Gone Girl

Rating : 9/10Release Date : 31st October, 2014Time : 149 minutesDirector: David Fincher; Writer: Gillian Flynn, based on her own novel; Music : Trent Reznor, Atticus RossStarring : Ben Affleck, Rosamund Pike, Carrie Coon, Kim Dickens, Neil Patrick Harris, Tyler Perry, Patrick Fugit, David Clennon, Lisa Banes, Missi Pyle, Emily Ratajkowski, Casey Wilson, Lola Kirke, Sela WardDeliciously devilish. Fiendishly clever. As beautifully twisted, with the façade of normalcy, as can be. Am going to struggle to write as I don’t want to give anything away, will simply say – just when you think you know whats happening, the movie takes an unexpected path once more

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Fury

Rating : 6/10Release Date : 31st October, 2014 Time : 134 minutesDirector, Writer : David Ayer; Music : Steven PriceStarring : Brad Pitt, Shia LaBeouf, Logan Lerman, Michael Pena, Jon Bernthal, Jason Isaacs, Anamaria Marinca, Alicia von Rittberg“Ideals are peaceful. History is violent”If you’re turned off by the sight of blood, don’t watch this oneIf violence makes you queasy, don’t watch this oneIf gore makes you twitch, don’t watch this oneAnd if you don’t like watching people die, definitely don’t watch this oneBut do watch it if you want to experience war, up close, with all its mud, blood and glory - and hopefully wish there was never a war again

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Happy New Year

Rating : 4/10Release Date : 24th October, 2014 Time : A mammoth 185 minutesDirector: Farah Khan; Writers: Farah Khan, Althea Kaushal; Music : Vishal-ShekharStarring : Shahrukh Khan, Boman Irani, Abhishek Bachchan, Sonu Sood, Deepika Padukone, Vivaan Shah, Jackie ShroffThis is a few distinct notches below Farah’s first two films, Main Hoon Na and Om Shanti Om. Happy New Year (HNY) has a bloated storyline, packed with unnecessary melodrama, redundant sub-plots and silly slapstick versus the zany humour that characterized her earlier two movies. I still start cackling when I remember the scene where Zayed steps into the library for the first time in Main

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The Judge

Rating : 6/10Release Date : 17th October, 2014 Time : 142 minutesDirector: David Dobkin; Writers: Bill Dubuque, Nick Schenk; Music : Thomas NewmanStarring : Robert Downey Jr, Robert Duvall, Vera Farmiga, Billy Bob Thornton, Vincent D’Onofrio, Jeremy Strong, Leighton Meester, Emma TremblayThis one is about father-son relationships and they make it about as complicated as it can get, throwing in lots of flashbacks, emotion, a dead mother, melodrama, two other sons and even a murder trial to keep us gripped as the narrative slowly unfolds. Robert Duvall is the iron-handed, bull headed patriarch of the family, a respected, practicing judge at the court of

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Sex Tape

Rating : 4/10Release Date : 17th October, 2014 Time : 91 minutesDirector: Jake Kasdan; Writers: Kate Angelo, Jason Segel, Nicholas Stoller; Music : Michael AndrewsStarring : Cameron Diaz, Jason Segel, Rob Corddry, Ellie Kemper, Rob Lowe, Harrison Holzer, Sebastian Hedges ThomasTen years into marriage, sapped by kids and the humdrum routine of life, a couple, Cameron Diaz and Jason Segel, make a sex tape (film themselves having sex), in a desperate attempt to rekindle their sexual fire. However, now they’re faced with the prospect that a lot of their friends and associates, including the mailman, may have it on their iPads (thanks to an autosynch app).

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Ekkees Toppon Ki Salaami

Rating : 5/10Release Date : 10th October, 2014 Time : 140 minutesDirector: Ravindra Gautam; Writer: Rahil Qaazi; Music : Ram SampathStarring : Anupam Kher, Divyendu Sharma, Manu Rishi, Aditi Sharma, Rajesh Sharma, Neha Dhupia, Supriya Kumari, Uttara Baokar, Bhagwan Tiwari, Sudhir PandeA decent idea, good performances, especially by the lead pair and the ever reliable Rajesh Sharma, and a couple of (intentional) hilarious moments cannot protect the film from the curse of the second half, where it descends to near farcical levels and the yawning chasm of predictabilityCommon man, honest crusader, the scourge of mosquitoes, Mumbai Municipality employee,

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Annabelle

Rating : 4/10Release Date : 10th October, 2014 Time : 98 minutesDirector: John R Leonetti; Writer: Gary Dauberman; Music : Joseph BisharaStarring : Annabelle Wallis, Ward Horton, Tony Amendola, Alfre WoodardUses all the traditional ways to try and scare you. And a couple of new ones. Succeeds sometimes but fails overall as a film because it never manages to make us feel anything for any of the characters it depicts nor provide a really convincing explanation for what we witness.The doll brings evil things. Why ? Just. The demons search for a soul. Why ? Because. Annabelle, the doll, is bought by Ward Horton for his very pregnant wife, Annabelle Wallis

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