Monday, July 25, 2016

Madaari

The story of an ordinary citizen who was wronged by the system decides to take it head-on. Well, the story and theme are a rip-off of the thriller 'A Wednesday' starring Naseeruddin Shah. The theme is so predictive that even the twist at the end fails to surprise. Though Irffan Khan does full justice to his role, the movie doesn't do justice to him. So don't bother buying the tickets. You may as well catch it on TV or Netflix at your leisure.

Sunday, July 24, 2016

Kabali

1) A taste of the superstar for all Rajini fans. You need to have watched at least some of his old movies to truly appreciate this. 2) Watch it in Tamil (they have English subtitles. Even Rajini's laughter has subtitles! Mind it). If you watch it in any other language and crib that the old man can't deliver his dialogues, it is your problem, not his. 3) The storyline is clichéd, but we are not watching this movie for it. Are we? If you feel the storyline didn't come close to Pa Ranjith's earlier movies, this is not Ranjith's movie. It is Rajini's 4) If you know Rajini only through his jokes and you watched the movie because of the hype and crib that it was not upto expectation, remember that nobody forced you to buy the tickets. 5) I paid to watch the Kabali swagger and I got it! Magizchi (Cheers!)
P.S - The above is not my review on the movie because you can't review a Rajini movie. The movie reviews you! 

Friday, July 22, 2016

Star Trek : Beyond

The USS Enterprise is pulled out of a break into a rescue mission only to be attacked and forced to crash on a faraway planet. They confront an unknown enemy who can be a potential threat to the entire Federation. It is a pleasure to be back in the company of Pine, Quinto and Zoe or Kirk, Spock and Uhura as we know them in the movie. Simon Pegg (Scott) and Karl Urban (Doc) add the humour and they get a woman-in-arms companion in Jaylah played by the beautiful Sofia Boutella. With a twist in the tale at the end, this one is a good watch.

Sunday, July 10, 2016

Sultan

Story of a man from Haryana who makes wrestling his life to win over his lady love and finally finds himself in the upper echelons of the wrestling world. Then tragedy strikes and shatters his life as he knows it and he has to rediscover the fighter in him to build it all back up. Well, the story doesn't really matter from the moment Salman appears on screen in all his starry glory! A time pass movie as all Bhai movies are with even some nonsensical scenes so brilliant in their nonsense that you are left cheering. They could have left the songs out though as they made the movie a tad bit longer than required. As for brilliant acting, well Randeep Hooda's 20 minutes of screen presence ticks that category with Anushka providing good support as Sultan's lady love. All in all a good watch...

Saturday, July 2, 2016

The Legend of Tarzan

A slightly different take on the old Tarzan story which many of us have grown up to, Tarzan is pulled back to his roots in the jungles of Africa from the Lordship in England to fight an old enemy and new. The visuals are captivating and when you have actors like Christoph Waltz, Samuel Jackson and Djimon Honsou the film can't go that wrong, can it? With Skarsgard and Robbie contributing with their roles well, this is a good watch.