WEEKLY MOVIE GUIDE (what to watch and what to miss in Cinema) Part 2-Hollywood Releases

THE DEVIL'S DOUBLE

Genre                   Biography/Action/Drama

Release Date        19th August

Director                Lee Tamahori

Duration               108 minutes

Cast                     Dominic Cooper,Ludivine Saginer,Raad Rawi

Pluses                  Concept and plot are just out of the world,intense and thrilling screenplay,taut direction,Dominic shines in central role

Minuses               Editing is below average and film is 10 minutes too long,at times too much violence

Verdict                 4/5 (Watch it to witness one of the most dramatic real life story of our times from Saddam Hussein's family)

Box Office Prediction       It should do really well in metros and should notch 10 crore nett as its only a limited release

FINAL DESTINATION 5

Genre                   Thriller

Release Date        19th August

Director                Steven Quale

Duration               92 minutes

Cast                     Nicholas D' Agosto,Emma Bell,Arlen Escarpeta

Pluses                  Better concept than last one,good climax,amazing thrilling moments,3D experience is awesome

Minuses               performances are bit let down,backgound score is irritating

Verdict                3.5/5 (watch it if you are either 3D fan or die hard follower of this franchise)

Box Office Prediction       I has limited release in India so 12 crore nett looks possible

BAD TEACHER

Genre                   Comedy/Drama

Release Date        19th August

Director                Jake Kasdan

Duration                92 minutes

Cast                     Cameron Diaz,Jason Segel,Justin Timberlake

Pluses                   Cameron Diaz carries this one alone,plot is good

Minuses                Screenplay is lethargic at places,most of the cast looks disinterested

Verdict                  2.5/5 (watch it if you are a Cameron Diaz fan)

Box Office Prediction       It should collect at least in the range of 12-15 crore nett in India

FRIGHT NIGHT

Genre                   Comedy/Horror

Release Date        19th August

Director                Craig Gillespie

Duration               106 minutes

Cast                     Anton Yelchin,Colin Farrell,David Tenant

Pluses                   Few thrills here and there,3D effects are average

Minuses                Everything is pathetic from direction to writing to climax

Verdict                 1/5 (watch it if you have nothing else to waste your time)

Box Office Prediction       It will be a no show on indian box office and collection will be below 5 crore nett

SPY KIDS:ALL THE TIME IN WORLD 4D (in aromascope)

Genre                   Action/Adventure

Release Date        19th August

Director                Ram Gopal Verma

Duration               89 minutes

Cast                     Jessica Alba,Jeremy Piven,Joel McHale

Pluses                   Nothing except if you want to experience 4D 

Minuses                Everything else even Jessica Alba looks tired

Verdict                 0.5/5 (watch it to have headache)

Box Office Prediction       I should collect around 6 crore nett just because of 4D gimmick 

WEEKLY MOVIE GUIDE (what to watch and what to miss in Cinema) Part 1-Hindi Releases

NOT A  LOVE STORY

Genre                   Crime/Drama
Release Date        19th August

Director                Ram Gopal Verma
Duration               100 minutes

Cast                     Deepak Dobariyal,Mahie Gill,Darshan Jariwala

Pluses                  Great idea,amazing performances from Mahie and Deepak

Minuses               direction is repetitive,background score sucks,contrived cilmax

Verdict                2.5/5 (watch it to get usual dose of RGV brand of crime drama but with little better content this time and you can't miss 'on the face voyeurism and sexual exploitation by camera' even in most cruel sequences)

Box Office Prediction       Due to real life incident and few controversies attached to it,this should get the decent opening and should end up in the bracket of 5 to 10 crore nett

SAHI DHANDHE GALAT BANDE

Genre                   Drama/Social

Release Date        19th August

Director                Pravin Dabas
Duration               120 minutes
Cast                     Pravin Dabas,Ashish Nayyar,Vansh Bharadwaj,Kuldip Ruhil,Sharat Saxena 
Pluses                  Socially relevant plot,interesting idea,decent performances from almost everyone 

Minuses               Amateur direction,pathetic climax

Verdict                3/5 (watch it to witness the rise of social ideas in bollywood)

Box Office Prediction       Relatively unknown star cast plus minimal publicity and you can't have even a decent movie collecting good on ticket window-not more than 3 crore nett

CHATUR SINGH TWO STAR

Genre                   Drama/Comedy

Release Date        19th August

Director                Ajay Chandok

Duration               110 minutes

Cast                     Sanjay Dutt,Ameesha Patel,Anupam Kher,Satish Kaushik

Pluses                   Nothing except Dutt trie his best to act

Minuses                Everything

Verdict                 0.5/5 (watch it to believe the most bizarre climax and still we have such a cinema alive,sadly)

Box Office Prediction       Do i need to say anything more-below 3 crore nett

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

AARAKSHAN

Genre                  Drama

Release Date       12th August

Director               Prakash Jha

Duration               167 minutes

Cast                     Amitabh Bachchan,Saif Ali Khan,Deepika Padukone,Manoj Bajpayee,Tanvi Azmi

Pluses                  Awesome first half with series of power packed dialogues,Amitabh and Saif are too good,Manoj is outstanding,writing is top notch by Anjum Rajbali and Jha,Tanvi and Deepika lends good support

Minuses               Second half is too slow and starts drifting in altogether different direction of improvement of education system plus private coaching bashing,Prateik is unfit in his character,climax is too predictable and stereotype,film ends up being a 'masala' flick sadly,Prakash Jha as director is a let down this time

Verdict                3/5 (watch it to experience how a great first half,burning subject with great actor and powerful dialogues can salvage a film even with an average director at helm)

Box Office Prediction        It will collect in excess of 50 crore nett as it has a great cast plus huge amount of curiosity due to controversies it had generated (which are totally unnecessary) but will not be a huge hit like Jha's last release 'Raajneeti'

PHHIR

Genre                  Thriller

Release Date       12th August

Director               Girish Dhamija

Duration               120 minutes

Cast                     Rajnish Duggal,Roshni Chopra,Adah Sharma

Pluses                  Tight story,thrilling climax,average performances

Minuses               Bad special effects,technically film is below average,songs are unnecessary

Verdict                2.5/5 (watch it to surprise yourself with a thrilling story and underdog film)

Box Office Prediction        No expectations from the film and zero marketing and it should collect not more than 10 crore nett

CAPTAIN AMERICA:THE FIRST AVENGER

Genre                  Action/Adventure

Release Date       12th August

Director               Joe Johnston

Duration               124 minutes

Cast                     Chris Evans,Hugo Weaving,Samuel L. Jackson

Pluses                  Above average action,good performances from lead cast

Minuses               story offers nothing new,untidy direction,bad background score

Verdict                2/5 (watch it if you like old styled action adventure flicks)

Box Office Prediction       It can maximum garner around 5 to 7 crore nett in India