DRIVE WITH FORCE-WEEKLY MOVIE GUIDE (what to watch and what to miss in Cinema)

DRIVE                 (loved the drive)

Genre                    Crime/Drama

Release Date         30th September

Director                Nicolas Winding Refn

Duration                120 minutes

Cast                      Ryan Gosling,Carey Mulligan,Bryan Cranston

Pluses                   Art house treatment to a thriller,amazing crisp editing,silence works big time in film (as there are hardly 38 lines for Ryan to speak) in order to create mystique around the characters,action is sudden,real and pulsating,direction is intense,Mulligan-Gosling chemistry has sparks,climax is worth the wait

Minuses                Nothing except being slow at places

Verdict                 4.5/5 (watch it as this is as good as it gets)

Box Office Prediction       It should collect in the region of 4-6 crore as this kind of cinema has few takers in our country

ABDUCTION     (missed the point)

Genre                    Action/Mystery

Release Date         23rd September

Director                John Singleton

Duration               106 minutes

Cast                     Tayler Lautner,Lily Collins,Alfred Molina,Jason Issacs,Maria Bello

Pluses                   Potential script,few good action sequences

Minuses                All performances are below par,climax is cliche,treatment is just below average,editing is uneven

Verdict                 2/5 (watch it if you are a compulsive action movie freak)

Box Office Prediction       It will not collect more than 2-3 crore nett

CHARGESHEET(Dev sahab,ab aur kya kahein)

Genre                    Drama/Thriller

Release Date         30th September

Director                Dev Anand

Duration                120 minutes

Cast                     Dev Anand,Jackie Shroff,Divya Dutta,Naseerudin Shah

Pluses                   Dev Sahab's spirit

Minuses                everything(it can work as an unintentional comedy)

Verdict                 0/5 (watch it for any reason you may find if any) 

Box Office Prediction       It will not more than 30 lakhs nett

FORCE                (packs a punch)

Genre                    Action/Drama

Release Date         30th September

Director                Nishikant Kamat

Duration                138 minutes

Cast                      John Abraham,Genelia DSouza,Raj Babbar,Mohnish Bahel,Vidyut Jamawal

Pluses                   John is back and how-you need to watch it to believe it,John shows what he is capable of and gives a realistic action film,action is rustic and real by Allan Amin,Genelia is very good,dialogues and direction are top notch,climax has twist, interesting treatment,couple of songs are good,Villain Vidyut is impressive in debut

Minuses                Nothing except may be few will not like the twist in the end 

Verdict                 4/5 (watch it to believe that action film can be entertaining too except being irritating like 'Ready' and 'Bodyguard',John's best performance even better than 'Dhoom' and yes please watch it with 'taalis' and seetis' in a housefull single screen theater)

Box Office Prediction       It should at least collect 45 crore nett-Super Hit!

SAHAB BIBI AUR GANGSTER (relish the dialogues UP style)

Genre                    Drama/Thriller

Release Date         30th September

Director                Tigmanshu Dhulia

Duration                120 minutes

Cast                      Jimmy Shergill,Mahie Gill,Randeep Hooda,Deepal Shaw

Pluses                   All performances are top notch-Jimmy,Randeep and Mahie,plot is good,screenplay is racy,treatment is pure 'UP' style,dialogues are highlights of the film

Minuses                Climax is a bit let down

Verdict                 3.5/5 (watch it to believe why i didn't like 'Yeh Saali Zindagi'-here every character has soul and twists are realistic and there is no unnecessary style dose in dialogues)

Box Office Prediction       It will collect around 5-7 crore nett as there are 6 releases simultaneously

HUM TUM AUR SHABANA  (part of assembly line comedies)

Genre                    Comedy/Drama/Romance

Release Date         30th September

Director                Sagar Bellary

Duration                125 minutes

Cast                      Tushaar Kapoor,Shreyas Talpade,Minishaa Lamba,Satish Kaushik,Sanjay Mishra

Pluses                   Sanjay Mishra and Satish Kaushik are outstanding,in 2nd half 'hijack of dead body' sequence is hilarious,'Music Band na karo' and 'Thank you Mr. DJ' songs are chartbusters

Minuses                Lead cast is pathetic,concept is old,climax is even worse

Verdict                 2/5 (watch it only for couple of hit songs and Sanjay Mishra or avoid it)

Box Office Prediction       It will collect in the range of 12-15 crores nett

TERE MERE PHERE (third rate comedy)

Genre                    Comedy

Release Date         30th September

Director                Deepa Sahi

Duration                120 minutes

Cast                      Vinay Pathak,Riya Sen,Sasha Goradia,Jagjit Desai

Pluses                   Vinay is great as always,there are few really funny moments,direction is good and cinematography is amazing

Minuses                Riya irritates and plot is too cliche

Verdict                 2/5 (watch it for only Vinay Pathak but don't expect 'Bheja Fry' here)

Box Office Prediction       It will not collect more than 2 crore nett

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5. DAM 999

Genre                  Adventure/Drama/Thriller

Release Date       4th November 2011 (India)

Director               Sohan Roy

Cast                    Joshua Fredric Smith,Vinay,Megha Burman,Ashish Vidyarthi

Pluses                  Arrving without much expectation this crossover film but subject material looks interesting,based on british period revolves around a dam which eventually breaks

Minuses               Not many projects involving collaboration of indian actors that too directed by indian directors proved noteworthy in past

Box Office Prediction       This looks already a hit in India but not so sure in overseas market

4. THE RUM DIARY

Genre                  Adventure/Drama

Release Date       28th October

Director               Bruce Robinson

Cast                    Johnny Depp,Amber Heard,Aaron Eckhart,Giovanni Ribisi

Pluses                 Celebrated writer Bruce surprises you every time(he wrote classics'The Killing Fields' and 'Fat Man A Little Boy') as he adapts a high selling novel in film,Johnny Depp is their in a psychological intense role

Minuses              Film took quite long in making plus lately Depp fails to deliver at box office in such kind of roles  

Box Office Prediction       Film should take a good opening but at max it can achieve 'hit' status as it is more for class

3. CONTAGION

Genre                  Action/Sci-Fi/Thriller

Release Date       9th September

Director               Steven Soderbergh

Cast                    Matt Damon,Kate Winslet,Jude Law

Pluses                  Director who is one of the best if not the best in industry(directed 'Traffic','The Girlfiend Experience','Ocean series','Sex Lies and Videotapes','The Informant!' and 'The Good German' etc.),stellar cast and you have something which can not be something short of perfect,an interesting plot

Minuses               I Can't figure out one!

Box Office Prediction       Fasten your seat belts,this looks ominous,a perfect 10!

2. DRIVE

Genre                  Action/Drama/Crime

Release Date       16rth September

Director               Nicolas Winding Refn

Cast                    Ryan Gosling,Carey Mulligan,Bryan Cranston

Pluses                  Carrying one of most promising reports,this looks tense,taut and edge of the seat engrossing flick you wait for years,twisted humor,compelling tenderness and  mind blowing action is set to race pulses

Minuses               Not much except may be few find it too intense and dark

Box Office Prediction      This will rock box office for sure

1. THE IDES OF MARCH

Genre                   Drama

Release Date        7th October 2011

Director               George Clooney

Cast                     George Clooney,Paul Giamatti,Phillip Semiymour Hoffman

Pluses                  Clooney is directing,plot has wow! factor,trailer looks promising,story is about prospective US President candidate and his publicist and dirty game of politics

Minuses               May not has element of typical potboiler

Box Office Prediction       Surely,this going to surprise few!