Film: “Island City”; Written and Directed by Ruchika Oberoi Cast: Vinay Pathak, Amruta Subhash, Tannishtha Chatterjee Rating: ***1/2 Reviewer: Subhash K Jha Urban Desolation is not an easy subject to put on the screen, especially when…
Film: “Mechanic: Resurrection” Director: Dennis Gansel Cast: Jason Statham, Jessica Elba, Michelle Yeoh and Tommy Lee Jones Rating: * Reviewer: Subhash K. Jha For all those who believe everything imported is consumer-friendly, here is an…
Film: “Mechanic Resurrection” Director: Dennis Gansel Cast: Jason Statham, Jessica Alba, Tommy Lee Jones, Michelle Yeoh, Sam Hazeldine, John Cenatiempo, Toby Eddington, Femi Elufowojo Jr and Anteo Quintaville Rating: ** Reviewer: Troy Ribeiro “Mechanic Resurrection” is…
Film: “A Flying Jatt” Director: Remo d’Souza Cast: Tiger Shroff, Nathan Jones, Amrita Singh, Jacqueline Fernandez, K.K. Menon; Rating: *** By Subhash K Jha It isn’t a bird. It isn’t a plane. And it’s definitely…
Film: “Missing On A Weekend” Director: Abhishek Jawkar Cast: Pawan Malhotra and Karan Hariharan Rating: *** Reviewer: Subhash K. Jha Except for the powerful Pawan Malhotra who helms and nails the thriller and astutely anchors…
Film: “A Flying Jatt” Director: Remo D’Souza Cast: Tiger Shroff, Jacqueline Fernandez, Amrita Singh, Kay Kay Menon, Nathan Jones Rating: ** Reviewer: Troy Ribeiro “A Flying Jatt”, is the story of the local superhero of…
Film: “Warrior Savitri” Director: Param Gill Cast: Niharica Raizada, Rajat Barmecha, Lucy Pinder, Om Puri, Gulshan Grover Rating: * Reviewer: Troy Ribeiro With the premise of how love and devotion can change destiny, “Waarrior Savitri”…
Film: “Nine Lives”; Director: Barry Sonnenfeld Cast: Kevin Spacey, Jennifer Garner, Robbie Amell, Cheryl Hines, Mark Consuelos, Malina Weissman, Christopher Walken Rating: *** Reviewer: Troy Ribeiro While the old English proverb, “A cat has nine…
Film: “Ben-Hur” Director: Timur Bekmambetov Cast: Jack Huston and Toby Kebbell Rating: ***** Reviewer: Subhash K. Jha A remake makes sense only if it tells a story worth re-telling and it tells it in a…
Film: War Dogs Director: Todd Phillips Cast: Jonah Hill, Miles Teller, Ana de Armas, Kevin Pollak, J.B.Blanc, Bradley Cooper, Barry Livingston, Bryan Chesters Rating: **1/2 Reviewer: Troy Ribeiro Based on a true story that took…
Film: “Happy Bhaag Jayegi” Written and Directed : Mudassar Aziz Cast: Abhay Deol, Diana Penty, Momal Sheikh, Ali Faizal, Jimmy Sheirgil Rating: ***1/2 Reviewer: Subhash K Jha “Woh jo chahti hai karti hai,” Abhay Deol playing…
Film: “Happy Bhag Jayegi” Director: Mudassar Aziz Cast: Diana Penty, Momal Shaikh, Abhay Deol, Ali Fazal, Jimmy Shergill Rating: ***1/2 Rating: ***1/2 Reviewer: Troy Ribeiro Writer-Director Mudassar Aziz’s “Happy Bhag Jayegi” is a loosely inspired,…
Film: “Ben-Hur” Director: Timur Bekmambetov Cast: Jack Huston, Toby Kebbell, Rodrigo Santoro, Nazanin Boniadi, Morgan Freeman, Ayelet Zurer, Pilou Asbaek, Sofia Black-D’Elia, Moises Arias Rating: ***1/2 Reviewer : Troy Ribeiro Director Timur Bekmambetov’s “Ben-Hur” is…
Film: “UnIndian” Director: Anupam Sharma Cast: Brett Lee, Tannistha Chatterjee Rating: *1/2 Reviewer: Subhash K Jha “UnIndian” could well be titled “There’s a White Naked Man In Our Daughter’s Bedroom”, as one of the film’s…
Film: “UnIndian” Director: Anupam Sharma Cast: Brett Lee, Tannishtha Chatterjee, Maya Sathi, Supriya Pathak Kapur, Akash Khurana, Arka Das, Sarah Roberts, Nicholas Brown, Gulshan Grover Rating: **1/2 Reviewer: Troy Ribeiro The title, used as an…
Film: “Pete’s Dragon” Director: David Lowery Cast: Bryce Dallas Howard, Robert Redford, Oakes Fegley, Oona Laurence, Wes Bentley, Karl Urban Rating: **1/2 Reviewer: Troy Ribeiro Despite being designed as a live action, fantasy adventure drama,…
Film: “Mohenjo Daro” Director: Ashutosh Gowariker Cast: Hrithik Roshan, Kabir Bedi and Pooja Hegde Rating: **** Reviewer: Subhash K. Jha It isn’t easy to make a film about a civilisation that existed thousands of years…
Film: “Mohenjo Daro” Director: Ashutosh Gowariker Cast: Hrithik Roshan, Pooja Hegde, Kabir Bedi, Arunoday Singh, Suhasini Mulay, Nitish Bharadwaj and Sharad Kelkar Rating: ***1/2 Reviewer: Troy Ribeiro Mounted like an epic with elements of romance,…
Film: “Rustom” Director: Tinu Suresh Desai Cast: Akshay Kumar, Ileana D’Cruz and Esha Gupta and Arjan Bajwa Rating:*** Reviewer: Subhash K. Jha A picture-perfect Naval officer, highly decorated, principled, patriotic and deeply in love with…
Film: “Jason Bourne” Director: Paul Greengrass Cast: Matt Damon, Alicia Vikander, Riz Ahmed, Tommy Lee Jones,Vincent Cassel and Juilia Stiles Rating:*** Reviewer: Subhash K. Jha Almost every principal actor in the fifth, furiously flamboyant phase…