Phantom
Rating : 6/10Release Date : 28th August, 2015Time : 136 minutesDirector, Co-Writer : Kabir Khan; Co-Writer: Parveez Sheikh, based on a novel Mumbai Avengers by Hussain Zaidi; Music : Julius PackamStarring : Saif Ali Khan, Katrina Kaif, Mohd Zeeshan Ayyub, Sabyasachi ChakrabartyDespite an emotive topic, you struggle to feel anything. Especially for the characters – portions of the blame can be assigned to the script, casting, dialogue and editing – you just kind of go through the motions on this one, till right at the end, where you begin to root (a little bit) for things to go as planned. Based on the book, Mumbai Avengers, this one is seriously wishf
Man From U.N.C.L.E
Rating : 7/10Release Date : 28th August, 2015Time : 116 minutesDirector, Co-Writer : Guy Ritchie; Co-Writers: Jeff Kleeman, David C Wilson, Lionel Wigram based on the TV series by Sam Rolfe; Music : Daniel PembertonStarring : Henry Cavill, Armie Hammer, Alicia Vikander, Elizabeth Debicki, Luca Calvani, Sylvester Groth, Hugh Grant, Jared Harris, Christian Berkel, Misha KuznetsovThis one is all style, barely any substance but still quite good funIt’s 1960, the peak of the Iron Curtain paranoia. An American agent , robber turned spy, Henry Cavill and Russian KGB, Armie Hammer, have to combine with East German car mechanic, Alicia Vikander, to track down
No Escape
Rating : 6/10Release Date : 28th August, 2015Time : 103 minutesDirector, Co-Writer : John Erick Dowdle; Co-Writer: Drew Dowdle; Music : Marco Beltrami, Buck SandersStarring : Owen Wilson, Lake Bell, Pierce Brosnan, Sterling Jerins, Claire Geare, Sahajak BoonthanakitImagine landing in an exotic (for the Americans) land, somewhere around Thailand,Vietnam, with your family, only to find, in a few hours the place erupting in a revolution with vigilante mobs going around executing all foreigners on sight. Owen Wilson, finds himself in this predicament, with seemingly no way out. He and his wife, Lake Bell, with their two young daughters (Sterling, Claire)
Drishyam
Rating : 8/10Release Date : 31st July, 2015Time : 163 minutesDirector, Writer : Nishikant Kamat; Co-Writer: Upendra Sidhaye based on an original story by Jeetu Joseph; Music : Vishal Bhardwaj (songs), Sameer Phatarpekar (background score) Starring : Ajay Devgn, Tabu, Shriya Saran, Rajat Kapoor, Kamlesh Sawant, Ishita Dutta, Mrunal Jadhav, Rishabh Chaddha, Prathamesh ParabThere are two surefire signs that I’ve seen a great movie. One is that I run through the entire plot in my head, asking ‘What would I do if I were in the protagonists place’ and the other is that I write the review almost immediately.So, at 230am, having just returned from a late nigh
The Gift
Rating : 7/10Release Date : 21st August, 2015Time : 100 minutesDirector, Writer: Joel Edgerton; Music : Danny Bensi, Saunder JurriaansStarring : Jason Bateman, Rebecca Hall, Joel Edgerton, Tim Griffin, Allison TolmanThis is a creepy little film that manages to get under your skin and provides a satisfactory climax. For almost all concerned.High-flier Jason Bateman has just joined a new company and moved to California with his lovely wife, Rebecca Hall. They choose a lovely, open-plan house – the kind with fantastic views, more glass than anything else – and begin the process of settling in. She is a little introverted, restrained, recovering from a mi
Manjhi
Rating : 6/10Release Date : 21st August, 2015Time : 120 minutesDirector: Ketan Mehta; Writers: Mahendar Jakhar, Ketan Mehta based on a true story; Music : Sandesh ShandilyaStarring : Nawazuddin Siddique, Radhika Apte, Gaurav Dwivedi, Tigmanshu Dhuliya, Prashant Narayannan, Pankaj Tripathi, Ashraf Ul HaqueIt’s an incredible story.A man, Nawaz, in one of the most impoverished districts of India, with no means at his disposal, deciding to create a path through a rocky mountain, to ensure the fate that befell his beloved wife (Radhika), doesn’t happen to anyone else. He takes 22 years to hammer his way through and create a path. Overcoming countless obsta
All Is Well
Rating : 4/10Release Date : 21st August, 2015Time : 126 minutesDirector, Writer: Umesh Shukla; Music : Sanjoy ChowdhuryStarring : Abhishek Bachchan, Rishi Kapoor, Asin, Supriya Pathak, Mohd Zeeshan AyyubThis is an ad for the book Secrets masquerading as a movieIt’s also silly, maudlin, reliant on slapstick and ludicrousness and has one of the worst soundtracks in recent memoryAbhishek returns home from Bangkok after ten years to find his dictatorial, stingy father, Rishi Kapoor, deep in debt to the local toughie, Zeeshan Ayub, and his mother, Supriya Pathak, suffering from Alzheimers. Salvation could lie in some jewelry, left in the safe-keeping of hi
Fantastic Four
Rating : 4/10Release Date : 21st August, 2015Time : 100 minutesDirector: Josh Trank; Writers: Jeremy Slater, Simon Kinberg, Josh Trank based on the Marvel comic by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby; Music : Marco Beltrami, Philip GlassStarring : Miles Teller, Michael B Jordan, Kate Mara, Jamie Bell, Toby Kebbell, Reg E Cathey, Tim Blake Nelson, Owen Judge, Evan Hannemann, Dan CastellanetaOwen Judge, a young kid, wants to build a teleportation device, despite the cynicism of his teacher, Dan Castellaneta. With his friend, Evan’s support, he succeeds and when older (as Miles and Jamie), they manage to build a larger machine, which, at a science fair, catches the
