Thursday, July 5, 2018

Dinesh Kamath’s column ‘New movies released in Navi Mumbai’ (Hanuman Vs Mahiravana, Isle of Dogs and Sicario – Day of the Soldado) that was published in Newsband



New movies released in Navi Mumbai
By Dinesh Kamath
Hanuman Vs Mahiravana

The movie Hanuman Vs Mahiravana is an animation film directed by Dr Ezhil Vendan and written by Narayanan Vaidyanathan with cast consisting of Lucas Shuneman, Solas B Lalgee, Shudeep and others.
The quest to rescue princess Sita is coming to an end as Rama and his army of monkeys make their final push for victory against the demon king Ravana of Lanka. In the ensuing battle, Rama defeats and disarms Ravana but magnanimously spares his life. That night, Ravana unleashes his most powerful ally; his brother Mahiravana, a dark and powerful sorcerer who rules over the Underworld. Mahiravana's shadow casts a blanket of deception over Rama's army and the unseen enemy captures Rama and Lakshmana. Mahiravana intends to kill the two princes at daybreak to fulfill a prophecy that will make him invincible. Can Rama's friend Hanuman save them before it is too late? Hanuman is the superhero of the epic Ramayana. The rescue of Rama and Lakshmana from the clutches of Mahiravana is one of the most thrilling episodes from the epic. The film drops you straight at the decisive battle of the Ramayana. Rama is slowly emerging as the winner and Ravana is staring at defeat. At this point of time he thinks of introducing his step brother Mahiravana into the melee. Mahiravana was Ravana’s step brother and a master of the occult. His ambition was to become the greatest sorcerer in the world. Through his mystical powers, he’s soon able to capture of Rama and Lakshmana. He spirits the two away into his underground world and hopes to sacrifice them to the goddess Mahamaya to gain never-seen-before powers. Hanuman travels there and battles Mahiravana’s soldiers to rescue the brothers. The plot isn’t restricted to that but treats us to a backstory regarding Mahiravana as well.

Isle of Dogs

Isle of Dogs is a 2018 stop-motion animated film written, produced and directed by Wes Anderson. Set in a dystopian near-future Japan, the film follows a group of dogs who helps a young boy searching for his dog after the whole species is banished to an island after a canine-flu outbreak. The ensemble voice cast includes Bryan Cranston, Edward Norton, Bill Murray, Jeff Goldblum, Bob Balaban, Greta Gerwig, Frances McDormand, Courtney B. Vance, Fisher Stevens, Harvey Keitel, Liev Schreiber, Scarlett Johansson, Tilda Swinton, F. Murray Abraham, Frank Wood, Kunichi Nomura and Yoko Ono. A US-German co-production, Isle of Dogs was produced by Indian Paintbrush and Anderson's own production company, American Empirical Pictures.
"Isle of Dogs" is brought to life by the voices of a number of Anderson's regular repertory players. First and foremost, though, is young Koyu Rankin, who provides the voice of the film's scrappy main character. His name is Atari Kobayashi and he lives in a near future in which -- following an outbreak of a sickness known as "snout fever" -- Japan's dog-despising leadership decrees that all pooches be exiled to an island previously used solely for trash disposal. That leaves the canine cast-offs to form flea-bitten packs -- which function as their own little dystopian societies -- as they fight over maggoty morsels to fill their bellies. Then, one day, a small aircraft crash-lands on Trash Island. Aboard it is young Atari, who is determined to find and rescue Spots, his exiled family pet. He'd better act quickly, though. Hot on Atari's tail are security forces bent on "rescuing" him. Meanwhile, back on the Japanese mainland, the dogged student journalists at a local school have uncovered information that could change everything - for them, for Atari and for the dogs of Trash Island. If, that is, they can get anyone to listen to them. What follows is a twisting and sharply written ticking-clock adventure.
The film has Bryan Cranston as Chief, Koyu Rankin as Atari Kobayashi, Edward Norton as Rex, Bob Balaban as King, Bill Murray as Boss, Jeff Goldblum as Duke, Kunichi Nomura as Mayor Kobayashi, Akira Takayama as Major Domo, Greta Gerwig as Tracy Walker, Frances McDormand as Interpreter Nelson, Akira Ito as Professor Watanabe, Scarlett Johansson as Nutmeg, Harvey Keitel as Gondo, F. Murray Abraham as Jupiter, Yoko Ono as Assistant Scientist Yoko Ono, Tilda Swinton as Oracle, Ken Watanabe as Head Surgeon, Mari Natsuki as Auntie, Fisher Stevens as Scrap, Nijiro Murakami as Editor Hiroshi, Liev Schreiber as Spots, Courtney B. Vance as the narrator, Yojiro Noda as News Anchor, Frank Wood as Simul-Translate Machine, Roman Coppola as Igor, Anjelica Huston as Mute Poodle and Kara Hayward as Peppermint.

Sicario – Day of the Soldado

Sicario: Day of the Soldado (released outside North America as Sicario 2: Soldado or simply Soldado) is a 2018 American action thriller film directed by Stefano Sollima and written by Taylor Sheridan. A sequel to 2015's Sicario, the film features Benicio del Toro, Josh Brolin, and Jeffrey Donovan reprising their roles, with Isabela Moner, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, and Catherine Keener joining the cast. The plot follows the drug war at the U.S.-Mexico border as it has escalated to the point where the cartels have begun transporting terrorists, forcing the United States government to team up with hitman Alejandro Gillick.
FBI agent Matt Graver calls on mysterious operative Alejandro Gillick when Mexican drug cartels start to smuggle terrorists across the U.S. border. The war escalates even further when Alejandro kidnaps a top kingpin's daughter to deliberately increase the tensions. When the young girl is seen as collateral damage, the two men will determine her fate as they question everything that they are fighting for.
The film has Benicio del Toro as Alejandro Gillick, Josh Brolin as Matt Graver, CIA Special Activities Division officer, Isabela Moner as Isabela Reyes, Jeffrey Donovan as Steve Forsing, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo as Gallo, Catherine Keener as Cynthia Foards, Matthew Modine as Secretary of Defense James Riley, Shea Whigham as Andy Wheeldon, Elijah Rodriguez as Miguel Hernandez, Howard Ferguson Jr. as Troy, David Castaneda as Hector, Jacqueline Torres as Blandina, Raoul Trujillo as Rafael, Bruno Bichir as Angel and Jake Picking as Shawn.

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