Sex Tape

Cast: Jason Segel, Cameron Diaz, Rob Corddry(Robbie), Ellie Kemper(Tess) and Rob Lowe(Hank)
Director: Jake Kasdan
Genre: Adult Comedy


Recommended watch at home than in theaters in India. Not worth spending money for a lame subject and censored out scenes!


You may look forward to:

• Jason Segel and Cameron Diaz, they make a beautiful pair, a horny one :) They were the central characters and did pretty well to what the script had to offer
• Diaz looked every bit in her 30's, she didn't look old at all! Instead she looks hot ;)
• Rob Corddry and Ellie Kemper, they made another beautiful pair in support
• Rob Lowe being my personal favorite, had a very interesting role to play :)

What you can sleep over:

All the idiotic things that happen in the movie



The dampeners you should be aware of:

• All the major scenes behind the sex tape were comfortably censored. I wonder why did i go for it to begin with!
• To make it further worse, the comedy angle as well wasn't up to the level to make you laugh your heart out
• The story was pretty much uninteresting, they could have made use of such a bold plot and make it into a roller coaster fun ride, but alas! It was very passe!!

My Rating: 2/5

Happy New Year

Cast: Shah Rukh Khan, Deepika Padukone, Abhishek Bachchan, Sonu Sood,Boman Irani,Vivaan Shah and Jackie Shroff
Director: Farah Khan
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Musical, Romance


If this movie is on your list, i strongly recommend get a fun company and do leave any bit of your brain back home, in order to enjoy it!
You may either end up with a headache or have a light hearted- fun time watching it :) Choice is yours!



You may look forward to:

• Deepika Padukone, she was as if the face of the movie. With the already hit number 'Lovely' which also happens to be the only hit number in the so called musical film, she definitely catches all your attention. She has equally important role and looks absolutely ravishing throughout
• Abhishek Bachchan was hilarious, he played his idiot best :D He was all the time in focus and more like a second fiddle to SRK
• The movie manages to make you laugh, you do not realize that you have been sitting there for 3 continuous hours. I give it to Farah Khan
• Sonu Sood was a good support, enjoyed his abs more than SRK's ;)
• Jackie Shroff made a decent villain, he didn't have much villainous to do other than some delivering of dialogues, yet, he was a decent watch
• There were certain tactics which looked good, such as the escape plan out of the metal locker
• They didn't show much of Dubai, but they certainly did an out and out marketing of Hotel Atlantis. Like any other SRK movie, i have to agree, it was a grand show, and beautiful on big screens

What you can sleep over:

• Shah Rukh Khan tried his best, be it building his abs, or trying his best to deliver action scenes, cant say to what extent will people like him! He looks old, worn out and no powerful impact
• Vivaan Shah was okayish support, just in the name of a hacker, you simply need not know how much of what is he actually doing :D
• The romantic angle between the lead pair felt very one sided and a little too foggy, nothing much to enjoy

The dampeners you should be aware of:

• Boman Irani was absolutely wasted, i fail to understand, why does he need to do movies like this, he is a much serious actor, and he cant do filthy comedy like this
• This movie clearly lacks originality big time, right from the storyline to dialogues. Everything reminds you of several movies, looks like its the new age of recycling :)
• The first half, ohhh boy!! Was damn kiddish, i was wondering if this movie was built to please SRK's new born son and thereby all the kids of the country! Making no sense what so ever, many action scenes were plain stupid
• The movie lacks a punch, you wouldn't dare to watch it the second time
• All the entry scenes of the actors were so damn idiotic. Its beyond kiddish, its just bull shit! Except for Deepika's entry, i didn't enjoy any other
• Again, except for Deepika's "Lovely", rest of the songs beyond pathetic, ones you just cant stand. Its big let down for a movie which is termed musical in the backdrop of dance competition etc

My Rating: 2.5/5

Kill the Messenger

Cast: Jeremy Renner, Mary Elizabeth Winstead(Editor),Oliver Platt(Boss),Rosemarie DeWitt(Wife) and Paz Vega(Coral)
Director: Michael Cuesta
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama


Quality watch! Another serious movie this week, this being a biography! Watch it for Jeremy Renner



You may look forward to:

• Jeremy Renner playing the central character of the movie, based on a biography of a small time reporter who made it big suddenly and gone in a flash! Depicting life of a reporter, passion and courage, Jeremy played it very well. Cannot recall him playing anything as intense as this. Much beyond action, great work!
• Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Oliver Platt, were great support at the work front
• Rosemarie DeWitt in an equally wonderful support
• Paz Vega, absolutely hot and dangerous :)

What you can sleep over:

Absolute seriousness in the movie, no entertainment, not even a pinch of humor anywhere! Since it is a biography, you can give into it :)


The dampeners you should be aware of:

The pace of the movie, even if it isn't as slow! Yet, it somewhere fails to keep up with your continuous attention, director at helm




My Rating: 3.5/5
  

The Judge

Cast: Robert Downey Jr., Robert Duvall, Vera Farmiga, Vincent D'Onofrio(Glen) and Jeremy Strong(Dale)

Director:  David Dobkin

Genre: Drama, Crime

Serious drama with difficult English :) Definite worth a watch!

This movie just reminds you, there are good people, there are bad people and then there are the difficult ones :)

You may look forward to:

• Another amazing flick by Robert Downey Jr. I wonder when is he going to become a senior :D This man possesses some impeccable skills, gets only better with each time. His portrayal of a selfish, insouciant image in each of his movies with amazing dialogue deliveries, gets him to that edge. Watch this movie for him!
• Robert Duvall, amazing actor. I dont remember seeing him in many movies, nevertheless, absolutely beautiful portrayal of a last generation, egoistic, adamant old judge/father
• The USP of the movie is the chemistry between the father-son duo! Humanity Vs patience
• Vera Farmiga, boy oh boy! Giant leap huhh, from ghosts to Robery Downey Jr's lips :) Remarkable! :D She looks very pretty and thats all she does :)
• Vincent D'Onofrio and Jeremy Strong, in good support!
• I liked the way the mystery is handled in the flick, and as well concluded. Till the very end you are mesmerized by the way the crime aspect was directed and handled in the scenes!

What you can sleep over:


Difficult English!!  Sigh!!! You cant understand half the dialogues without the subtitles

The dampeners you should be aware of:

• A portion of the scenes from the court trials were over stretchy and unnecessarily emotional. Keep the emotions out of court! Period! :)
• Well, Alas! even after being a performance oriented movie, this one is a one time watch only!

  

My Rating: 3.5/5

Dracula Untold

Cast: Luke Evans, Dominic Cooper, Sarah Gadon,Charles Dance

Director:  Gary Shore

Genre: Fantasy, Horror, War

A pass time movie, doesnt hurt!

You may look forward to:

• Luke Evans, playing the lead.  He is the charm for the entire stretch of movie,with his chiseled body and alien power and might, he keeps you interested until the movie lasts
• Dominic Cooper, made a good villain :) While lot of villains in big movies dont qualify for a good one, this guy certainly does :)
• Sarah Gadon, plays a good support and sacrifice in there
• Charles Dance managed to scare me in the first few of his screen presence, make up well done, and played well too
• This movie has a certain pace and keeps running with that, at no point do you feel extra blood rushing your veins neither any sleep inducing drug out of it. That works for me for a Sunday watch :)

  

What you can sleep over:

Action scenes were a little weird i would say, not like Indian movies-One man Army kind of action where people are flying in the air, but yes, somewhere on the similar lines until in the story the King realises he needs an army to win the war, he alone cant work out, however powerful. Now that i appreciate :)

  

The dampeners you should be aware of:

I expected a little more from the Dracula suit, it was well hidden under wraps almost till the end, but it turned out to be a fizz




My Rating: 3/5

Annabelle

Cast: Annabelle Wallis, Ward Horton, Tony Amendola(Father), Alfre Woodard (Evelyn),Tree O'Toole(Annabelle)
Director:  John R. Leonetti
Genre: Horror


Doesn't live up to the expectations. No where close to 'The Conjuring'



You may look forward to:

• The second half of the movie, far better than the first half
• Annabelle Wallis, co incidental name or intentionally chosen for this movie :) She did a good job playing a mother, and protecting her family from evil
• Alfre Woodard plays a significant role with least screen presence :)
• Ward Horton and Tony Amendola were decent supports
• Tree O'Toole, manages to spook time to time

What you can sleep over:

The climax and the end! Very non happening and so comfortably done and concluded!


The dampeners you should be aware of:

• The terrifying moment were far less, and a lot less intriguing! 
• First half was more of a slow family drama, mostly without any content
• Be the investigation and analytical part, or be it the thrilling aspect, they were all very subtle and nothing outstanding to make you scream in horror

My Rating: 2/5

3 A.M

Cast: Rannvijay Singh, Anindita Nayar, Salil Acharya,Kavin Dave 
Director: Vishal Mahadkar
Genre: Horror


Again first half does retain your attention but second half screws it up, same story with all horror flicks



You may look forward to:

• Rannvijay Singh manages to pull of this Hindi Horror flick in a manner that it doesn't look a B grade trash horror something. He tries to pull over as far as possible until the interval. Appreciable!
• The horror aspects slowly builds up, it brings out hope that you would see something significant soon, first half definitely isnt bad
• Kavin Dave is a good support and helps adding in pinch of humor with his dialogues
• Salil Acharya is as well a good support, alas! doesn't last for long
• Music isn't bad, the first song is actually good :)

What you can sleep over:

Anindita Nayar managed to look beautiful, not perfect though, doesn't have much to do in the movie otherwise


The dampeners you should be aware of:

• Second half is responsible for the bad ending. Forced in flash back for a song sequence of no relevance when you are dying to see some action
• While Hollywood horror movies gives one and only solution of exorcism, Bolly Horror movies gives us some Hindu prop or ritual, does no good in horrifying but surely does manage to look funny. Cliche cliche! 

My Rating: 2/5

Haider

Cast: Shahid Kapoor, Tabu,Irrfan Khan,Kay Kay Menon,Shraddha Kapoor,Narendra Jha
Director: Vishal Bhardwaj
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller


Good subject, darkened beyond need!
If you have been too happy off late, go for it, you will have some change :)


You may look forward to:

• Shahid Kapoor gets a performance oriented movie to act in! Sober to animal to crazy, you see him in different flavors! He is worth the appreciation!
• Tabu had very gray shade to her role, a victim some time or a player, gets difficult figuring out till the end. She manages to keep a dark secret around her throughout
• The chemistry between Shahid and Tabu, is questionable and is as well complicated. Nevertheless, never an easy thing to play, is a plus for the movie
• Irrfan Khan, again has a grayish shade, he helps and as well takes away, he plays with various characters to his benefit
• Kay Kay Menon, a labelled negative role, but has a softer side for the woman he loves, which eventually proves fatal to him! So whats more intelligent, politics or love!
• Narendra Jha, had a short quiet role, a good support
• Beautiful Kashmir, ever beautiful Jhelum, snow and streams! Its wonderful to watch it on big screens!
• Immediate 45 minutes of the movie past interval picks up really well, and you get to see Shahid acting awesome! Be it how he acts or he dances, he definitely catches your attention!

What you can sleep over:

Shraddha Kapoor, again a role to just fill it up. A dud head beauty, who more than impressing, does irritate. Unnecessary romance and uncalled for drama which finally ends with her!



The dampeners you should be aware of:

• The movie is unnecessarily too dark and too heavy and too slow! We understand Kashmir in its worse times, we understand even the psyche of people which were threatened, but, i refuse to accept that all the major characters in the movie who were in focus were all a lil loosened nuts, driven by insanity of their own kinds! The way it hints, its almost like picking up the most depressed family in Kashmir, put it into the characters of Hamlet, and produce it to film a movie
• All the many deaths in a row reminded me of the movie 'Rajneeti', exaggerated bull shit, nothing close to reality but very much otherwise fictional! How 'Hamlet' happens to describe the death of the entire royal family is tragic, but this one feels far less from tragic. It feels more suicidal. Fault at the script execution and the Director at that
• So what does Haider mean?? Haider= Survivor :) One person driven by crazy fit of emotions and reactions, around whom every body just dies :)
• Music, oh my lord! So so so irritating, draggy, lengthening, save me the horror! 
• You can doze off multiple times during the movie, its that slow and draggy at times

My Rating: 2.5/5

Bang Bang

Cast: Hrithik Roshan, Katrina Kaif, Danny Denzongpa,Jaaved Jaffrey,Pawan Malhotra,Jimmy Shergill
Director: Siddharth Anand
Genre: Action, Comedy, Romance, Thriller


Over hyped and under delivered. Entirely Director's fault!
All the Hrithik fans should however watch it for him!



You may look forward to:

• Hrithik Roshan, is the only selling factor of the movie. He is smoking hot, delivers undeniably breath taking action scenes and an amazingly well dancer that he is. He is one face of the movie who is every woman's and every man's dream, in different takes though ;)
• The second half of the movie is the good part, it thankfully reaps all the bad omen of first half with exotic locations, amazing action by Hrithik and good music
• Pawan Malhotra and Jimmy Shergill were good supports!
• Music, choregraphy and action are the selling points packaged in one person

What you can sleep over:

• Katrina Kaif, wasted! More of a second fiddle! Even worse than Dhoom 3, not even a dance sequence to her. I guess Hrithik wasn't comfortable sitting holding a part of her robe in his hands while she gave away with a solo performance :P
• Danny Denzongpa and Jaaved Jaffrey, couldnt really stand up to be strong villains

The dampeners you should be aware of:

• A very bad adaptation of an already average movie: Knight and Day. Most of the scene and dialogues are copied in Bollywood style. Nothing original in it
• Absolute no brainers, thins were just happening out of no where. Connection and practicality from one point to another was largely missing. Hrithik injures his leg jumping off some building, and then next thing you know, he is dancing his arse of with Kartina! All and every where he keeps jumping off buildings/cliffs, they never show the rescue or escape plans! Many other blunders of various kinds
• The mystery behind the fact, " Who is Rajveer Nanda?", was actually never a mystery at all! Right from the first scene of the movie you will know who he is gonna be, even before he appeared on screen :D
• I have no idea why was half the movie shot in Shimla, i just wanted them to end the Shimla episode there, with long unending winter :P In the same season where its all summer and lively in Prague :P
• The movie fails miserably in Romance, thriller and comedy aspect, the only winner is action, and that too only for Hrithik's stunts, not for the weird disconnects!

My Rating: 2/5
                  4/5 (For Hrithik Roshan independently- He deserves the credit)

Two Night Stand

Cast: Miles Teller, Analeigh Tipton, Jessica Szohr(Faiza, Megan's room mate),Scott Mescudi(Cedric,Faiza's boy friend)
Director: Max Nichols
Genre: Romance, Comedy


Adult comedy, not bad for a pass time watch!



You may look forward to:

• Chemistry between Miles Teller and Analeigh Tipton. Its one of those movies which you can watch with your girl or you man on a lazy Sunday noon. They can make you laugh and have a light moment together
• Jessica Szohr and Scott Mescudi, were good supports, kinky pair and a good friend :)
• Humor in terms of dialogues were not bad, does manage to raise your eye brows once or twice, which it intents to do :)

What you can sleep over:

Quite a few adult content, however, they are neither satisfying nor embarrassing :P At least on the Indian Big screens



The dampeners you should be aware of:

There were moments where the movie felt dragging. One cant have a all in all fun filled day locked up at home, but Max Nichols could yet make a movie to entertain the audience even if it doesnt resemble any close to reality. This movie is meant for entertainment after all! We expect more fun!




My Rating: 2.5/5