WEEKLY MOVIE GUIDE (what to watch and what to miss in Cinema)

SHOR IN THE CITY

Genre                  Thriller/Drama

Release Date       29th April

Director               Raj Nidimoru and Krishna DK

Cast                    Tushaar Kapoor,Sendhil Ramamurthy,Preeti Desai,Pitabash Tripathi,Nikhil Dwivedi,Radhika Apte

Pluses                  Terrific direction,engaging treatment and script,amazing performances from almost everyone

Minuses               Slow paced 

Verdict                4/5 (watch it to believe that bollywood can throw pleasant surprises at times)

I AM

Genre                  Social Drama

Release Date       29nth April

Director               Onir

Cast                    Sanjay Suri,Juhi Chawla,Anurag Basu,Anurag Kashyap,Nandita Das,Purab Kohli,Manisha Koirala,Rahul Bose

Pluses                  Diverse subplots,relevant issues,impactful direction,good performances from Sanjay Suri,Manisha and Juhi

Minuses               Monotonous treatment,slow narrative

Verdict                3.5/5 (watch it if you have 'typical' art film fetish and love socially relevant cinema)

CHALO DILLI

Genre                  Comedy/Drama

Release Date       29th April

Director               Shashant Shah

Cast                    Vinay Pathak,Lara Dutta,Akshay Kumar(Cameo),Yana Gupta(Item Number)

Pluses                  Direction keeps you interested,Vinay Pathak delivers yet another natural performance 

Minuses               music adds nothing to storyline,predictable plot,uneven performance by Lara

Verdict                2/5 (watch it if you are still stuck in 80's emotions of bollywood or Vinay Pathak fan)

NAUGHTY @ 40

Genre                  Comedy/Romance

Release Date       29th April

Director               Jagmohan Mundhra

Cast                    Govinda,Yuvika Choudhary,Shakti Kapoor,Anupam Kher

Pluses                  Zilch

Minuses               Everything 

Verdict                0/5 (watch it to believe how makers our desperate to remake hollywood flicks even if it happens to be 'C' grade '40 Year Old Virgin')

THOR

Genre                  Action/Adventure

Release Date       29th April (India)

Director               Kenneth Branagh

Duration              114 minutes

Cast                    Chris Hemsworth,Natalie Portman,Anthony Hopkins,Tom Hiddleston

Pluses                  Scintillating special effects,great climax

Minuses               too much typical superhero 'masala',various unnecessary tracks(sibling rivalry) 

Verdict                3/5 (watch it to experience how 3D can make an average film into a great one)

SOURCE CODE

Genre                  Thriller/Sci-Fi

Release Date       29th April

Director               Duncan Jones

Duration              93 minutes

Cast                    Jake Gyllenhaal,Michelle Monaghan,Vera Farmigha

Pluses                  Amazing storyline,out of the world suspense,Gyllenhaal is terrific,Duncan is a director to look out for

Minuses               few may find it complicated

Verdict                4/5 (watch it as 'they' don't make like 'this' anymore)

LIMITLESS

Genre                  Thriller

Release Date       29th April

Director               Neil Burger

Duration              105 minutes

Cast                    Bradley Cooper,Anna Friel,Robert De Niro,Abbie Cornish

Pluses                 Cooper does exceedingly well,different plot,tight script,De Niro is cool as always

Minuses              Could had been 10 minutes shorter,background score sucks

Verdict                3/5 (watch it for terrific story idea)

WEEKLY MOVIE GUIDE (what to watch and what to miss in Cinema)

DUM MAARO DUM

Genre                  Action/Drama

Release Date       22nd April

Director               Rohan Sippy

Duration              130 minutes

Cast                    Abhishek Bachhan,Bipasha Basu,Aditya Pancholi,Prateik Babbar,Rana Daggubati

Pluses                  High on style quotient,racy editing which goes well with the mood,tight direction and screenplay,impactful background score,songs add to the film(a rarity in today's films) especially title track shot on Deepika and passionately rendered 'Jiyen Kyon',on the edge performance by Abhishek,Aditya Pancholi and Rana Daggubati,Prateik does well and suspense in climax is icing on the cake

Minuses                Bipasha's role is too cliche,Abhishek's flashback track is unnecessary

Verdict                 3.5/5 (watch it for 'masala' Bollywood at its best with modern and racy styling)

Comments            Abhishek should has a hit this time after three successive failures in 'Raavan','Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Say' and 'Game',main reason of this success is that Abhishek has limited presence on screen backed by taut script and supported by good actors like it was the case in 'Dhoom','Dhoom 2','Sarkar' and 'Yuva'.Rohan Sippy proves again his command over medium.

ZOKKOMON

Genre                  Children Drama/Adventure

Release Date       22nd April

Director               Satyajit Bhatkal

Duration              110 minutes

Cast                    Darsheel Safary,Anupam Kher,Manjari Phadnis

Pluses                  Good storyline

Minuses               Screenplay is shabby,actors sleepwalks(really),irritating music

Verdict                1/5 (watch it to believe how boring a children movie can be even after a decent cast and fabulous producers Walt Disney)

YOGI BEAR

Genre                  Animation

Release Date       22nd April

Director               Eric Brevig

Duration              80 minutes

Pluses                  Apt voice over by Justin Timberlake and Dan Ackroyd,cute storytelling

Minuses               slow paced

Verdict                3/5 (watch it with kids as it is an ideal weekend film for them to enjoy)

THE ROOMMATE

Genre                  Thriller

Release Date       22nd April

Director              Christian E. Christiansen

Duration              93 minutes

Cast                    Leighton Meester,Minka Kelly,Danneel Harris,Cam Gigandet

Pluses                  Not any

Minuses               Everything(bad script,poor direction and pathetic performances)

Verdict                0.5/5 (watch it if you really wanna sleep in multiplex or have a nice 'company' with you)