The Jungle Book (2016) – An interesting and dark retelling of a familiar story

<Review by: Sailesh Ghelani>   Directed by Jon Favreau. Starring Neel Sethi and the voice talent of Ben Kingsley, Bill Murray, Idris Elba, Christopher Walken, Lupita Nyong’o, Giancarlo Esposito, Scarlett Johansson Running Time: 1 hour 51 minutes     The kids … [Read More..]

10 Cloverfield Lane – A Hollywood-ised, bastardised version of Room

<Review by: Sailesh Ghelani>   Directed by Dan Trachtenberg. Starring Mary Elizabeth Winstead, John Goodman, John Gallagher Jr Running Time:  1 hour 45 minutes   Inspite of the good reviews its getting more seasoned viewers will see through the gimmicky, contrived … [Read More..]

Mother’s Day – A pathetic, badly edited hotchpotch that should’ve been called Ex’s Day!

<Review by: Sailesh Ghelani>   Directed by Garry Marshall. Starring Jennifer Aniston, Kate Hudson, Julia Roberts, Jason Sudeikis, Britt Robertson, Timothy Olyphant, Sarah Chalke, Shay Mitchell, Jack Whitehall, Jon Lovitz, Margo Martindale, Robert Pine, Cameron Esposito, Aasif Mandvi, Hector Elizondo Running … [Read More..]

The Man Who Knew Infinity – Formula but interesting to those who like maths!

<Review by: Sailesh Ghelani>   Directed by Matt Brown. Starring Dev Patel, Jeremy Irons, Toby Jones, Kevin McNally, Stephen Fry, Jeremy Northam, Arundhati Nag, Devika Bhise, Anthony Calf, Raghuvir Joshi Running Time: 1 hour 48 minutes   While the whole ‘British-ness’ … [Read More..]