Ryan Gosling always has something between his lips (with pictures)
<Sailesh Ghelani> It’s a funny thing I noticed about that brooding, dashingly handsome actor who is really coming into his own in movie after movie. Ryan Gosling is still thought of as the pretty boy who can do a decent … [Read More..]
Mud – A beautiful character-driven tale about life and relationships
<Review by: Sailesh Ghelani> Directed by Jeff Nichols. Starring Matthew McConaughey, Tye Sheridan, Jacob Lofland, Reese Witherspoon, Sarah Paulson, Ray McKinnon, Sam Shepard, Michael Shannon, Paul Sparks, Joe Don Baker When you watch Mud you’re in for a treat because there’s … [Read More..]
Star Trek Into Darkness – The Benchmark for Future Sci-Fi movies
<Review by: Farzad Mistry> Directed by JJ Abrams. Starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Chris Pine, Zoe Saldana, Karl Urban, Zachary Quinto, Simon Pegg, Anton Yelchin, John Cho, Bruce Greenwood, Alice Eve, Peter Weller This film is the sequel to the successful 2009 Star … [Read More..]
Ranjan Shandilya – Truly inspired
Ranjan Shandilya is the film director of Finding The Guru (based on Paramhansa Yogananda’s book Autobiography of a Yogi) and the film Myoho. He talks to our Swati Sharan about fate guiding him into filmmaking and tells us how … [Read More..]
The Reluctant Fundamentalist – It’s well made and beautifully portrayed but a tad unoriginal
<Review by: Sailesh Ghelani> Directed by Mira Nair. Starring Riz Ahmed, Kate Hudson, Liev Schreiber, Kiefer Sutherland, Om Puri, Shabana Azmi, Imaad Shah, Haluk Bilginer, Nelsan Ellis There was nothing new to The Reluctant Fundamentalist, but I thought the way the … [Read More..]
EPIC – A formula film but a visual phantasmagoria
<Review by: Sailesh Ghelani> Directed by Chris Wedge. Starring the voice talent of Josh Hutcherson, Amanda Seyfriend, Colin Farrell, Christoph Waltz, Jason Sudeikis, Steven Tyler, Pitbull, Beyoncé Knowles, Aziz Ansari, Chris O’Dowd When I saw the trailer for this film I … [Read More..]
The Great Gatsby – Over-dramatic and over-stylised and I loved it!
<Review by: Sailesh Ghelani> Directed by Baz Luhrmann. With Leonardo DiCaprio, Joel Edgerton, Tobey Maguire, Carey Mulligan, Isla Fisher, Jason Clarke, Elizabeth Debicki, Amitabh Bachchan The critics are divided but the audiences seem to love it. And I must say I … [Read More..]
Shop Review: Temple Art – When a hobby turns divine
She dabbled in it, perfected it, on being pushed by her friends she started a Facebook page and within no time her spiritual artworks have become quite popular with eager buyers all over the world waiting in anticipation for the … [Read More..]
Fast & Furious 6 – A franchise whose time has come… to retire
<Review by: Sailesh Ghelani> Directed by Justin Lin. Starring Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Dwayne Johnson, Michelle Rodriguez, Gina Carano, Luke Evans, Tyrese Gibson, Chris ‘Ludacris’ Bridges, Sung Kang, Gal Gadot I thought the Twilight Saga had well overstayed its welcome. Hell, … [Read More..]