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#SorryDaddy(Hindi) Rating: * A sorry film. Fashioned
in antiquated tear-jerker mode it’s patchy, disjointed and musically
hysterical. Amateurish takes, shaky helming and stunted acting make it a
painful cross to bear. #WasimPR #FameMedia #ShameemKhan #SKFilmsEntertainment
#WasimSKhan #VijayPal #ShakurSir # RamzanSolanki #UdaySingh #GayatriSingh
#MukeshTiwari #RaghubirYadav #RazzakKhan #AmritPal #JavedKhan #ShehzadKhan
#TinnuVerma #RazaMurad Runtime:104mins
#TheSilentHeroes(Hindi) Rating: * * Appears to be- a commissioned film for an NGO,
got converted to cinema format. And it shows in every department. While the
backdrop (Himachal,Rishikesh) is stunning the foreground(story, script, plotting,
performances, direction) is too faulty and fake to be attachment friendly. The
only thing sincere about this is it’s aim to give the differently abled a platform
for wider acceptability. The cause could have been better benefited from a
director with far more assurance, finesse and accomplished craftsmanship.
#MaheshBhatt directed this? I am still wondering… #MaheshBhatt #AshwaniShukla
#AltairMedia #MaanuvBharadwaj #PriyankaPanchaal #HansFoundation Runtime: 112
mins
#SnoopyAndCharlieBrownThePeanutMovie(English/Animation/3D)
Rating: * * ½ An underdog story brought to cinematic life in state-of-the-art
3D animation form, based on Charles M Schulz decades old creation, this film is
a regurgitated version of the previous Peanuts productions. There’s nothing new
here for the new generation and if the idea is to rekindle old familiarity,
then it’s probably a little too late in the day to attract fans of yore.
Nothing innovative or interesting here. #SteveMartino #MarielSheets #BryanSchulz #CraigSchulz #CorneAlexanderGarfin #HadleyBelleMiller #FrancescaCapaldi #VenusSchultheisliusUliano #CharlesMSchulz #FoxStarStudios
#ShrutiSundaram #VijaySingh #BlueSkyAnimation #20thCenturyFox Runtime:92 mins
#Everly(English) Rating: * * Furious but futile. A
trashy all-hell-break-loose actioner that pits a call girl turned police
informant against a crime lord, her former boss, this film borrows heavily from
noted actioners of yore but in the process ends up looking stylish but
listless- despite the furious pace and Hayek’s sincere efforts. #SalmaHayek #TogoIgawa #LauraCepeda
#GabriellaWright #JoeLynch #YaleHannon #Radius #Dimension #TWC Runtime: 92 mins
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#Dilwale (Hindi) Rating: * * ½ Cliched masalafied
entertainer. The SRK-Kajol magic gets resurrected in this fully faltu typically
Rohit Shetty action-romance crowd pleaser. It’s instant gratification meant for
the instant generation
#GauriKhan #RedChilliesEntertainmentLtd
#ShahRukhKhan #RohitShetty #VarunDhawan #Kajol #KritiSanon #JohnnyLever
#KabirBedi #VinodKhanna #SanjayMishra #MukeshTiwari #VarunShrama #BomanIrani
#RohitShettyProductions #MandviSharma #DeepakSahu Runtime:155mins
#BajiraoMastani(Hindi) Rating: * * * Opulent
Extravagance. Forget about history, this is largely an urban legend in fancy
dress. But the scene compositions, measured dramatics, visually affecting
production design, intricate work on the costumes, choreography and performances are rousing. #RanveerSingh
#DeepikaPadukone #SanjayLeelaBhansali #TanviAzmi #PriyankaChopra #MilindSoman
#MaheshManjrekar #ErosInternational #BhansaliProductions #RohiniIyer
#RaindropMedia #KishoreLulla Runtime: 145 mins
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#StarWarsEpisodeV11TheForceAwakens(English/3D/Imax)
Rating: * * * ½ Re-blooding of a
super-successful franchise. A fan’s heaven. A reboot that earns it’s highs from
nostalgic revisits. A sci-fi legend that gets new hope through this forceful
awakening. #JJAbrams #GeorgeLucas #DisneyUTVProductions #HarrisonFord #MarkHamill
#CarrieFisher #JohnBoyega
#DaisyRidley #AdamDriver #OscarIsaac #AndySerkis #DomhnallGleeson #MaxVonSydow #LupitaNyongo
#GwendolineChristie#CrystalClarke #PipAnderson #ChristinaChong #MiltosYerolemou #IkoUwais #YayanRuhian #CecepArifRahman
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Runtime:135mins
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#PointBreak(English/3D/4D/Imax) Rating: * * * Joy-stick
controlled adrenaline gusher. A non-stop Thrill seeker. Showboat for adrenaline
junkies. Wowing with incredible feats but the narrative contrivances fail to
rustle-up a force of great magnitude. Plethora of heart-in-the-mouth moments
but logic and gravity take a beating. Heart-stopping thriller but the
connections are facile. Eight incredible adventure stunts rolled out in a
heart-stopping package. It’s not exactly cinema but it will get you hooked. #ParullGossainPR #PVRPictures #DiptiWalia #AlconEntertainment
#DMGEntertainment #WarnerBros #TaylorBaldecchiWimmerProduction #LukeBracey #EdgarRamírez #RayWinstone #TeresaPalmer #EricsonCore #AndrewAKosove
#BroderickJohnson #JohnBaldecchi #DavidValdes #ChristopherTaylor #KurtWimmer Runtime:
114 mins
#MonsterHunt(English/3D) Rating: * * * An amiable 3D
live-action animation fantasy that starts-off with a Monsters Vs Humans
preamble before it can culminate in a
diverse-species merge that could encourage disbelief. The eye-pleasing FX
dynamics and the classy animation keep you glued even though the narration
tends to lag in the middle bits. #BaiheBai #BoranJing #WuJiang #RamanHui #ElaineJin #WallaceChung #EricTsang
#SandraNg #TangWei #YaoChen #YanNi #BaoJianfeng #WangYuexin #GuoXiaodong #ZhouPinrui
#MultiVisionPictures #LatikaDcosta #EdkoFilms #ChinaFilmGroup
#TianjinLianruiPicturesCo #DreamSkyPictures #BDIFilms
#ShenzenTencentVideoCultureCommunications #HeyiPictures #BeijingUnionPictures
#ZhejiangStarRiverArtisteManagementCo #SanLeFilms
#ChampionStarPicturesProduction #Runtime:
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#Natsamrat(Marathi) Rating: * * * #NanaPatekar assays
the lead role of a reputed Shakespearean theatre actor who earns money, fame,
respect and much more in his hey day and then loses it all in the ebb. The film
is basically an irony about the vagaries of success and the effect it has on
the perception of the audience. The film is basically a cinematic adaptation from V V Shirwadkar
(Kusumagraj’s) iconic play by the same name, which in turn was an adaptation of
‘King Lear,’ in which Dr ShreeramLagoo negotiated the lead role. This film’s
mainstay are it’s performances the rest is partly ingratiating and partly
stagey. #NanaPatekar #VikramGokhale #MaheshManjrekar # #MedhaManjrekar
#NehaPendse #MrunmayeeDeshpande #AjitParab #SunilBarve #ZeeStudios
#FincraftMedia #GajananPictures #GreatMarathaProductions Runtime: 160 mins
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#Wazir (Hindi) Rating: * *1/2 Fake grit. Tricky but
not exciting. preposterous grandstanding. Vacant scripting & indistinct
helming. #VidhuVinodChopra #AbhijatJoshi #BejoyNambiar #NeilNitinMukesh
#JohnAbraham #AmitabhBachchan #FarhanAkhtar #AditiRaoHydari #SeemaPahwa
#ManavKaul #Runtime: 103 mins
#Chauranga(Hindi) Rating: * * * Tightly
matter-of-fact but not entirely involving. It’s an underwhelming experience.
Nevertheless a very good effort for a first time outing as director. #Onir #TannishthaChatterjee #DhritimanChatterjee
#AnticlockwiseFilms #SanjaySuri #DrishyamFilms #BikasRanjanMishra
#SohamMaitra #RiddhiSen
Runtime:85 mins
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Runtime:85 mins
#ChhotaBheemHimalayanAdventure (Hindi) Rating: * * A
children’s adventure that may not be all that exciting even for kids. Not much
different from the earlier assays. Poor skill sets on display. #AbhinavChouhan #DebparnaBannerjee #Oindrilla
#ItaiDoshinMedia #GreenGoldAnimation Jigna Bharadwaj, #RupaBhimani
#KaustavGhosh #RajeshKava #SabinaMalik #JulieTejwani #RajivChilaka #RosauraAdorable
Runtime: 96 mins
#DaddysHome (English) Rating: * * Tame, Jaded mechanics, Rigorously Routine
juvenile comedy. A few laughs and that’s it. the rest is tedious. #Viacom18
#MarkWahlberg #WillFerrell #BobbyCannavale #LindaCordellini #ThomasHadenChurch #GarrySanchezProductions
#Paramount #HannibalBuress #BillBurr #JamieDenbo #PaulScheer #JohnCena #SeanAnders
#BrianBurns #SeanAnders #JohnMorris
#ChrisHenchy #AdamMcKay #JohnMorris
#ChrisHenchy #AdamMcKay #JohnMorris
Runtime: 96mins
#OurBrandIsCrisis (English) Rating: * * ½ Immature
Posturing. It’s Political branding with help from consultants, Gets to you for
a bit and then loses it all in unseemly pranks. #BillyBobThornton
#SandraBullock #WarnerBros #AnkitAgarwal #AnthonyMackie
#ZoeKazan
#ScootMcNairy #JoaquimdeAlmeida #AnnDowd
#DavidGordonGreen
#RachelBoynton
Runtime:
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#ChalkNDuster(Hindi) Rating: * *1/2 Tremulous avowal
of Teachers’ special place in society. This cause célèbre has an intent that’s
less cerebral and more commercial. Old fashioned theatrics and modernized
activism fail to quell the disappointment of shoddily assayed internecine
politics portrayed in unaffecting fashion leading up to an outlandish ‘Kaun banega karorepati’ type
quiz referendum. Shabana, Juhi ,DivyaDutta & ZarinaWahab acquit themselves
with validating performances. #ShabanaAzmi #ZarinaWahab #DivyaDutta
#JuhiChawla #AryaBabbar #SamirSoni #GirishKarnad #FriendsIncorporate
#SonyPictures #AnjaliMalhotra #PradnyaaSumatiShetty #PremJhangiani
#JayantGilatar #AminSurani #SuraniPictures #AdiIrani #RishiKapoor #JackieShroff
#RichaChaddha Runtime:130 mins
#TheRebelliousFlower(Hindi) Rating: * *1/2 Serene
and thoughtful yet a trifle hollow. About Rajneesh’s coming-to-terms with his
spiritual self, this quest for understanding of the guru’s youth does not
validate his ascendancy nor does it fulfill his ideologies. While the
meditative treatment allows for a spiritual flow there’s just not enough in the
story to keep you engrossed. #Osho
#Rajneesh #MoesArt #ShiladityaBora #KrishanHooda #PrinceShah #ShashankShekar
#KirtiAdarkar #JagdishBharti #SaurabhRathore #Mantra Runtime:109 mins
#TheHatefulEight(English) Rating: * * * #QuentinTarantino’s
eight feature takes place a few years after the Civil War, in a snowy,Blustery,
desolate stretch of Wyoming; the kind of place where trouble is the buzzword. Opportunistically
Derivative, Painstakingly old-fashioned in execution and technique, this one is
an indulgence that’s less than likely to give you a payoff. It’s typically an
impressive spectacle nevertheless with
it’s “road show” presentation in Ultra Panavision 70 mm, segmented and
accompanied by a custom-made Sergio Leone score.
#TimRoth #DemianBichir #MichaelMadsen #BruceDern
#WaltonGoggins #ChanningTatum #HardlyAnonymous #QuentinTarantino #SamuelLJackson
#KurtRussell #JenniferJasonLeigh #PVRPictures
# Runtime: 168 mins
#TheDanishGirl(English) Rating: * * * * There’s
artistry in every frame, poignancy in every moment and Profoundness in every
word. A near-perfect immersive and completely captivating experience. The
performances are also entirely riveting. This ‘rare’ thing of beauty is bound
to be a joy forever .The visual artistry here is well matched by ace
performances and technical smarts. #TomHooper #EddieRedmayne #AliciaVikander
#AmberHeard #SebastianKoch #UniversalPictures #JascintoFernandes #MoesArt #SaurabhRathore
#BenWhishaw #MattiasSchoenaerts #EmeraldFennell #JeanneAbraham
#VictoriaEmslie #CosimaShaw
#AdrianSchiller #OleDupont
#RebeccaRoot
#MayaLindh
#AliciaWoodhouse
Runtime: 120 mins
#The33(English) Rating: * * ½ Subterranean drama that never quite touches
creative high-ground so-to-speak and that, despite it being a true story(Chilean
mine cave-in disaster that was widely reported)Work-horse effort but
un-affective. #WarnerBros #AnkitAgarwal
#AntonioBanderas #JulietBinoche #RodrigoSantoro #JulietteBinoche #LouDiamondPhillips #KatedelCastillo #GabrielByrne #CotedePablo #JamesBrolin #NaomiScott #OscarNuñez #JorgeDiaz
#JacobVargas #BobGunton
#MartinSheen #PatriciaRiggen
# Runtime: 120 mins
#AlvinAndTheChipmunksTheRoadChip(English/Animation)
Rating: * * Cute but not exactly
entertaining .Paradise lost. From Hopeful to hope less in just about an hour
and 20 mins. Fluid animation, flaccid narration. #FoxStarStudios Jason Lee, Bella Thorne, Justin Long, Matthew
Gray Gubler, Jesse McCartney, Tony Hale, Kimberly
Williams-Paisley Walt Becker
#ShrutiSundaram #VijaySingh Runtime:86mins
#ChahatoMiTula(Marathi)
Rating: * * A Bollywood style romantic musical this one wrests it’s laurels
from aping #SRK but that’s just not enough to lure you into the theatres.
Mainstream trappings and wannabe ideology be-spoil the experience. #VishalMPuwar
#SatyendraMPuwar #BharatShah #MegaBollywoodPvtLtd #PrasadOak #ShrutiMarathe #SulekhaTalwalkar #MeghanJadhav #MitilaMirajkar #BharatGaneshpure
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Runtime: 143 mins
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#Airlift(Hindi) Rating: * * * Fairly de rigueur for a mainstream star vehicle.Has some
touching and engaging moments but largely a cop-out of sorts because of it’s
lead casting and playing around with the truth thereof. #HypePR #NilouferQuereshi #AkshayKumar
#NeerajPandey #NimratKaur #TSeriesFilms #BhushanKumar #DivyaKhoslaKumar
#KrishanKumar #NikhilAdvani #RajaKrishnaMenon #ArunaBhatia #MonishaAdvani #MadhuGBhojwani
#VikramMalhotra #AjayKapoor #ShivajiDasgupta #PrateekEntertainment #Abundantia
#HariOmBhatia #EmmayEntertainment #CapeOfGoodFilms #FerynaWazheir Runtime: 125 mins
#KyaaKoolHainHum3 (Hindi) Rating: * * check out your
brains when you enter the theatre for this one else you might just end up
losing your good sense.The only excitement here is brought on by
#ReiteshDeshmukh in a cameo where he broadly hints at returning back to the
franchise he once starred in. #AltEntertainment #UmeshGhadge #EktaKapoor
#BalajiMotionPictures
#AugustEntertainment #PVRPictures #TussharKapoor #AftabShivdasani
#MandanaKarimi #ShobhaKapoor #ShaktiKapoor #MeghnaNaidu #PrateekGadha
#GizeleThukral #ClaudiaCisella #KrishnaAbhishek #DarshanZariwala Runtime: 125
mins
#Jugni (Hindi) Rating: * * ½ Not a bad film but an
unaccomplished one. Punjabi Folk music centred, this film tends to lose the
plot in an unattractive love triangle that takes away from the film’s main
strength – it’s original music. #NadiyaKePaar #SadhanaSingh’s comeback film
doesn’t get beyond mundane and boring. #ParullGossainPR #PVRPictures #SugandaGarg #SadhanaSingh #SiddhantBehl
#AnurittaKJha #SamirSharma #ChandanSGill #ShefaliBhushan Runtime:115 mins
#The5thWave (English) Rating: * * yet another young adul novel adaptation, this
time from Rick Yancey, which follows a young woman as she embarks on a
desperate search for her brother after Earth is invaded by aliens, this film
doesn’t have much of a sting to sing about. The slow-burn treatment and the
non-spectacular action and unbelievable contrivances just makes it a little too
tedious for an audience already fed-up of the YA franchise fad #ChloëGraceMoretz #NickRobinson #AlexRoe #LievSchreiber #MaikaMonroe #MariaBello #MaggieSiff #RonLivingston #TonyRevolori
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Runtime: 112 mins
#Joy (English) Rating: * * * ½ An uplifting biopic of a woman’s unheralded
effort to create something durable and useful with no ‘mean’ help from her
dysfunctional family. #JenniferLawrence gets yet another star vehicle from her
Svengali and she’s more than up to the task! #ShrutiSundaram #VijaySingh
#FoxStarStudios #BradleyCooper #DonnaMills #JennifferLawrence #RobertDeNiro #DavidORussell
#EdgarRamírez #DianeLadd #VirginiaMadsen #IsabellaRossellini
#ElisabethRöhm
#LinusSandgren #20thCenturyFox #Fox2000Pictures #AnnapurnaPictures #DavisEntertainmentCo
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#AnnieMumolo Runtime: 124 mins
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#Mastizaade (Hindi) Rating: * ½ Adult sex comedy that’s woebegone and
happenstance .The overdose of double meaning dialogues and suggestive
positioning doesn’t arouse any enjoyment. This is a skin flick that is so brief
in it’s ideation that it almost seems non-existent. A twin of last week’s
wannabe ‘..Kool hain Hum3’ with 4 main performers in common and sharing of a
writer, this one’s been dug out from the same unpalatable fetid thought
processes that believes in scooping out the bottom to fill up the top. The only
way you will have a ball here is if you dip your head in the gutter before
embarking on this tasteless, extremely crass and off-putting exercise in
titillation. #PNCProductions
#panoramaStudios #PenMovies
#STVNetworksPvtLtd #RaindropAlterEgo #SunnyLeone #TussharKapoor #VirDas #Asrani
#SushmitaMukherjee #GizeleThukral #ShaadRandhawa #SureshMenon #ReiteshDeshmukh #EverymediaPR
#TriggerHappy #MilapMilanZaveri #MushtaqShiekh #SubiSamuel #MudassarKhan
Runtime:119 mins
#SaalaKhadoos(Hindi) Rating: *** In mainstream cinema it’s attitude that
counts and with a moniker implying aggravation you know what you are in for
here. And everything is allowed-from violence and brutality to pawing and
molestation in the name of coaching covered up indelicately by a heart-of-gold
construct that allows the desperately seeking titular hero to paper over his
own unacceptable gruff agro by serving up some conscience money to his victims.
Of course it’s not played out that way but this is what I got from it. A sort
of ‘Chak De’ for women’s boxing this film has a raw energy and fidgety pace
that comes good in the emotional byplay towards the climax. It’s a hard hit but
nowhere close to a knock out. #SpicePR
#Madhavan #RitikaSingh #Nasser #UTVMotionPictures #UTVFilms #RajKumarHiraniFilms
#YNotStudios #SudhaKongara #TricolourFilms Runtime: 110 mins
#TheBoy(English/Horror) Rating: * * Feeble,
unchallenging Horror flick. A horror mystery that ends up being neither. The
scare moves are quite illogical and laughable, treatment lacks bite, while the
story does not have anything new to tell. #MVP #LatikaDcosta #LaurenCohan #RupertEvans #DianaHardcastle #JamesRussell #JavierBotet
#WilliamBrentBell #LakeshoreEntertainment #STXEntertaiment #VertigoEntertainment
#JimNorton #StaceyMenear #JimWedaa #RoyLee #MattBerenson #TomRosenberg #GaryLucchesi
#RichardWright Runtime:97 mins
#AsterixTheMansionOfTheGods(English/Animation)
Rating:* * one of several films based
on France’s popular Asterix comic-books by #RenéGoscinny & #AlbertUderzo ,
this one does not score as well as the comic book experience. The flow is rapid
and the slap-stick comedy is lost in the speed of the cut-out transitions.
Dialogues don’t sound all that entertaining and the animation quality is not
fully satisfactory. It’s a so-so, all-over-the-place thunderous adventure that
may not appeal even to the dies hard fans of the super-successful comic book
series. #Pictureworks #AparnaKarmekar #RenéGoscinny
#RogerCarel #LoràntDeutsch #LaurentLafitte
#AlbertUderzo #LouisClichy #AlexandreAstier #PhilippeBony #ThomasValentin #PhilippeRombi #BarthelemyBoirot
#ThierryFournier #M6Studio #Belvision #GridAnimation #Canal+ #Cine+ #W9. Runtime:
85 mins
#Room(English) Rating: * * *1/2 Torturous but also
blindingly Illuminating. This Film adapted from #EmmaDonoghue’s novel ,
encapsulates the fascinating dynamics of a mother-son bond, incubated and
forged in captivity and later on slowly disarrayed by the interloping outside
world. It’s a situational drama that stuns mainly because of it’s guileless
lead performances and atmospheric treatment.
#HardlyAnonymous #LennyAbrahamson #BrieLarson #JacobTremblay #SeanBridgers #JoanAllen #WilliamHMacy #TomMcCamus #EmmaDonogue
#DannyCohen
#StephenRennicks Runtime:118
mins
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#GhayalOnceAgain (Hindi) Rating: * * ½ Investing
more on punches than on credible storyline. A sequel in the truest sense even
if it comes 20 years later, this one has the ageing angry hero Ajay(Sunny) on a weaker wicket. His
‘Satyakam’ aims to be trendy but only looks pointless. Guts and glory action alone
does not a story make. And the ‘dhai kilo ka haath’ is not as ‘Bhaari’ as it used to be.
Nostalgic trips into the past only make the regret more palpable. Alas! Will
there be takers for this? Well the Sunny
fans at the very least( if there are any left)! #UniversalCommunications
#ParagDesai #SunnyDeol #VijaytaFilms #SunnySoundsPLtd #Dharmendra #SunielSSaini
#RelianceEntertainment #PVRPictures #OmPuri #ShivamPatil
#AanchalMunjal #RishabhArora #NadiraBabbar #TiscaChopra #SohaAliKhan #ShaktimaanTalwar #SagarPandya
Runtime: 127 mins
#SanamTeriKasam(Hindi) Rating: * * Killing you with
tears. A designer weepie that defies all
logic and sense. Romantic collage of stylized images set to an ancient rhythm, wrapped
in a thousand clichés while surrounded by fairly appreciable music. Antiquated,
regressive & perennially confused hop-scotch of ideas borrowed from several
successful romantic hits put-together in
a loose and ungainly fit. #Himesh’s music though relieves the tedium for a bit. #ParullGossainPr #HarshavardhanRane
#MawraHocane #SohamRockStarEntertainment #ErosInternationalWorldwide
#RadhikaRao #VinaySapru #DeepakMukut #KaleemKhan #HimeshReshammiya #VijayRaaz
#ManishChoudhary #MurliSharma #PyumoriMehta
#Divyetta #RushadRana Runtime: 180 mins
#BHKBhalla@Halla.Kom(Hindi)
Rating: * A sitcom that would have been better suited for TV, this attempt is
light-weight and imminently forgettable. And it’s not funny seeing talented
actors degrade themselves in such baseless fare. #RakeshChaturvediOm #NaaradPR
#GMFilmProduction #RComProductions #IFTD #DhirajRokad #@mitRokad #AshokTripathi
#UjjwalRane #InshikaBedi #ManojPahwa #SeemaPahwa #YashpalSharma #BrijendraKala
#BenjaminGilani #SafdarAbbas #NeerajBadhwar
#SatyavratMudgal #9Production Runtime:103 mins
#TheFinestHours(English/3D) Rating: * * * A true
story dramatized in the genteel Disney tradition, this one has some really good
‘heart-in-the-mouth’ moments. Unfortunately they just don’t last long enough
nor is there much mystery to it. #Disney
#UTV #SiddharthRoyKapur #MoesArt #ChrisPine #CaseyAffleck #JoshStewart
#HollidayGrainger #BenFoster #EricBana #CraigGillespie Runtime: 117 mins
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#Fitoor(Hindi) Rating: * * ½ Ravishing but confused.
Love’s labour..lost. It’s the love of Kashmir that drives the film ..not the
love story in it. ‘Great Expectations’ belied. Viscerally amazing but hollow on
the inside. #AnayChaudhary’s delectable camerawork captures Kashmir in all it’s
glory. #GuyInTheSkyFilms #AbhishekKapoor
#SiddharthRoyKapur #UTVMotionPictures #SujataDugar #UTVFilms #ZeeMusic #Disney
#KatrinaKaif #AdityaRoyKapur #AkshayOberoi #AditiRaoHydari #Tabu #RahulBhatt
#TalatAziz #AjayDevgn #LaraDutta #SpicePR #DeepaBhatia #AnayChaudhary #SupratikSen Runtime: 131 mins
#SanamRe(Hindi) Rating: * * Poster shoot on filmy
‘love & romance.’ A photo-romance unworthy of such cinematic liberty. And
with three (yeah even the pint-sized hero) pouting , preening and gushing away
for attention you wouldn’t be surprised if you learned they had a cat-fight on
sets vying for all that on-camera attention. The songs and the beautifully shot
exotic locales are all that you get from this miserable, though pricey showboat
to love. #DivyaKhoslaKumar #BhushanKumar
#TSeries #YamiGautam #PulkitSamrat #UrvashiRautela #GulshanKumar #KrishanKumar #AjayKapoor
#PrateekEntertainments #SameerArya #VinodBhanushali #CommuniquePR Runtime:120
mins
#Spotlight(English/releasing19thFeb) Rating:
**** A systematic expose on the
behind-the-cassock goings-on that has had the Roman Catholic church shrouding
it’s rampant sexual misdemeanors behind the closed doors of faith and religion.
When truth makes sorry bedfellows. Spot-on and entirely true. #SonyPictures #AnjaliMalhotra #OpenRoadFilms #ParticipantMedia #FirstLookMedia
#AnonymousContent #RocklinProduction #FaustProduction #MichaelSugar #SteveGolin
#NicoleRocklin #BlyePagon #MarkRuffalo #MichaelKeaton #RachelMcAdams #LievSchreiber
#JohnSlattery #BrianDArcyJames #StanleyTucci #BillyCrudup #PaulGuilfoyle #JameySheridan
#LenCariou #NealHuff #MichaelCyrilCreighton #TomMcCarthy Runtime:128 mins
#Trumbo(English) Rating: * * *1/2 Enthralling drama.
The Hollywood blacklist way back in the 1940’s is a part of cinema history that
most of us would have been unaware of . While the politics of it might be hazy,
the emotional aspects of the story are quite crusty. The film, a period
representation, is a reasonably tense drama of those trying times and is quite
inspirational in it’s rendering of it. #HardlyAnonymous #PVRPictures #BleeckerStreet
#ShivHansPictures #GroundswellProduction #MichaelLondon #JaniceWilliams #ShivaniRawat
#MonicaLevinson #NimittMankad #JohnMcNamara #KevinKellyBrown #BryanCranston #DianeLane #HelenMirren #LouisCK.#ElleFanning #JohnGoodman #MichaelStuhlbarg #AlanTudyk
#DavidJamesElliott #JayRoach Runtime: 124 mins
#Deadpool(English) Rating: * * *1/2 lightweight but
supremely entertaining franchise opener. A super ‘anti-hero’ origin story
that’s likely to take FoxStar studios and the Marvel universe laughing all the
way to the bank. #RyanReynolds proves beyond doubt that he is to the ‘Deadpool’
role, born. #RyanReynolds #MorenaBaccarin #EdSkrein #GinaCarano
#TJMiller
#BriannaHildebrand
#TimMiller #RhettReese #PaulWernick #KaranSoni #20thCenturyFox #MarvelStudios
#FoxstarStudios #ShrutiSundaram #VijaySingh #HemanshuMistry Runtime: 110 mins
#HowToBeSingle (English) Rating: * * All about sex and partying with nothing in
between. Chatty & raunchy Valentine’s day bait. Sexual fodder for the
cheaply romantic.’Sex & the City’ for a younger demographic. Intermittently
funny and distasteful too. #WarnerBrosPictures #AnkitAgarwal #DakotaJohnson #RebelWilson
#DamonWayansJr #AndersHolm #AlisonBrie #NicholasBraun #JakeLacy #JasonMantzoukas
#LeslieMann #NewLineCinema #MetroGoldwynMayerPictures #FlowerFilms #WrigleyPictures
#JohnRickard #DanaFox Runtime: 110 mins
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