Dumb and Dumber To

Cast: Jim Carrey, Jeff Daniels,Laurie Holden(Mrs. Pinchelow),Kathleen Turner(Fraida Felcher),Rachel Melvin(Penny),Rob Riggle(Twin Brothers)
Director: Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly
Genre: Comedy


If you are ready to watch just anything at all under the sun, this senseless comedy wont be a bad idea, to destress :)



You may look forward to:

• Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels, the duo returns after 20 years. I havent seen the first part. But anyone can say, these guys make a great pair together, pulling each other, doing all sort of non sense
• The mystery angle of the movie was well retained, so was the climax. The climax specially was unpredictable. Thankfully, the movie had some direction to move and some base story
• Laurie Holden and Kathleen Turner, had brief roles, supporting pretty fine
• Rob Riggle has the most awesome supporting roles. He has some meat in this role he plays. Kudos!
• Rachel Melvin is a perfect example of beauty without brains, perfectly fitting into the context of the movie :D
• A few particular scenes do make you laugh, some gross scenes and adult ones does the job :)

The dampeners you should be aware of:

Not for every audience for the liking. The humor is dumb and also categorized adult. It will wipe out significant audience, from kids to adults!




My Rating: 2.5/5

Happy Ending

Cast: Saif Ali Khan,Ileana D'Cruz,Kalki Koechlin,Govinda,Ranvir Shorey,Preity Zinta
Director: Krishna D.K., Raj Nidimoru
Genre: Romance, Comedy


Its just another Saify Romantic flick. Fair pass time!



You may look forward to:

• Beautifully covered locations from Los Angeles and San Francisco. The angles and the coverage do make the cities look inviting
• Saif Ali Khan, nice try. He did everything in his might to look the same romantic Saif from the good old days. And i wont blame him, he does fair quite fine, to what he is given, could have been much better if not for the minuses of the movie
• Govinda, has a very short role again, but an entertaining one, good to see him again on big screens back to back :)
• Ranvir Shorey had a splendid role in fact, he was the one who would make you laugh every time he appears on screen
• Preity Zinta, after a long time. Looks young, looks fresh and looks cute as well :)
• Ileana D'Cruz appears pretty throughout in good attires. You only wish she keeps her mouth shut :) 
• Music of the movie is pleasant and doesnt feel forced in

What you can sleep over:

• Ileana's role was there in place, but somehow doesn't create much of any impact, somewhere feels like a misfit
• Kalki Koechlin is wasted. She can do much better role than this

The dampeners you should be aware of:

The story of the movie is very cliche, largely missing on originality.Reminds you of many scenes from 'Love Aaj Kal' and 'Bachna ae haseeno'. The plot does have a lot of potential to be more humours and more romantic. It mostly touches everything only on the surface, which makes it less enviable for the audience



My Rating: 3/5

Beauty and the Beast

Cast: Vincent Cassel(Prince) and Léa Seydoux(Belle)
Director: Christophe Gans
Genre: Fantasy, Romance, Adventure


Fairytale relived :) Its a nice sober weekend watch on big screens :)



You may look forward to:

• Beautiful sets, and cinematography, takes you to picturesque world, bringing out your childhood imaginations out of the fairytale book. The presentation of the movie does certainly look grand and larger than life. Worth a watch in theaters
• All the characters of this movie were very dreamy and straight out of the book. All of them together makes it a good watch
• Léa Seydoux being the lead lady, i am sure her dresses and various other treatments will arouse a few more tickles in every female. She played the 'Beauty' as the name suggests :)
• Vincent Cassel, doesnt have a lot of role in his human form, nevertheless, the beast personalified by him is excellent
• All the other imaginary characters, be it the those creatures, what was made of the dogs, or be it those giants breaking havoc, all of them were beautifully designed

The dampeners you should be aware of:

This movie is just to spill you into your dreams, no negatives :)




My Rating: 3.5/5
   

John Wick

Cast:  Keanu Reeves, Michael Nyqvist(Viggo Tarasov), Alfie Allen(Losef Tarasov),Adrianne Palick(Female Assasin), Willem Dafoe(Marcus)
Director: Chad Stahelski, David Leitch 
Genre: Action, Thriller


It is a good watch for all the action lovers



You may look forward to:

• Keanu Reeves, obvious! :) His handling of guns and each and every shot out of it is very enjoyable. His serious attitude with umpteen charisma of a hitman is the USP of the movie. He undoubtedly steals the entire show
• The background score is the first time on my topmost plus list. Amazing scores throughout the movie, with much less dramatization, but brimming with style quotient
• Michael Nyqvist played our antagonist, and all the run and chase around him was good
• Alfie Allen had a petty role, which he played pretty well :) 
• Adrianne Palick, playing a female assassin gives you some good action scenes
• Willem Dafoe, a very well known face, i somehow like the kind of roles he picks for himself. Suits him

What you can sleep over:

Such less background on John Wick's wife. Wish there was more to it



The dampeners you should be aware of:

Storyline is very weak. It has practically nothing in terms of story. It could fair a lot better with gruesome revenge plot around it :D




My Rating: 3/5

Kill Dil

Cast:  Ranveer Singh, Ali Zafar, Parineeti Chopra,Govinda
Director: Shaad Ali
Genre: Drama, Crime, Romance


What a disaster make, out of a potentially entertaining plot!



You may look forward to:

• Govinda, after a long time on big screens, and thank god he retained his level of seriousness in the movie from the beginning till the end. He didn't have a prominent role, but yet good to see him
• Ali Zafar, has to be credited. Sudden serious makeover, his rough looks, his body language, his beefed up structure and his role, very commendable, if the plot was any better, he along with the other roles could have made this movie worth a watch!
• First half of the movie is very very watchable. Pruned up with some good dialogues and the various character sketches, with their introductions, it did sound promising, but alas! only until the interval

What you can sleep over:

Cliche plot.Seen ten number of times! 2 young brothers or friends growing up with crime and so on



The dampeners you should be aware of:

• Ranveer Singh, ohhh dude! Whats wrong with this guy! Playing in lead and such a junk role! First half again promising, but second half! Damn! He disappoints to the level where i was almost about to cry out of sheer helplessness. A big let down!
• Parineeti Chopra, is responsible to screw the movie up. Absolutely no meat in her role. Her introduction hints towards her being in flesh trade market or equivalent, so deceptive and idiotic. I was expecting a possible twist in her role post interval. Dampener again! Until the very end, i expected her to come up with something better, but every time disappointed. On the top of the that, she never looked so bad in her entire career till now as in this. The skimpy western wears just wont fit her. She is on the heavier side. Nothing was good about her. Wonder why was she even there in the movie...duhhh!!
• The climax and story of the movie was extremely bad, directionless and complete bull shit
• Music, OMG! Big pain in the arse! Too many songs and all of them such a sore for your ears. You will literally run out of the theater in the last number with the credits, in the finishing line :D 

My Rating: 2.5/5 (First half)
                 1.5/5 (Second half)

The Shaukeens

Cast:  Akshay Kumar, Anupam Kher,Annu Kapoor,Piyush Mishra,Lisa Haydon 
Director: Abhishek Sharma
Genre: Comedy


The most lukewarm movie of the weekend. Promises big, delivers pass time!



You may look forward to:

• Annu Kapoor, he is the the real star of the show. He is bachelor, colorful and a mischief :) His dialogues and his persona is worth this entire movie :)
• Anupam Kher and Piyush Mishra, were equal miscreants, what dampens their spirits over Annu Kapoor is that they are married :D
• Akshay Kumar was his usual self, crazy bullshit. Yet he is adorable, as usual :)
• Music is actually good. There are 3 songs which are already doing rounds

What you can sleep over:

Lisa Haydon. I expected a much better role from her specially after 'Queen'. Doesn't matter how small a role you do, you gotta be impressive. She was just lingering around the entire plot, giving out nuts alone



The dampeners you should be aware of:

This movie could have been so much better on the comedy aspect, when they already had the base plot ready from the old movie. The creative angle was completely missing. The directors job was to make the old Shaukeen look like the new age Shaukeens. How difficult is that given the plot fits into today's world much better than back in that era. Let down!




My Rating: 2.5/5

Nightcrawler

Cast: Jake Gyllenhaal, Rene Russo, Riz Ahmed(Rick)
Director: Dan Gilroy
Genre: Thriller, Crime, Drama


A performance oriented movie by Jake Gyllenhaal backed by a thrilling storyline. Worth a watch!



You may look forward to:

• Jake Gyllenhaal owns this movie. He plays a character who is selfish, manipulative, egoistic and partly psychic. very complex description and easily the best performance by him till date. He is the backbone of the entire thriller and deserves a huge round of applause
• Dan Gilroy does a brilliant job of presenting it, every minuscule expression from Jake Gyllenhaal and the background around, all exclusively done
• Rene Russo has a real time difficult role, being a boss ain't always easy. Well, there you go :)
• Riz Ahmed is another interesting character, the way he is being played and risked, rocks your mind until some time

What you can sleep over:

A bit part of gory content, if you are allergic to it :)



The dampeners you should be aware of:

There were quite a few unrealistic viewpoints to the movie, it seemed a lot of times like playing with the fire with calculated risk, as if the risks were all staged for 'Louis Bloom' to get past. He plays with not one but many lives, of completely different backgrounds and not caught a single time. Little difficult to digest. Be it playing with a high profile lady Director of a news channel, or be it with the full blown criminals, or fellow reporters or cops or even an idiot assistant who just blindly follows his every step without a signed job contract, and none intelligent enough or alert enough to nail him! Whacko!




My Rating: 3.5/5

Big Hero 6

Cast: Ryan Potter(Hiro), Scott Adsit(Baymax), Daniel Henney(Tadashi),T. J. Miller(Fred), Jamie Chung(Go Go), Damon Wayans, Jr.(Wasabi), Génesis Rodríguez(Honey Lemon), James Cromwell(Professor Callaghan) and Alan Tudyk(Krei)
Director: Don Hall, Chris Williams
Genre: Animation, Action, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi


This weekend has seen some really good releases. Again a must watch for all animation lovers, kids and adults alike!


You may look forward to:

• This movie is a sure shot assurance that its worth every penny you spend. Cute beyond expressions!
• The story is written keeping the new age children in mind, hence the current age adults are as well bound to enjoy this. You get your dose of action, comedy, engineering, geekiness and great animation :) 
• My favorite character is undoubtedly 'Baymax' voiced over Scott Adsit. Boy! what a cute arse this thing is, i connect to it more for myself being from Health Care. But this guy is cuteness personified :D You would so want it to be real and be a part of your daily life :)
• Ryan Potter voiced for 'Hiro'. He is one intelligent dude but a kid in the end :) He is the one who gives birth to the Big Hero team all together :) Feels no less than 'Iron Man' with all the nerd talkies in between :D
• Professor Callaghan, was beautifully written character voiced by James Cromwell, and gives all the adults equal thrills and a role which completes the story
• All the other supporting casts and voice overs were equally funny and cool to watch out for

What you can sleep over:

3D is okayish, don't expect literally to see the 3rd dimension flying over



The dampeners you should be aware of:

Caution for the adults, story may seem cliche and icing being kiddish :D But damn that, this movie is too cute to remorse for all of those :)




My Rating: 3.5/5

Rang Rasiya

Cast: Randeep Hooda, Nandana Sen, Paresh Rawal and Gaurav Dwivedi(Raj Verma)
Director: Ketan Mehta
Genre: Biography, Drama,History, Romance


It is a beautiful biography depicting art. There is not one but many reasons why you should watch this movie!


You may look forward to:

• This movie certainly helped me rekindling my faith in Bollywood, specially after movies like 'Happy New year'. Now this is what i call a quality watch
• This movie teleports you back to 1890's, gets you a brief peek to the history which connects to Raja Ravi Verma and the deep impact his art has till date on our mythological characters and our religious beliefs
• I love the way the movie beautifully depicts the fact that nudity was always a part of our culture, and how it is lost time and again and is again re established by someone all afresh fighting anew against all odds,from the ancient times to the age of our independence to the present day, amazingly presented by Ketan Mehta. It is a big blow to the so called moral police
• Randeep Hooda is the star of the movie, re enacting the role of an unsung artist, who has a deep rooted cultural connection to how we know the art in India today.The flamboyant nature depicted with such an ease, along with the arrogance and every smallest of nuances of the character which clearly is in the shade of gray. His disrespect to the same woman he worships more than anyone else in his life, to his definition of love and his definition of passion and romance. His quest to know Indian culture and to bring it all down to piece of paper, his confidence and the risks that he takes. There are multiple shades to his character, and he plays all of them with such an aplomb!
• The sets of the movie are beautiful, so is the cinematography. This is worth a watch in the theaters! I am glad such kind of movies are getting positive nods from the Censor Board to be screened in theaters, even though on a much smaller scale for the discrete audience
• The story of the movie is as well a major key factor which keeps you interested throughout the 2.5 hours of duration. How Raja Ravi Verma's exclusive art were taken to the masses and what impact it had on the masses, to how it was converted to business, to the kind of support art used to get in that time of our history, everything very well depicted in such a short time
• Nandana Sen does a very brave job to be the face of the character she was given. Though its best when she doesn't talk :) But yet, by the end of the movie, her character grows so much on you, that you don't mind her voice and her expressions, i give it to her :)
• Paresh Rawal had a very minor role, but his role is that of a true businessman and brutally honest at it, a hard man on you! Always appreciate this man as an actor!

What you can sleep over:

Gaurav Dwivedi has a very minuscule role, but never mind, he gives his best shot!



The dampeners you should be aware of:

Nothing, this movie is an ode of experience, and wish to keep it at it :)




My Rating: 4/5

Interstellar

Cast: Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain(Murph), David Gyasi(Romilly), WesBentley(Doyle),Matt Damon, Bill Irwin(Voice for TARS),Josh Stewart(Voice for CASE),Mackenzie Foy(Young Murph) and Michael Caine(Proff Brand)
Director: Christopher Nolan
Genre: Sci-Fi, Adventure


One movie to blow your mind! Must must watch!

Note: This is rather an intelligent movie, and no where comparable to 'Gravity' which was more for its visuals


You may look forward to:

• This movie belongs to Christopher Nolan. The way he represents science and explains it in layman terms, aint any easy job to accomplish. He literally sums up all the researches around our universe and more in a matter of 3 hours, as intelligibly possible to be comprehended
• The movie opens up your mind to think beyond, beyond the 3 dimensions:) This has a lasting impact on you for days to come
• Matthew McConaughey does it again, after the 'Dallas Buyer's Club'. He plays a well built sturdy farmer/NASA pilot in this one,the most experienced and the brave one. He plays a role much beyond his own survival up in the space. One man to watch out for!
• Anne Hathaway as the leading lady, plays the character of Dr. Brand beautifully, just the way her director wanted her to
• Jessica Chastain was one of the very important characters. She keeps buzzing on and off throughout the movie
• Matt Damon had a decent appearance, we can rather call him the bad man of the show :) Well played!
• David Gyasi and Wes Bentley were good supporting casts up in the space :D
• Josh Stewart and in particular Bill Irwin have their presence felt amazingly well, their voices behind the machines were remarkable
• Mackenzie Foy and Michael Caine, were good supports from the characters on earth :)
• This movie is an experience, more for the story and for the direction, as compared to the visuals

What you can sleep over:

• The first half is a lot nerdy, too many scientific terminologies, not everyone can understand it at first go through and through. Though it definitely doesn't mess up with the underlying plot onto which the story is running
• At the very climax, almost 10-15 mins of the movie is just very errand, where in they keep switching between Cooper inside Black Hole and Murph back on earth in her library. The most confusing minutes of the movie which as well gets pretty irritating at one point of time, when for all most 10 minutes you as an audience are struggling to understand what after all are they individually trying to connect to!

The dampeners you should be aware of:

• Yes, the movie could have been visually so much better as well. It was not built in 3D, that's a big time dampener. Some better visual effects, could have done wonders!
• There were few unexplained weird misses here and there, like that of Proff. Brand's role after 23 years, he just doesn't age a bit until his dying days, except for that additional wheel chair put to him, crazy miss by Nolan! Unbelievable, just hoped for a better explanation to it, but alas! There were none. Again by the end of the movie, they completely forgot Cooper's Son(Tom), perhaps he didn't want to pay up for another old character :P

My Rating: 4/5

Ouija

Cast: Olivia Cooke(Laine), Ana Coto(Sarah), Daren Kagasoff(Trevor), Douglas Smith(Pete), Bianca A. Santos(Isabelle), Lin Shaye(Paulina) and Shelley Hennig(Debbie)
Director: Stiles White
Genre: Horror

Off late with all the horror movies coming along, this doesn't come out to be very spooky!


You may look forward to:

• Beautiful ladies bandwagon :) Minus any hot feature though :)
• Well, for those who are crazy about horror movies, i guess you will still not mind watching it :)Nor did I :)
• Olivia Cooke and Ana Coto, playing the leads, its a woman oriented movie as it seems :) They did a fairly good job
• Lin Shaye, this lady has a definite role in the movie. She does make an impact
• Shelley Hennig, one amongst the short lived beautiful ladies :)

What you can sleep over:

Daren Kagasoff, Douglas Smith and Bianca A. Santos, were okayish supports


The dampeners you should be aware of:

• The story is about fine, what it lacked is spookiness in terms of content. First half had practically nothing in it. Second half had some content, could have been much better
• It is a definite dampener for a Halloween release

My Rating: 2/5

The Best of Me

Cast: James Marsden, Michelle Monaghan, Luke Bracey(Young Dawson),Michael Hoffman(Young Amanda),Sebastian Arcelus(Husband), Gerald McRaney(Tuck), Sean Bridgers(Father)
Director: Michael Hoffman
Genre: Romance, Drama


Those who like romantic, is a must watch!


You may look forward to:

• It may not have raked big ratings in media, but this is one of those touching and beautiful stories, which reminds you of 'The Notebook'. Yes, you can set similar expectations from this and enjoy the movie with your loved ones :)
• James Marsden and Michelle Monaghan, playing the older couple; chemistry between the duo is commendable. Young love story moves any class of people very easily, but a relatively older couple playing the same trick on you, is not all that common. These guys make you feel, one can be romantic and so much in love even in their 50's with the same passion as always!
• Luke Bracey and Michael Hoffman, the younger variation of the couple, undoubtedly touches one or the other strings of you. You must have lived one or the other few moments in there. Its very easy to relate and to flow with them as the childhood lovers play their magic on each other and on you :) Michael Hoffman, in particular is worth appreciation, the tenacity with which she pursues her love and the intense feeling towards her man, is amazing!
• Sebastian Arcelus and Gerald McRaney, had short but significant roles for support
• Sean Bridgers has a very well written role, he earns the hatred back from you! Unbelievable for a man being this selfish
• Haven't read the novel, but its presented very well connected and no visible lose ends, the story is complete. Michael Hoffman does a good job at it
  
• Movie justifies the length with good detailing and nice characters sketches of each individual

The dampeners you should be aware of:

Nothing! Love knows no logic :D




My Rating: 4/5

Fury

Cast: Brad Pitt, Shia LaBeouf, Logan Lerman(Norman), Michael Peña,Jon Bernthal,Scott Eastwood
Director: David Ayer
Genre: War, History, Drama


Over rated, aint as catching as it should have! Nonetheless, relive the history from WWII


You may look forward to:

• Logan Lerman, he is definitely the guy to look out for, unsung hero somebody! If the history is true, i have highest regard for this kid. How much it takes for a typist to fall into a war zone and start killing people, as well stick to a team in such circumstances and play along, isn't a thing for a coward. Very well played
• Brad Pitt undoubtedly.  But i was expecting a lot more from him than merely this. He had this constant look throughout, barring one or two instances. But he was the only man standing tall and making various calls. So yes, he was important and he is Brat Pitt :)
• Shia LaBeouf came out as a surprise in this role. Very unconventional from how we remember him :)
• Supports from Michael Peña,Jon Bernthal and Scott Eastwood, were fine
• The illustration of the war like situations back from the history, resurrecting old tanks, and recreating the entire set is commendable. How ugly and how intrusive life was during the World War is unimaginable, especially under the banner of Hitler, is no less than a nightmare, jitters you even today

What you can sleep over:

It has enough bombings and firings, enough violence to prove a war like situation. But not enough to keep you up



The dampeners you should be aware of:

• Too very stretchy. Again, this could be shortened to 2 hours. Plethora of boring scenes with dialogues put me to sleep couple of times. I couldn't acknowledge a war movie as boring as this without much content to substantiate in the dialogues, nor presented in a manner to make it look interesting and touching
• All the roles except that of Brad Pitt's and Logan Lerman, felt unevenly distributed. The other supporting actors, weren't meant to be looked upon as a support. They are meant to be looked upon as a team. Brad Pitt's dominance subdued their roles to a larger extent

My Rating: 3/5

Gone Girl

Cast: Ben Affleck, Rosamund Pike, Neil Patrick Harris(X boy friend),Tyler Perry(Tanner Bolt), Carrie Coon(Nick's sister), Kim Dickens(Detective) and Sela Ward (TV Host)
Director: David Fincher
Genre: Mystery, Crime, Thriller


Spine chilling presentation! This is one movie which attacks your psyche big time, beware of any negative outbursts! :)


You may look forward to:

• Gone girl belongs to Rosamund Pike, if not for her, the movie cant hold you for long enough! Its not every day where you see a woman oriented psychic thriller, apart from horror movies, where mostly women psychic ghosts dominate :P Rosamund Pike manages to give you jitters, getting onto your nerves while she plays her tricks to frame one man after another. Smart but not over  smart huhh!! One beautiful deceptive face, is what she is, so much into the character, that every man would wish never to marry!
• Ben Affleck, playing the victimized character, played upon as well playing along! He is one character in the shades of gray. For a long time he keeps you wondering if he is the culprit, which appears almost true. He plays a role, sometime kinky, sometime an arse, sometime a player and then a big time victim. Multiple ups and down, beautifully played :)
• Neil Patrick Harris,Tyler Perry, Carrie Coon and Kim Dickens; all the supporting characters were very very effective, and all the very important roles
• Sela Ward in essence deserves a special mention, she definitely brings out the good and ugly side of the media, humorous and interesting

What you can sleep over:

• First half of the movie until 5 mins before interval, feels no less than a subject of joke. Be it the entire media circus, or the way a kidnapping scene is investigated or how the missing reports are handled by Ben Affleck and Amy's parents is just way too dramatic, and a satirical attempt to present which fails miserably. Thanks to the explanations just before interval, all of the first half starts making sense then after
• Direction has its own hits and misses. On one side where the entire focus is on the satirical presentation or on Amy-the lead role, which were done very well, but there were many aspects which lost focus and evidently missing

The dampeners you should be aware of:

• The only big dampener of the movie are its innumerous loop holes, small  and biggies. Lots of ends remain open and unexplained and the significant miss outs from the directorial and scripting point of view were eyebrow raising and dampens the effect of a full proof thriller movie
• Movie feels a lot draggy, it could easily be consumed in 2 hours, we didn't require the additional mess around. Especially by the second half of the movie, you keep wondering where is it gonna end after all!

My Rating: 3.5/5