Pirates Of The Caribbean: On Stranger Tides – Lost at sea
Directed by Rob Marshall. Starring Johnny Depp, Penelope Cruz, Geoffrey Rush. Eagerly awaited for Depp and Cruz and some crazier pirate antics, On Stranger Tides sinks below expectations on many levels. The IMAX 3-D is such a dismal let down, … [Read More..]
Something Borrowed – Joyless and unfathomable
Directed by Luke Greenfield. Starring Ginnifer Goodwin, Kate Hudson, Colin Egglesfield, John Krasinski. A movie that makes absolutely no sense, gives rom-coms a very bad name indeed, and makes you wonder why no one making this film felt that Ginnifer … [Read More..]
Kung-Fu Panda 2 – Same noodles. Still quite tasty
Directed by Jennifer Yuh Nelson. Starring Jack Black, Angelina Jolie, Dustin Hoffman, Gary Oldman. Everyone was out to watch the ‘awesomeness’. Follow up to the 2008 hit, everyone’s fuzzy, cuddly and kick-ass panda is back as the Dragon Warrior. He … [Read More..]
The Hangover Part II – Predictably outrageous but funny
Directed by Todd Phillips. Starring Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms, Zach Galifianakis, Justin Bartha, Ken Jeong. Not being a big fan of ‘cult’ film The Hangover, I really didn’t have expectations for its sequel. Part II is as silly as the … [Read More..]
Play: A Guy Thing – Amusing with a smidgen of insight
Directed by Akarsh Kurana. Ali Fazal, Neil Bhoopalam. Watched this one at The Comedy Store, Mumbai, where the intimate free seating arrangement and tiny stage was the perfect setting for this two-man show. Ladies and gentlemen, please find yourself a … [Read More..]
Hanna – Interesting if a bit uneven (New: Video Review)
Directed by Joe Wright. Starring Saoirse Ronan, Eric Bana, Cate Blanchett. This very offbeat film straddles a thin line between drama and thriller, between punk rock filmmaking and a regular chase film, esoteric and mass appeal, and comparisons with films … [Read More..]
West is West – Bloody sentimental and funny
Directed by Andy DeEmmony. Starring Om Puri, Linda Bassett, Aqib Khan, Ila Arun, Jimi Mistry. A decade later, West is West is the sequel to the cross-border comedy East is East (which was based on a stage play by Ayub … [Read More..]
X-Men: First Class – Retro cool saga (with Video Review)
<Review by: Sailesh Ghelani> Directed by Matthew Vaughn. Starring James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Kevin Bacon, January Jones, Jennifer Lawrence, Rose Byrne. In this eagerly awaited prequel, director Matthew Vauhgn, Marvel and 20th Century Fox go back to the origins of … [Read More..]
The Resident – Thrill-less waste of time
Directed by Antti Jokinen. Starring Hilary Swank, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Christopher Lee Sliver and Psycho collide in this very messy story that is so flat on the thrills that you wonder why Oscar winner Hilary Swank would have been a … [Read More..]
Green Lantern (3-D) – Grey, boring, too much CGI (with video review)
<Review by: Sailesh Ghelani> Directed by Martin Campbell. Starring Ryan Reynolds, Blake Lively, Peter Sarsgaard. One of the oldest superheroes and part of the DC comics’ universe (Superman & Batman being the most popular) Green Lantern the movie tries too … [Read More..]
