Planes 3D

Cast: Dane Cook(Dusty Crophopper), Stacy Keach(Skipper),Roger Craig Smith(Rip Slinger),Priyanka Chopra(Ishani)
Director: Klay Hall
Genre: Animation, Advenure, Family

One cute family watch. While kids enjoy the visuals, adults can enjoy visuals as well as dialogues

Pluses:

• No extraordinary story, but a different outlook towards LIFE! Imagine a world without human, and only vehicles who is life like :) Thats what drives me to the animation movies. A whole new world of imaginations and fantasies :) Gives a fresh breather :)
• I am sure the movie will be adored more by the lads than the ladies, as these are less barbie dolls and more of automobiles, flyers, etc
• You are not going to get bored, this though has simple story but keeps you going! Never slows, never stagnates
• And then it takes you through a world tour flying over landmark countries across globe!! India beautifully represented and promoted. Feels good :) Thanks Disney :)
• All the voices behind the characters deserves an applause. Our hero of the movie, Dusty Crophopper, voiced by Dane Cook; Mentor Skipper, voiced by Stacy Keach; Bad plane Rip Slinger, voiced by Roger Craig Smith and nonetheless our very own Priyanka Chopra voicing for Indian plane. Kudos!

Minuses:

3D is not worth it. Disney needs to work a lot upon the various dimensions!

My rating: 3/5

Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai Dobaara

Cast: Akshay Kumar, Sonakshi Sinha, Imran Khan, Mahesh Manjrekar, Pitobash(Dedh Tang)
Director: Milan Luthria
Genre: Action, Crime, Romance

Watch it for the 'tashan' :) All sort of bollywood tadka and catchy one liners! There is nothing more to it otherwise!

PS: This is certainly better than Chennai Express :)

Pluses:

• Undoubtedly, Akshay Kumar is the man of the movie. He can carry off a bad man avatar with quite a delightful ease. You dont mind him being a non hero material. Great style, good dialogue delivery and a nice pull off :)
• Dialogues are the USP of the movie. All kudos to the dialogue writer. Very well done :)
• The retro cinematography maintained well as from the prequel
• Sonakshi Sinha is surely getting better. And all the retro chic avatars kinda goes well with her
• Imran Khan is a cutie, he cannot look anythin but one :) He was a cute small time gangster :D
• Satisfactory support by Pitobash on the good side and Mahesh Manjrekar on the bad side of it :)

Lukewarm:

Music is not as good as the prequel barring one or two numbers

Minuses:

Not as impactful as the prequel, not even close. The romantic tadka in the story completely overshadowed the gangster angle in the movie. The story could never pick up well due to the same reason

My rating: 2.5/5

Jobs

 

Cast: Ashton Kutcher, Dermot Mulroney(Mike),Josh Gad(Steve),Lukas Haas(Daniel), Matthew Modine(John Sculley),J.K. Simmons(Arthur)
Director: Joshua Michael Stern
Genre: Biopic

Watch it for Ashton Kutcher; and if you are not aware about the history behind Steve Jobs and Apple. Only if the these two criterias are fulfilled, this is a good watch :)

PS: Dont compare this one with that of 'Social Network' on Mark Zuckerberg

Pluses:

• Needless to say, this movie belongs to Ashton Kutcher. This being the first time i am so overwhelmed by what this guy is capable of. He clearly lived in the bones of the character throughout while the movie lasts. Unmatchable aura. Ashton, you have got another fan added :)
• Casting of the movie is worth an applause. Such close resembling faces with scruplously done make up. Every character feels life like!!
• Josh Gad and Lukas Haas were real good support. As much as dear friends should be and could be, without getting nastier
• Dermot Mulroney has a shade of gray, but a man of business completely, some luck favoring on his side and sometime not
• Matthew Modine and J.K. Simmons are the corporate bad men in here. You cant call them villains yeah!! :D
• I absolutely loved the direction by Joshua Michael Stern. It gives you instances to breathe and to feel the surroundings. Alas! the story is too big to wrap up in two hours

Lukewarm:

Yes the projection is a lot documentory. May not appeal everyone

Minuses:

The movie could have been a lot better presented. Blame it on the script considered to be showcased or on the editing. It is very difficult to not expect another 'Social Network'. But on a much practical point of view, story of the making of Facebook was much easier, given the time frame that had to be covered on the life of Mr. Mark Zuckerberg in a span of 2 hours. While the later story spans over a lifetime almost, and almost impossible to cover in 2 hours meticulously. Hence, there were a lot of things missing, or not very well depicted, or simply cut short.It just doesnt feel complete. Probably they could have considered releasing this one in parts :)

Epilogue: Every human struggle and struggle through their lifetime. Anytime you watch any biopic on a success story, and you realize the world is not hunky dory, not even close. No one is never such a good decision maker nor a perfect human. Every individual have their own demons and an angel; and everyone makes mistakes. He earns a lot of praises and also earns equal or more number of curses to himself. Harsh enough but things dont entirely happen to you luck struck. One should realize his own stands, his own measures before taking the next step under any forsaken impulse. We saw Apple Inc rising and falling multiple times, and the journey continues even after the legend Steve Jobs....

My rating: 3/5

Madras Cafe

 

 

 

Cast: John Abraham, Nargis Fakhri, Rashi Khanna(Ruby), Ajay Rathnam(Anna), Siddharth Basu(Robin Dutt), Prakash Belawadi(Bala)
Director: Shoojit Sircar
Genre: Action, Thriller

 

Face of the politics unnerved. Feels like a long haul wait for a movie as gripping as this coming from Bollywood. It is a must watch

 

Pluses:

• The first credit to most deserving script writers Somnath Dey and Shubhendu Bhattacharya. So beautifully weaved, and so beautifully written, unfolding one by one without perplexing you too much
• Director Shoojit Sircar is the next person to the credit. If not so meticulously presented, the whole plot could easily mess up into a puny. The entire length of the movie totally worth it and completely utilized to every scene. He never lets you even blink your eyes as the series of events keep unfolding
• John Abraham is the man of the movie. He just knows where he suits the best, and he never lets that image loose in the industry amidst all the other experiments that he does in varied other genres. Really admirable, an actor best reliable for such a role. Tough and not necessarily always flaunting body :)
• Amazing re enactment of Jaffna-Sri Lanka at its worst during the civil war, as beautiful as the island can get and as pitiable to the plight of the innocent
• Very resonating character played by Ajay Rathnam as the chief of LTF, reminds you of Prabhakaran of LTTE
• There were more important characters played by Siddharth Basu and Prakash Belawadi at their best
• Other supporting characters, Rashi Khanna and the role played for the Prime Minister, short but significant to their own stance
• The story leaves you cold, intrigues many thoughts at the backdrop of how unsafe the entire world is, completely oblivious to all the facts as we lie safe in our cocoons

 

Lukewarm:

 

Nargis Fakhri :) She is trying to act, and i give her a round of applause for the trial :) This role suits her better nevertheless :)

 

Minuses:

• One dampner in such well written script is quite a put off. Vikram Singh returning back to the forest to LTF, meeting their chief's second in command, after being caught and released once in his original profile. How could anybody not recognize him! Duhh!!
• Didnt like the plot in narration to a church father and the way it abruptly ends. Sudden relief of his burden and his recluse for 3 years not explained well

 

  

My rating: 3.5/5

Chennai Express

 

Cast: Shah Rukh Khan, Deepika Padukone, Sathyaraj,Nikitin Dheer
Director: Rohit Shetty
Genre: Action, Comedy, Romance

One movie overdone in all respects. Those who have watched knows it and the others may ignore watching it!

Caution: This isnt a bollywood movie, this is a tamil movie with bollywood touch!

Pluses:

• Deepika Padukone, undoubtedly. She is the only character who never felt artificial nor overdone. She looked very pretty, standing tall with significant role. Her accent worth appreciating
• Nikitin Dheer looked tall, robust, perfect villain material with a good accent again,but alas like every movie he gets beaten by the end. I so wanted him to win :D
• Beautiful locations from south India, a few tampered a bit, yet its a delight watching them on big screens

 

Lukewarm:

• Shahrukh Khan, overdone! Way too exagerrated! Nothing new, nothing exciting, reminds me of his 'Duplicate' silly days! Disappointment yet again
• Sathyaraj has less significance, yet on his part he was fine
• Music is just about fine! Only bearable as they promoted it so much. However, one romantic number was soft and soothing to the ears!

Minuses:

• Most of the movie shot in Tamil, i felt like killing myself. If the director wanted to retain the autheticity of Chennai, they should have worked on cutting short the overall length of the movie. Unnecessary duplication of dialogues and ohh so irritating dialogue delivery in the form of lyrical songs! Irritating irritating!
• Non sense script, regular run and chase making no sense
• Final fight sequence was so so filmy, i dont understand why are the villains sketched so strong when they cant justify the might later and end up showing our soft toy like heroes appearing to be the strongest amongst all!
• Length of the movie really irritates in the second half, when you just want the entire drama to just end

My rating: 2/5

The Conjuring

Cast: Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson, Lili Taylor,Ron Livingston,Shanley Caswell,Hayley McFarland,Joey King,Mackenzie Foy,Kyla Deaver
Director: James Wan
Genre: Horror

Not a bad watch! Nothing new however! Will suggest not to have extraordinary expectations goin by the reviews elswhere

Pluses:

• The only reason you may once think of believing it, is for the clause "Based on a true story"!!
• Another good aspect is that this one is not insanely slow. Events do keep happening, explanations keep coming and doesnt end to create a sequel somethin :D True story after all!! :D
• Scary element!!! Hmmm...it does scare you in bits and parts! A watch on big screens indeed
• Lili Taylor did a good job. Its never easy to act like an angel and a demon in one show
• Vera Farmiga and Patrick Wilson, the specialised 'Demonoligist', as they likely state themselves, were as much as you would expect, and if the story has true elements, then they were real good helpers, risking everything they have to save a family
• Ron Livingston was a good support

Lukewarm:

Rest of the cast were all the constituents of a large family. All of them as typical as in any horror movie, nothing extra ordinary

Minuses:

I dont think it will be wise to look for a minus. Its just another horror movie

My rating: 3/5