Film: “Triple 9” Language: English Director: John Hillcoat Cast: Casey Affleck, Kate Winslet, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Anthony Mackie, Aaron Paul, Clifton Collins Jr. Norman Reedu, Teresa Palmer, Michael K. Williams, Gal Gadot and Woody Harrelson Rating: *…
Film: “Tera Surroor” Language: Hindi Director: Shawn Arranha Cast: Himesh Reshammiya, Farah Cast: Himesh Reshammiya, Farah Karimaee, Naseeruddin Shah, Shekhar Kapur, Monica Dogra, Kabir Bedi, Shernaz Patel and Abhishek Duhan Rating: * Reviewer: Troy Ribeiro…
Film: “Race” language: English Director: Stephen Hopkins Cast: Stephen James, Jason Sudeikis, Jeremy Irons, Carice van Houten, Shanice Banton, William Hurt, Eli Goree, Tony Curran and David Kross Rating: ***1/2 Reviewer: Troy Ribeiro The title…
Film: “The Program” Language: English Director: Stephen Frears Cast: Ben Foster, Chris O’Dowd, Jesse Plemons, Guillaume Canet, Lee Pace, Dustin Hoffman, Elaine Cassidy, Laura Donnelly, Edward Hogg, Sam Hoare and Peter Wight Rating: **1/2 Reviewer:…
Film: “Jai Gangaajal” Language: Hindi Director: Prakash Jha Cast: Priyanka Chopra, Manav Kaul, Ninad Kamat, Murli Sharma, Kiran Karmarkar, Rahul Bhat and Prakash Jha Rating: *** Reviewer: Troy Ribeiro Prakash Jha’s “Jai Gangaajal”, a sequel…
Film: “13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi” Language: English Director: Michael Bay Cast: James Badge Dale, Max Martini, Dominic Fumusa, Pablo Schreiber, David Denman, Toby Stephens and Freddie Stroma Rating: ***1/2 Reviewer: Troy Ribeiro…
Film: London Has Fallen Language: English Director: Babak Najafi Cast: Gerard Butler, Aaron Eckhart, Morgan Freeman, Alon Moni Aboutboul, Angela Bassett, Robert Forster, Jackie Earle Haley, Melissa Leo, Radha Mitchell, Sean O’Bryan, Charlotte Riley and…
Film: “Zubaan” Language: Hindi Cast: Vicky Kaushal, Sarah Jane Dias, Manish Chaudhari, Raaghav Chanana and Meghna Malik Directed by: Mozez Singh Rating: ***1/2 Reviewr:Troy Ribeiro “Zubaan”, a musical drama, is the journey of Dilsher Singh…
Film: “45 Years” Language: English Cast: Charlotte Rampling, Tom Courtenay, Geraldine James, Dolly Wells, David Sibley, Sam Alexander and Richard Cunningham Director: Andrew Haigh; Rating: ***1/2 Reviewer: Troy Ribeiro Narrated in an Ingmar Bergmanesque style…
Film: “Zootopia” Language: English Voices of: Ginnifer Goodwin, Jason Bateman, Don Lake, Bonnie Hunt, J.K. Simmons, Idris Elba, Tommy Chong, Alan Tudyk and Shakira Directors: Byron Howard, Rich Moore Rating: ***1/2 Reviewer: Troy Ribeiro A crime…
Film: “Rhythm” Language: Hindi Director: Vivek Kumar Cast: Adele Chaudhry, Rinil Routh, Gurleen Chopra, Kiran Srinivas, Kosha Jayaswal, Vibhu Raghav, Kuba Gras and Syed Adid Bhushan Rating: *1/2 Reviewer: Troy Ribeiro The last of the Valentine…
Film: “Bollywood Diaries” Language: Hindi Director: K.D. Satyam Cast: Ashish Vidyarthi, Raima Sen, Salim Diwan, Karuna Pandey and Vineet Kumar Singh Rating: **1/2 Reviewer: Troy Ribeiro “Bollywood Diaries” is the tale of the unfulfilled dreams…
Film: “Carol” Language: English Director: Todd Haynes Cast: Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara, Kyle Chandler, Jake Lacy and Sarah Paulson Rating: ***1/2 Reviewer: Troy Ribeiro Set in the early 1950s and adapted from the 1952 novel…
Film: “Tere Bin Laden: Wanted Dead or Alive” Language: Hindi Director: Abhishek Sharma Cast: Manish Paul, Pradhuman Singh, Sikander Kher, Sugandha Garg, Piyush Mishra, Ali Zaffar and Mia Uyeda Rating: ** Reviewer: Troy Ribeiro “Tere…
Film: “Gods of Egypt” Language: English Director: Alex Proyas Cast: Gerard Butler, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Rufus Sewell, Brenton Thwaites, Courtney Eaton, Abbey Lee, Chadwick Boseman and Geoffrey Rush Rating: ** Reviewer: Troy Ribeiro Packed with spectacular…
Film: “The Revenant” Language: English Director: Alejandro González Iñárritu Cast: Leonardo Di Caprio, Tom Hardy, Domhnall, Forrest Goodluck and Will Poulter Rating: ***1/2 Reviewer: Troy Ribeiro Director Alejandro González Iñárritu, who had earlier given us…
Film: “Aligarh” Language: Hindi Director: Hansal Mehta Cast: Manoj Bajpayee, Rajkumar Rao, Ashish Vidyarthi and Delnaaz Irani Rating: ***1/2 Reviewer: Troy Ribeiro Director Hansal Mehta’s “Aligarh” is a human rights story that reveals the plight of…
Film: “Ishq Forever” Language: Hindi Director: Sameer Sippy Cast: Ruhi Singh, Krishna Chaturvedi, Lisa Ray, Jaaved Jaffery, Zakir Hussain and Arif Zakaria Rating: *1/2 Reviewer: Troy Ribeiro With its premise directly lifted from the English film,…
Film: “Loveshhuda” Language: Hindi Director: Vaibhav Misra Cast: Girish Kumar, Navneet Kaur Dhillon, Tisca Chopra, Naveen Kasturia and Sachin Khedekar Rating: **1/2 Reviewer: Troy Ribeiro “Loveshhuda” has all the cliches of a romance-comedy, but what…
Film: “Neerja” Language: Hindi Director: Ram Madhvani Cast: Shabana Azmi, Sonam Kapoor, Shekhar Ravijani and Yogendra Tikku Rating: ***1/2 Reviewer: Troy Ribeiro Neerja, a biopic, encapsulates the life of Neerja Bhanot, head purser, Pan…