The Hangover 3 – Funny not hilarious with a much better plot than the last two
<Review by: Sailesh Ghelani> Directed by Todd Phillips. Starring Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms, Zach Galifianakis, Justin Bartha, Ken Jeong, John Goodman, Melissa McCarthy, Jeffrey Tambor, Heather Graham, Mike Epps It’s strange the way this film has been lambasted by critics as … [Read More..]
Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani – Teaches us not to waste our precious youth, especially on movies like this!
<Review by: Juthika Nagpal> Directed by Ayan Mukerji. Starring Ranbir Kapoor, Deepika Padukone, Kalki Koechlin, Aditya Roy Kapur, Evelyn Sharma, Kunaal Roy Kapur I went in good faith, to watch a light hearted Bollywood KJ stereotypical romance, but walked out scarred … [Read More..]
After Earth – You wake up!
<Review by: Sailesh Ghelani> Directed by M Night Shyamalan. Starring Will Smith, Jaden Smith, Sophie Okonedo, Zoe Kravitz It’s true if you disregard the director credit you’ll probably think this film isn’t that bad. It’s just not very good either. … [Read More..]
Now You See Me – Don’t look too closely and you’ll have fun
<Review by: Sailesh Ghelani> Directed by Louis Leterrier. With Jesse Eisenberg, Mark Ruffalo, Woody Harrelson, Isla Fisher, Dave Franco, Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine, Melanie Laurent, Common Just watching the trailer to this film I knew I’d want to watch it and … [Read More..]
Man Of Steel – More Sci-fi than Superhero film. A bit of a let down
<Review by: Sailesh Ghelani> Directed by Zack Snyder. With Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Michael Shannon, Diane Lane, Russell Crowe, Kevin Costner, Antje Traue, Harry J Lennix, Richard Schiff, Christopher Meloni, Lawrence Fishburne I used to be a Superman fan a long … [Read More..]
World War Z – As dumb as the zombies
<Review by: Sailesh Ghelani> Directed by Marc Forster. Starring Brad Pitt, Mireille Enos, Daniella Kertesz, James Badge Dale, Fana Mokena, Pierfrancesco Favino World War Z has gotten its publicity mainly for the fact that is it produced by Brad Pitt and … [Read More..]
Former Miss India, actor Pooja Chopra – This one’s for the girls
Pooja Chopra was the winner of the Femina Miss India Pageant 2009-2010 (she was also a semifinalist at Miss World and won the Beauty With A Purpose award). Though we’ve had many Miss India winners who have gained prominence, Pooja’s … [Read More..]
Hummingbird – Hollywood is stereotyping
<Review by: Sailesh Ghelani> Directed by Steven Knight. Starring Jason Statham, Agata Buzek, Vicky McClure, Benedict Wong Hummingbird has gone by the title Redemption in some markets but that hasn’t saved the film from being pretty irredeemable. In the first 15 … [Read More..]
The Heat – Tiresome slapstick that is bearable only because of the leads
<Review by: Sailesh Ghelani> Directed by Paul Feig. Starring Sandra Bullock, Melissa McCarthy, Kaitlin Olson, Taran Killam, Spoken Reasons, Demian Bichir, Marlon Wayans, Michael Rapaport, Jane Curtin, Thomas F Wilson Sure the audience laughed but that’s only because of the genius … [Read More..]
