MIX PACK FROM HOLLYWOOD-WEEKLY MOVIE GUIDE (what to watch and what to miss in Cinema)

MACHINE GUN PREACHER    (inspiring story line,not so inspiring execution)

Genre                  Action/Crime

Release Date       9th December

Director               Marc Foster

Duration              123 minutes

Cast                    Gerard Butler,Michelle Monaghan,Michael Shannon

Pluses                 Intense and effective real life story,lead cast performs good enough,direction is top notch

Minuses              Screenplay is third rate,Butler is good but never rises above his own persona into such a complex multi shade character

Verdict               2.5/5 (watch it for inspiring story based on life of Sam Childers)
Box Office Predictions 2 cr nett lifetime in India
Did you know     Sam Childers, a hard-drinking, drug-abusing biker thug from Minnesota who ‘got religion’ in the late 1990s and flew out to East Africa on a charity mission. While there, he became an unsettling mix of aid worker and vigilante: half on fire for Jesus, half setting bad guys on fire for Jesus.

NEW YEAR'S EVE   (avoid it)

Genre                  Comedy/Romance

Release Date       9th December

Director               Garry Marshall

Duration              118 minutes

Cast                    Sarah Jessica Parker,Jessica Biel,Ashton Kutcher,Robert De Niro,Halle Berry,Hillary Swank,Jon Bon Jovi

Pluses                  Huge star cast

Minuses              Pathetic stories (there are 9 sub plots),direction is amazingly bad,actors are sleepwalking

Verdict               1/5 (watch it if you had not suffered through this director's last release 'Valentine's Day' )
Box Office Predictions 2.5 cr nett lifetime in India

LARGO WINCH 2-THE BURMA CONSPIRACY   (headache guaranteed)

Genre                  Action/Adventure/Thriller

Release Date       9th December

Director               Jerome Salle

Duration              119 minutes

Cast                    Tomer Sisley,Sharon Stone,Ulrich Tukur

Pluses                  Performances are top notch from Tomer and Stone

Minuses              Direction and writing is unintentional funny and stupid,holes in screenplay (no guards in ICC in night-kidding me!),action looks fake

Verdict               1.5/5 (watch it if you end up watching silly action movies anyways )
Box Office Predictions 1.5 cr nett lifetime in India

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

LADIES Vs. RICKY BAHL   (not bad)

Genre                  Drama/Comedy/Romance

Release Date       9th December

Director               Manish Sharma

Duration               minutes

Cast                    Ranveer Singh,Anushka Sharma,Parineeti Chopra,Dippanita Sharma,Aditi Sharma

Pluses                 Lead pair is awesome in performance as well as chemistry,Parineeti is mind blowing and fresh,music lifts the mood,beautiful locales

Minuses              Takes time to heat up,later part of 2nd half drags,story is too predictable            

Verdict               3/5 (watch it for sparkling chemistry of lead pair)
Box Office Predictions                              18-23 cr nett should be the opening weekend
Watch out for                                           Anushka looks sizzling in black bikni and Parineeti is revelation in a typical delhi girl character,Ranveer flaunts his well toned body for good effect

LANKA             (good attempt)

Genre                  Drama/Thriller

Release Date       9th December

Director               Maqbool Khan

Duration              110 minutes

Cast                    Manoj Bajpayee,Arjan Bajwa,Tia Bajpai,Yashpal Sharma,Manish Chaudhary

Pluses                 Manoj Bajpayee is decnt,Arjan is outstanding,Writing by Shashank  is engaging,direction keeps you hooked

Minuses              Political nexus theme is unnecessary,Tia Bajpai is irritating

Verdict               2.5/5 (watch it if you like 'regular' off beat cinema)
Box Office Predictions 3 cr nett lifetime

YE STUPID PYAAR    (really stupid)

Genre                  Romance/Drama

Release Date       9th December

Director               Rakesh Jain

Duration              125 minutes

Cast                    Jatin Khurana,Nupur Patwardhan,Akansha Shivhare

Pluses                 I failed to find any!

Minuses              Everything from writing to direction to acting is stupid

Verdict               0.5/5 (watch it on your own risk)
Box Office Predictions 50 lakhs nett lifetime,a box office disaster

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"