First Look at London Dreams, Ishqiya and Main Aur Mrs Khanna

London Dreams

Directed By-
Vipul Shah

Produced By-
Aashin Shah

Featuring-
Salman Khan, Ajay Devgan,
Asin, Om Puri

Ishqiya

Directed By-

Abhishek Chaubey

Produced By-

Raman Maroo

Vishal Bharadwaj

Featuring-

Naserrudin Shah, Arshad Warsi,

Vidya Balan

Main Aur Mrs Khanna

Directed By-

Prem Soni

Produced By-

Sohail Khan

Ronnie Screwvala

Featuring-

Salman Khan, Kareena Kapoor,

Sohail Khan.

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1 comments Posted by Rag at 8:38 PM  |

G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra

Directed by: Stephen Sommers

Cast: Sienna Miller, Rachel Nichols, Marlon Wayans, Christopher Eccleston, Dennis Quaid,Brendan Fraser, Channing Tatum and Jonathan Pryce

OK! Here goes my attempt at salvaging this spoof they call a movie.

GI Joe-No story, but none was expected, what was expected was a choc-a-bloc action flick, with mind numbing stunts and special effects. Numb my mind they did, but not in the way expected, if it was not for those extremely loud sound effects there was nothing that could’ve kept me awake during this one.

What I fail to understand is, if the director was out to fill a movie wit CGI then why did he just not make a 3D cartoon movie. I am sure the cartoons would’ve portrayed the characters better. Over acting is an understatement here, the villain being over-villainous & the hero being over-zealous towards his cause of none other than, “saving the world”. One of these days I am going to give these super heroes a piece of my mind , because they are all at it and yet no one succeeds in “saving the world”!!!

Well well, getting back, one of the only good things I can say about this movie is that Sienna Miller looks smoking hot and has a whole load of fun being the “bad girl”, but as cliché as always, madame is forced into a second-skin sort of Black Leather outfit. What has happened to that word we so often relate to the making of movies, IMAGINATION! They have the creative license too, but no! everyone wants to walk the tried and tested route.

The action shifts from dense forests, to the streets of France, to underwater locations, to above the clouds and many, many locations in between, and you sit there wondering how one shot leads to another?

They have also tried to add, a comic character, and an inter-racial romance, both these sub-plots

as out of place as the Queen of England in a theatre watching GI Joe. Someone please explain to the director that a hard core action flick can be made without any of the added sub plots for entertainment, but only if the special effects are good enough. Here I believe the special effects were also added to give the movie a more comedic effect, very amateur and quite clearly highlighting the fact that the budgets could not cover all the CGI.

I must explain at this point, no matter if you go in with expectations or with none, you will be disappointed my friend. It cannot even be stated that this is a movie that children can watch for entertainment, because believe me the cartoons on TV these days are way more technologically advanced. So I would like to advice that no one wastes their time on this one and spoils the image that we have of watching GI Joe as children and worshipping them, do not shatter that image they worked so hard to build.

Now comes the time for the all important verdict, I give it 3 BOP’s out of 10 , this comes after a lot of deliberation with myself, for no one deserves ½ out of 10, I was once in school as well, not a good feeling that one.

Avoid this flick!

Reviewed By,

Taru Girdonia

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Sikandar

Directed By-
Piyush Jha

Produced By-
Sudhir Mishra

Featuring-
Parzan Dastur, Ayesha Kapoor, Madhavan, Sanjar Suri..

If you guys loved Parzan Dastur in Parzania and Ayesha Kapoor in Black, you'll love them yet again in Sikandar. Directed by Piyush Jha, Sikandar has a terrific script but when it comes to execution of the same is where it fails. Going by the sidelines of the tension that surrounds Jammu and Kashmir, Piyush Jha manages to capture the essence of the lives of young children really well.

Sikandar is a movie of a young boy Sikandar Raza(Parzan Dastur) who like any other 10 year old is naughty-innocent and a passionate football player. Living alone with his aunt and uncle, soon Sikandar finds a pal,a 10 year old Nasreen(Ayesha Kapoor), who accompanies him during the morning walk to school. During one such walk to school is when both of them find a gun lying on the same isolated path. Sikandar is cautioned by Nasreen not to get close to the gun but much to his curiosity takes the gun and without much knowledge is left with no other option but to use the gun to his own benefit, may it be scaring off the bullies in school or scaring people on the street. Soon he's seen training with a Jihadi militant who promises him a washing machine if he trains and shoots the person that they target on. Circumstances get way too complicated when Sikandar shoots the Jihadi Militant out of frustration and makes his life even more miserable. The army start a search operation in pursuit of the little boy and the twists that follow is something that you need to watch it yourself.

Sikandar is not a bad movie but it takes time for you to realize that its a good movie. You don't really feel for the characters like you felt for Ishaan Awasthi in Taare Zameen Par or Michelle McNally in Black. By the time you get into the rythm and start liking that characters, the curtains are down. The main let down factor of this movie is its promise that it created with its trailers. Parzan Dastur is impressive and manages to deliver the goods well. Ayesha Kapoor's performance is average and has blank expressions in a few scenes making her look awkward. Madhavan who plays the role of a Commander of the Indian Army is also good and is supported well by Sanjay Suri.

Music of Sikandar by Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy is one thing that needs special appreciation. Neatly done are the tracks "Dhoop Ke Sikke" and "Gulon Mein".

I will go with 7 BOP's for Piyush Jha's Sikandar.






Reviewed By,
Raghav Ramaiah

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3 comments Posted by Rag at 10:29 AM  |

Blue : Exclusive First Look

Directed By-

Anthony D'Souza

Produced By-

Dhilin Mehta

Featuring-

Akshaye Kumar, Sanjay Dutt, Katrina Kaif, LaraDutta..

The trailer of blue definitely looks impressive and i hope this Akshaye Kumar movie doesn't disappoint which is believed to be made with a budget of 70 crores.

Tell me what you thought of this trailer.

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8 comments Posted by Rag at 10:00 PM  |

Kaminey

Directed By-
Vishal Bharadwaj

Produced By-
Ronnie Screwala

Featuring-
Shahid Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra, Amol Gupte..


The much awaited and the most talked about movie of 2009 releases this week and it quite simply lives up to all the hype that surrounded the movie before its release. Directed By Vishal Bharadwaj, Kaminey makes up for all the lousy movies that released this year and for once you feel, "What- a- movie". Kaminey just goes on to score in every department may it be direction or the Music. Vishal Bharadwaj this time around has written a terrific script, outdoing his previous critically acclaimed Omkara. Kaminey in simple words is a complete package where in every tiny character does its bit to impress you.

Kaminey's main protagonists Charlie and Guddu(Shahid Kapoor) are twins who have quite some amusingly distinguishable characteristics when it comes to their natural way of communication. Charlie, a local thug who lisps and pronounces S as F and Guddu is a small NGO worker who stammers while he talks. Both of whom live on different dreams and values are seen fighting it out in their respective fields. Guddu's life enters a mess when gets his girl friend Sweety(Priyanka Chopra) pregnant and after much persuassion decides to marry her and much to add to his agony finds out that she is the sister of a local gangster-politician Bhope Bhau(Amol Gupte). Charlie on the other hand during one of his criminal prowl gets his hand on a guitar box that contains cocaine worth 10 crore's. From here on is when the lives of Charlie and Guddu intertwine making the plot even more interesting and engrossing. The unusual twists and turns right till the climax is something for you to watch it yourself.

The script of Kaminey is gripping and engaging too. The main thing which will blow your minds with Kaminey is its stunning dialogues that will sound serious and funny at the same time. The highlights of the movie are the actors and the bang on casting. If Shahid Kapoor impresses you with both Charlie and Guddu, Priyanka Chopra marks her presence by her bold-marathi girl's character. And for the people who had just heard of Amol Gupte and not seen him, you can see a top notch performance in his very debut movie playing Bhope Bhau. Kaminey is so skillfully made that even a few slow scenes are covered up by some stunning performances.

The music of Kaminey is Marvellous, may it be Dhan Te Han or the thought provoking song Fatak that has a AIDS awareness theme to it, all of them score full points.

Vishal Bharadwaj's magic is going to work yet again.

I will go with 9 BOP's out 10 for Vishal Bhardwaj's Kaminey.






And that simply makes it a **Must Watch**.


Reviewed by,
Raghav Ramaiah

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6 comments Posted by Rag at 4:15 AM  |

The Proposal

Directed By -
Anne Fletcher

Cast-
Sandra Bullock (Margaret Tate), Ryan Reynolds (Andrew Paxton), Mary Steenburgen (Grace Paxton), Craig T. Nelson (Joe Paxton), Betty White (Grandma Annie), Malin Akerman (Gertrude), Oscar Nunez (Ramone).


We’ve all had to deal with our share of mean bosses and here is one straight out of hell, bad enough for her assistant to beg his colleague for a shirt when he soils his own.

In walks a very ‘devil wears prada’-esque boss, Margaret, played by Sandra Bullock. Preceding her entry to the office is a flurry of scurrying employees and a lot of instant messages informing everyone that “it” has arrived. The “it” in question not particularly showing her mean side to anyone but the harassed assistant, Andrew, played by Ryan Reynolds.

Predictably a situation arises from which only Andrew can rescue the witch and a whole load of some funny and some very not funny drama ensues. The funny bits being overshadowed by the non-funny parts.

Margaret, a Canadian citizen living in the US needs to be saved from deportation, hence Andrew placing his own terms and conditions agrees to be her fake fiancé, this is followed by a hilarious trip to his hometown in Alaska where the Jimmy Choo and Prada wearing Margaret is humbled and is taught the value of family and relationships.

Andrew turns out to be a millionaire and is the heir to the family business, now follows some serious Hindi movie style drama with his father black-mailing him quite unsuccessfully into coming back to Alaska and taking over the business. At the same time there is apparently romance brewing between Andrew and Margaret that no one including themselves can see.

A lot of very predictable situations , which bring to mind movies like Ramji Londonwaley and Meet the parents and just about any other rom-com ever made, skipping forward comes the day for the cute grandma Annie’s 90th birthday, she says she wants to see her grandson get married before she dies, hence dump the birthday celebrations, there’s a wedding to take place.

In all the predictability come very few truly funny moments which is a disappointment coming from a Sandra Bullock movie who sadly enough is in an absolutely non-comedic role. What Sandra does best in the movie is, look absolutely ravishing , at 40 she is in absolutely great shape which she does not fail to show off in a highly unnatural and predictable scene with an equally undressed Ryan, who also, I must say is in great shape.

The movie basically has all the typical elements, the cute grandma, the rich short-tempered father, the loving mother, the sugar coated sweetheart ex-girlfriend, the couple that hates each other(but is actually in love), and a crazy multi tasking stripper cum salesman cum priest.

This romantic comedy was not romantic, mildly funny, and very predictable and I must say, all in all quite a disappointment. Being a member of the female population of our species, I can say this movie was anything but a chick flick, definitely not a drama or thriller. Then what was it? Well go ahead watch it yourself and find out.


Reviewed By,
Taru Girdonia

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2 comments Posted by Taru at 4:54 AM  |