Film: “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2” Language: English Director: Francis Lawrence Cast: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Elizabeth Banks, Woody Harrelson and Donald Sutherland Rating: **1/2 Reviewed by: Troy Ribeiro A political revenge…
Film: Cheekati Rajyam Language: Telugu Cast: Kamal Haasan, Trisha, Prakash Raj, Sampath Raj, Madhu Shalini Director: Rajesh M Selva Rating: 3.0 “Timepass” Story: Diwakar (Kamal Haasan), a Narcotics Officer and Mani (Yugi Sethu) steals cocaine from…
Film: Kumari 21 Language: Telugu Cast: Raj Tarun, Heebah Patel, Noel Sean, Naveen Neni, Sudarshan Reddy, Hema, Kamal, Jogi Brothers, Satya Krishna, Tagubothu Ramesh, Director: Palnati Surya Pratap Rating: 3.25 Complicated Yet Interesting Story: Kumari (Hebah…
Film: “X: Past is Present” Language: Hindi Directors: Abhinav Shiv Tiwari, Anu Menon, Hemant Gaba, Nalan Kumarasamy, Pratim D. Gupta, Q, Raja Sen, Rajshree Ojha, Sandeep Mohan, Sudhish Kamath and Suparn Verma Cast: Rajat Kapoor,…
Film: “Spectre” Language: English Director: Sam Mendes Cast: Daniel Craig, Christoph Waltz, Lea Seydoux, Naomie Harris, Ben Whishaw, Dave Bautista, Monica Bellucci, Ralph Fiennes and Jesper Christensen Rating: *** Reviewed By: Troy Ribeiro “Spectre” starts…
Film: “Prem Ratan Dhan Payo” Language: Hindi Director: Sooraj R. Barjatya Cast: Salman Khan, Neil Nitin Mukesh, Sonam Kapoor, Anupam Kher, Deepak Dobriyal, Arman Kohli, Swara Bhaskar; IANS Rating: ** “Prem Ratan Dhan Payo”, Sooraj…
Film: Akhil – The Power of JUA Language: Telugu Cast: Akkineni Akhil, Sayesha Saigal, Bramhanandam, Mahesh Manjrekar, Saptagiri, Vennela Kishore, Jayaprakash Reddy Director: V. V. Vinayak Rating: 2.75 “Just Dance” and nothing else. Story: Akhil is a…
Film: “Charlie Ke Chakkar Mein” Language: Hindi Director: Manish Srivastav Cast: Naseeruddin Shah, Anand Tiwari, Amit Sial, Manasi Rachh, Subrat Datta, Disha Arora and Anchal Nandrajog Rating: ** “Charlie Kay Chakkar Mein” is a neo-noir…
Film: Tripura Language: Telugu Cast: Swathi, Naveen Chandra, Rao Ramesh, Pooja Ramachandra, Saptagiri, Shakalaka Shankar, Jayaprakash Reddy, Sivannarayana, Dhanraj, Rajitha Director: Raaj Kiran Rating: 2.75 “Comedy with No Horror” Template loving Telugu movie directors found a new…
Film: “He Named Me Malala” Language: English Director: Davis Guggenheim Cast: Malala Yousafzai, Ziauddin Yousafzai, Toor Pekai Yousafzai, Khushal Yousafzai and Atal Yousafzai Rating: **1/2 Inspired by the book, “I Am Malala”, Davis Guggenheim’s “He…
Film: “Hotel Transylvania 2” Language: English Director: Genndy Tartakovsky Voiceovers by: Adam Sandler, Ashler Blinkoff, Kevin James, Andy Samberg, Fran Drescher, Selena Gomez, David Spade, Mel Brooks, Steve Buscemi, Keegan-Michael Key and Molly Shannon; Rating:…
Film: “Burnt” Language: English Cast: Bradley Cooper, Sienna Miller, Omar Sy, Daniel Bruhl, Riccardo Scamarcio, Sam Keeley, Alicia Vikander, Uma Thurman and Emma Thompson Director: John Well Rating: ** Conceited and contrived. That’s “Burnt” in…
Film: Sher Language: Telugu Cast: Kalyan Ram, Sonal Chauhan, Vikramjeet Virk, Brahmanandam, Mukesh Rishi, Prudhvi, M. S. Narayana, Fish Venkat, Ali, Rao Ramesh Director: Mallikarjun Rating: 2.5 “Routine” Like all mass entertainments starts off with a good setup…
Film: “Titli” Language: Hindi Director: Kanu Behl Cast: Ranvir Shorey, Shashank Arora, Amit Sial, Shivani Raghuvanshi and Lalit Behl Rating: ***1/2 “Titli” is a dark neo-realistic film which takes you into the murky side of…
Film: “Guddu Ki Gun” Language: Hindi Cast: Kunal Kemmu, Sumeet Vyas, Payel Sarkar and Aparna Sharma Directors: Shantanu Ray Chibber and Sheershak Anand Rating: *** “Guddu Ki Gun” is the tale of Govardhan aka Guddu…
Film: “Main Aur Charles” Language: Hindi Cast: Randeep Hooda, Richa Chadha, Adil Hussain, Tisca Chopra, Alexx O’Neil and Lucky Morani Director: Prawaal Raman; Rating: ***1/2 “Main Aur Charles” is a fictional docu-drama that gives an…
Film: “Rock The Kasbah” Language: English Cast: Bill Murray, Kate Hudson, Bruce Willis, Danny McBride, Scott Caan, Zooey Deschanel Director: Barry Levison Rating: **1/2 Barry Levison’s “Rock The Kasbah,” follows Richie Lanz, a down-on-his-luck Hollywood…
Film: “Shaandaar” Language: Hindi Cast: Shahid Kapoor, Alia Bhatt, Sanah Kapoor, Sushma Seth, Pankaj Kapur, Niki Aneja Walia, Sanjay Kapoor, Diljit Dosanjh Director: Vikas Bahl Rating: ** Treated like a fantasy film with a back-drop of…
Film: “Kanche” Language: Telugu Cast: Varun Teja, Pragya Jaiswal, Srinivas Avasarala, Nikitin Dheer, Gollapudi, Janaki Director: Krish Rating: 3.25 “Patience” and you need lots of it to watch this movie. If you have it, it is a good…
Film: “The Last Witch Hunter” Language: English Cast: Vin Diesel, Elijah Wood, Rose Leslie, Michael Caine, Olafur Darri Olafsson, Julie Engelbrecht Director: Breck Eisner Rating: ** Weary, worn out and weather-beaten! That’s how “The Last…