Film: “Legend” Language: English Cast: Tom Hardy, Emily Browning, David Thewlis, Christopher Eccleston, Chazz Palminteri, Paul Bettany, Colin Morgan Director: Brian Helgeland Rating: ***1/2 Reviewed By: Troy Ribeiro “Legend” is a true British gangster story based…
Film: “Angry Indian Goddesses” Language: Hindi Cast: Sandhya Mridul, Amrit Maghera, Anushka Manchanda, Tannishtha Chatterjee, Rajshri Deshpande, Pavleen Gujral and Sarah-Jane Dias Director: Pan Nalin Rating: ** Reviewed by: Troy Ribeiro Touted as the first Indian…
Film: “Hate Story 3” Language: Hindi Cast: Sharman Joshi, Zareen Khan, Karan Singh Grover, Daisy Shah, Priyanshu Chatterjee Director: Vishal Pandya Rating: *1/2 Reviewed By: Troy Ribeiro A business tycoon Aditya Diwan (Sharman Joshi) is…
Film: “The Good Dinosaur” Language: English Voiced by: Jeffrey Wright, Frances McDormand, Raymond Ochoa, Jack Bright, Steve Zahn, Sam Elliott, Anna Paquin; Director: Peter Sohn; Rating: *** Reviewed By Troy Ribeiro Emotionally charged, Disney-Pixar’s “The Good…
Film: “In the Heart of the Sea” Language: English Director: Ron Howard Cast: Chris Hemsworth, Benjamin Walker, Cillian Murphy, Ben Whishaw, Tom Holland, Brendan Gleeson Rating: ***1/2 Director Ron Howard’s, “In the Heart of the…
Film: “Kajarya” Language: Hindi Director: Madhureeta Anand Cast: Meenu Hooda, Ridhima Sud, Kuldeep Ruhil, Shashi Bushan, Sumeet Vyas Rating: *** Reviewed By: Troy Ribeiro A fiction narrated in a neo-realistic documentary style, Madhureeta Anand’s “Kajarya” is…
Film: “Inji Iduppazhagi” Language: Tamil Director: Prakash Kovelamudi Cast: Anushka Shetty, Arya, Sonal Chauhan, Urvashi, Prakash Raj, Brahmanandam, Gollapudi Maruthi Rao and Bharath Rating: ** Reviewed by: Haricharan Pudipeddi In “Inji Iduppazhagi”, Anushka Shetty plays Sweety,…
Film: Size Zero Language: Telugu Cast: Anushka, Arya, Sonal Chauhan, Gollapudi Maruthi Rao, Prakash Raj, Adivi Sesh, Urvasi, Pavani Gangireddy, Brahmanandam Director: Prakash K Rating:2.75 Good Message but Zero emotions. Story: Soundarya (Anushka) is a fat girl…
Film: “Tamasha” Language: English Director: Imtiaz Ali Cast: Ranbir Kapoor, Deepika Padukone, Vivek Mushran and Sushma Seth Rating: **1/2 “Tamasha” is the love story of a storyteller who falls in love with a girl who…
Film: “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2” Language: English Director: Francis Lawrence Cast: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Elizabeth Banks, Woody Harrelson and Donald Sutherland Rating: **1/2 Reviewed by: Troy Ribeiro A political revenge…
Film: Cheekati Rajyam Language: Telugu Cast: Kamal Haasan, Trisha, Prakash Raj, Sampath Raj, Madhu Shalini Director: Rajesh M Selva Rating: 3.0 “Timepass” Story: Diwakar (Kamal Haasan), a Narcotics Officer and Mani (Yugi Sethu) steals cocaine from…
Film: Kumari 21 Language: Telugu Cast: Raj Tarun, Heebah Patel, Noel Sean, Naveen Neni, Sudarshan Reddy, Hema, Kamal, Jogi Brothers, Satya Krishna, Tagubothu Ramesh, Director: Palnati Surya Pratap Rating: 3.25 Complicated Yet Interesting Story: Kumari (Hebah…
Film: “X: Past is Present” Language: Hindi Directors: Abhinav Shiv Tiwari, Anu Menon, Hemant Gaba, Nalan Kumarasamy, Pratim D. Gupta, Q, Raja Sen, Rajshree Ojha, Sandeep Mohan, Sudhish Kamath and Suparn Verma Cast: Rajat Kapoor,…
Film: “Spectre” Language: English Director: Sam Mendes Cast: Daniel Craig, Christoph Waltz, Lea Seydoux, Naomie Harris, Ben Whishaw, Dave Bautista, Monica Bellucci, Ralph Fiennes and Jesper Christensen Rating: *** Reviewed By: Troy Ribeiro “Spectre” starts…
Film: “Prem Ratan Dhan Payo” Language: Hindi Director: Sooraj R. Barjatya Cast: Salman Khan, Neil Nitin Mukesh, Sonam Kapoor, Anupam Kher, Deepak Dobriyal, Arman Kohli, Swara Bhaskar; IANS Rating: ** “Prem Ratan Dhan Payo”, Sooraj…
Film: Akhil – The Power of JUA Language: Telugu Cast: Akkineni Akhil, Sayesha Saigal, Bramhanandam, Mahesh Manjrekar, Saptagiri, Vennela Kishore, Jayaprakash Reddy Director: V. V. Vinayak Rating: 2.75 “Just Dance” and nothing else. Story: Akhil is a…
Film: “Charlie Ke Chakkar Mein” Language: Hindi Director: Manish Srivastav Cast: Naseeruddin Shah, Anand Tiwari, Amit Sial, Manasi Rachh, Subrat Datta, Disha Arora and Anchal Nandrajog Rating: ** “Charlie Kay Chakkar Mein” is a neo-noir…
Film: Tripura Language: Telugu Cast: Swathi, Naveen Chandra, Rao Ramesh, Pooja Ramachandra, Saptagiri, Shakalaka Shankar, Jayaprakash Reddy, Sivannarayana, Dhanraj, Rajitha Director: Raaj Kiran Rating: 2.75 “Comedy with No Horror” Template loving Telugu movie directors found a new…
Film: “He Named Me Malala” Language: English Director: Davis Guggenheim Cast: Malala Yousafzai, Ziauddin Yousafzai, Toor Pekai Yousafzai, Khushal Yousafzai and Atal Yousafzai Rating: **1/2 Inspired by the book, “I Am Malala”, Davis Guggenheim’s “He…
Film: “Hotel Transylvania 2” Language: English Director: Genndy Tartakovsky Voiceovers by: Adam Sandler, Ashler Blinkoff, Kevin James, Andy Samberg, Fran Drescher, Selena Gomez, David Spade, Mel Brooks, Steve Buscemi, Keegan-Michael Key and Molly Shannon; Rating:…