Jack The Giant Slayer – ‘Bean’ there seen that!
<Review by: Sailesh Ghelani> Directed by Bryan Singer. Starring Nicholas Hoult, Ewan McGregor, Ian McShane, Stanley Tucci, Eleanor Tomlinson, Eddie Marsan, Ewen Bremner, Bill Nighy Better than Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters but not half as good as Snow White & … [Read More..]
Oz The Great And Powerful – Not as great but it has a heart
<Review by: Daylynn DeSouza> Directed by Sam Raimi. Starring Rachel Weisz, James Franco, Mila Kunis, Zach Braff, Michelle Williams While the film does have its flaws (mainly on the technical side), there’s no denying that the story is magical. It manages … [Read More..]
21 & Over – Trying to be Hangover and American Pie but doesn’t quite make it
<Review by: Sailesh Ghelani> Directed by Scott Moore and Jon Lucas. Starring Miles Teller, Skylar Astin, Justin Chon, Sarah Wright, Jonathan Keltz From the writers of The Hangover comes this similar tale set with a younger cast but it still has … [Read More..]
Amrita Puri – ‘The thing that’s stopping me is not getting more good work!’
Amrita Puri , the adorable and feisty girl from this summer’s surprise hit film Kai Po Che!, has a nice little chat with Sailesh Ghelani. She tells him about Abhishek Kapoor’s detailed direction, how she almost lost hope of an … [Read More..]
The Master – Goes on and on… to nowhere
<Review by: Sailesh Ghelani> Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. Starring Joaquin Phoenix, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams, Laura Dern, Rami Malek Harvey Weinstein has apparently commented on The Master saying it would lose money and he should have been “a devil’s … [Read More..]
Texas Chainsaw 3D – A bad formula slasher flick
<Review by: Sailesh Ghelani> Directed by John Luessenhop. Starring Alexandra Daddario, Tania Raymonde, Shaun Sipos, Dan Yeager, Richard Riehle, Scott Eastwood, Tremaine Neverson, Keram Malicki-Sánchez, Gunnar Hansen I hadn’t watched the original Texas Chain Saw Massacre or any of the previous … [Read More..]
The Incredible Burt Wonderstone – We laughed and laughed until we cried
<Review by: Sailesh Ghelani> Directed by Don Scardino. Starring Steve Carell, Steve Buscemi, Jim Carrey, Alan Arkin, James Gandolfini, Olivia Wilde, Jay Mohr Didn’t manage to review this film earlier but went and saw it with a friend and both of … [Read More..]
Olympus Has Fallen – A heart-thumping, edge-of-your-seat action-thriller
<Review by: Sailesh Ghelani> Directed by Antoine Fuqua. Starring Gerard Butler, Aaron Eckhart, Morgan Freeman, Angela Bassett, Melissa Leo, Ashley Judd, Rick Yune, Dylan McDermott, Radha Mitchell, Robert Forster, Cole Hauser We’ve all seen movies about attacks or threats of attack … [Read More..]
GI Joe: Retaliation – Much better than the first one!
<Review by: Sailesh Ghelani> Directed by Jon M. Chu. Starring Channing Tatum, Dwayne Johnson, DJ Cotrona, Byung-hun Lee, Adrianne Palicki, Jonathan Pryce, Ray Stevenson, Elodie Yung, Bruce Willis, Arnold Vosloo, Walton Goggins Yes it’s much better than the first one, which … [Read More..]
