Film: “The Legend of Tarzan” Director: David Yates Cast: Alexander Skarsgard, Christoph Waltz, Samuel L Jackson, Margot Robbie, Djimon Hounsou, Rory J. Saper, Christian Stevens Rating: ** Reviewer: Troy Ribeiro Director David Yates’ “The Legend…
Film: “Shorgul” Directors: Jitendra Tiwari and Pranav Kumar Singh Cast: Jimmy Sheirgill, Ashutosh Rana, Hrishitaa Bhatt, Sanjay Suri, Narendra Jha, Hiten Tejwani and Suha Gezen Rating: ** Reviewer: Troy Ribeiro Steeped in controversy, even before…
Film: “Kerry On Kutton” Director: Ashok Yadav Cast: Aradhana Jagota, Aditya Kumar, Deep Raj Rana, Satyajeet Dubey, Karan Mahavar, Shivam Pradhan, Prashant Tiwari, Yashwant Singh Rating: *1/2 Reviewer: Troy Ribeiro “Kerry On Kutton” has the…
Film: “Fireflies in the Abyss” Director: Chandrashekar Reddy Cast: Suraj, Nishant, Raj, Tara, Subba Rating: ***1/2 Reviewer: Troy Ribeiro Chandrashekar Reddy’s “Fireflies in the abyss” is a documentary about immigrant coalminers working in the illegal…
Film: “Junooniyat” Director: Vivek Agnihotri Cast: Pulkit Samrat and Yami Gautam Rating: * ½ Reviewer: Subhash K. Jha Now get this. “Junooniyat” is directed by Vivek Agnihotri whose last film was the political backfire “Buddha In…
Film: “A Scandall” Director: Ishan Shrivedi Cast: Manav Kaul, Reet Mazumder, Johny B. Baweja, Vasundhara Kaul, Puru Chibber, Vatsaal Raja and Tanvi Vyas Rating: * Reviewer: Troy Ribeiro “A Scandall” is a skin-flick camouflaged as a…
Film: “Junooniyat” Director: Vivek Agnihotri Cast: Pulkit Samrat, Yami Gautam, Gulshan Devaiah and Hrishitaa Bhatt Rating: *1/2 Reviewer: Troy Ribeiro “Junooniyat” is a lacklustre, oft-seen love story, which offers no freshness and not even the zing…
Film: “Independence Day: Resurgence” Director: Roland Emmerich Cast: Jeff Goldblum, Liam Hemsworth, Travis Trope and Bill Pullman Rating: * Reviewer: Subhash K. Jha How the hell did we get into this mess? A disaster film so…
Film: “Independence Day: Resurgence” Director: Roland Emmerich Cast: Jeff Goldblum, Bill Pullman, Liam Hemsworth, Maika Monroe, Jessie T. Usher, William Fichtner, Brent Spiner, John Storey, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Vivica A. Fox, Joey King, James A. Woods,…
Film: “Raman Raghav 2.0” Director: Anurag Kashyap Cast: Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Vicky Kaushal Rating: **** Reviewer: Subhash K. Jha There is something chillingly final and fearsome about the complete ruination of the moral order in “Raman…
Film: “Amma Kanakku” Language: Tamil Director: Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari Cast: Amala Paul, Revathy and Samuthirakani Rating: *1/2 Reviewer: Haricharan Pudipeddi Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari moved me to tears with “Nil Battey Sannata”, a heartwarming and inspirational…
Film: “Raman Raghav 2.0”; Director: Anurag Kashyap Cast: Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Vicky Kaushal, Sobhita Dhulipala, Amruta Subhash, Ashok Lokhande and Mukesh Chhabra Rating: **** Reviewer: Troy Ribeiro “Raman Raghav 2.0” is Anurag Kashyap’s take on the…
Film: “7 Hours To Go” Director: Saurabh Varma Cast: Shiv Pandit, Sandeepa Dhar, Natasa Stankovic, Varun Badola, Himanshu Malik and Rohit Vir Rating: *1/2 Reviewer: Troy Ribeiro The concept of this film, without a doubt,…
Film: “Rough Book”; Director: Ananth Narayan Mahadevan; Cast: Tannishtha Chatterjee, Amaan Khan, Joy Sengupta, Vinay Jain, Suhasini Mulay, Jayati Bhatia, Ram Kapoor and Kaizaad Kotwal Rating: **1/2 Reviewer: Troy Ribeiro “Temple of education is now…
Film: “Now You See Me 2” Directed by John M Chu Cast: Morgan Freeman, Marc Rufallo, Woody Harrelson, Daniel Radcliff and Michael Caine Rating: * Reviewer: Subhash K. Jha Once in a while, an all-pervasive silliness…
Film: “Udta Punjab” Director: Abhishek Choubey Cast: Shahid Kapoor, Kareena Kapoor Khan, Alia Bhatt, Diljit Dosanjh Rating: **** ½ Reviewer: Subhash K. Jha “Udta Punjab” is a work of contemporary art so audaciously unprecedented in its…
Film: “Luv U Alia” Director: Indrajit Lankesh Cast: Ravichandran, Bhumika Chawla, Chandan Kumar and Sangeetha Chauhan Rating: * Reviewer: Subhash K. Jha Released originally in Kannada in 2015 — and you just have to see…
Film: ‘Awake – The Life of Yogananda’ Co-directors: Paola Di Florio and Lisa Leeman Voiceover: Anupam Kher Rating: **1/2 Reviewer: Troy Ribeiro This biopic, directed by Paola Di Florio and Lisa Leeman, celebrates the life…
Film: “Udta Punjab” Director: Abhishek Chaubey Cast: Shahid Kapoor, Kareena Kapoor Khan, Alia Bhatt, Diljit Dosanjh and Satish Kaushik; Rating: *** Reviewer: Troy Ribeiro Designed as a crime thriller and symbolically titled Udta Punjab, the…
Film: “Finding Dory” Director: Andrew Stanton Voiceovers: Ellen DeGeneres, Albert Brooks, Ed ONeill, Kaitlin Olson, Hayden Rolence, Ty Burrell, Diane Keaton. Eugene Levy, Sloane Murray, Idris Elba and Dominic West Rating: **1/2 Reviewer: Troy…