PK

Rating : 9/10Release Date : 19th December, 2014Time : 153 minutesDirector, Writer : Rajkumar Hirani; Co-Writer: Abhijat Joshi; Music : Shantanu MoitraStarring : Aamir Khan, Anushka Sharma, Sanjay Dutt, Parikshit Sahni, Boman Irani, Saurabh Shukla, Sushant Singh RajputTen Things About PK (and I’m trying hard to give nothing of the story away)1. Aamir displays a child-like curiosity in the film, questions many things we take for granted. Imagine, if we were brought up in isolation, without parents / elders to make us conform, how many of our customs would we find odd ? For example, the concept of money ? Or Dancing Cars ? Or even clothes ? Its inevitabl

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Action Jackson

Rating : 6/10Release Date : 5th December, 2014Time : 144 minutesDirector, Writer : Prabhu Deva; Co-Writer: Shiraz Ahmed; Music : Himesh ReshammiyaStarring : Ajay Devgn, Sonakshi Sinha, Manasvi Mamgai, Yami Gautam, Kunaal Roy Kapur, Anand Raj, Ketan Karande, Puru Raaj Kumar Much to my surprise, and despite its senseless story, over-burdened script, I enjoyed this one. Its one of the rare Hindi film’s where the second half is actually better than the first (quite ordinary, standard tapori stuff with the romance thrown in). The film suddenly shifts gears in the second, almost as if, directed and styled by a different director, becoming a homage to Kill B

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Exodus : Gods And Kings

Rating : 5/10Release Date : 5th December, 2014Time : 114 minutesDirector : Ridley Scott; Writers : Adam Cooper, Bill Collage, Jeffrey Caine, Steven Zaillian; Music : Alberto IglesiasStarring : Christian Bale, Joel Edgerton, Maria Valverde, Ben Kingsley, John Turturro, Ben Mendelsohn, Dar Salim, Sigourney Weaver, Indira Varma, Aaron PaulIt’s the story of Moses. Grim. Sombre. Slow. Tragic for the most part. And apart from some snazzy sets, special effects and a fondness for Christian Bale derived from his past work, doesn’t work at all as a feature film…It’s the story of how two step-brothers, Christian Bale and Joel Edgerton, turn against each other, o

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