Jo Bole So Nihal

Curiosity drove me to rent this flick.
Not worth a review/time.
I am sure you have better things to do in life.

Kaal

Kaal, takes a u turn towards the end and saves Karan of his first major flop, although the movie is flawed throughout and tends to lose its pace and interest, KAAL gets you hooked and re imagine the movie with just one twist.Kaal is a winner because of the concept and steady direction by debutant Soham, with a melange of stars KAAL is a package worth one watch, the ad numbers specially created to draw the crowds deserve applause, credits goes to Salim-Suleiman and Farah Khan.
The Urban Legend theme will appeal to cinegoers as such movies are a rare on bollywood screen.

Watch it!

Kya Kool Hain Hum

Well this movie packs some laugh, Finally after a strings of misses, Ekta Kapoor the Baroness of small screen comes out with a sex comedy to pull out a HIT. Kya Kool hain hum is based on mistaken identities and has witty and double meaning one liners and manage to engage you through the movie. Surprising revelation was Isha Koppikar, I thought she was the funniest of the lot, the movie stars Tusshar, Riteish, Ishaa Koppikar & Neha Dhupia, side roles bu Anupam Kher, Razak Khan and Rajpal Yadav.

If you are looking for a no brainer sunday afternoon flick, this one will fit the bill. Btw, KKHH also has the Jay Sean song " Dil Mera " with Juggy D, Rishi Rich and Veronica, a winner all the way.

late Marriage - Israeli

A 31 year-old bachelor is pressured by his traditional jewish parents to get married.
Late Marriage is realism at its best, excellent performances, strong characters, a true to life portrayal of love and life's compromises.
Late Marriage is rated R for nudity and sexuality.

A good watch

Sideways

Sideways is deep yet funny.
Its the story of two friends diametrically opposite in taste and personalities (both middle aged, one a struggling author + a wine connosiuer,the other a sex obsessed former TV actor) spends a week of bachelorhood driving through the vineyards of California in a funny and self discovering journey.

The film stars Paul Giamatti as Miles Raymond,Thomas Haden Church as Jack,Virginia Madsen as Maya and Sandra Oh as Stephanie.

Great movie, Watch it!

Racing Stripes

Once in a while I like watching movies that think beyond the normal, I have enjoyed Babe and same genre of movies that have voice over for animals, somehow I find it funny. Racing Stripes belong to the same category and tells a story of a Zebra who thinks he's a racehorse and how with the help of his friends and caretaker wins the kentucky derby. RS has voice over by Dustin Hoffman, Whoopi Goldberg, nice and cool afternoon flick, a movie that the whole family can watch.

Morning Raaga

Morning Raaga is pleasant and moving. Its a tale of how a son fulfils a mothers dream by chasing his dream of creating music. Morning Raaga is fresh and is a feather in the cap of the recent Englo bollywood flicks. Beautiful movie - Deserve a watch.

Breads & Tulips - Italian

Breads and Tulips is the tale of a married woman who decides to take a personal vacation after being stranded by her family during one of their vacation trips to Venice. Breads and Tulip is a heart warmer and has sensitive portrayal by the lead stars of the movie.
If you are looking for a nice foreign flick, this one may be one.

Humdum

Humdum kinda took me by surprise, guess when you don't expect much out of a movie you end up liking it. That's what happened with Humdum, its a movie aimed at the youth, its a comic flick about a boy and a girl who gets randomly selected to participate in a love game show from a TV channel who has pinned all hopes on the show to rake in the TRP ratings to take them to the top spot.
Its a pleasant no brainer movie, watch it if you aren't doing anything important.

Meet the Fockers

Funny and Hilarious, Meet the Fockers have more laugh than its prequel Meet the parents, Dustin Hoffman and Barbara Streisand is stellar, MTF is packed with laughter, will make your afternoon a worthwhile.

Must Watch!

Kuch Meetha Ho Jaye

Samar Khan, NDTV alumni who turned a freelancer conceptualised this movie,very honestly I could not sit through this movie, had to turn it off before the movie got to the intermission.

Avoid it!

Control Room

Control Room looks at how the Arab World, more specifically how Al Zazeera views the Iraq War, Control Room relooks at war journalism and how media is used as a propoganda to control information.

Another angle. Excellent debate and a Must Watch!

Mumbai Express

Mumbai Express is fun and will make you smile throughout the movie. It has a great line up of actors, Vijay Raaz is stellar, the scene stealer however is Thambi - the southie guy, the kiddo and Om Puri makes their presence felt,Kamal Hasan and Ms.Koirala is easily forgetable.
Mumbai Express is losely based on comedy of errors, ME is Kamal Hasan and how he gets involved with couple petty slum dwellers attempt to abduct their unsettlers son from Dharavi.Well written , fresh direction and defintely worth a Watch.

Grab It!

Motorcycle Diaries - Spanish

SPECTACULAR !!
Motorcycle Diaries is autobiographical adaptation from Ernesto Che Guevara's self discovery travelogue of his 1952 tour de latin america with his friend Alberto Granado on their motorocycle "the mighty one". Motorcycle Diaries takes you on a wonderful life changin journey of the south americas thru the eyes of Ernesto ( Gael Garcia' Barnel ) and Alberto ( Rodrigo De la Serna), superb performance by the leads, direction par excellence by Walter Salles, this movie will touch your heart and will capture your imagination.

I was swayed by the strong characterisation,Ernesto's honesty and his life altering experience and this work of art.

A must watch!

Sins

Sins caught my attention with the recent furore it created in India. Also I remember Vinod Pandey from my earlier TV days, although I do not recollect his claim to fame.
Sin is a story of a young catholic priest and his obsession for a girl which led to his prosecution. Sins can be classified as a soft porn because of the overuse of bold bedroom scenes throughout the movie, although it had a story, after a point you somehow think if the intention was to come out with a sex flick to titilate the audience.

Sins is passable and joins the recent bandwagon of Indian movies trying to use sex as their USP.

Saatchya Aat Gharat

Saatchya Aat Gharat - means home before 7.00 pm, is a preachy yet hard hitting Marathi cinema.
Its the tale of a cosmo group of college goers in Pune at the crossroads of their lives, and how a rape within their group girls impact them and bring out their true charachters. Saatchya Aat Gharat raises questions on values and the 'casualness' of today's generation and also uses "Sita's" agni pariksha as a metaphor to exemplify our society's permanance of view on issues such as rape and male chauvinism.

SAG gives a new dimension to meaningful cinema, it will have you rethink/relook at parenting and get nostalgic. This movie immediately connects and keep you hooked to the end.

Excellent narration and direction. A Must Watch for all of us.

Fog of War

Winner of the ACADEMY Award for the Best Documentary Feature 2003 . This documentary is built around over 20 hours of interviews that director Errol Morris conducted with Robert McNamara (1916-), which is supplemented by archival footage and supplementary interviews. This documentary covers McNamara's entire life, but the topic covered most in the conversations with McNamara is the Vietnam War.

A inside to the minds of leaders. A great documentary and must watch.

Ridicule

A french flick, a movie about a young engineer who travels to the court of Louix XVI and encounters fine art of wit and ridicule. This movie was nominated for the best foreign language Film for OSCARS.

Ridicule didn't impress me as much.

Zeher

Ram Gopal Varma and Bhatt camp has one thing in common, churn low budget movies with good actors, catchy tunes or alopathic tunes - (music that instantly works and catches the attention of the moviegoers)and heavy promotion. The difference however lies mostly with how the product is offered on screen, its presentation. Where Varma takes realism to a new level, Bhatt uses glamor with mainstream formula to capture attention.

Zeher has Imran Hashmi, Ninad Kamat, Udita Goswami and Shamita Shetty as the lead of the cast. The movie starts slow and then takes you on and somehow losses its pace after intermission. In Zeher you will hear some good music and rendition by Anu Malik, Mithun Sarma and Atif and very nice performances by Ninad Kamat.

Again this movie may fill in your sunday afternoon slot if you have nuthing better to do.

Jurm

Thrillers need special tact, it needs the adhesive to bind you on the edge of your seat, that's the trait which makes thrillers special. Off late Indian cinema found solace in thrillers as a success formula with Aitraaz and Murder. Then followed a series of twist and turns with flicks such as Vaada , which turned out to be one such unsuccesful venture.
Jurm,a Vikram Bhatt movie with Bobby, Lara and Milind Soman in the lead, couple good songs,a trademark of Bhatt camp minus nuthing much to offer. Well with thrillers its for you to guess and check so I suggest this movie only if you have nuthing else to do.