Taken 3 – Better than 2 but only by a bit
<Review by: Sailesh Ghelani> Directed by Olivier Megaton. Starring Liam Neeson, Maggie Grace, Famke Janssen, Forest Whitaker, Dougray Scott, Sam Spruell Having completely hated the second sequel in this franchise I wasn’t looking forward to Taken 3 but it manages … [Read More..]
DVD Review: The Equalizer – Engaging stuff
<Review by: Sailesh Ghelani> Now this is what a real super hero movie is. Him and John Wick were the real super men of 2014 in my opinion. The DVD has a mix of serious and humorous features on it. … [Read More..]
The Imitation Game – A toast to those who are different
<Review by: Sailesh Ghelani> Directed by Morten Tyldum. Starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Keira Knightley, Mark Strong, Matthew Goode, Charles Dance, Allen Leech, Rory Kinnear, Matthew Beard, James Northcote A movie that celebrates the mind and what it can achieve, The Imitation … [Read More..]
The Theory of Everything – Beautifully encapsulates the genius of unconditional love
<Review by: Sailesh Ghelani> Directed by James Marsh. Starring Eddie Redmayne, Felicity Jones, David Thewlis, Emily Watson, Charlie Cox, Simon McBurney, Maxine Peake, Harry Lloyd With so many biographical movies coming out not all of them get it right. The … [Read More..]
American Sniper – Formula war movie with a few gripping moments
<Review by: Sailesh Ghelani> Directed by Clint Eastwood. Starring Bradley Cooper, Sienna Miller, Kyle Gallner, Luke Grimes, Ben Reed A highly effective trailer that consisted of the opening 5 minutes of this film got me interested in watching it. Of … [Read More..]
Mortdecai – Silly slapstick that makes you chuckle, but it’s still a bad movie
<Review by: Sailesh Ghelani> Directed by David Koepp. Starring Johnny Depp, Gwyneth Paltrow, Ewan McGregor, Paul Bettany, Olivia Munn, Jeff Goldblum What could have been a wonderfully quaint and hilarious Brit-style comedy caper turns out to be overacted and underwhelming … [Read More..]
Eat Stay Chill Video Review – Dine In The Dark at the Sheraton Grande Sukhumvit, Bangkok
Minority-Review’s Sailesh Ghelani has started up a new YouTube channel with friend and renowned food and travel writer Rupali Dean. Eat Stay Chill with Rupali & Sailesh (India’s first show on YouTube for travel/food/leisure video reviews) will bring you unique reviews of hotels, … [Read More..]
Eat Stay Chill Video Review – Rossini’s at the Sheraton Grande Sukhumvit, Bangkok
Minority-Review’s Sailesh Ghelani has started up a new YouTube channel with friend and renowned food and travel writer Rupali Dean. Eat Stay Chill with Rupali & Sailesh (India’s first show on YouTube for travel/food/leisure video reviews) will bring you unique reviews of hotels, … [Read More..]
Seventh Son – Hodgepodge of bad acting and poor special effects
<Review by: Sailesh Ghelani> Directed by Sergei Bodrov. Starring Jeff Bridges, Julianne Moore, Ben Barnes, Alicia Vikander, Olivia Williams, Antje Traue, Djimon Hounsou, Kit Harrington The only thing redeeming about this film is that I yawned less in it than … [Read More..]
Foxcatcher – I yawned so much through this movie
<Review by: Sailesh Ghelani> Directed by Bennett Miller. Starring Channing Tatum, Steve Carell, Mark Ruffalo, Sienna Miller, Vanessa Redgrave, Anthony Michael Hall Apparently one of the people who this film is based on criticised the director for inaccuracies as well … [Read More..]
