Film: “Pasanga 2” Lanugage: Tamil Cast: Suriya, Amala Paul, Karthik Kumar, Bindu Madhavi, Vidya Pradeep and Ramdoss Director: Pandiraj; Rating: **1/2 Director: Pandiraj Rating: **1/2 Rating: **1/2 Reviewer:Haricharan Pudipeddi There isn’t much to rave about…
Film: “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” Language: English Cast: Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Adam Driver, Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Andy Serkis, Domhnall Gleeson, Anthony Daniels, Peter Mayhew and Max Von Sydow;…
Film: “Dilwale” Language: Hindi Director: Rohit Shetty Cast: Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol, Varun Dhawan, Kriti Sanon, Sanjay Mishra, Varun Sharma, Pankaj Tripathi and Mukesh Tiwari Rating: **1/2 Reviewer: Troy Ribeiro “Dilwale”, with Shah Rukh Khan…
Film: “Bajirao Mastani” Language: Hindi Director: Sanjay Leela Bhansali Cast: Ranveer Singh, Deepika Padukone, Priyanka Chopra, Tanvi Azmi, Mahesh Manjrekar and Milind Soman Rating: **** Reviewer: Troy Ribeiro Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s “Bajirao Mastani”, based on the…
Film: “The Silent Heroes” Language: Hindi Director: Mahesh Bhatt Cast: Tarun, Gurfareen, Khwaish, Aashish, Jaideep, Prakhar, Sweta, Shalini, Samreen, Ujaif, Nikhil, Radhika, Renu, Maanuv Bharadwaj, Priyanka Panchal, Mann Bagga, Pankaj Uniyal and Simran Deep Rating:…
Film: “Snoopy and Charlie Brown: The Peanuts Movie” Language: English Voices of: Noah Schnapp, Hadley Miller, Bill Melendez, Kristin Chenoweth, Alexander Garfin Director: Steve Martino Rating: **1/2 Reviewed By: Troy Ribeiro Based on the daily newspaper…
Film: Bengal Tiger Language: Telugu Cast: Ravi Teja, Tamanna, Rashi Khanna, Brahmanandam, Boman Irani, Rao Ramesh, Sayaji Shinde, Posani Krishna Murali, Prudhviraj, Harshavardhan Rane, Hamsa Nandini Director: Sampath Nandi Rating:2.75 Reviewed By: SOCIALNEWS.XYZ An overdose of…
Film: “Legend” Language: English Cast: Tom Hardy, Emily Browning, David Thewlis, Christopher Eccleston, Chazz Palminteri, Paul Bettany, Colin Morgan Director: Brian Helgeland Rating: ***1/2 Reviewed By: Troy Ribeiro “Legend” is a true British gangster story based…
Film: “Angry Indian Goddesses” Language: Hindi Cast: Sandhya Mridul, Amrit Maghera, Anushka Manchanda, Tannishtha Chatterjee, Rajshri Deshpande, Pavleen Gujral and Sarah-Jane Dias Director: Pan Nalin Rating: ** Reviewed by: Troy Ribeiro Touted as the first Indian…
Film: “Hate Story 3” Language: Hindi Cast: Sharman Joshi, Zareen Khan, Karan Singh Grover, Daisy Shah, Priyanshu Chatterjee Director: Vishal Pandya Rating: *1/2 Reviewed By: Troy Ribeiro A business tycoon Aditya Diwan (Sharman Joshi) is…
Film: “The Good Dinosaur” Language: English Voiced by: Jeffrey Wright, Frances McDormand, Raymond Ochoa, Jack Bright, Steve Zahn, Sam Elliott, Anna Paquin; Director: Peter Sohn; Rating: *** Reviewed By Troy Ribeiro Emotionally charged, Disney-Pixar’s “The Good…
Film: “In the Heart of the Sea” Language: English Director: Ron Howard Cast: Chris Hemsworth, Benjamin Walker, Cillian Murphy, Ben Whishaw, Tom Holland, Brendan Gleeson Rating: ***1/2 Director Ron Howard’s, “In the Heart of the…
Film: “Kajarya” Language: Hindi Director: Madhureeta Anand Cast: Meenu Hooda, Ridhima Sud, Kuldeep Ruhil, Shashi Bushan, Sumeet Vyas Rating: *** Reviewed By: Troy Ribeiro A fiction narrated in a neo-realistic documentary style, Madhureeta Anand’s “Kajarya” is…
Film: “Inji Iduppazhagi” Language: Tamil Director: Prakash Kovelamudi Cast: Anushka Shetty, Arya, Sonal Chauhan, Urvashi, Prakash Raj, Brahmanandam, Gollapudi Maruthi Rao and Bharath Rating: ** Reviewed by: Haricharan Pudipeddi In “Inji Iduppazhagi”, Anushka Shetty plays Sweety,…
Film: Size Zero Language: Telugu Cast: Anushka, Arya, Sonal Chauhan, Gollapudi Maruthi Rao, Prakash Raj, Adivi Sesh, Urvasi, Pavani Gangireddy, Brahmanandam Director: Prakash K Rating:2.75 Good Message but Zero emotions. Story: Soundarya (Anushka) is a fat girl…
Film: “Tamasha” Language: English Director: Imtiaz Ali Cast: Ranbir Kapoor, Deepika Padukone, Vivek Mushran and Sushma Seth Rating: **1/2 “Tamasha” is the love story of a storyteller who falls in love with a girl who…
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,…