By Subhash K. Jha Film: “Mirza Juuliet”; Director: Rajesh Ram Singh; Cast: Darshan Kumaar, Pia Bajpai and Chandan Roy Sanyal; Rating: ***1/2 More than midway into the turbulent take on the destiny of star-crossed lovers…
By Subhash K. Jha Film: “Mukti Bhawan”; Writer-Director: Shubhashish Bhutiani; Cast: Lalit Behl, Adil Hussain, Geetanjali Kulkarni and Navninda Behl; Rating: ***** Twenty-four is too young to think about death, let alone make a melancholic…
By Troy Ribeiro Film: “Ghost in the Shell”; Director: Rupert Sanders; Cast: Scarlett Johansson, Pilou Asbaek, Takeshi Kitano, Juliette Binoche, Michael Pitt and Chin Han; Rating: ** The core premise of “Ghost in the Shell”…
By Troy Ribeiro Film: “Mukti Bhawan”; Director: Shubhashish Bhutiani; Cast: Adil Hussain, Lalit Behl, Gitanjali Kulkarni, Navnindra Behl, Palomi Ghosh, Anil K. Rastogi; Rating: **** Touching upon the subject of salvation and faith, “Mukti Bhawan”…
By Troy Ribeiro Film: “Colossal”; Director: Nacho Vigalondo; Cast: Anne Hathaway, Jason Sudeikis, Dan Stevens, Austin Stowell and Tim Blake Nelson; Rating: ***1/2 Wrapped in a spectacular monster genre, “Colossal” is a dark, high concept…
By Troy Ribeiro Film: “A Dog’s Purpose”; Director: Lasse Halstrom; Cast: Josh Gad, Dennis Quaid, Peggy Lipton, Bryce Gheisar, K.J. Apa, Juliet Rylance, Luke Kirby, Gabrielle Rose, Michael Bofshever, Britt Robertson, Logan Miller, Kirby Howel-Baptiste,…
By Troy Ribeiro Film: “Naam Shabana”; Director: Shivam Nair; Cast: Manoj Bajpayee, Taapsee Pannu, Akshay Kumar, Prithviraj Sukumaran, Danny Denzongpa, Anupam Kher, Taher Shabbir Rating: ** “Naam Shabana”, a spin-off from the 2015 popular film…
By Troy Ribeiro Film: “Poorna”; Director: Rahul Bose; Cast: Rahul Bose, Aditi Inamdar, S Mariya, Heeba Shah, Dhritiman Chatterjee, Arif Zakaria, Rating: ***1/2 Inspired by a true story, “Poorna” is a moving tale of an…
By Troy Ribeiro Film: “The Boss Baby”; Director: Tom McGrath; Cast: Alec Baldwin, Steve Buscemi, Jimmy Kimmel, Lisa Kudrow, Miles Bakshi, Tobey Maguire, James McGrath; Rating: ***1/2 “The Boss Baby” is a cute, overtly dramatic…
By Troy Ribeiro Film: “The Salesman” Director: Asghar Farhadi Cast: Shahab Hosseini, Taraneh Alidoosti, Babak Karimi, Farid Sajjadihosseini, Mina Sadati, Maral Bani Adam, Mehdi Kooshki, Emad Emami, Shirin Aghakashi, Mojtaba Pirzadeh, Sahra Asadollahe, Ehteram Boroumand,…
By Subhash K. Jha Film: “The Salesman” Writer-Director: Asghar Farhadi Cast: Shahab Hosseini and Taraneh Alidoosti Rating: **1/2 One of the early reviews of this film that appeared in India wonders why we can’t make…
By Subhash K. Jha Film: “A Dog’s Purpose” Director: Lasse Halstrom Cast: Josh Gad (as the voice of Bailey) and Dennis Quaid Rating: ****(4 stars) This unabashed ode to canine affections is so pure…
By Subhash K Jha Film: ‘Naam Shabana’ Director: Shivum Nair Starring: Tapsee Pannu, Manoj Bajpayee, Prithvi Raj, Akshay Kumar Rating:**** For a superstar who gallantly steps back to let the female hero of this gripping-from-the-word-…
By Subhash K. Jha Film: “Katamarayudu”; Director: Kishore Kumar Pardasani Cast: Pawan Kalyan, Shruti Haasan Rating: ** They don’t call Pawan Kalyan a ‘Power Star’ for nothing. Right at the start of his rumbustious new…
By Subhash K Jha Film: “Phillauri”; Directed by Anshai Lal; Starring: Anushka Sharma, Suraj Sharma, Diljit Dosanjh; Rating: ** (2 stars) Sad, but true. Some films work better on paper than on film. I can…
By Troy Ribeiro Film: “CHIPS”; Director: Dax Shepard; Cast: Michael Pena, Dax Shepard, Vincent DOnofrio, Rosa Salazar, Jessica McNamee, Adam Brody, Isiah Whitlock Jr., Richard T. Jones, Ryan Hansen, Jane Kaczmarek; Rating: *1/2 “CHIPS” is…
By Troy Ribeiro Film: “Anaarkali of Aarah”; Director: Avinash Das; Cast: Swara Bhaskar, Sanjai Mishra, Pankaj Tripathi, Ishtiyak Khan; Rating: *** How a nautch girl, Anaarkali (Swara Bhaskar), in Araj, Bihar, who has received singing…
By Subhash K Jha Film: “Anaarkali Of Aarah” Director: Avinash Das Starring: Swara Bhaskar, Sanjai Mishra, Pankaj Tripathi, Ishteyak Khan Rating: ****1/2 Nothing in this unexpected storm-trooper of a film has prepared you for its…
By Troy Ribeiro Film: “Life” Director: Daniel Espinosa Cast: Jake Gyllenhaal, Rebecca Ferguson, Ryan Reynolds, Hiroyuki Sanada, Ariyon Bakare, Olga Dihovichnaya Rating: ***1/2 A fantasy sci-fiction, “Life”, is a simple, engaging outer-space horror thriller that…
By Subhash K. Jha Film: “Machine” Director: Abbas-Mustan Cast: Mustafa Burmawala, Kiara Advani, Ronit Roy, Eshan Shanker, Dalip Tahil Rating:*1/2 “Machine” is a film about a nasty murky non-brainer of a hero who doesn’t think…