Film: “Before I Wake” Language: English Director: Mike Flanagan Cast: Jacob Tremblay, Kate Bosworth, Thomas Jane, Annabeth Gish, Dash Mihok, Scottie Thompson, Antonio Romero; Rating: *** Troy Ribeiro “Before I Wake” is an intriguing psychological…
Film: “Sardaar Gabbar Singh” Language: Hindi Director: K.S. Ravindra Cast: Pawan Kalyan, Kajal Aggarwal, and Sharad Kelkar Rating: * Reviewer: Subhash K. Jha For those hoping to see Telugu superstar Pawan Kalyan make a safe…
Film: “Love Games” Language: Hindi Director: Vikram Bhatt Cast: Patralekha, Gaurav Arora, Tara Alisha Berry, Rukhsar Rehman Rating: *** Reviewer: Subhash K. Jha This is the land of the loathsome, unplugged. The stench of self-indulgence among…
Film: Demolition Language: English Director: Jean-Marc Vallée Cast: Jake Gyllenhaal, Naomi Watts, Chris Cooper, Judah Lewis, C.J. Wilson, Polly Draper, Malachy Cleary, Debra Monk and Heather Lind Rating: **1/2 Reviewer: Troy Ribeiro Germinating from the…
Film: “The Jungle Book” Director: Jon Favreau Cast: Neel Sethi; Voices of: Nana Patekar, Om Puri, Irrfan Khan, Shefali Shah, Priyanka Chopra Rating: **** Reviewer: Subhash K. Jha Though parts of the film towards the end…
Film: “Sardaar Gabbar Singh” Language: Telugu Director: K.S. Ravindra Cast: Pawan Kalyan, Kajal Aggarwal, Brahmanandam, Sharad Kelkar, Kabir Duhan Singh, Mukesh Rishi, Rao Ramesh, Urvashi, and Brahmaji Rating: ** Reviewer: Haricharan Pudipeddi In K.S. Ravindra-directed “Sardaar…
Film: “Love Games” Language: Hindi Director: Vikram Bhatt Cast: Patralekha, Gaurav Arora, Tara Alisha Berry and Hiten Tejwani Rating: **1/2 Reviewer: Troy Ribeiro An erotic thriller, “Love Games” is about love, lust and frustrations in…
Film: “The Jungle Book” Language: English Director: Jon Favreau Cast: Neel Sethi, Ritesh Rajan Voices of: Bill Murray, Ben Kingsley, Idris Elba, Lupita Nyong’o, Scarlett Johansson, Giancarlo Esposito, Christopher Walken, Garry Shandling and Brighton Rose…
Film: “The Blueberry Hunt” Director: Anup Kurian Cast: Naseeruddin Shah, Vipin Sharma, Aahana Kumra, PJ Unnikrishnan, Yadu Sankalia, Vinay Forrt, Kartik Elangovan Rating: * Reviewer: Troy Ribeiro Written and directed by Anup Kurian, “The Blueberry Hunt”…
Film: “Kung Fu Panda 3” Language: English Directors: Alessandro Carloni and Jennifer Yuh Nelson Voiceovers by Jack Black, Angelina Jolie, Kate Hudson, Bryan Cranston, Dustin Hoffman and Jackie Chan; Rating: **1/2 Reviewer: Troy Ribeiro “Kung…
Film: “The Divergent Series: Allegiant” Language: English Director: Robert Schwentke Cast: Shailene Woodley, Theo James, Miles Teller, Ansel Elgort, Naomi Watts, Jeff Daniels, Octavia Spencer, Ray Stevenson, Zoe Kravitz, Maggie Q, Daniel Dae Kim, Bill…
Chennai: Stills from Tamil film `Thozha` (Photo: IANS) Film: “Thozha” Director: Vamshi Paidipally Cast: Akkineni Nagarjuna, Karthi, Tamannaah Bhatia, Tanikella Bharani, Jayasudha, Shriya Saran, Anushka Shetty Rating: ***1/2 Reviewer: Haricharan Pudipeddi Everything about director Vamshi’s…
Film: “Oopiri” Language: Telugu Director: Vamsi Paidipally Cast: Nagarjuna Akkineni, Karthi, Tamannaah, Prakash Raj, Ali, Jayasudha, Vivek[2] Shriya Saran, Anushka Shetty, Adivi Sesh, Gabriella Demetriades, Nora Fatehi Rating: **** Reviewer: Socialnews.xyz Story: Vikramadithya aka Vikram (Nagarjuna) is a paraplegic and…
Film: “Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice” Language: English Director: Zack Snyder Cast: Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Jesse Eisenberg, Diane Lane, Laurence Fishburne, Jeremy Irons, Holly Hunter and Gal Gadot Rating: ** Reviewer:…
Film: “Rocky Handsome” Director: Nishikant Kamat Cast: John Abraham, Diya Chalwad, Nishikant Kamat, Sharad Kelkar, Natalia Kaur and Shruti Haasan Rating: **1/2 Reviewer: Troy Ribeiro Packed with maniac action sequences, “Rocky Handsome” is a typical…
Film: “Run” Language: Telugu Director: Anil Kanneganti Cast: Sundeep Kishan, Anisha Ambrose, Bobby Simha and Kasi Viswanath Rating: **1/2 Reviewer: Socialnews.xyz ‘Nothing to run for’ should be the tag line of the movie. Story: Sanjay (Sandeep…
Film: “Norm of the North” Language: English Director: Trevor Wall Voices of: Rob Schneider, Heather Graham, Ken Jeong, Bill Nighy, Colm Meaney, Loretta Devine, Gabriel Iglesias, Michael McElhatton and Maya Kay; Rating: ** Reviewer: Troy Ribeiro…
Film: “Kapoor & Sons” Language: Hindi Director: Shakun Batra Cast: Rishi Kapoor, Siddharth Malhotra, Fawad Khan, Alia Bhatt, Ratna Pathak Shah and Rajat Kapoor Rating: **** Reviewer: Troy Ribeiro “Kapoor & Sons” is a saga…
Film: “Eye In The Sky” Language: English Director: Gavin Hood Cast: Helen Mirren, Aaron Paul, Alan Rickman and Barkhad Abdi Rating: *** Reviewer: Troy Ribeiro “Eye in the Sky” is an engrossing and provocative thriller…
Film: “Bus 657” Language: English Director: Scott Mann Cast: Robert De Niro, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Morris Chestnut, Dave Bautista, Stephen Cyrus Sepher, Gina Carano, Kate Bosworth and Paul Mark Gosselaar Rating: ** Reviewer: Troy Ribeiro…