Reviews

By Haricharan Pudipeddi Film: “Devi” Director: Vijay Cast: Prabhudheva, Tamannaah Bhatia, Sonu Sood and RJ Balaji Rating: *** If you are a regular watcher of Tamil movies, especially the spate of horror-comedies that have come…

By Subhash K. Jha Film: ‘Tutak Tutak Tutiya’ Director: Vijay Starring: Prabhudheva, Sonu Sood, Tamannaah Bhatia Rating:* “Tutak Tutak Tutiya” is designed as a grand farce where everyone gets to have a wish come true….

By Subhash K. Jha Film: “Queen Of Katwe” Director: Mira Nair Cast: Lupita Nyong’o, Madina Nalwanga, David Oyelowo; Rating: ****1/2 (four and a half stars)  Rating: ****1/2 (four and a half stars) There she is,…

By Troy Ribeiro Film: “Tutak Tutak Tutiya” Director: Vijay Cast: Prabhudheva, Tamannaah Bhatia, Sonu Sood, Murali Sharma and Rajiv Thakur Rating: **1/2 “Tutak Tutak Tutiya” is a typical potboiler worth its ticket price. It is…

By Subhash K. Jha Film: “Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children” Director: Tim Burton Cast: Asa Butterfield and Eva Green Rating: *1/2 You know one of those films that are so bad, they are good?…

By Troy Ribeiro Film: “Mirzya” Director: Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra Cast: Harshvardhan Kapoor, Saiyami Kher, Art Malik, Anuj Choudhary, Anjali Patil, Om Puri Rating: ** Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra’s “Mirzya”, loosely inspired by the eternal love story…

By Troy Ribeiro Film: “Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children”  Director: Tim Burton Cast: Eva Green, Asa Butterfield, Chris O’Dowd, Allison Janney, Rupert Everett, Terence Stamp, Ella Purnell, Judi Dench, Samuel L. Jackson, Kim Dickens,…

By Subhash K. Jha Film: “Storks” (3D Animation); Directors: Nicholas Stollar, Doug Sweetland; Rating: ***1/2 Rating: ***1/2 While the nation and its favourite cricket commentator swooned over Dhoni’s biopic over the weekend, a tender sweet…

By Troy Ribeiro Film: “M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story” Director: Neeraj Pandey Cast: Sushant Singh Rajput, Disha Patani, Kiara Advani, Anupam Kher, Bhumika Chawla, Ram Charan and Herry Tangiri Rating: *** This biopic is far…

By Subhash K Jha Film: “Bridget Jones’s Baby” Director: Sharon Maguire Cast: Renee Zellweger, Colin Firth and Patrick Dempsey Rating: * What’s with this avalanche of chick flicks at a theatre close to you? Two…

By Troy Ribeiro Film: “Storks” Directors: Nicholas Stoller, Doug Sweetland Voices of: Andy Samberg, Katie Crown, Jennifer Aniston, Ty Burrell, Keegan-Michael Key, Jordan Peele, Danny Trejo, Stephen Kramer Glickman Rating:** A modern take on the…

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: “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…