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…
Film: “Pride and Prejudice and Zombies” Language: Hindi Director: Burr Steers Cast: Lily James, Sam Riley, Lena Headey, Douglas Booth, Matt Smith, Jack Huston, Charles Dance, Bella Heathcote Rating: ** Reviewer: Troy Ribeiro Based on…
Film: “Direct Ishq” Language: Hindi Director: Rajiv S Ruia Cast: Rajneesh Duggal, Nidhi Subbaiah, Arjun Bijlani, Rajesh Shringarpure; Rating: * Reviewer: Troy Ribeiro An aspiring singer Dolly Pandey (Nidhi Subbaiah) has a no-nonsense attitude towards…
Film: “How To Be Single” Language: English Director: Christian Ditter Cast: Dakota Johnson, Rebel Wilson, Leslie Mann, Damon Wayans Jr., Anders Holm, Nicholas Braun, Jake Lacy, Jason Mantzoukas and Colin Jost Rating: **1/2 Reviewer: Troy Ribeiro…
Film: Trumbo Language: English Director: Jay Roach Cast: Bryan Cranston, Diane Lane, Helen Mirren, Alan Tudyk, John Goodman, Elle Fanning, Michael Stuhlbarg and Louis C.K. Rating: ***1/2 Reviewer: Troy Ribeiro A character driven film, Trumbo…
Film: Sanam Re Language: Hindi Director: Divya Khosla Kumar Cast: Rishi Kapoor, Pulkit Samrat, Yami Gautam, Urvashi Rautela, Manoj Joshi and Prachi Shah Rating: ** Reviewer: Troy Ribeiro Love stories clearly are the flavour of…
Film: “Fitoor” Language: Hindi Director: Abhishek Kapoor Cast: Tabu, Aditya Roy Kapur, Katrina Kaif, Ajay Devgn, Aditi Rao Hydari, Talat Aziz and Rahul Bhat Rating: **1/2 Reviewer: Troy Ribeiro To begin with, the title “Fitoor” is…
Film: “Deadpool” Language: English Director: Tim Miller Cast: Ryan Reynolds, Ed Skrein, T.J. Miller, Morena Baccarin, Gina Carano, Stefan Cast: Ryan Reynolds, Ed Skrein, T.J. Miller, Morena Baccarin, Gina Carano, Stefan Kapacic, Brianna Hildebrand and…
Film: “Visaaranai” Language: Tamil Cast: Dinesh, Murugadoss, Samuthirakani, Ajay Ghosh, Kishore and Anandi; Director: Vetrimaaran Rating: ****1/2 Reviewer: Haricharan Pudipeddi National Award-winning filmmaker Vetrimaaran’s “Visaaranai” reminded me of a couple of words – system and power…