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Troy Ribeiro

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Troy Ribeiro is currently based in Goa, India where he writes fiction while also reviewing films and OTT content.

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Cheekatilo (2026) 2.5/ 5 EDIT “Cheekatilo aspires to be a socially conscious thriller but ends up feeling like a déjà vu buffet of familiar tropes. It has a commendable premise and robust technical backing, yet the writing falters and the execution stumbles.” – Free Press Journal (India) Jan 30, 2026 Full Review Primate (2025) 78% 3/ 5 EDIT “Primate is not here to teach moral lessons or rehabilitate humanity’s relationship with nature. It is here to entertain, to shock, and occasionally to delight with its audacity” – Free Press Journal (India) Jan 30, 2026 Full Review The History of Sound (2025) 69% 3.5/ 5 EDIT “This is a film of undeniable craft, elevated by strong performances and haunting music, yet held at arm’s length by its own politeness. It listens intently to the past but rarely raises its voice in the present” – Free Press Journal (India) Jan 30, 2026 Full Review Send Help (2026) 93% 3.5/ 5 EDIT “Send Help is uneven, indulgent, and occasionally frustrating. It is also bracingly watchable and oddly honest about the uglier instincts that surface when power shifts. Raimi may not achieve perfect balance, but he delivers...” – Free Press Journal (India) Jan 30, 2026 Full Review Shelter (2026) 62% 2.5/ 5 EDIT “Shelter is a neatly assembled action-thriller that knows exactly what it is and stops there. Fans of Jason Statham will find familiar pleasures, while others may find the experience curiously forgettable once the credits roll...” – Free Press Journal (India) Jan 30, 2026 Full Review Marty Supreme (2025) 94% 4/ 5 EDIT “This film is messy, bold and irresistibly alive. Safdie turns chaotic ambition into kinetic cinema, powered by Chalamet’s magnetic performance. Its flaws fade against its daring energy, delivering a frantic yet affecting experience” – Free Press Journal (India) Jan 22, 2026 Full Review 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple (2026) 92% 3.5/ 5 EDIT “The Bone Temple is uneven, occasionally indulgent, yet frequently remarkable. With Fiennes’ mesmerising performance anchoring the chaos, this chapter secures its place as one of the franchise’s boldest gambles, and, surprisingly, one of its most affecting” – Free Press Journal (India) Jan 15, 2026 Full Review Greenland 2: Migration (2026) 51% 2.5/ 5 EDIT “This film rarely justifies its journey. It offers intermittent thrills, a dependable central performance, and enough sincerity to avoid dismissal. Yet it never escapes the pull of formula. For audiences who enjoy the grim...” – Free Press Journal (India) Jan 15, 2026 Full Review The Chronology of Water (2025) 90% 3.5/ 5 EDIT “This film is not designed for comfortable viewing. It is uneven, risky, and sometimes overwrought. It is also courageous, deeply felt, and astonishingly personal...” – Free Press Journal (India) Jan 15, 2026 Full Review Song Sung Blue (2025) 78% 3/ 5 EDIT “This film is neither a polished biopic nor a glossy music drama. It is a tender salute to the quiet brilliance of small lives lived sincerely. The film falters when it indulges in melodrama, yet its heart is firmly in the right place.” – Free Press Journal (India) Jan 15, 2026 Full Review The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants (2025) 80% 3/ 5 EDIT “The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants is pleasant rather than piercing. There are jokes, visual gags and stretches of inspired silliness, but they rarely spiral into the surreal anarchy that once defined Bikini Bottom.” – Free Press Journal (India) Jan 15, 2026 Full Review The Housemaid (2025) 74% 3.5/ 5 EDIT “The Housemaid may not be subtle, but it is rarely dull. Its pleasures are messy, stylised, and unapologetically loud. While it stumbles when it strains for plausibility or hesitates between camp and seriousness, it ultimately leans into...” – Free Press Journal (India) Jan 15, 2026 Full Review Anaconda (2025) 48% 2.5/ 5 EDIT “Anaconda is a film caught between affection and calculation. It wants to celebrate the joy of unpretentious entertainment, yet cannot quite deliver the reckless fun that would justify its own argument...” – Free Press Journal (India) Dec 26, 2025 Full Review Christmas Karma (2025) 24% 3/ 5 EDIT “This film is a heartfelt, imperfect, culturally rich festive drama that is far from flawless, yet it is fearless in its intent. It overreaches, dazzles, falters, and gets back up again, much like the immigrant story at its core” – Free Press Journal (India) Dec 22, 2025 Full Review Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025) 66% 3.5/ 5 EDIT “https://www.freepressjournal.in/entertainment/avatar-fire-and-ash-review-james-camerons-epic-burns-bright-but-not-without-scorch-marks” – Free Press Journal (India) Dec 22, 2025 Full Review The Great Shamsuddin Family (2025) 3/ 5 EDIT “This culturally rooted entertainer celebrates the madness of big Indian families while acknowledging their burdens. It might not push cinematic boundaries, but it delivers an honest, heartfelt portrait of love wrapped in clutter” – Free Press Journal (India) Dec 22, 2025 Full Review Five Nights at Freddy's 2 (2025) 16% 3/ 5 EDIT “This film is an ambitious, visually impressive sequel that never quite harnesses its own power, yet it entertains just enough to keep viewers curious about what might come next.” – Free Press Journal (India) Dec 22, 2025 Full Review Eternity (2025) 77% 3/ 5 EDIT “Eternity is a lightly philosophical rom-com that offers an amiable exploration of love, memory and the strange choices we carry into the unknown. It is neither as profound as it hopes to be nor as zany as it could be, but....” – Free Press Journal (India) Dec 22, 2025 Full Review Zootopia 2 (2025) 91% 3.5/ 5 EDIT “Zootopia 2 is spirited, witty and filled with enough imagination to delight audiences of all ages. It packs in so many ideas that individual threads lose potency.” – Free Press Journal (India) Dec 22, 2025 Full Review Dining With the Kapoors (2025) 4/ 5 EDIT “Dining with the Kapoors is a heartfelt tribute to legacy, love and the inevitable passage of time. It balances nostalgia with contemporary spirit and leaves viewers wishing it were a recurring series” – Free Press Journal (India) Dec 22, 2025 Full Review Wicked: For Good (2025) 66% 3.5/ 5 EDIT “This film is inconsistent yet earnest, cluttered yet heartfelt and flawed yet emotionally persuasive. Those seeking intricate storytelling may leave wanting, but viewers invested in Glinda and Elphaba’s destiny will find it generous in its emotional depth” – Free Press Journal (India) Dec 22, 2025 Full Review Now You See Me: Now You Don't (2025) 60% 3/ 5 EDIT “The film is a colourful, chaotic, enjoyable escapade: some polished, some puzzling, many knowingly overstuffed. Its charm lies not in narrative sophistication but in its unabashed commitment to spectacle. Long-time fans will appreciate the... ” – Free Press Journal (India) Dec 22, 2025 Full Review The Running Man (2025) 63% 3/5 EDIT “The Running Man hurtles forward on ambition and adrenaline, its critique of media control gleaming beneath Wright’s hypnotic spectacle. Visually arresting but emotionally distant, it dazzles more than it disturbs... ” – Free Press Journal (India) Dec 22, 2025 Full Review Predator: Badlands (2025) 86% 3/ 5 EDIT “Trachtenberg’s Predator: Badlands won’t satisfy purists craving blood and brawn, but it’s a witty, self-aware reinvention of a weary franchise. Balancing parody with heart, it turns a galactic hunter into a surprisingly tender hero.” – Free Press Journal (India) Nov 7, 2025 Full Review Good Boy (2025) 90% 3.5/ 5 EDIT “This film is an audacious debut: flawed, tender, and quietly terrifying. Part haunted-house fable, part elegy for dying masters and loyal pets, Leonberg’s idea sometimes outpaces his execution, but the film lingers like a faithful dog at the door” – Free Press Journal (India) Nov 7, 2025 Full Review
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