Happy New Year
Critic's Rating:
Cast: Shah Rukh Khan, Deepika Padukone, Abhishek Bachchan, Boman Irani, Sonu Sood, Vivaan Shah, Jackie Shroff
Direction: Farah Khan
Genre: Drama
Duration: 2 hours 59 minutes
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Critic's Rating:
Cast: Shah Rukh Khan, Deepika Padukone, Abhishek Bachchan, Boman Irani, Sonu Sood, Vivaan Shah, Jackie Shroff
Direction: Farah Khan
Genre: Drama
Duration: 2 hours 59 minutes
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Story: Six losers in an international dance championship, with an ulterior motive. An elaborate diamond robbery.
Review: It's 'Happy New Year' time. So, Happy Diwali! And it's all about everything happy, happy. So let's stick to being 'slap happy'. Hence, the good things first. The extra Happy Ending, with the cutest scene in the movie being producers, Gauri and SRK's beautiful baby Abram looking angelic. And an appearance by director Farah Khan's terrific triplets. Throw in Abhishek Bachchan's tapori snake dance and bouts of 'Englis' speaking. Add on Shah Rukh's dimpled charm (unmissable greased fab-abs - gets a lot of close-ups); and yes, Deepika's glossy, massy 'Lovely' dance number. But hold on, review abhi baki hai mere dost.
Charlie (SRK), with his suave English and blonde streak (but Indiawaale heart) has devised a heist. He gathers his team of Charlie's Angels, with Jag (Sood), the ex-military, muscle man (he beats Charlie on the ab-show). Tammy (Irani), a safe-cracker who gets occasional epileptic attacks of 30 seconds. Mohini (Padukone), a bar-dancer, obsessed with angrezi speaking men; so she falls in love with Charlie (obviously). And Nandu Bhide (dimaag mein keede), the boisterous bewda who dishes out the best laughs in the film. And Rohan (Shah) the nerd hacker who cracks the codes. The gameplan is to participate in the World Dance Championship, on New Year's eve; but the ultimate goal is to break into the Shalimar vault (mera pyaar Shalimar) to rob diamonds, from the closed fist of Charan Grover (Shroff).
The story is simple, perched on a lavish canvas - glitzy, glamorous, gorgeous bodies (read: male torso) and with self-deprecating humour which stands out and entertains in parts (a recap of moments from SRK's own films!). The first half spends too much time setting a plot that's fairly uncomplicated. It's not a film about an ingenious heist (far from 'Oceans Eleven') or dance, it's a film about everything genuinely Bollywood - where logic gets a 'fit', gloss covers up the glitches, cameos creep in without a warning; and the rest of the plot finds comfort in the hero's hot-bod (anything from 6 to 8 packs - take your pick!) and outstretched arms. The cast pulls off their acts well; and leave you with some feel-good moments, but not enough to last three long hours.
Sex Tape not funny or sexy!
Cameron Diaz in a still from Sex Tape
Ratings: 5.1/10 from 25,971 users Metascore: 36/100
Reviews: 91 user | 154 critic | 36 from Metacritic.com
A married couple wake up to discover that the sex tape they made the evening before has gone missing, leading to a frantic search for its whereabouts.
Story: Six losers in an international dance championship, with an ulterior motive. An elaborate diamond robbery.
Review: It's 'Happy New Year' time. So, Happy Diwali! And it's all about everything happy, happy. So let's stick to being 'slap happy'. Hence, the good things first. The extra Happy Ending, with the cutest scene in the movie being producers, Gauri and SRK's beautiful baby Abram looking angelic. And an appearance by director Farah Khan's terrific triplets. Throw in Abhishek Bachchan's tapori snake dance and bouts of 'Englis' speaking. Add on Shah Rukh's dimpled charm (unmissable greased fab-abs - gets a lot of close-ups); and yes, Deepika's glossy, massy 'Lovely' dance number. But hold on, review abhi baki hai mere dost.
Charlie (SRK), with his suave English and blonde streak (but Indiawaale heart) has devised a heist. He gathers his team of Charlie's Angels, with Jag (Sood), the ex-military, muscle man (he beats Charlie on the ab-show). Tammy (Irani), a safe-cracker who gets occasional epileptic attacks of 30 seconds. Mohini (Padukone), a bar-dancer, obsessed with angrezi speaking men; so she falls in love with Charlie (obviously). And Nandu Bhide (dimaag mein keede), the boisterous bewda who dishes out the best laughs in the film. And Rohan (Shah) the nerd hacker who cracks the codes. The gameplan is to participate in the World Dance Championship, on New Year's eve; but the ultimate goal is to break into the Shalimar vault (mera pyaar Shalimar) to rob diamonds, from the closed fist of Charan Grover (Shroff).
The story is simple, perched on a lavish canvas - glitzy, glamorous, gorgeous bodies (read: male torso) and with self-deprecating humour which stands out and entertains in parts (a recap of moments from SRK's own films!). The first half spends too much time setting a plot that's fairly uncomplicated. It's not a film about an ingenious heist (far from 'Oceans Eleven') or dance, it's a film about everything genuinely Bollywood - where logic gets a 'fit', gloss covers up the glitches, cameos creep in without a warning; and the rest of the plot finds comfort in the hero's hot-bod (anything from 6 to 8 packs - take your pick!) and outstretched arms. The cast pulls off their acts well; and leave you with some feel-good moments, but not enough to last three long hours.
Sex Tape not funny or sexy!
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Ratings: 5.1/10 from 25,971 users Metascore: 36/100
Reviews: 91 user | 154 critic | 36 from Metacritic.com
Reviews: 91 user | 154 critic | 36 from Metacritic.com
A married couple wake up to discover that the sex tape they made the evening before has gone missing, leading to a frantic search for its whereabouts.
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Insight
There is hardly another film which could have been more relevant to our times -- given its premise of feating that testy relationship between love and technology. Or, if you will have it another way, to tape or not to tape.
As Joe Morgestern of Wall Street Journal sums it up, "Sex Tape is about a husband and wife who memorialise themselves having sex, then frantically seek to retrieve the evidence when it threatens to go viral."
Cameron Diaz and Jason Segel is the couple in question which decides to ramp up the scene in the bedroom with a sex tape, only the result is far from 'sexy'.
"Jason Segel and Cameron Diaz had unexpected, sharp-tongued chemistry in 2011’s Bad Teacher; here, they sag into married stasis as an exhausted two-kid couple whose passions have cooled. As will be obvious to anyone, they make a (barely R-rated) sex tape to spice things up. Also a no-brainer, that video will accidentally leak to the cloud, promoted as if Apple were an executive producer. A manic night of erasure and iPad reclamation fills the running time, along with an odd pit stop involving Rob Lowe as a sweet business exec and secret coke-snorting Slayer fan," writes Time Out's Joshua Rothkopf.
The film fails to provide either the raunch or the laughs. "The script’s humor could have soared if channeled into a gentler vein of middle-aged self-mockery—i.e., more gags about DVR-ing Project Runway—but Segel and Diaz are too young (and too appealing) to seem believably bored by each other.
Ultimately, for all its running around in the middle of the night, Sex Tape plays it remarkably coy, reaffirming love, not lust. It’s the cinematic equivalent of sleeping in the wet spot," says Rothkopf.
Both Morgenstern and Time's Richard Corliss write that films like Sex Tape signify the death of romcoms. "Sex Tape doesn’t fall off the cliff of competence so much as it executes a slow, agonized mudslide of failed intentions. Your watch tells you that the film lasts 95 minutes; your sinking spirit says it’s at least as long as Jay and Annie’s porn epic — without the redeeming prurient interest. It’s a sex comedy about love. And that’s the oddest element of this latest demonstration that the romantic comedy is a fatally endangered species," says Corliss.
Morgenstern has the last word as he says, "Instead of soft core, Sex Tape offers no core. No narrative core, just a not-bad notion executed execrably; no core of conviction, just two stars trudging joylessly through swamps of mediocrity."
Left Behind
Insight
There is hardly another film which could have been more relevant to our times -- given its premise of feating that testy relationship between love and technology. Or, if you will have it another way, to tape or not to tape.
As Joe Morgestern of Wall Street Journal sums it up, "Sex Tape is about a husband and wife who memorialise themselves having sex, then frantically seek to retrieve the evidence when it threatens to go viral."
Cameron Diaz and Jason Segel is the couple in question which decides to ramp up the scene in the bedroom with a sex tape, only the result is far from 'sexy'.
"Jason Segel and Cameron Diaz had unexpected, sharp-tongued chemistry in 2011’s Bad Teacher; here, they sag into married stasis as an exhausted two-kid couple whose passions have cooled. As will be obvious to anyone, they make a (barely R-rated) sex tape to spice things up. Also a no-brainer, that video will accidentally leak to the cloud, promoted as if Apple were an executive producer. A manic night of erasure and iPad reclamation fills the running time, along with an odd pit stop involving Rob Lowe as a sweet business exec and secret coke-snorting Slayer fan," writes Time Out's Joshua Rothkopf.
The film fails to provide either the raunch or the laughs. "The script’s humor could have soared if channeled into a gentler vein of middle-aged self-mockery—i.e., more gags about DVR-ing Project Runway—but Segel and Diaz are too young (and too appealing) to seem believably bored by each other.
Ultimately, for all its running around in the middle of the night, Sex Tape plays it remarkably coy, reaffirming love, not lust. It’s the cinematic equivalent of sleeping in the wet spot," says Rothkopf.
Both Morgenstern and Time's Richard Corliss write that films like Sex Tape signify the death of romcoms. "Sex Tape doesn’t fall off the cliff of competence so much as it executes a slow, agonized mudslide of failed intentions. Your watch tells you that the film lasts 95 minutes; your sinking spirit says it’s at least as long as Jay and Annie’s porn epic — without the redeeming prurient interest. It’s a sex comedy about love. And that’s the oddest element of this latest demonstration that the romantic comedy is a fatally endangered species," says Corliss.
Morgenstern has the last word as he says, "Instead of soft core, Sex Tape offers no core. No narrative core, just a not-bad notion executed execrably; no core of conviction, just two stars trudging joylessly through swamps of mediocrity."
Left Behind
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Critic's Rating:
Cast: Nicolas Cage, Lea Thompson, Nicky Whelan, Chad Michael Murray, Cassi Thomson, Jordin Sparks, Martin Klebba
Direction: Vic Armstrong
Genre: Thriller
Duration: 1 hour 45 minutes
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Story: Without any prior indication, the Rapture (an
event referred to in the Bible) occurs and most of the planet's population
simply disappears. Of the people left behind are also some passengers in a
commercial airplane on a flight. Not only do they have to make sense of what
has happened, landing the crippled plane is also a concern.
Review: An aircraft pilot needs to be prepared to effectively handle various emergencies that can arise when the aircraft is in flight. However, handling an event known as the Rapture (where good people, essentially those who have not sinned, are snatched up to heaven, and the others are, well, left behind) is probably not in any pilot's emergency handbook.
Review: An aircraft pilot needs to be prepared to effectively handle various emergencies that can arise when the aircraft is in flight. However, handling an event known as the Rapture (where good people, essentially those who have not sinned, are snatched up to heaven, and the others are, well, left behind) is probably not in any pilot's emergency handbook.
People's
physical bodies quite literally disappear in the blink of an eye with only
their clothes, and whatever it is they were holding, lying in a heap on the
floor. Rayford Steele (Cage) is a pilot who is bored of his wife Irene
(Thompson). Their young daughter Chloe (Cassi) comes over to spend time with
her parents as it is Rayford's birthday weekend. However, the philandering Rayford isn't too torn up
when he receives sudden summons
for a long-haul flight across the Atlantic.
So when the Rapture hits, Rayford, not exactly in the running for sainthood, is still around. Now, however, he has to deal with a plane load of panicky passengers and of course, try to get the plane back on the ground safely. Back on terra firma, there's chaos - cars collide, buses veer off cliffs and people run around helter-skelter. While meant to convey a global state of panic, such scenes are just not convincing enough.
The basic premise of the film could have made for an engaging and far-out watch. The very concept of the Rapture could have been depicted with power and mystery, but instead the opposite is achieved in a film that just looks slapdash.
Annabelle
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Cast: Annabelle Wallis, Tony Amendola, Ward Horton, Alfre Woodard, Kerry O’Malley
Direction: John R. Leonetti
Genre: Horror
Duration: 1 hour 39 minutes
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Critic's Rating:
Cast: Annabelle Wallis, Tony Amendola, Ward Horton, Alfre Woodard, Kerry O’Malley
Direction: John R. Leonetti
Genre: Horror
Duration: 1 hour 39 minutes
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Story: Mia (Annabelle) and
John (Ward) are eager to welcome their first born into the world. Theirs is
happy marriage in a happy home. One day, the husband unwittingly gifts his
pregnant wife a demonic doll that wreaks havoc on their lives.
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Cast: Eric Bana, Édgar RamÃrez, Olivia Munn, Sean Harris, Joel McHale
Direction: Scott Derrickson
Genre: Horror
Duration: 1 hour 58 minutes
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Story: Two police officers from the Bronx, Sarchie (Bana) along with his partner Butler (McHale), investigate the latest in a series of gruesome incidents. Despite being witness to the worst that humanity has to offer in terms of crime, they realize that this particular case has some seriously sinister undertones.
Review: It would take a lot to truly shock officer Sarchie, who has nerves of steel and would not think twice about putting his own life on the line when it comes to doing his duty as a cop. Sarchie and his equally adept partner Butler receive a call one night to investigate an incident at the Bronx Zoo.
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Critic's Rating:
Cast: Eric Bana, Édgar RamÃrez, Olivia Munn, Sean Harris, Joel McHale
Direction: Scott Derrickson
Genre: Horror
Duration: 1 hour 58 minutes
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Review: It would take a lot to truly shock officer Sarchie, who has nerves of steel and would not think twice about putting his own life on the line when it comes to doing his duty as a cop. Sarchie and his equally adept partner Butler receive a call one night to investigate an incident at the Bronx Zoo.
The case seems like something not too far removed from the kind of issues they usually handle on an almost day-to-day basis, but soon, more gruesome details come to light. A woman visiting the zoo suddenly and inexplicably kills her baby. When they question her, she mouths strange curses in Latin and sounds far beyond deranged.
A rather unconventional whisky-swilling priest named Mendoza (Ramirez), who also looks like he has been to hell and back, meets Sarchie and tries to tell him the woman is demonically possessed. However, she is actually the victim of an individual who is literally a conduit to hell.
Derrickson (who has also directed The Exorcism of Emily Rose and Sinister) throws in pretty much everything you'd expect from this genre - an elaborate exorcism, mutilated corpses, sinister signs and so on. Sarchie's wife Jen (Munn) might not have much screen time, but she portrays her role effectively.
While it isn't in the league of, say, Insidious or The Ring, Deliver Us From Evil packs in a mixed bag of thrills that is, at times, deeply disturbing by virtue of using the kind of horror tropes that are more psychological than gory.
Rather than being a gore fest throughout, the film is more about an examination of the protagonist's faith in God as well as how he deals with the guilt of past sins that he has not confessed.
A rather unconventional whisky-swilling priest named Mendoza (Ramirez), who also looks like he has been to hell and back, meets Sarchie and tries to tell him the woman is demonically possessed. However, she is actually the victim of an individual who is literally a conduit to hell.
Derrickson (who has also directed The Exorcism of Emily Rose and Sinister) throws in pretty much everything you'd expect from this genre - an elaborate exorcism, mutilated corpses, sinister signs and so on. Sarchie's wife Jen (Munn) might not have much screen time, but she portrays her role effectively.
While it isn't in the league of, say, Insidious or The Ring, Deliver Us From Evil packs in a mixed bag of thrills that is, at times, deeply disturbing by virtue of using the kind of horror tropes that are more psychological than gory.
Rather than being a gore fest throughout, the film is more about an examination of the protagonist's faith in God as well as how he deals with the guilt of past sins that he has not confessed.
'Gone Girl' Is a Fun, Sinister Exploration of Marriage In 2014
Two Night Stand Review
The premise has potential but director Max Nichols and his writer Mark Hammer are unable to build it into something sparkling. The initial twist – two strangers who have had sex must now get to know each other – is delicious but soon the film settles into monotony. It’s fun but Two Night Stand is hardly essential viewing. I’m going with one and a half stars.
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Ratings:3.5/5 Review By: Gavin Rasquinha Site: Times Of India (TOI)
Two Night Stand has the vibe of a reality show and the feel of a play, where most of the action takes place in Alec's cozy apartment, in two or three rooms. Teller and Tipton both put in some charming performances. Their delightful repartee is quite clearly the movie's strongest aspect. It keeps you engaged and is often amusing. While the plot is simple enough, this is, in essence, a pretty candid and contemporary take on young love, with its many colourful details.colourful details.
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Ratings:1.5/5 Review By: Navin Noronha Site: Bookmyshow
Yes, the film has its moments, but that’s it. They have all been sewed together like a patchwork quilt. What could’ve been a coming-of-age romantic film that is totally in tandem with the thought process of today’s youth, ends up being a confused affair. Sure, it makes an honest attempt at conveying a clear portrait of the modern-day hookup culture, and highlights the dishonesty of the profiles on the one too many online dating sites, the sentiments in the film still seem outdated. -
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Ratings:1.5/5 Review By: Shalini Langer Site:Indian Express
If this was actually a film about a girl and a boy — make that a young woman and a young man — talking about how to pleasure one another and busting some myths in the process, please be our guest. If this was actually a film about casual sex and two-night stands, please go ahead. There have been worst pretexts to get to that kiss. Two Night Stand isn’t as bad but, worse, it’s boring and insipid, despite all the sex talk and sexual implications along the way. It’s a sad commentary,
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The premise has potential but director Max Nichols and his writer Mark Hammer are unable to build it into something sparkling. The initial twist – two strangers who have had sex must now get to know each other – is delicious but soon the film settles into monotony. It’s fun but Two Night Stand is hardly essential viewing. I’m going with one and a half stars.Visit Site for more
Ratings:3.5/5 Review By: Gavin Rasquinha Site: Times Of India (TOI)
Two Night Stand has the vibe of a reality show and the feel of a play, where most of the action takes place in Alec's cozy apartment, in two or three rooms. Teller and Tipton both put in some charming performances. Their delightful repartee is quite clearly the movie's strongest aspect. It keeps you engaged and is often amusing. While the plot is simple enough, this is, in essence, a pretty candid and contemporary take on young love, with its many colourful details.colourful details.Visit Site for more
Ratings:1.5/5 Review By: Navin Noronha Site: Bookmyshow
Yes, the film has its moments, but that’s it. They have all been sewed together like a patchwork quilt. What could’ve been a coming-of-age romantic film that is totally in tandem with the thought process of today’s youth, ends up being a confused affair. Sure, it makes an honest attempt at conveying a clear portrait of the modern-day hookup culture, and highlights the dishonesty of the profiles on the one too many online dating sites, the sentiments in the film still seem outdated. -
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Ratings:1.5/5 Review By: Shalini Langer Site:Indian Express
Ratings:1.5/5 Review By: Shalini Langer Site:Indian Express
If this was actually a film about a girl and a boy — make that a young woman and a young man — talking about how to pleasure one another and busting some myths in the process, please be our guest. If this was actually a film about casual sex and two-night stands, please go ahead. There have been worst pretexts to get to that kiss. Two Night Stand isn’t as bad but, worse, it’s boring and insipid, despite all the sex talk and sexual implications along the way. It’s a sad commentary,
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Bang Bang Reviews
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Critic's Rating:
Cast: Hrithik Roshan, Katrina Kaif, Danny Denzongpa
Direction: Siddharth Anand
Genre: Romance
Duration: 2 hours 36 minutes
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Story: After 150 years, an Indian robs the Kohinoor diamond. And thus begins the cat-and-mouse game as the international mob and the Indian Secret Service (ISS) officials hunt him down.
Review: Siddharth Anand's Bang Bang makes more noise and little sense. This desi adaptation of the 2010 Tom Cruise-Cameron Diaz action thriller, Knight And Day, has charm in abundance, primarily because of its effervescent lead pair -- Rajveer/Jai ( Hrithik Roshan) and Harleen (Katrina Kaif). But it lacks coherence. Disbelief is writ large on the face, right at the start.
Picture this - India's most wanted, Omar Zafar (Danny Denzongpa), who is to be extradited to India, escapes from a maximum-security prison in Britain because his aide Hamid Gul (Jaaved Jafferi) blows up the place like it is a cardboard edifice. They also kill the honest ISS agent, Viren Nanda (Jimmy Sheirgill) in the process. Next, Zafar suggests that he can actually hold up the UK-India extradition treaty by getting an Indian to rob the Kohinoor. Really?
Aimed at providing more style than substance, the film makes you comfortably numb in the first 20 minutes itself. So you may perhaps just raise an eyebrow as you watch Katrina, a bank receptionist from Shimla (with a liberal grandmother who tells her to go chase love), on a global escapade -- London, Prague, Greece... in the company of a "psychopathic schizophrenic" jewel thief, Hrithik, after meeting him on one blind date.
If you're still looking to make sense, Hrithik has a back-story on why he attempted to steal the Kohinoor. Or why he chose guns over roses. Kaif, convinced of his good intentions, is happy to cling to him with gay abandon.
Anand's film has no grammar. But it compensates with breathtaking locales and stylishly choreographed stunts. It also works as a show reel for the bronzed Roshan with his six-pack abs and the enviable midriff of Kaif wearing a red polka-dotted bikini top. Their horseplay caters to an audience that is low on IQ and high on adrenalin!
Full marks to the lead pair for not being overwhelmed by the commotion around them. Especially Hrithik, who knows the job at hand is silly, but never slips up.
Picture this - India's most wanted, Omar Zafar (Danny Denzongpa), who is to be extradited to India, escapes from a maximum-security prison in Britain because his aide Hamid Gul (Jaaved Jafferi) blows up the place like it is a cardboard edifice. They also kill the honest ISS agent, Viren Nanda (Jimmy Sheirgill) in the process. Next, Zafar suggests that he can actually hold up the UK-India extradition treaty by getting an Indian to rob the Kohinoor. Really?
Aimed at providing more style than substance, the film makes you comfortably numb in the first 20 minutes itself. So you may perhaps just raise an eyebrow as you watch Katrina, a bank receptionist from Shimla (with a liberal grandmother who tells her to go chase love), on a global escapade -- London, Prague, Greece... in the company of a "psychopathic schizophrenic" jewel thief, Hrithik, after meeting him on one blind date.
If you're still looking to make sense, Hrithik has a back-story on why he attempted to steal the Kohinoor. Or why he chose guns over roses. Kaif, convinced of his good intentions, is happy to cling to him with gay abandon.
Anand's film has no grammar. But it compensates with breathtaking locales and stylishly choreographed stunts. It also works as a show reel for the bronzed Roshan with his six-pack abs and the enviable midriff of Kaif wearing a red polka-dotted bikini top. Their horseplay caters to an audience that is low on IQ and high on adrenalin!
Full marks to the lead pair for not being overwhelmed by the commotion around them. Especially Hrithik, who knows the job at hand is silly, but never slips up.
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Haider movie review: Bollywood celebrities rave about Shahid Kapoor’s spectacular performance
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Critic's Rating:
Kay Kay Menon, Irrfan Khan, Tabu
Direction: Vishal Bhardwaj
Genre: Drama
Duration: 2 hours 41 minutes
Avg Readers Rating:
Haider is Vishal Bhardwaj’s adaptation of William Shakespeare’s ‘Hamlet’. The key cast of the film includes Shahid Kapoor and Shraddha Kapoor alongwith Tabu and Kay Kay Menon. Ek Villain actress Shraddha Kapoor plays the role of a journalist in the film. The movie is all set to hit the silver screens on October 2, 2014. Not only the promos but also the songs have impressed the audience mightily. Shahid Kapoor’s role in the film seems to be a dark, intense and an interesting one.
Haider features Shahid in a completely different and ‘never-seen-before’ avatar. The actor has always impressed us with his versatility especially considering the roles he played in Kaminey andJab We Met. Yet another time, the talented actor shall be seen playing a different character that he has never played before. The promos have made it very evident that Shahid is all set to thrill the audience with his hatke role in the film. Vishal Bhrardwaj’s poetic touch to Haider, which is a remake of William Shakespeare’s play Hamlet, is yet another important reason to add the film in the must-watch list of every movie buff!
After the special screening of Haider last night, the film industry is in awe of Shahid Kapoor’s marvelous performance in the film. Some of them took to micro blogging site Twitter to express their views. Is the wait for Haider getting to you? Keep calm until tomorrow, but till then you can check out the latest tweets by Bollywood celebs as they are all praises for Haider!
3 A.M
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Critic's Rating:
Cast: Rannvijay Singh, Anindita Nayar, Salil Acharya, Kavin Dave
Direction: Vishal S Mahadkar
Genre: Horror
Duration: 1 hour 50 minutes
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Review: Going by the title, the film also enlightens those who've unheard of 3 A.M being the 'devil's hour', where ghosts are thought to be at their most powerful. Can Sunny (Rannvijay Singh) and his friends (Salil Acharya, Kavin Dave) manage to decode the mystery surrounding the mills during this ungodly hour?
3 A.M borrows from Paranormal Activity and Mirrors to a certain extent. That's not an issue since most horror films lack originality. However, this film fails to match up to the scares and chills provided by its Hollywood predecessors, that make you go numb with fear. And lack of deadly silence is a major reason behind the failure of the premise, which otherwise had potential.
A good horror film is atmospheric and this one falls flat here. You want the actors to 'stop talking' for a while but that doesn't happen till the end. They constantly engage in silly banter, chatting or debating trivial issues, giving you headaches instead of fear.
No time or effort is invested to create the desired mood. Also, dialogues to the effect of, 'Hum rudra ki aatma ko provoke karte hai' do not work. Besides, a bizarre flashback at the most inappropriate moment ruins it.
About the cast, Rannvijay Singh looks good and his presence is the best part about the film. However, we wish he does something non-Roadies the next time on the big screen. Salil Acharya and Kavin Dave are decent in supporting roles.
3 A.M is a conversation-heavy horror film. If that doesn't put you off, you can give it a shot. Else, watch Insidious or The Conjuring once again on DVD.
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