Reviews

Film: “Mohenjo Daro” Director: Ashutosh Gowariker Cast: Hrithik Roshan, Kabir Bedi and Pooja Hegde Rating: **** Reviewer: Subhash K. Jha It isn’t easy to make a film about a civilisation that existed thousands of years…

Film: “Rustom” Director: Tinu Suresh Desai Cast: Akshay Kumar, Ileana D’Cruz and Esha Gupta and Arjan Bajwa Rating:*** Reviewer: Subhash K. Jha A picture-perfect Naval officer, highly decorated, principled, patriotic and deeply in love with…

Film: “Jason Bourne” Director: Paul Greengrass Cast: Matt Damon, Alicia Vikander, Riz Ahmed, Tommy Lee Jones,Vincent Cassel and Juilia Stiles Rating:***  Reviewer: Subhash K. Jha Almost every principal actor in the fifth, furiously flamboyant phase…

Photo by Kike Sosa Film: “Suicide Squad” Director: David Ayer Cast: Will Smith, Jared Leto, Margot Robbie, Joel Kinnaman, Jai Courtney, Viola Davis, Jay Hernandez, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Cara Delevingne, Ike Barinholt, Scott Eastwood, Adam Beach,…

Film: “Fever” Director: Rajeev Jhaveri Cast: Rajeev Khandelwal, Gauhar Khan, Ankita Makwana, Caterina Murino, Gemma Atkinson, Victor Banerjee Rating: * Reviewer: Troy Ribeiro Touted as a suspense thriller and set in scenic Switzerland, “Fever” is…

Film: “The Legend of Michael Mishra” Director: Manish Jha; Cast: Arshad Warsi, Aditi Rao Hydari, Boman Irani, Kayoze Irani Rating: * Reviewer: Troy Ribeiro In one of the early scenes of the film we are…

Film: “Budhia Singh – Born To Run” Director: Soumendra Padhi Cast: Manoj Bajpayee, Mayur Patole, Shruti Marathe, Tillotama Shome, Gopal K. Singh, Gajraj Rao Rating: **** Reviewer: Troy Ribeiro Incredible India has incredible stories and…

Film: “Chauthi Koot” Language: Punjabi Cast: Suvinder Vicky and Kanwaljit Singh Director: Gurvinder Singh  Rating: ****1/2 Reviewer: Subhash K. Jha So unconcerned is the filmmaker with cinematic scrupulosity that he forgets to go by the…

  Film: “Jason Bourne” Director: Paul Greengrass Cast: Matt Damon, Tommy Lee Jones, Alicia Vikander, Vincent Cassel, Julia Stiles, Riz Ahmed, Ato Essandoh, Scott Shepherd, Bill Camp, Vinzene Kiefer, Stephen Kunken Rating: *** Reviewer: Troy…

Film: Chauthi Koot Director: Gurvinder Singh Cast: Suvinder Vikky, Rajbir Kaur, Gurpreet Kaur Bhangu, Kanwaljit Singh, Rajbir Kaur, Harnek Aulakh Reviewer: Troy Ribeiro Rating : ** Rolling on at a self-indulgent pace with a formalistic…

Film: ” Dishoom” Director: Rohit Dhawan Cast: John Abraham,Varun Dhawan, Jacqueline Fernandez, Akshaye Khanna Rating: ***1/2 Reviewer: Subhash K Jha “Dishoom” is one of the most fast-paced Bollywood bromances in recent times. Bromance, it sure is.And…

Film: “Dishoom”; Director: Rohit Dhawan  Cast: John Abraham, Varun Dhawan, Jacqueline Fernandez, Nargis Fakhri, Akshaye Khanna, Rahul Dev and Saqib Saleem Rating: **1/2 Reviewer: Troy Ribeiro Set somewhere in the Middle East, “Dishoom” is a…

Film: “The BFG” Director: Steven Spielberg Cast: Mark Rylance, Ruby Barnhill Rating: **** Reviewer: Subhash K. Jha Viewing Spielberg’s latest fantasy-adventure story is akin to being transported into an embarrassment of visual and emotional riches….

Film: “Bad Moms” Directors: Jon Lucas and Scott Moore Cast: Mila Kunis, Kathryn Hahn, Kristen Bell, Christina Applegate, Jada Pinkett Smith, Annie Mumolo, Oona Laurence, Emjay Anthony, David Walton, Jay Hernandez Rating: *** Reviewer:By Troy…

Film: “Ghostbusters” Director: Paul Feig Cast: Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon,Chris Hemsworth Rating: * Reviewer: Subhash K. Jha Who are you gonna call?….goes the anthemic Ghostbusters song which we grew up on. Many times,…

Film: “Madaari” Director: Nishikant Kamat Cast: Irrfan Khan, Jimmy Sheirgill, Vishesh Bansal Rating: **** Reviewer: Subhash K. Jha This is not the first film that raises the burning issue of corruption by espousing vigilantism. But…