Cars 2 (3-D) – Poor script, few laughs but interesting secret agent angle (with Video Review)
Directed by John Lasseter. Starring Owen Wilson, Larry The Cable Guy, John Turturro, Michael Caine. I didn’t think much of the first Cars film finding it too juvenile but it is Pixar and you have to give them credit for … [Read More..]
TRANSFORMERS: Dark of the Moon (3-D) – Finally, they got it close to right! (Video Review)
Directed by Michael Bay. Starring Shia LaBeouf, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Josh Duhamel, John Malkovich, Tyrese Gibson, Frances McDormand, Patrick Dempsey, Ken Jeong. A big ‘The Transformers’ cartoons fan and an even bigger despiser of Michael Bay’s last two Transformers movies, I … [Read More..]
Delhi Belly – An outrageous, uninhibited, liberating roller-coaster comedy
<Review by: Tushar A Amin> Directed by Abhinay Deo. Starring Imran Khan, Vir Das, Kunal Roy Kapur, Vijay Raaz, Poorna Jagannath, Shenaz Treasury. Should I say it? Shouldn’t I? What the fuck… here it goes. Delhi Belly just might become … [Read More..]
Larry Crowne – Flimsy story but has its moments (video review)
Directed by Tom Hanks. Starring Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts, Sarah Mahoney, Roxana Ortega, Cedric the Entertainer, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, George Takei. You can’t not watch a movie with Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts in it. Reason: You’ll never get to see … [Read More..]
Murder 2 – Good premise let down by zero chemistry
<Review by: Tushar A Amin> Directed by Mohit Suri. Starring Emraan Hashmi, Prashant Narayanan, Jacqueline Fernandez. Films based on serial-killers are rare in Bollywood. While the basic premise and setting of Murder 2 holds a lot of promise, the film … [Read More..]
Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara – Dil Chahta Hai 2.0 (yawn inducing version)
<Review by: Tushar A Amin> Directed by Zoya Akhtar. Starring Hrithik Roshan, Farhan Akhtar, Abhay Deol, Katrina Kaif, Kalki Koelchin. While I realise that it is unfair to compare two movies, there is no escaping the feeling that brother Farhan’s … [Read More..]
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 – Expecto Boring-o (video review)
Directed by David Yates. Starring Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Michael Gambon, Ralph Fiennes, Alan Rickman, Maggie Smith, Helena Bonham Carter I don’t want to offend any Harry Potter fans. So if you are one, please stop reading this. … [Read More..]
Singham – Full-on Bollywood masala action flick
<Review by: Tushar A Amin> Directed by Rohit Shetty. Starring Ajay Devgn, Prakash Raj, Ashok Samarth, Kajal Aggarwal This film is strictly for those with a (perverted) taste for simplistic masala entertainers replete with high-octane action sequences, high-pitched dialogue-baazi, et … [Read More..]
Cowboys & Aliens – Blah story but interesting Western twist
<Review by: Anil Sadarangani> Directed by Jon Favreau. Starring Daniel Craig, Harrison Ford, Olivia Wilde, Abigail Spencer. Honestly, I enjoyed the film and I’ll see it again. Now, it might be that the views of the one are as crucial … [Read More..]
The Lion King (3-D) – A great film doesn’t need 3-D
<Review by: Sailesh Ghelani> Directed by Roger Allers, Rob Minkoff. Starring Matthew Broderick, Jeremy Irons, James Earl Jones, Nathan Lane, Robert Guillaume, Rowan Atkinson, Whoopi Goldberg. Seventeen years after the original movie broke box office records and spun a Broadway … [Read More..]
