Film: “The Man Who Knew Infinity” Language: English Director: Matthew Brown Cast: Dev Patel, Jeremy Irons, Stephen Fry, Toby Jones, Devika Bhise, Arundhati Rating: *** Reviewer: Troy Ribeiro The film, “The Man Who Knew Infinity”,…
Film: “The Man Who Knew Infinity” Language: English Cast: Jeremy Irons, Dev Patel, Devika Bhise Director: Matthew Brown Rating: ***** Reviewer: Subhash K. Jha How does one describe, let alone cinematically circumscribe, the life of…
Film: “Sarrainodu” Language: Telugu Director: Boyapati Sreenu Cast: Allu Arjun, Rakul Preet Singh, Catherine Tresa, Aadi Pinisetty, Brahmanandam, Suman, Jayaprakash, Pradeep Rawat and Vidyullekha Raman Rating: *** Reviewer: Haricharan Pudipeddi Director Boyapati Sreenu has succeeded…
Film: “Laal Rang” Language: Hindi Cast: Randeep Hooda, Akshay Oberoi, Pia Bajpai Director: Syed Ahmad Afzal Rating: *** Reviewer: Subhash K. Jha Once in a while you tend to overlook the glaring aberrations in a…
Film: “Nil Battey Sannata” Language: Hindi Cast: Swara Bhaskar, Ratna Pathak Shah, Pankaj Tripathy, Riya Shukla Director: Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari Rating: **** Reviewer: Subhash K. Jha Swaras spontaneous unrehearsed seemingly uncomplicated interpretations of the…
Reviewer: Troy Ribeiro Film: “Nil Battey Sannata” Language: Hindi Cast: Swara Bhaskar, Riya Shukla, Aditi Tailang, Ratna Pathak Shah, Pankaj Tripathi, Sanjay Suri; Director: Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari Rating: ***1/2 Replete with life’s lessons, “Nil Battey…
Film: “Santa Banta Pvt Ltd” Language: Hindi Director: Akashdeep Sabir Cast: Boman Irani, Vir Das, Neha Dhupia, Lisa Haydon, Johnny Lever, Sanjay Mishra, Vrajesh Hirjee, Ram Kapoor, Vijay Patkar, Vijay Raaz Rating: * Reviewer: Troy…
Film: “Laal Rang” Language: Hindi Director: Syed Ahmed Fazal Cast: Randeep Hooda, Akshay Oberoi, Rajneesh Duggal, Pia Bajpai, Meenakshi Dixit Rating: ***1/2 Reviewer: Troy Ribeiro “Laal Rang”, a bromance based on true events that took…
Film: “The Huntsman: Winter’s War” Language: English Cast: Chris Hemsworth, Emily Blunt, Jessica Chastain, Charlize Theron, Sheridan Smith, Rob Brydon, Nick Frost, Alexandra Roach, Sam Claflin, Sophie Cookson, Niamh Walton and Conrad Khan Director: Cedric…
Film: “Fan” Language: Hindi Cast: Shah Rukh Khan, Waluscha de Sousa, Shriya Pilgaonkar, Deepika Amin, Yogendra Tiku, Sayani Gupta Directed by: Maneesh Sharma Rating: ***1/2 Review: Troy Ribeiro In a star-struck country, where hero worshipping…
Film: “Fan” Language: Hindi Director: Maneesh Sharma Cast: Shah Rukh Khan, Sayani Gupta , Deepika Amin and Yogendra Tikoo Rating: **** Reviewer: Subhash K. Jha What a triumphant return to form for an actor whose…
Film: “Before I Wake” Language: English Director: Mike Flanagan Cast: Jacob Tremblay, Kate Bosworth, Thomas Jane, Annabeth Gish, Dash Mihok, Scottie Thompson, Antonio Romero; Rating: *** Troy Ribeiro “Before I Wake” is an intriguing psychological…
Film: “Sardaar Gabbar Singh” Language: Hindi Director: K.S. Ravindra Cast: Pawan Kalyan, Kajal Aggarwal, and Sharad Kelkar Rating: * Reviewer: Subhash K. Jha For those hoping to see Telugu superstar Pawan Kalyan make a safe…
Film: “Love Games” Language: Hindi Director: Vikram Bhatt Cast: Patralekha, Gaurav Arora, Tara Alisha Berry, Rukhsar Rehman Rating: *** Reviewer: Subhash K. Jha This is the land of the loathsome, unplugged. The stench of self-indulgence among…
Film: Demolition Language: English Director: Jean-Marc Vallée Cast: Jake Gyllenhaal, Naomi Watts, Chris Cooper, Judah Lewis, C.J. Wilson, Polly Draper, Malachy Cleary, Debra Monk and Heather Lind Rating: **1/2 Reviewer: Troy Ribeiro Germinating from the…
Film: “The Jungle Book” Director: Jon Favreau Cast: Neel Sethi; Voices of: Nana Patekar, Om Puri, Irrfan Khan, Shefali Shah, Priyanka Chopra Rating: **** Reviewer: Subhash K. Jha Though parts of the film towards the end…
Film: “Sardaar Gabbar Singh” Language: Telugu Director: K.S. Ravindra Cast: Pawan Kalyan, Kajal Aggarwal, Brahmanandam, Sharad Kelkar, Kabir Duhan Singh, Mukesh Rishi, Rao Ramesh, Urvashi, and Brahmaji Rating: ** Reviewer: Haricharan Pudipeddi In K.S. Ravindra-directed “Sardaar…
Film: “Love Games” Language: Hindi Director: Vikram Bhatt Cast: Patralekha, Gaurav Arora, Tara Alisha Berry and Hiten Tejwani Rating: **1/2 Reviewer: Troy Ribeiro An erotic thriller, “Love Games” is about love, lust and frustrations in…
Film: “The Jungle Book” Language: English Director: Jon Favreau Cast: Neel Sethi, Ritesh Rajan Voices of: Bill Murray, Ben Kingsley, Idris Elba, Lupita Nyong’o, Scarlett Johansson, Giancarlo Esposito, Christopher Walken, Garry Shandling and Brighton Rose…
Film: “The Blueberry Hunt” Director: Anup Kurian Cast: Naseeruddin Shah, Vipin Sharma, Aahana Kumra, PJ Unnikrishnan, Yadu Sankalia, Vinay Forrt, Kartik Elangovan Rating: * Reviewer: Troy Ribeiro Written and directed by Anup Kurian, “The Blueberry Hunt”…