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

GANDHI TO HITLER

Genre                  Drama-Historic

Release Date       29th July

Director               Rakesh Ranjan

Duration              131 minutes

Cast                    Raghubeer Yadav,Aman Verma,Neha Dhupia

Pluses                  Story idea was good

Minuses               Amateurish writing,horrible treatment,direction is third class,no authenticity in shooting locales  or performances

Verdict                0.5/5 (watch it to witness how a great story idea can be messed big time )

Box Office Prediction        Even to touch 1 crore nett will be tough

BUBBLE GUM

Genre                  Romance/Drama

Release Date       29th July

Director               Sanjeevan Lal

Duration              114 minutes

Cast                    Sachin Khedkar,Tanvi Azmi,Delzad Heerawali,Apoorva Arora,Sohail,Suraj Singh

Pluses                  Fresh and natural treatment,subtle relationship among principal characters,real performances,one of the better teenage romance flick of recent times

Minuses               Editing could have been better,parents' characters are too stereotype

Verdict                3.5/5 (watch it to experience innocent teenage romance of 80's )

Box Office Prediction        Collections may improve due to good word of mouth but overall will be a no show at box office which is sad as there was no publicity for the product and that too for such a good product,collections will be below 3 crores nett

KHAP

Genre                  Drama/Romance

Release Date       29th July

Director               Ajay Sinha

Duration              120 minutes

Cast                    Om Puri,Sartaj,Yuvika Chaudhary,Manoj Pahwa,Mohnish Behl,Govind Namdeo

Pluses                  Intentions were good behind this flick

Minuses               Songs interrupt the story flow, irritating lead pair,third rate editing,too melodramatic,contrive climax

Verdict                1/5 (watch it to believe how bad movies are made with decent enough storyline)

Box Office Prediction        To generate any kind of collection will be tough

THE SMURFS

Genre                  Animation

Release Date       29th July

Director               Raja Gosnell

Duration               86 minutes

Cast                    Hank Azaria,Neil Ptrick Harris,Jayma Mays

Pluses                  Try to be too cute,will appeal only to under 10 years age

Minuses               Disappointing 3D experience,slow pace

Verdict                1.5/5 (watch it to witness how a great story idea can be messed big time )

Box Office Prediction       Collections should be around 1.25 crores nett

COWBOYS & ALIENS

Genre                  Western/Action/Adventure

Release Date       29th July

Director               Jon Favreau

Duration              118 minutes

Cast                     Daniel Craig,Harrison Ford,Olivia Wilde

Pluses                  Daniel shines in an interesting role, interesting plot

Minuses               Harrison Ford looks tired,action sequences are below average,no humor in the script

Verdict                2/5 (watch it to witness how a great story idea can be messed big time )

Box Office Prediction       Collections should end around 2 to 2.5crores nett

THE TREE OF LIFE

Genre                  Drama

Release Date       29th July

Director               Terence Mallick

Duration              139 minutes

Cast                     Brad Pitt,Sean Penn,Jessica Chastain,Hunter McCraken

Pluses                  Spiritual undertones in plot depicted in depth,lovely camera work,poetic storytelling,Brad and Sean shines in their parts

Minuses                Gets a bit frustrating due to its slow pace and self indulgent nature of direction

Verdict                 4/5 (watch it to witness how a great story idea can be messed big time )

Box Office Prediction       Collections should be below 75 lakhs nett