Film: “Kung Fu Panda 3” Language: English Directors: Alessandro Carloni and Jennifer Yuh Nelson Voiceovers by Jack Black, Angelina Jolie, Kate Hudson, Bryan Cranston, Dustin Hoffman and Jackie Chan; Rating: **1/2 Reviewer: Troy Ribeiro “Kung…
Film: “The Divergent Series: Allegiant” Language: English Director: Robert Schwentke Cast: Shailene Woodley, Theo James, Miles Teller, Ansel Elgort, Naomi Watts, Jeff Daniels, Octavia Spencer, Ray Stevenson, Zoe Kravitz, Maggie Q, Daniel Dae Kim, Bill…
Chennai: Stills from Tamil film `Thozha` (Photo: IANS) Film: “Thozha” Director: Vamshi Paidipally Cast: Akkineni Nagarjuna, Karthi, Tamannaah Bhatia, Tanikella Bharani, Jayasudha, Shriya Saran, Anushka Shetty Rating: ***1/2 Reviewer: Haricharan Pudipeddi Everything about director Vamshi’s…
Film: “Oopiri” Language: Telugu Director: Vamsi Paidipally Cast: Nagarjuna Akkineni, Karthi, Tamannaah, Prakash Raj, Ali, Jayasudha, Vivek[2] Shriya Saran, Anushka Shetty, Adivi Sesh, Gabriella Demetriades, Nora Fatehi Rating: **** Reviewer: Socialnews.xyz Story: Vikramadithya aka Vikram (Nagarjuna) is a paraplegic and…
Film: “Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice” Language: English Director: Zack Snyder Cast: Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Jesse Eisenberg, Diane Lane, Laurence Fishburne, Jeremy Irons, Holly Hunter and Gal Gadot Rating: ** Reviewer:…
Film: “Rocky Handsome” Director: Nishikant Kamat Cast: John Abraham, Diya Chalwad, Nishikant Kamat, Sharad Kelkar, Natalia Kaur and Shruti Haasan Rating: **1/2 Reviewer: Troy Ribeiro Packed with maniac action sequences, “Rocky Handsome” is a typical…
Film: “Run” Language: Telugu Director: Anil Kanneganti Cast: Sundeep Kishan, Anisha Ambrose, Bobby Simha and Kasi Viswanath Rating: **1/2 Reviewer: Socialnews.xyz ‘Nothing to run for’ should be the tag line of the movie. Story: Sanjay (Sandeep…
Film: “Norm of the North” Language: English Director: Trevor Wall Voices of: Rob Schneider, Heather Graham, Ken Jeong, Bill Nighy, Colm Meaney, Loretta Devine, Gabriel Iglesias, Michael McElhatton and Maya Kay; Rating: ** Reviewer: Troy Ribeiro…
Film: “Kapoor & Sons” Language: Hindi Director: Shakun Batra Cast: Rishi Kapoor, Siddharth Malhotra, Fawad Khan, Alia Bhatt, Ratna Pathak Shah and Rajat Kapoor Rating: **** Reviewer: Troy Ribeiro “Kapoor & Sons” is a saga…
Film: “Eye In The Sky” Language: English Director: Gavin Hood Cast: Helen Mirren, Aaron Paul, Alan Rickman and Barkhad Abdi Rating: *** Reviewer: Troy Ribeiro “Eye in the Sky” is an engrossing and provocative thriller…
Film: “Bus 657” Language: English Director: Scott Mann Cast: Robert De Niro, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Morris Chestnut, Dave Bautista, Stephen Cyrus Sepher, Gina Carano, Kate Bosworth and Paul Mark Gosselaar Rating: ** Reviewer: Troy Ribeiro…
Film: “Triple 9” Language: English Director: John Hillcoat Cast: Casey Affleck, Kate Winslet, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Anthony Mackie, Aaron Paul, Clifton Collins Jr. Norman Reedu, Teresa Palmer, Michael K. Williams, Gal Gadot and Woody Harrelson Rating: *…
Film: “Tera Surroor” Language: Hindi Director: Shawn Arranha Cast: Himesh Reshammiya, Farah Cast: Himesh Reshammiya, Farah Karimaee, Naseeruddin Shah, Shekhar Kapur, Monica Dogra, Kabir Bedi, Shernaz Patel and Abhishek Duhan Rating: * Reviewer: Troy Ribeiro…
Film: “Race” language: English Director: Stephen Hopkins Cast: Stephen James, Jason Sudeikis, Jeremy Irons, Carice van Houten, Shanice Banton, William Hurt, Eli Goree, Tony Curran and David Kross Rating: ***1/2 Reviewer: Troy Ribeiro The title…
Film: “The Program” Language: English Director: Stephen Frears Cast: Ben Foster, Chris O’Dowd, Jesse Plemons, Guillaume Canet, Lee Pace, Dustin Hoffman, Elaine Cassidy, Laura Donnelly, Edward Hogg, Sam Hoare and Peter Wight Rating: **1/2 Reviewer:…
Film: “Jai Gangaajal” Language: Hindi Director: Prakash Jha Cast: Priyanka Chopra, Manav Kaul, Ninad Kamat, Murli Sharma, Kiran Karmarkar, Rahul Bhat and Prakash Jha Rating: *** Reviewer: Troy Ribeiro Prakash Jha’s “Jai Gangaajal”, a sequel…
Film: “13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi” Language: English Director: Michael Bay Cast: James Badge Dale, Max Martini, Dominic Fumusa, Pablo Schreiber, David Denman, Toby Stephens and Freddie Stroma Rating: ***1/2 Reviewer: Troy Ribeiro…
Film: London Has Fallen Language: English Director: Babak Najafi Cast: Gerard Butler, Aaron Eckhart, Morgan Freeman, Alon Moni Aboutboul, Angela Bassett, Robert Forster, Jackie Earle Haley, Melissa Leo, Radha Mitchell, Sean O’Bryan, Charlotte Riley and…
Film: “Zubaan” Language: Hindi Cast: Vicky Kaushal, Sarah Jane Dias, Manish Chaudhari, Raaghav Chanana and Meghna Malik Directed by: Mozez Singh Rating: ***1/2 Reviewr:Troy Ribeiro “Zubaan”, a musical drama, is the journey of Dilsher Singh…
Film: “45 Years” Language: English Cast: Charlotte Rampling, Tom Courtenay, Geraldine James, Dolly Wells, David Sibley, Sam Alexander and Richard Cunningham Director: Andrew Haigh; Rating: ***1/2 Reviewer: Troy Ribeiro Narrated in an Ingmar Bergmanesque style…