A Walk Among The Tombstones

Rating : 7/10Release Date : 19th September, 2014 Time : 113 minutesDirector & Writer: Scott Frank (based on the novel by Lawrence Block); Music : Carlos Rafael RiveraStarring : Liam Neeson, David Harbour, Adam David Thompson, Dan Stevens, Astro, Eric Nelsen, Razane Jammal, Laura Birn, Marielle Heller, Olafur Darri Olafsson, Natia Dune, Mark Consuelos, Sebastian Roche, Danielle Rose RussellThe film opens with a montage of a man touching a woman, brushing his hands through her blond hair, caressing her body. She’s moving about too, against a pristine white background. Its only at the end you realize she is gagged and bound. And everything isn’t wha

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Khoobsurat

Rating : 3/10Release Date : 19th September, 2014 Time : 130 minutesDirector: Shashanka Ghosh; Writer: Indira Bisht (very loosely based on the 1980 film of the same name); Music : Sneha KhanwalkarStarring : Sonam Kapoor, Fawad Khan, Kirron Kher, Ratna Pathak ShahA fictitious chat with the Director and Producer of this very irritating turkey Me : Why would you take the rights of a classic like Khoobsurat and then change everything to this extent ?Director : (looking distinctly uncomfortable) Well, it was about a no-rules character entering a discipline heavy household. But it wasn’t my script…you’ll have to check with the writer and producerProducer : Y

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Maze Runner

Rating : 5/10Release Date : 19th September, 2014 Time : 123 minutesDirector: Wes Ball; Writers: Noah Oppenheim, Grant Pierce Myers, TS Nowlin (based on the novel by James Dashner); Music : John PaesanoStarring : Dylan O’Brien, Aml Ameen, Ki Hong Lee, Blake Cooper, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Will Poulter, Kaya Scodelario, Patricia ClarksonThis is one of those films where nothing really makes sense, you don’t truly understand what’s happening, if you haven’t read the book or seen the second (soon to be released) part. There is a certain sense of mystery / intrigue at the situation, and you do feel for the likeable, Dylan, but he keeps getting thrown into

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Daawat-E-Ishq

Rating : 6/10Release Date : 19th September, 2014 Time : 123 minutesDirector & Writer: Habib Faisal; Music : Sajid-WajidStarring : Parineeti Chopra, Anupam Kher, Aditya Roy KapurThis is a sweet, but extremely predictable story. One where you wish there was more meat, literally, to justify the title. You visually do see lots of food, in some cases being consumed too, but apart from stray mentions of ‘my grandfather’s recipe’, you don’t really talk about food – the favorite dishes, the taste…and thus what is cooked up is just another love story.Tired of incessant dowry demands from would-be suitors, Parineeti, one day, decides to get even. Till then

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Finding Fanny

Rating : 8/10Release Date : 12th September, 2014 Time : 102 minutesDirector: Homi Adajania; Writer : Homi Adajania, Kersi Khambatta; Music : Mathias DuplessyStarring : Deepika Padukone, Naseeruddin Shah, Dimple Kapadia, Pankaj Kapur, Arjun Kapoor, Anand Tiwari, Ankur TewariNaseeruddin Shah : is a shy, solemn loner, the post master in a village where no one posts or receives any mail, still is a choirboy singer even though his days of being a boy are well behind him. And he brays, nay, sobs inconsolably as he receives a marriage proposal he’d made to his beloved Fanny via mail, forty-six years ago. It was never posted ! And the only one who understand

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Mary Kom

Rating : 6/10Release Date : 5th September, 2014 Time : 123 minutesDirector: Omung Kumar; Writer : Saiwyn Quadras; Music : Shashi-ShivammStarring : Priyanka Chopra, Darshan Kumaar, Sunil Thapa, Rajni Basumatary, Shishir Sharma, Robin Das, Shakti Sinha There is a lot to like about Mary Kom, the movie, based, of course, on the real life of our famous Indian boxer from a tiny village in Manipur. Its inspiring, am sure, to all women who watch the film, sends the right message. Priyanka, in the lead role, gets the feistiness spot on, showing the hot-bloodedness in normal life, which is probably what made her such a terror in the ring. The idyllic surroundi

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