DVD Review: The Hobbit – Battle Of The Five Armies – A battalion of bonus features
<Review by: Sailesh Ghelani> Peter Jackson’s 17-year journey with JRR Tolkien’s saga that began with The Lord Of The Rings and was followed by the prequel story of The Hobbit ends valiantly and epically with Battle Of The Five … [Read More..]
Zangoora: Kingdom of Dreams, Gurgaon – Bollywood Broadway done well
<Sailesh Ghelani> Having heard a lot about this venue and how I should catch it even though I’m not really a huge Bollywood fan, I accompanied my friend and co-host Rupali Dean on Eat Stay Chill for a song-and-dance … [Read More..]
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out Of Water – One of the most irritating and crappy films I’ve ever seen
<Review by: Sailesh Ghelani> Directed by Paul Tibbitt. Starring Tom Kenny, Bill Fagerbakke, Rodger Bumpass, Clancy Brown, Carolyn Lawrence, Douglas Lawrence, Tim Conway, Rob Paulsen, Antonio Banderas No I’m not a viewer of this TV cartoon that is meant for … [Read More..]
Hot Pursuit – Turn around and run away
<Review by: Sailesh Ghelani> Directed by Anne Fletcher. Starring Reese Witherspoon, Sofia Vergara, John Carroll Lynch, Rob Kazinsky, Richard T Jones, Michael Mosley, Matthew Del Negro, Joaquin Cosio I overheard a fellow reviewer commenting that it’s so hard nowadays to … [Read More..]
Danny Collins – Al Pacino is a treat to watch
<Review by: Sailesh Ghelani> Directed by Dan Fogelman. Starring Al Pacino, Annette Bening, Bobby Cannavale, Jennifer Garner, Christopher Plummer, Josh Peck, Melissa Benoist, Giselle Eisenberg Some films can be so clichéd but still so wonderful that you realise every movie … [Read More..]
Mad Max: Fury Road – The ultimate chase movie
<Review by: Sailesh Ghelani> Directed by George Miller. Starring Tom Hardy, Charlize Teron, Nicholas Hoult, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Zoe Kravitz, Riley Keough This is a film you go to watch without expecting any story. You just sit there bedazzled … [Read More..]
Bombay Velvet – Too long, boring and unoriginal
<Review by: Sailesh Ghelani> Directed by Anurag Kashyap. Starring Ranbir Kapoor, Anushka Sharma, Kay Kay Menon, Karan Johar, Siddhartha Basu, Manish Chaudhary Just because something is different, doesn’t mean it’s good or shocking. Bombay Velvet deserves the ‘brickbats’ because if … [Read More..]
Big Game – A ridiculously stupid attempt at a parody
<Review by: Sailesh Ghelani> Directed by Jalmari Helander. Starring Samuel L. Jackson, Onni Tommila, Jim Broadbent, Ray Stevenson, Mehmet Kurtulus, Felicity Huffman, Victor Garber, Ted Levine There were points in Big Game I laughed heartily and then there were other … [Read More..]
Poltergeist – Nothing compared to the remake but still fun to watch
<Review by: Sailesh Ghelani> Directed by Gil Kenan. Starring Sam Rockwell, Rosemarie DeWitt, Kyle Catlett, Saxon Sharbino, Kennedi Clements, Jared Harris, Jane Adams, Nicholas Braun, Susan Heyward It’s kinda hard remaking classic films of any genre and in this day of … [Read More..]
Tomorrowland – Reminiscent of the magical sci-fi films of the 80s
<Review by: Sailesh Ghelani> Directed by Brad Bird. Starring George Clooney, Brittany Robertson, Raffey Cassidy, Hugh Laurie, Thomas Robinson, Kathryn Hahn, Judy Greer Tomorrowland is enchanting, engaging, entertaining and elating. It will remind you of those sci-fi gems of the … [Read More..]
