Dinesh Kamath’s column ‘New movies released in Navi Mumbai’ (Kuldip Patwal: I Didn’t Do It, Phantom Thread, Maze Runner: The Death Cure, Den of Thieves and Bleeding Steel) that was published in Newsband

New movies released in Navi Mumbai

By Dinesh Kamath

Kuldip Patwal: I Didn’t Do It

‘Kuldip Patwal: I Didn’t Do It’ is a film directed by Remy Kohli and written by Rahul Ramchandani and Remy Kohli. The movie stars Deepak Dobriyal, Raima Sen and Parvin Dabas.

The movie has an interesting story. A commoner is thrown into a jail cell on suspicion of murder of a local politician. Can he survive the State entrapment, or did he actually do it? There is more to the truth than meets the common man's eye. When Kuldip Patwal, a store shopkeeper gets caught in the the midst of a political drama caused by the death of a local minister, the lines between truth and lies gets blurry. Kuldip says he didn't do it but the State will make sure he gets the capital punishment. The case gets more complicated as the murder trial begins

Phantom Thread

Phantom Thread is a 2017 American historical drama film written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, set in London's couture world in the 1950s. It stars Daniel Day-Lewis as a dressmaker who falls in love with a young waitress, played by Vicky Krieps; the couple's relationship vacillates between affection and distance until they finally learn to live with one another's differences.

Set in the glamour of 1950s post-war London, renowned dressmaker Reynolds Woodcock (Daniel Day-Lewis) and his sister Cyril (Lesley Manville) are at the center of British fashion, dressing royalty, movie stars, heiresses, socialites, debutantes and dames with the distinct style of The House of Woodcock. Women come and go through Woodcock’s life, providing the confirmed bachelor with inspiration and companionship, until he comes across a young, strong-willed woman, Alma (Vicky Krieps), who soon becomes a fixture in his life as his muse and lover. Once controlled and planned, he finds his carefully tailored life disrupted by love. Collapse

The film has Daniel Day-Lewis as Reynolds Woodcock, Lesley Manville as Cyril Woodcock, Vicky Krieps as Alma Elson, Richard Graham as George Riley, Camilla Rutherford as Johanna, Harriet Sansom Harris as Barbara Rose, Brian Gleeson as Dr. Robert Hardy, Julia Davis as Lady Baltimore, Nicholas Mander as Lord Baltimore, Lujza Richter as Princess Mona Braganza, Gina McKee as Countess Henrietta Harding, Philip Franks as Peter Martin, Phyllis MacMahon as Tippy, Silas Carson as Rubio Gurrerro, Martin Dew as John Evans, Jane Perry as Mrs. Vaughan and Paul Leasley as Party Attendee.

Maze Runner: The Death Cure

Maze Runner: The Death Cure (also known simply as The Death Cure) is a 2018 American dystopian science fiction action film directed by Wes Ball and written by T.S. Nowlin, based on the novel The Death Cure written by James Dashner. It is the sequel to the 2015 film Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials and the third and final installment in the Maze Runner film series. The film stars Dylan O'Brien, Kaya Scodelario, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Dexter Darden, Nathalie Emmanuel, Giancarlo Esposito, Aidan Gillen, Walton Goggins, Ki Hong Lee, Jacob Lofland, Katherine McNamara, Barry Pepper, Will Poulter, Rosa Salazar, and Patricia Clarkson.

In the epic finale to the Maze Runner saga, Thomas leads his group of escaped Gladers on their final and most dangerous mission yet. To save their friends, they must break into the legendary Last City, a WCKD-controlled labyrinth that may turn out to be the deadliest maze of all. Anyone who makes it out alive will get answers to the questions the Gladers have been asking since they first arrived in the maze. Collapse

The film has Dylan O'Brien as Thomas, Kaya Scodelario as Teresa, Thomas Brodie-Sangster as Newt, Dexter Darden as Frypan, Nathalie Emmanuel as Harriet, Giancarlo Esposito as Jorge, Aidan Gillen as Janson, Walton Goggins as Lawrence, Ki Hong Lee as Minho, Jacob Lofland as Aris, Katherine McNamara as Sonya, Barry Pepper as Vince, Will Poulter as Gally, Rosa Salazar as Brenda and Patricia Clarkson as Ava Paige.

Den of Thieves

Den of Thieves is a 2018 American heist film co-written, directed and produced by Christian Gudegast. The film stars Gerard Butler, 50 Cent, Pablo Schreiber, O'Shea Jackson Jr., Evan Jones, Dawn Olivieri, Mo McRae, and Max Holloway. It follows an elite group of County Sheriff Deputies who look to stop a gang of thieves that plan to rob the Federal Reserve in Los Angeles.

Den of Thieves follows the intersecting and often personally connected lives of an elite unit of the LA County Sheriff's Dept. and the state's most successful bank robbery crew as the outlaws plan a seemingly impossible heist on the Federal Reserve Bank of downtown Los Angeles.

The film has Gerard Butler as Nick "Big Nick" O'Brien, Debbie’s ex-husband and a gritty and corrupt LA sheriff who is hellbent on bringing down Merrimen's crew, who plan on robbing the Federal Reserve Bank in Downtown Los Angeles. O'Shea Jackson Jr. as Donnie, a Black-British bartender and one of the robbers who set out in the first scheme in robbing the Federal Reserve Bank of downtown Los Angeles. He is the skilled driver of the group. 50 Cent as Levi Enson, one of the robbers who set out in the first scheme in robbing the Federal Reserve Bank of downtown Los Angeles. He has a young daughter and a wife. Pablo Schreiber as Ray Merrimen, a marine veteran, the crew's leader and schemer, one of the robbers who set out in the first scheme in robbing the Federal Reserve Bank of Downtown Los Angeles. Evan Jones as Bosco, one of the robbers who works directly with Merrimen and Enson. Cooper Andrews as Mack, one of the robber’s crew members. He doesn't directly take part in the robberies but does behind-the-scene stuff. Maurice Compte as Benny 'Borracho' Megalob, Kaiwi Lyman-Mersereau as Tony Z Zapata, Dawn Olivieri as Debbie O'Brien, Nick O'Brien's ex-wife who leaves him after discovering he had cheated on her, Lewis Tan as Actor, Mo McRae as Gus Henderson, a sheriff under working Big Nick, Meadow Williams as Holly, Brian Van Holt as Murph, Max Holloway as Bas, one of the robbers and Bosco’s brother, Jay Dobyns as Wolfgang and Alix Lapri as Maloa.

Bleeding Steel

Bleeding Steel is a 2017 Chinese science fiction cyberpunk thriller film directed and written by Leo Zhang and stars Jackie Chan.

Jackie Chan stars as a hardened special forces agent who fights to protect a young woman from a sinister criminal gang. At the same time he with feels a special connection to the young woman, like they met in a different life.

The film has Jackie Chan as Lin Dong, Show Lo as Li Sen, Ouyang Nana as Nancy, Tess Haubrich as Woman in Black [Lady Fidget Spinners], Callan Mulvey as Andrew, Erica Xia-hou as Xiao Su (Susan), Damien Garvey as Rick Rogers, The Boy Ryan, Kaitlyn Boyé as Junkie Girl, David Torok as Man in Black, Scarlett Koehne as Uni Girl and Isabelle Wojciechowska as Popcorn Girl.