Film: “Criminal” Director: Ariel Vromen Cast: Kevin Costner, Gary Oldman, Tommy Lee Jones, Ryan Reynolds, Alice Eve, Gal Gadot, Michael Pitt, Jordi Molla, Antje Traue, Scott Adkins, Amaury Nolasco, Danny Webb, Colin Salmon, Lara DeCaro…
Film: “Pencil” Language: Tamil Director: Mani Nagaraj Cast: G. V Prakash Kumar, Sri Divya, Shariq Haasan, VTV Ganesh, Urvashi and T.P. Gajendran Rating: ** Reviewer: Haricharan Pudipeddi Early on, we are told that debutant Mani…
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 Language: English Cast: Nia Vardalos, John Corbett, Lainie Kazan, Michael Constantine, Andrea Martin, Gia Carides, Joey Fantone, Elena Kampouris, Alex Wolff, Louis Mandylor, Bess Meisler Director: Kirk Jones; Rating:…
Film: “Azhar” Language: Hindi Director: Tony D’souza Cast: Emraan Hashmi, Prachi Desai, Nargis Fakhri, Kunal Roy Kapur, Lara Dutta, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Gautam Gulati Rating: ** Reviewer: Troy Ribeiro A film by the name of “Azhar”,…
Film: “Dear Dad” Language: Hindi Director: Tanuj Bhramar Cast: Arvind Swamy, Himanshu Sharma, Ekavali Khanna, Aman Uppal, Bhavika Bhasin Arvind Swamy, Himanshu Sharma, Aman Uppal Rating: ***1/2 Reviewer: Subhash K. Jha It takes a whole…
Film: “Dear Dad” Language: Hindi Director: Tanuj Bhramar Cast: Arvind Swamy, Himanshu Sharma, Ekavali Khanna, Aman Uppal, Bhavika Bhasin Rating: ** Reviewer: Troy Ribeiro After all the brouhaha last week about Mother’s Day celebrations, Tanuj…
Film: “Money Monster” Language: English Director: Jodie Foster Cast: George Clooney, Julia Roberts, Jack O’Connell, Caitriona Balfe, Giancarlo Esposito, Emily Meade Rating: ***1/2 Reviewer: Troy Ribeiro Directed by Jodie Foster, “Money Monster” is a hostage…
Film: “Pele: Birth of a Legend” Cast: Keven de Paula, Vincent D’Onofrio, Seu Jorge, Leonardo Lima Carvalho, Rodrigo Santino, Colm Meany, Mariana Nunes, Diego Boneta, Felipe Simas and Fernando Caruso Directors: Jeff Zimbalist and Michael…
Film: “Zorawar” (Punjabi) Director: Vinnil Markan Cast: Yo Yo Honey Singh, Gurbani Judge, Parul Gulati, Achint Kaur, Mukul Dev, Pavan Malhotra Rating: * Reviewer: Subhash K. Jha Sometimes larger-than-life can be smaller than credibility. Casting…
Film: “24” Language: Hindi Director: Vikram Kumar Cast: Suriya, Samantha Ruth Prabhu, Nithya Menen Rating: ** Reviewer: Subhash K. Jha Be warned. This overblown overbaked sci fi-meets-mythology-meets-Ekta Kapoor saga of time travel is strictly for…
Movie: One Night Stand Language: Hindi Film: Cast: Sunny Leone, Tanuj Virwani, Nyra Banerjee, Khalid Siddiqui, Narendra Jetley, Ninad Kamat; Director: Jasmine Moses D’Souza Rating: ** Reviewer: Troy Ribeiro With sketchy, stereotypical characters, “One Night Stand” is…
Film: “24”; Language: Tamil Cast: Suriya, Samantha Ruth Prabhu, Nithya Menen, Ajay, Saranya Ponvannan Director: Vikram Kumar Rating: ***1/2 Reviewer: Haricharan Pudipeddi Vikram Kumar has a fascination for time and it has been a recurring…
Film: “1920 London” Language: Hindi Director: Tinu Suresh Desai Cast: Sharman Joshi, Meera Chopra, Vishal Karwal, Sushmita Mukherjee Rating: * Reviewer: Troy Ribeiro “1920 London”, is the third film from Vikram Bhatts stable of…
Film: “Traffic” Language: Hindi Director: Late Rajesh Pillai Cast: Manoj Bajpayee,Jimmy Sheirgill, Parambrata Chatterjee, Prosenjit Chatterjee, Sachin Khedeker, Divya Dutta, Kitu Gidwani Rating: *** ½ Reviewer: Subhash K. Jha One extra star-rating goes to this…
Film: “One Night Stand” language: Hindi Director: Jasmine Moses Arora Cast: Sunny Leone, Tanuj Virwani, introducing Nyra Benerjee Rating: *** Reviewer: Subhash K. Jha There is no saying where a one-night stand can lead you….
Film: “Traffic” Language: Hindi Director: Late Rajesh Pillai Cast: Manoj Bajpayee, Divya Dutta, Sachin Khedekar, Jimmy Shergill, Parambrata Chatterjee, Vishal Singh, Prosenjit Chatterjee, Kitu Gidwani, Vikram Gokhale, Amol Parashar and Nikita Thukral Rating: ** Reviewer:…
Film: “Captain America: Civil War” (Hindi) Directors: Anthony and Joe Russo Cast: Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johanssen, Paul Rudd, Elizabeth Olsen Rating: **½ Reviewer: Subhash K. Jha There is something you should know….
Film: “Captain America: Civil War” Directors: Anthony Russo, Joe Russo Cast: Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johansson, Sebastian Stan, Anthony Mackie, Don Cheadle, Jeremy Renner, Chadwick Boseman, Paul Bettany, Elizabeth Olsen, Paul Rudd, Emily…
Film: “Shortcut Safari” Language: Hindi Director: Amitabha Singh Cast: Jimmy Shergill, Manmeet Singh, Sharvil Patel, Aashi Rawal, Mann Patel, Ugam Khetani, Stuti Dwivedi, Deah Tandon, Hardil Kanaba Rating: * Reviewer: Troy Ribeiro Publicised as a…
Film: “Baaghi”; Language: Hindi Director: Sabbir Khan Cast: Tiger Shroff, Shraddha Kapoor, Sudheer Babu Rating: ** Reviewer: Subhash K. Jha “Baaghi” is a film in a tearing hurry. It hurls and races through a…