By Troy Ribeiro Film: “Collateral Beauty” Director: David Frankel Cast: Will Smith, Edward Norton, Kate Winslet, Michael Pena, Helen Mirren, Naomie Harris, Keira Knightley, Jacob Latimore, Ann Dowd, Mary Beth Peil, Kylie Rogers, Liza Colon-Zayas…
By Subhash K. Jha Film: “Collateral Beauty” Director: David Frankel Cast: Will Smith, Edward Norton, Kate Winslet, Helen Mirren, Keira Knightley and Michael Pena Rating: **** “Collateral Beauty” has been dealt with by critics the…
By Troy Ribeiro Film: “Wajah Tum Ho” Director: Vishal Pandya Cast: Sharman Joshi, Rajneesh Duggal, Sana Khan, Gurmeet Choudhari, Himmanshoo A. Malhotra, Sherlyn Chopra, Zarine Khan Rating: ** With a warped story replete with major…
By Troy Ribeiro Film: “La La Land” Director: Damien Chazelle Cast: Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, John Legend, Rosemary DeWitt, Finn Wittrock, Callie Hernandez, Sonoya Mizuno, Jessica Rothe, Tom Everett, Joss Pence and J.K. Simmons Rating:…
By Subhash K. Jha Film: “Hacksaw Ridge” Director: Mel Gibson Cast: Andrew Garfield, Vince Vaughn Rating: ***** Once in a while, there comes a film that transcends its cinematic obligations to become a comment on…
By Troy Ribeiro Film: “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” Director: Gareth Edwards Cast: Felicity Jones, Diego Luna, Ben Mendelsohn, Donnie Yen, Mads Mikkelsen, Alan Tudyk, Riz Ahmed, Jimmy Smits, James Earl Jones, Jiang Wen,…
By Troy Ribeiro Film: “Gang of Littles” Director: Vijay Kumar Mishra Cast: Abhishek (Addy), Shehzad Khan, Viju Khote, Govind Namdev, Deepraj Rana, Vinay Sachdeva, Kirsh Sharma, Roshani Walia Rating: ** Advertised as a children’s film,…
By Troy Ribeiro Film: “Shor Se Shuruaat” Directors: Rahul V Chittella, Amira Bhargava, Annie Zaidi, Pratik Rajen Kothari, Supriya Sharma, Arunima Sharma, Satish Raj Cast: Atul Kulkarni, Sakshi Tanwar, Siddharth Menon, Nandu Madhav, Aayushi Lahiri,…
By Subhash K. Jha Film: “Hands Of Stone”; Director: Jonathan Jakubowicz; Cast: Edgar Ramirez and Robert De Niro; Rating: **** A grumpy trainer, an abrasive young self-destructive boxer…win lose…lose win…haven’t we seen it all in…
By Subhash K. Jha Film: “Dhruva” Director: Surinder Reddy Cast: Ram Charan, Arvind Swamy and Rakul Preet Singh Rating: ** Dhruva suffers from a very esoteric cinematic disease. It’s known as the sickness of slickness….
By Troy Ribeiro Film: “Office Christmas Party” Directors: Will Speck, Josh Gordon Cast: Jennifer Aniston, Jason Bateman, Olivia Munn, T.J. Miller, Jillian Bell, Vanessa Bayer, Courtney B. Vance, Rob Corddry, Kate McKinnon, Abbey Lee, Sam…
By Subhash K Jha Film: “Befikre” Directed by Aditya Chopra Starring: Ranveer Singh, Vaani Kapoor Rating: * 1/2 (one and a half stars) Remember “Neil & Nikki”, the plotless story of a couple played by…
By Troy Ribeiro Film: “Befikre” Director: Aditya Chopra Cast: Ranveer Singh, Vani Kapoor, Akarsh Khurana, Ayesha Raza Mishra, Julie Ordon Rating: **1/2 “Befikre” is like old wine in a new bottle. A familiar story of…
By Troy Ribeiro Film: “Hands of Stone” Director: Jonathan Jakubowicz Cast: Robert De Niro, Edgar Ramirez, Usher Raymond IV, Ana De Armas, Ruben Blades, Ellen Barkin, John Turturro Rating: *** Tough moments don’t last, tough…
By Subhash K Jha Film: ‘Deepwater Horizon’; Director: Peter Berg; Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Kurt Russell, Kate Hudson; Rating:** At the very end when you thank God, Producer and Destiny for Aliberty from the 2-hour claustrophobic…
By Troy Ribeiro Film: “Deepwater Horizon” Director: Peter Berg Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Kurt Russell, John Malkovich, Gina Rodriguez, Dylan O’Brien, Kate Hudson, Ethan Suplee, Trace Adkins, Brad Leland, Joe Chrest, James DuMont, Dave Maldonado, Douglas…
By Subhash K. Jha Film: “Moana” Directors: John Musker, Ron Clements Rating: ** 1/2 “Moana” radiates a kind of infectious warmth that only an animation film can and that too one with the optimum faith…
Mumbai: Filmmaker Sujoy Ghosh and actress Vidya Balan during the trailer launch of film Kahaani 2 on Oct 25, 2016. (Photo: IANS) By Troy Ribeiro Film: “Kahaani” Director: Sujoy Ghosh Cast: Vidya Balan, Arjun Rampal,…
By Troy Ribeiro Film: “Underworld: Blood Wars” Director: Anna Foerster Cast: Kate Beckinsale, Theo James, Tobias Menzies, Trent Garrett, Lara Pulver, Peter Andersson, Clementine Nicholson, Bradley James, Charles Dance, James Faulkner, Daisy Head, Oliver Stark,…
By Troy Ribeiro Film: “Moana” Directors: Ron Clements, John Musker Voices of: Auli’i Cravalho, Dwayne Johnson, Rachel House, Temuera Morrison, Jemaine Clement, Nicole Scherzinger, Alan Tudyk, Oscar Kightley Rating: *** Disney’s latest offering “Moana”, which…