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

PUSS IN BOOTS (smile all the way)

Genre                  Animation

Release Date       2nd December

Director              Chris Miller

Duration              90 minutes

Cast                    Voice of Antanio Banderas,Salma Hayek,Zach Galifianikis

Pluses                 Amazing animation,enough laughs,crisp editing

Minuses              Script is too cliche,takes time to warm up

Verdict               3/5 (watch it for sheer pleasure and child like innocence)
Box Office Predictions 5 cr nett lifetime at indian box office,sure hit

Jack and Jill      (predictable but fun)

Genre                  Comedy

Release Date       2nd December

Director               Dennis Dugan

Duration              91 minutes

Cast                    Adam Sandler,Katie Holmes,Al Pacino

Pluses                 Thoroughly entertaining,Sandler and Katie bring house down with their comic timings

Minuses              Too predictable,writing lets down, direction is uninspired

Verdict               2.5/5 (watch it if you like Adam Sandler brand of predictable comedies)
Box Office Predictions 3 cr nett max at indian box office-a below average affair

LAND GOLD WOMEN (realistic portrayal)

Genre                  Drama

Release Date       2nd December

Director               Avantika Hari

Duration              120 minutes

Cast                    Narinder Samra,Neelam Parmar,Hassani Shapi

Pluses                 Intense and realistic script on honor killing,Narinder and Neelam are good

Minuses              Pathetic editing,background sound sucks,pedestrian direction

Verdict               3/5 (watch it if you like off beat issue based cinema)
Box Office Predictions 25 lakh nett lifetime,no chance at box office

I AM SINGH    (missed oppotunity)

Genre                  Drama

Release Date       2nd December

Director               Punit Issar

Duration              126 minutes

Cast                    Gulzar Chahal,Rizwan Haider,Punit Issar,Brooke Johnston

Pluses                 Neat editing,Noble intentions/idea

Minuses              Direction is weak and screenplay devoid of any speed,below par performances

Verdict               1.5/5 (watch it for noble idea of suffering of Sikh community after 9/11 attack)
Box Office Predictions 3 cr nett lifetime,a box office disaster

THE DIRTY PICTURE  (entertainment entertainment entertainment!)

Genre                  Drama

Release Date       2nd December

Director               Milan Lutharia

Duration              142 minutes

Cast                    Vidya Balan,Nasserudin Shah,Tushaar Kapoor,Emraan Hashmi

Pluses                 Vidya Balan steals the show-such a sensual and on the face role with right pitch of fun,intensity and poise,beyond doubt a ground breaking performance worthy of all awards next year,Naseerudin is impressive and Emraan provides right amount of firworks,Rajat Arora's dialogue are the second best 'character' only to Vidya Balan

Minuses              Direction is too loud and overdo stuff at places in order to please masses,last 20 minutes disappoints (tread mill is the reason of death!),so much focus on 'assets' starts looking like 'liability' after some time in theater

Verdict               3.5/5 (watch it for Vidya's mind blowing performance and Rajat Arora's dialogues)
Box Office Predictions 25 cr first weekend and 58 cr lifetime nett collections-Super Hit!
Dialogues' Highlight
"Touch to bahuton ne kiya par chuya kisi ne nahin"
"Zindagi jab maayus hoti hai tabhi mesoos hoti hai"
"Mardon ka zamana hai aur aafat auraton ne machayee hai"
"Silk sabse mehnga is liye hai kyon ki uski kismat mein chamkana likha hai"

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

MURDER 2

Genre                  Suspense/Thriller

Release Date       8th July

Director               Mohit Suri

Duration              130 minutes

Cast                    Emraan Hasmi,Jacquiline Feranadez,Prashant Narayan

Pluses                 Couple of good songs

Minuses               Idiotic screenplay,third rate performances from all

Verdict                1/5 (watch it if you still like those 80's brand of suspense and sleaze )

CHILLAR PARTY

Genre                  Drama-Comedy

Release Date       8th July

Director               Vikas Bahl and Nitesh Tiwari

Duration              130 minutes

Cast                    Irffan Khan.Sanath Menon,Rohan Grover,Aman Jain,Aarav Khanna,Vishesh Tiwari,Shreya Sharma,Ranbir Kapoor (guest appearance)

Pluses                  Good narrative,decent performances from kids

Minuses               Too basic at places in terms of treatment and direction

Verdict                3/5 (watch it as there are not good children films available so need to encourage this kind of cinema )

LARRY CROWNE

Genre                  Romance/Comedy/Drama

Release Date       8th July (India)

Director               Tom Hanks

Duration               98 minutes

Cast                    Tom Hanks,Juilia Roberts,Sarah Mahoney,George Takei

Pluses                  Chemistry of lead pair,George Takei as economy professor is hillarious

Minuses               Third class script,slow paced,neither romantic nor comic

Verdict                1.5/5 (watch it if you are 'big big big' Tom Hanks or Julia Roberts fan )