Showing posts with label hollywood. Show all posts
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Saturday, December 18, 2010

SALT


Movie Review “SALT” (2010)


Genre: Action, Adventure, Suspense
Director: Phillip Noyce
Language: English
Star Cast: Angelina Jolie, Liev Schreiber, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Daniel Olbrychski, August Diehl
Written By: Kurt Wimmer, Brian Helgeland

Well I have to admit first, my only reason for watching this movie was Angelina Jolie. She is only actress who can sell an action movie to audience convincingly. Her commitment for this role is commendable. I really admire her for her commitment and acting ability. She is one of the highest paid actresses in Hollywood and that is not just because she is hot and beautiful. Let’s talk about movie now.
In this movie Angelina Jolie played CIA operative Evelyn Salt.  She finds herself in trouble when one Russian spy labels her Russian Spy working against the US government during interrogation. Now is this accusation true or not, that’s what we find out through some crazy action. What’s interesting to watch is that, historical cold war situation between US and Russia is used at the backdrop for motives.
Movie starts off with slow pace but gains momentum with every scene. Angelina Jolie carries all her action scenes extremely well and with ease. Twist in the story was good but I didn’t like the climax much. It is so obviously hinted that there will be sequel. Well I personally won’t mind a sequel. Any Angelina Jolie movie is must watch for movie. But other than that if I have to rate this movie I will give it 7 out of 10.





















Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Eclipse


Movie Review “Eclipse” (2010)

Genre: Drama, Romance, Fantasy

Director: David Slade

Writer: Melissa Rosenberg (screenplay), Steaphenie Meyer (Novel)

Language: English

Star Cast: Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner, Xavier Samual, Dakota Fanning, Anna Kendrik, Ashley Green, Peter Facinelli, Elizabeth Reaser and others

‘Twilight - Eclipse’ one of the most awaited movie of 2010. This is third installment of Stephenie Meyer’s bestselling novel. We get much more action, much more drama in this movie.

Bella (played by Kristen Stewart) is still living in Forks with her dad; she is grounded by her father for her Italian adventures in last movie ‘New Moon’ and also he wanted Bella to date someone else other than Edward (played by Robert Pattison). She is not ready for that. Bella is still followed by Victoria for her revenge. In this movie she creates an army of new born vampires with the help of Riely (played by Xavier Samuel). For Bella’s safety the warewolves and vampires has to act together. Jacob (played by Taylor Lautner) and Edward have to work together. Meanwhile Bella has to decide between Edward love of her life and Jacob her best friend.

“Eclipse” is action packed movie compared to earlier parts. The love triangle is come out much more strongly in this movie. Enjoy the brilliant actions and special effects in this movie. The main star cast better in this movie. For me David Slade directed the movie better than his predecessor. Cinematography of the movie enhanced the movie experience.

If I have to rate this movie I will give it 8 out of 10.














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Sunday, August 15, 2010

New Moon


Movie Review “NEW MOON” (2009)

Genre: Drama, Romance, Fantasy

Director: Chris Weitz

Writer: Melissa Rosenberg (screenplay), Steaphenie Meyer (Novel)

Language: English

Star Cast: Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner, Billy Burke, Anna Kendrik, Ashley Green, Nikki Reed, Peter Facinelli and others

‘New Moon’ is second series of Twilight Saga which are adapted from Stephnie Meyer’s bestselling novels. Picking up where Twilight left off, ‘New Moon’ follows gloomy teenager Bella Swan (played by Kristen Stewart). In this movie Bella is dumped by her vampire boyfriend Edward Cullen (played by Robert Pattison). He dumps her for the fear of hurting her. So Bella as goes through emotional turmoil after Edward moves away from her leaving no traces. While going through this confusion Bella finds comfort in friendship with another boy Jacob Black (played by Taylor Lautner), who is in love with Bella. But Bella isn't tdestined to have a normal relationship as it turns out the hunky Jacob Black is also not normal human. He is a werewolf. Will Edward comeback? Will Bella able to forget Edward? Will Jacob win Bella?

This film has better action sequences than the first film. The scene in which Jacob first morphs into a werewolf and leaps onto another warewolf are absolutely stunning. And also werewolves chasing the Vampires were amazing to watch. But the novels strong points were romance and drama which wasn’t came out that well in this film. And I will say it was because of average acting skills. It could have been lot better. This movie is actually nothing but a link between first and third part. It was just to help you understand next part and as per novel it has much more drama and action. So I am looking forward to it.

If I have to rate this movie I will give it 7 out of 10.












Monday, August 2, 2010

Must Watch Movies ........... Part 9

81. Verticl Limit - English (2001)


Director: Martin Campbell
Writers: Robert King

Genre: Action | Adventure | Thriller

Cast: Chris O'Donnell, Robin Tunney, Stuart Wilson, Augie Davis, Temuera Morrison, Roshan Seth, and others,

Fear will Fall. Courage will Rise.

82. Paa - Hindi (2009)


Directors: R. Balki, Ricky Sandhu
Writer: R. Balki
Genre: Drama
Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan, Vidya Balan, Paresh Rawal, Arundathi Nag, and others

A very rare father-son son-father story...

83. Body of Lies - English (2008)

Director: Ridley Scott
Writers: William Monahan (screenplay), David Ignatius (novel)
Genre: Action | Drama | Thriller
Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Russell Crowe, Mark Strong, Golshifteh Farahani, Oscar Isaac, Ali Suliman, and others

Trust no one. Deceive everyone.

84. Quantum of Solace - English(2008)


Director: Marc Forster
Writers: Paul Haggis, Neal Purvis
Genre: Action | Adventure | Thriller
Cast: Daniel Craig, Olga Kurylenko, Mathieu Amalric, Judi Dench, Giancarlo Giannini, Gemma Arterton, Jeffrey Wright, and others

85. Reservoir Dogs - English (1992)

Director: Quentin Tarantino
Writers: Quentin Tarantino
Genre: Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller
Cast: Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth, Michael Madsen, Chris Penn, Steve Buscemi, Lawrence Tierney, Edward Bunker, Quentin Tarantino, Randy Brooks, and others

Seven Total Strangers Team Up For The Perfect Crime. They Don't Know Each Other's Name. But They've Got Each Other's Color

86. Push - English (2009)


Director: Paul McGuigan
Writer: David Bourla
Genre: Action | Drama | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Cast: Colin Ford, Joel Gretsch, Djimon Hounsou, Dakota Fanning, Robert Tsonos, Camilla Belle, Neil Jackson, Chris Evans, Scott Michael Campbell, and others

One push can change everything.

87. Runaway Bride – English (1999)


Director: Garry Marshall
Writers: Josann McGibbon, Sara Parriott
Genre: Comedy | Romance

Cast: Julia Roberts, Richard Gere, Joan Cusack, Hector Elizondo, Rita Wilson, and others

Catch her if you can.


88. Flight Plan – English (2005)


Director: Robert Schwentke
Writers: Peter A. Dowling, Billy Ray
Genre: Drama | Mystery | Thriller

Cast: Jodie Foster, Peter Sarsgaard, Sean Bean, Kate Beahan, Michael Irby, Assaf Cohen, Erika Christensen, and others

If Someone Took Everything You Live For... How Far Would You Go To Get It Back?

89. Bombay to Goa – Hindi (1972)

Director: S. Ramanathan
Writers: Rajendra Krishan (dialogue), Usilai Somanathan (story)
Genre: Action | Adventure | Comedy | Crime
Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Aruna Irani, Shatrughan Sinha, Mehmood, Anwar Ali, Nasir Hussain, Manmohan, Keshto Mukherjee and others

Bollywood Comedy at its BEST!

90. The Patriot – English (2000)

Director: Roland Emmerich
Writer: Robert Rodat
Genre: Action | Drama | War
Cast: Mel Gibson, Heath Ledger, Joely Richardson, Jason Isaacs, Chris Cooper, Tchéky Karyo, Rene Auberjonois, Lisa Brenner, Tom Wilkinson, and others

What would you do if they destroyed your home, threatened your family. Where would you draw the line?


















Monday, June 14, 2010

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time



Movie Review “Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time”

Genre: Adventure, Action

Director: Mike Newell

Language: English

Star Cast: Jake Gyllenhaal, Gemma Arterton, Ben Kingsley, Alfred Molina and others

Released: 28th May 2010

‘Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time’ is a movie based on a popular video game ‘PRINCE OF PERSIA’. So if you are into games you will know what to expect from this movie. It is a full entertainment movie. It just demand from you is, buy your popcorn, sit back and enjoy the safari. No questions asked. The movie has Arabian flavor. It is colorful, exotic frames with scenes with lots of sword fighting, horse riding, snake fighting. You even can see ostrich racing.


Film is a story of Dastan (Played by Jake Gyllenhaal) who is orphan. The king of Persia found him on street and makes him Prince of Persia, his son. Dastan with his other two prince brothers wins war for Persia. They even ransack a beautiful spiritual city Alamat, ruled by Princess Tamina (Played by Gemma Arterton) as they suspect Alamat is helping Persia’s enemy. While in the conflict Dastan come across a mystical dagger which has the power of unleashing time travel and world destruction. After winning the war at home in Persia the king has been killed, and Dastan is on the run as he is the suspect. And Dastan suspects his older brother who his next in line to crown. Next you see how the murder mystery and mystery of dagger solved, and how Dastan saves the world.

All though this is brainless movie, it is worth watching. Certainly entertaining. Movie is very well directed by Mike Newell, amazing cinematography by John Seale, very well crafted action scenes. We had seen better special effects in many other movies. So it could have been better. As for the acting Jake Gyllenhall was good, he was athletic but he could have brought little more weight in the character, I don’t mean physical weight here. But just bit more profound, intense presence on the screen would have made the movie far better. Gemma Arterton was exotic, as she was expected to be. I think Ben Kingdley was little wated, he could have been utilized more.

If I have to rate this movie I will give it 7 out of 10. It’s pure masala movie, go catch it.













Monday, January 18, 2010

Must Watch Movies Before You Die ........... Part 6

51. The White Baloon – Persian / English (1995)

Director: Jafar Panahi
Writer:Jafar Panahi, Abbas Kiarostami
Cast:Aida Mohammadkhani, Mohsen Kafili, Fereshteh Sadre Orafaiy, Anna Borkowska, Mohammad Shahani

Such a Simple story can tuch your heart......

52. New York – Hindi (2009)
Director: Kabir Khan
Producer: Aditya Chopra, Yash Chopra
Genre: Action, Thriller, Drama
Cast: John Abrahm, Katrina Kaif, Neil Nitin Mukesh, Irfan Khan

53. Jurassic Park III – English (2001)
Director: Joe johnston
Writers:Michael Crichton, Peter Buchman
Genre: Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Cast: Sam Neil, William H. Macy, Tea Leoni, Allesandro Nivola, Laura Dern and others

54. Hum Tum – Hindi (2004)

Director: Kunal Kohli
Writer: Siddharth Aanand, Kunal Kohli
Genre: Drama, Romance, Comedy, Musical
Cast: Saif Ali Khan, Rani Mukherjee, Kiron Kher, Rishi Kapoor, Rati Agnihotri, Jimmy Shergil, Isha Koppikar, Abhishek Bachchan, and others

Nice entertainer.......

55. Ocean's Eleven – English (2001)
Director: Steven Soderbergh
Writers: George Clayton Johnson, Jack Golden Russell
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Cast: George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Andy Garcia, Julia Roberts, Matt Damon, Elliott Gould, and others

56. Ocean's Twelve – English (2004)
Director:Steven Soderbergh
Writers:George Nolfi, George Clayton Johnson
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Cast: George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Andy Garcia, Cathrine Zeta-Jones, Don Chedale, Bernie Mac, Julia Roberts and others

57. Aankhen – Hindi (2002)

Director: Vipul Amrutlal Shah
Writers: Shobhana Desai, Aatish Kapadia
Genre: Thriler, Comedy, Crime
Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Akshay Kumar, Paresh Rawal, Sushmita Sen, Arjun Rampal, Aditya Pancholi, Bipasha Basu, and others

Three Blind man robs the Bank..........


58. Saatchya Aat Gharat – Marathi (2004)

Director - Writer: Sanjay Soorkar
Genre: Drama
Cast: Katika Rane, Uday Tikekar, Makarand Anaraspure, Nishikant Kama, Suhas Joshi, Vibhavari Deshpane, Bharati Aacharekar, and others

Movie makes us think....

59. Abhimaan – Hindi (1973)

Director: Hrishikesh Mukherjee
Writers: Rajinder Singh Bedi, Biresh Chaterjee
Genre: Drama, Musical, Family
Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Bachchan, Asarani, Bindu Durga Khote, A. K. Hangal, David Abrahm and others.

Music: S. D. Burman

60. Pretty Women – English (1990)
Director: Garry Marshall
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Cast: Richard Gere, Julia Roberts, Jason Alexander and others






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