By Troy Ribeiro Film: “Banjo” Director: Ravi Jadhav Cast: Riteish Deshmukh, Nargis Fakhri, Dharmesh Yelande, Raja Menon, Aditya Kumar, Mohan Kapur, Luke Kenny Rating: **1/2 “Banjo” is a film about the underdogs — both the…
By Troy Ribeiro Film: “The Magnificent Seven” Director: Antoine Fuqua Cast: Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt, Ethan Hawke, Vincent D’Onofrio, Byung-hun Lee, Manuel Garcia Rulfo, Martin Sensmeier, Haley Bennett, Peter Sarsgaard, Luke Grimes, Matt Bomer Rating:…
By Troy Ribeiro Film: “Bridget Jones’s Baby” Director: Sharon Maguire Cast: Renee Zellwefer, Colin Firth, Patrick Dempsey, Jim Broadbent, Gemma Jones, Emma Thompson, Sarah Solemani Rating: *** “Bridget Jones’s Baby” is the third edition of…
By Troy Ribeiro Film: “Parched” Director: Leena Yadav Cast: Radhika Apte, Tannistha Chatterjee, Surveen Chawla, Leher Khan, Adil Hussain, Sumeet Vyas, Nancy Nisa Beso, Chandan Anand, Farukh Jaffer and Riddhi Sen Rating: **1/2 A radical…
By Subhash K. Jha Film: “Parched” Writer-Director: Leena Yadav Cast: Tannishtha Chatterjee, Radhika Apte, Surveen Chawla, Lehar Khan, Adil Hussain Rating: ****1/2 Long after “Parched” played out its poignant plot, I kept thinking about the…
By Subhash K Jha Film: “The Shallows” Director: Jaume Collette-Serra; Cast: Blake Lively, Oscar Jaenada Rating: ***1/2 The raves that you’ve been reading for this small summer hit are not all well-earned. True to its…
By Subhash K. Jha Film: “Robinson Crusoe” Directors: Vincent Kasteloot and Ben Stassen Rating: *** Don’t go by what you hear. Seeing is, in this case, not just believing, it is also living through an…
By Subhash K Jha Film: “Raaz Reboot” Starring: Emraan Hashmi, Gaurav Arora, Kriti Kharbanda Directed by Vikram Bhatt Rating: ***(3 Stars) When in Romania, do as the Romanians do? Well, sort of. The latest instalment…
By Troy Ribeiro Film: “Raaz Reboot” Director: Vikram Bhatt Cast: Emraan Hashmi, Kriti Kharbanda, Gaurav Arora, Madhu Anand Chandhock Rating: *1/2 At the very onset of the narration, we are informed by a voiceover, “Secrets…
By Troy Ribeiro Film: “Robinson Crusoe” Directors: Vincent Kesteloot and Ben Stassen Voiceovers by: Yuri Lowenthal, David Howard, Laila Berzins, Joey Camen, Sandy Fox, Colin Metzger, Marieve Herington, Jeff Doucette and Debi Tinsley Rating: **…
By Subhash K. Jha Film: “Pink” Director: Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Tapsee Pannu, Kirti Kulhari and Andrea Tariang Rating: ***** How many films have you seen where you forget you are watching a…
By Troy Ribeiro Film: “The Shallows”; Director: Jaume Collet-Serra Cast: Blake Lively, Oscar Jaenada, Angelo Josue, Lozano Corzo, Jose Manuel, Trujillo Salas, Brett Cullen, Sedona Legge, Pablo Calva and Diego Espejel Rating: *** “The Shallows”…
By Troy Ribeiro Film: “The Light Between The Oceans” Director: Derek Cianfance Cast: Michael Fassbender, Alicia Vikander, Rachel Weisz, Florence Clery, Jack Thompson, Thomas Unger, Jane Menelaus, Garry McDonald, Bryan Brown and Leon Ford Rating:…
Film: “Pink” Director: Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Taapsee Pannu, Kirti Kulhari, Andrea Tariang, Angad Bedi, Piyush Mishra, Dhritiman Chatterjee, Raashul Tandon and Tushar Pandey Rating: **** “Pink” is a contemporary youth-centric film with…
By Troy Ribeiro Film: “Sully” Director: Clint Eastwood Cast: Tom Hanks, Aaron Eckhart, Laura Linney, Mike O’Malley, Anna Gunn, Jamey Sheridan, Ann Cusack, Jane Gabbert, Molly Hagan, Holt McCallany, Chris Bauer and Patch Darragh Rating:…
By Subhash K Jha Film: “Freaky Ali”; Cast: Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Amy Jackson,Arbaaz Khan, Jas Arora; Directed by Sohail Khan; Rating: **(2 stars) Not even Nawazuddin can save this utterly puerile comedy with more holes in…
By Troy Ribeiro Film: Freaky Ali Director: Sohail Khan Cast: Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Arbaaz Khan, Amy Jackson, Seema Biswas, Jas Arora, Nikitan Dheer “Acchi aur sacchhi zindagi ka farak kya hai?” This dialogue in the film,…
By Troy Ribeiro Film: “Baar Baar Dekho” Director: Nitya Mehra Cast: Sidharth Malhotra, Katrina Kaif, Rajit Kapoor, Ram Kapoor, Sayani Gupta, Taaha Shah and Sarika Rating: *** Director Nitya Mehra’s “Baar Baar Dekho” is a…
By Subhash K. Jha Film: “Baar Baar Dekho” Director: Nitya Mehra Cast: Katrina Kaif and Sidharth Malhotra Rating: **** What if we get the chance to rectify all the big mistakes of our life? And…
By Subhash K. Jha Film: “Skiptrace” Cast: Jackie Chan, Johnny Knoxville, Fan Bingbing; Directed by Renny Harlin Rating: *1/2 At 62, and with 40 years of superstardom under his black belt, shouldn’t Jackie Chan think…