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Men in Black III Movie Review

Sat, 26 May 2012 05:16:11 GMT

Rating: 2.5/5
A decade after Agents K (the crusty Tommy Lee Jones) and J (the wise-cracking Will Smith) battled villainous aliens while looking cool in their black suits and sunglasses in 'Men In Black 2', the duo is back again to save the world, with a few surprises on the ride. Though the reviewer confesses that he is not a big fan of the science-fiction and alien attack genre,'Men In Black 3' is nevertheless a worthwhile watch, though it could have been better. When an one-armed intergalactic villain na...
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Yeh Khula Aasmaan Movie Review

Fri, 25 May 2012 05:16:11 GMT

Rating: 1/5
Before all you readers out there start wondering why this reviewer has commented on the aviation pattern on a kite, let it be made clear at the outset that the Khula Aasmaan in the movie refers to a kite flying competition, winning which is supposedly helpful to restore the shattered confidence of the teenager protagonist. Like the critically acclaimed Udaan, this film too seeks to explore the angst of a teenage boy, who is 'confused, depressed and stressed', (as the movie posters claim), but...
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Love Recipe Movie Review

Fri, 25 May 2012 05:16:11 GMT

Rating: 0.5/5
A self - proclaimed 'fun film', Love Recipe is anything but a yawn marathon inducing flick comprising a bunch of characters from a retired Inspector General of Police, who can't speak a sentence without forgetting a word or two (a character that has been done to death by Paresh Rawal and Johnny Lever in the past), a police inspector who is a die-hard fan of Rajinikanth (a character which has again been dealt with in Ek Chalis Ki Last Local) and a servant, who speaks in some incoherent language t...
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ChutKi Bajaa Ke Movie Review

Fri, 25 May 2012 05:16:12 GMT

Rating: 1.5/5
There are some films which enthral you and deport you into another world, that of vivid imaginations. Even if they are made for kids, they have the ability to hold the attention of audiences of all ages, just because of the conviction their makers show in their product. Sadly, Dharmraj Films' fantasy film Chutki Bajaa Ke possesses none of the aforementioned qualities. An orphan christened Chottu (Ishant Indaliya) wanders from place to place looking for menial chores, fighting for his survival...
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Rakhtbeej Movie Review

Fri, 25 May 2012 05:16:13 GMT

Rating: 0.5/5
A rustic dacoit from North India kidnaps a rich man and sends a letter demanding ransom from the family on atake a deep breath letterhead bearing the bandit's name in red block letters!! If this is not enough to induce a severe migraine attack, then there are more such gems that you might get to watch in Rakhtbeej, a movie that follows the lives of two men from different generations and walks of life. The two men, though different from each other in every way, seem to face si...
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Arjun:The Warrior Prince Movie Review

Wed, 23 May 2012 05:16:38 GMT

Rating: 3/5
As far as Indian mythology goes, Arjun from Mahabharata is one of the most well-known characters apart from Karna, and the former has inspired many fables, comic books and film adaptations (Ranbir Kapoor's character in Raajneeti was said to be based on Arjun). Directed by Arnab Chaudhuri, the latest flick on the ace archer titled Arjun: The Warrior Prince proves without a doubt that the epic hero is still very much in demand and that Indian animation has arrived and reached that level where adul...
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Love, Wrinkle-free Movie Review

Wed, 23 May 2012 05:01:37 GMT

Rating: 2.5/5
The last Hindi film set in Goa was probably the Abhishek Bachchan starrer Dum Maaro Dum, which showed the picturesque state as a den of vice, rife with drug dealers and unscrupulous killers. However, with Love, Wrinkle-free, a light-hearted English romantic comedy, one gets to see the old world charm of Goa, which had been missing from the silver screen since a long time. Revolving around the Montero family, the film has Savio Montero (Ash Chandler), a sales rep and a dreamer who wants to mak...
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MLA-An Inside Intruder Movie Review

Wed, 23 May 2012 01:54:22 GMT

Rating: 1.5/5
The film is about a small town called Bhaglipur in Madhya Pradesh, where the local MLA Pratap Singh (Mukesh Tiwari) calls all the shots. He gets people killed, controls the police, scandalizes women, and rants. Alongside him, there's always a caricaturized version of a secretary Sukhiram, who is more of a sidekick, present to get work done through a phone call and incur the wrath of his boss if and when he goofs up. The duo mouth typical lines about power/satta/khursi and what not, thus exposing...
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Namak Halaal Movie Review

Mon, 21 May 2012 01:09:28 GMT

Rating: 3.5/5
Prakash Mehra and Amitabh Bachchan forged a pair that was known to shell out one hit after the other. Zanjeer, Hera Pheri, Khoon Pasina, Muqaddar Ka Sikandar, Laawaris, Namak Halaal and Sharaabi are films that defined an era of filmmaking. Although Mehra's films never impressed the critics, they went on to become mammoth successes at the box-office. Namak Halaal was one of them. The film is about a rich businessman, Raja (Shashi Kapoor) who is under the false impression that his foster mother...
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Dr. Seuss' The Lorax Movie Review

Sat, 19 May 2012 04:17:18 GMT

Rating: 2/5
When Dr.Seuss wrote about a mysterious little creature called the Lorax, one doubts that he imagined he spoke like a gruff New Jersey native. But then, the choice of Danny DeVito to voice the 'shortish, oldish, brownish' character from Theodore Seuss Geisel's 1971 pro-environment children's book is hardly the most confusing thing about it. Releasing a full two months after it released abroad, Dr.Seuss' The Lorax is the fourth big screen adaptation of the children's literary giant's works to com...
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