By Troy Ribeiro Film: “Trapped”; Director: Vikramaditya Motwane Cast: Rajkummar Rao, Geetanjali Thapa, and Khushboo Upadhay Rating: **1/2 Director Vikramaditya Motwane’s film “Trapped” is a minimalist survival film. It is the compelling tale of a…
By Troy Ribeiro Film: “Beauty and the Beast” Director: Bill Condon Cast: Emma Watson, Dan Stevens, Luke Evans, Kevin Kline, Josh Gad, Ewan McGregor, Stanley Tucci, Ian McKellen and Emma Thompson Rating: ***1/2 For those…
By Subhash K. Jha Film: “Trapped”Director: Vikramaditya Motwane; Cast: Rajkummar Rao; Rating: ****1/2 Director: Vikramaditya Motwane Cast: Rajkummar Rao Rating: ****1/2 What would you do if you were trapped in a high rise for days…
By Subhash K Jha Film: “Badrinath Ki Dulhaniya”; Writer and Director Shashank Khaitan; Starring Varun Dhawan, Alia Bhatt; Rating: **** From Jhansi to Singaporea. Phew! This is one helluva joyride. “Badrinath Ki Dulhaniya”(BKD) starts off…
By Troy Ribeiro Film: “Badrinath Ki Dulhania” Director: Shashank Khaitan Cast: Varun Dhawan, Alia Bhatt, Shweta Basu Prasad, Rituraj Singh, Sahil Vaid, Yash Sinha, Aakanksha Singh, Gauhar Khan Rating: **1/2 A quick-fix, from the stables…
By Troy Ribeiro Film: “Kong: Skull Island” Director: Jordan Vogt-Roberts Cast: Tom Hiddleston, Samuel L. Jackson, John Goodman, Brie Larson, John C. Reilly, Jing Tian, Toby Kebbell, John Ortiz, Corey Hawkins, Jason Mitchell, Shea Whigham,…
By Subhash K. Jha Film: “Logan” Director: James Mangold Cast: Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, and Dafne Keen Rating: ****1/2 A quality of bleak brilliance cuts through the narrative of this riveting road epic. Set in…
By Subhash K. Jha Film: “Commando 2: The Black Money Trail” Cast: Vidyut Jammwal, Freddy Daruwala, Adah Sharma and Esha Gupta Director: Deven Bhojani Rating: **** After a week of drudgery at the theatres when…
By Troy Ribeiro Film: “Commando 2: The Black Money Trail” Director: Deven Bhojani Cast: Vidyut Jammwal, Esha Gupta, Freddy Daruwala, Adil Hussain, Vansh Bhardwaj, Sumit Gulati, Thakur Anoop Singh, Shefali Shah Rating: ** This is…
By Troy Ribeiro Film: “Jeena Isi ka Naam Hai” Director: Keshhav Panneriy Cast: Manjari Fadnis, Arbaaz Khan, Himanshu Kohli, Ashutosh Rana, Supriya Pathak, Prem Chopra, Rati Agnihotri Rating: * “Jeena Isi Ka Naam Hai” is…
By Troy Ribeiro Film: “Patriots Day” Director: Peter Berg Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Kevin Bacon, John Goodman, J.K. Simmons, Michelle Monaghan, Alex Wolff, Themo Melikidze, James Colby, Michael Beach, Rachel Brosnahan, Christopher OShea, Jake Picking, Jimmy…
By Troy Ribeiro Film: “Logan” Director: James Mangold Cast: Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Boyd Holbrook, Stephen Merchant, Richard E. Grant, Eriq La Salle, Elise Neal, Elizabeth Rodriguez, Dafne Keen, Doris Morgado, Quincy Fouse Rating: ***1/2…
By Subhash K. Jha Film: “Patriots Day” Director: Peter Berg Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Kevin Bacon, and John Goodman Rating: **1/2 Films about real life incidents either come across as a watered down version of reality….
By Subhash K Jha Film: “Rangoon” Directed by Vishal Bhardwaj Starring: Shahid Kapoor, Kangana Ranaut, Saif Ali Khan Rating: ****(4 Stars) In art, as in life, consistency is not a quality that is easily obtainable….
By Troy Ribeiro Film: “Guardians The Superheroes” Director: Sarik Andreasyan Cast: Sebastien Sisak, Sanzhar Madiyev, Anton Pampushnyy, Alina Lanina, Valeria Shkirando, Stanislav Shirin, Vyacheslav Razbegaev Rating: **1/2 This Russian film, directed by Sarik Andreasyan, crafted…
By Subhash K. Jha Film: “Mona Darling” Director: Shashi Sudigala Cast: Anshuman Jha, Divya Menon, Suzanna Mukherjee and Sanjay Suri Rating: *** There is something sinister at work here. The plot takes us on a…
By Troy Ribeiro Film: “Mona Darling” Director: Shashi Sudigala Cast: Anshuman Jha, Divya Menon, Suzanna Mukherjee, Sanjay Suri Rating: * The title, “Mona Darling”, conjures a very sleazy image. But the film is far from…
By Troy Ribeiro Film: “Rangoon”; Director: Vishal Bhardwaj Cast: Kangana Ranaut, Shahid Kapoor, Saif Ali Khan Rating: **** Rangoon is director Vishal Bhardwaj’s monumental and rewarding work. It is a classic, weighed and measured by…
By Subhash K Jha Film: “Jackie”; Director: Pablo Larrain; Cast: Natalie Portman, Peter Sarsgard and John Hurt; Rating: *** When it comes to biopics, there is a very thin line dividing a homage from mimicry….
By Troy Ribeiro Film: “Split” Director: M. Night Shyamalan Cast: James McAvoy, Anya Taylor-Joy, Betty Buckley, Haley Lu Richardson, Jessica Sula, Brad William Henke, Sebastian Arcelus Rating: *1/2 A survival thriller anchored by a mesmerizing…