Lone Survivor – The action is intense but the intelligence lacks some sense
<Review by: Sailesh Ghelani> Directed by Peter Berg. Starring Mark Wahlberg, Ben Foster, Emile Hirsche Taylor Kitsch, Eric Bana, Alexander Ludwig, Ali Suliman Lone Survivor is a film about chest thumping American soldiers in some thrillingly scary battle sequences on … [Read More..]
The LEGO Movie – Everything Is Awesome!
<Review by: Sailesh Ghelani> Directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller. Starring the voices of Chris Pratt, Elizabeth Banks, Will Arnett, Will Ferrell, Morgan Freeman, Liam Neeson, Charlie Day, Jonah Hill, Channing Tatum Our long-forgotten bricks of dreams are back … [Read More..]
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The Future of Law Enforcement is back in this remake of the 1987 cult film RoboCop, which originally starred Peter Weller as Officer Alex Murphy who after being brutally left for dead by some nasty criminals is turned into a … [Read More..]
RoboCop – In trying to modernise it, they’ve lost the fun from the original
<Review by: Sailesh Ghelani> Directed by José Padilha. Starring Joel Kinnaman, Michael Keaton, Gary Oldman, Samuel L Jackson, Abbie Cornish, Jackie Earle Haley, Jay Baruchel With great expectations come great disappointments so if you’re a fan of the original movie, … [Read More..]
Her – A delectable take on modern relationships and why they don’t work anymore
<Review by: Sailesh Ghelani> Directed by Spike Jonze. Starring Joaquin Phoenix, Amy Adams, Scarlett Johansson, Rooney Mara, Chris Pratt, Olivia Wilde For single guys fed up of real women and their drama, HER is the perfect film to go watch … [Read More..]
Winter’s Tale – You’ll need to suspend all disbelief to enjoy this film
<Review by: Sailesh Ghelani> Directed by Akiva Goldsman. Starring Colin Farrell, Jessica Brown-Findlay, Russell Crowe, William Hurt, Jennifer Connelly, Eva Marie Saint, Will Smith What a weird movie! WTF It starts off as a regular enough film. And then … [Read More..]
Vampire Academy – More fun than the first few Twilight movies
<Review by: Sailesh Ghelani> Directed by Mark Waters. Starring Zoey Deutch, Lucy Fry, Danila Kozlovsky, Gabriel Byrne, Sarah Hyland, Joely Richardson, Cameron Monaghan, Sami Gayle, Claire Foy, Olga Kurylenko It’s actually quite fun in a campy, trashy sort of way. … [Read More..]
The Monuments Men – A dithering film that trudges along because of its amiable actors
<Review by: Sailesh Ghelani> Directed by George Clooney. Starring George Clooney, Matt Damon, Bill Murray, John Goodman, Jean Dujardin, Bob Balaban, Hugh Bonneville, Cate Blanchett, Dimitri Leonidas With a stellar cast and a great director, The Monuments Men should have … [Read More..]
Pompeii – Exploding with all the clichés and formula you’d expect
<Review by: Sailesh Ghelani> Directed by Paul W.S. Anderson. Starring Kit Harington, Emily Browning, Carrie-Anne Moss, Adewale Akinnuoye-Abaje, Jessica Lucas, Jared Harris, Kiefer Sutherland, Paz Vega, Currie Graham, Sasha Roiz Pompeii is yet another gladiator-slave movie in 3D that fits … [Read More..]
Severing Ties: Kalki, Gulshan Devaiah & Monica Dogra talk about a short film they’ve done
Actors Gulshan Devaiah, Kalki Koechlin, Monica Dogra and director Ahmed Roy speak to Minority-Review’s Sailesh Ghelani about an interesting short film they’ve worked on just for the love of it. Gulshan, who recently acted in Ram-leela (read that interview here) … [Read More..]
