro Film: “Doctor Strange” Director: Scott Derrickson Cast: Benedict Cumberbatch, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Rachel McAdams, Benedict Wong, Mads Mikkelsen, Tilda Swinton, Michael Stuhlbarg, Benjamin Bratt and Scott Adkins Rating: ***1/2 Director Scott Derrickson’s “Doctor…