The Newsroom

*ing : Jeff Daniels, Emily Mortimer and John Gallagher Jr.
Creator : Aaron Sorkin

Tagline : More on this story as it develops.


The newsroom is a riveting breathtaking show created entirely by Aaron Sorkin (the writer of The Social Network, my most favorite film in last few years). The Newsroom is a fictional account of backroom story of a major news channel in USA. the things go people go through to break a news and what kind of pressure they have to deal on a daily basis for accurate news and , to remain in competition. Your integrity, honesty, work ethics, everything is questioned in such a high voltage situation. And it is shown in best in this show “the newsroom”. The show literally never allows you to breathe and sucks in you the world of his own. There are many important news covered during the course of first season and highlights the facts behind it. like Mexican Gulf Oil Spill, Killing of Osama Bin Laden, the US governor elections. The footages which are used are quite real so the show gets a new kind of edge. Watch it, you will not regret it.
Rating :
* * * * *

Student of the Year

*ing : Varun Dhawan, Sidharth Malhotra, Aliya Bhatt
Director : Karan Johar

Tagline : The Championship of Life

SOTY is a film directed by karan johar, one of the biggest director of india who has only worked with big stars in past, mainly the biggest of all, shahrukh khan. So when he decides to make a movie with newcomers, you cant help but admire his guts at first. SOTY is story about frends in a posh highschool and a competition which will take them to dizzying heights in their carrer. So Rohan is a spoiled son a of a rich father who doesn’t take life seriously at first. Abhimanyu is a middle class boy with big ambitions and aspirations and has always had eye on the big trophy. Shanaya is a typical young girl wearing designer (and short) clothes and is confused between both the boys. all the leads are very good looking and does well to hold on to the characters. The film is good enough and the new leads deliver what is expected out of them. They all can have a bright future in industry. But still, I think Karan Johar could have done better..

Rating :
* * * & 1/2

Friends (Season 4)

*ing : Jennifer Aniston, Courtney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry, David Schwimmer

Director : David Crane, Marta Kauffman

Tagline : All you need is friends !


Wat shall I say that I hvnt said before.. it’s the best series ever got made. Shows u the mirror of ur own life and the fun u hv had (or can have) .. ! all the characters are ur friends and u know all of them. It becomes personal when Rachel loves Ross but he has to marry Emily. It becomes such tragic when ross takes Rachel’s name at wedding instead of Emily. You feel happy for chandler and Monika who starts dating. You know phoebe is not happy after letting go the triplets she delivered for his brother. its just best.

Rating :
* * * * *

Oh My God

*ing : Paresh Rawal, Mithun Chkravarty, Akshay Kumar
Director : Umesh Shukla

Tagline : Kanjibhai is taking God to court!

Oh my god is a film produced by Akshay Kumar who has been synonym with bad movies in last few years churning out pathetic movie one after another. Akshay kumar does have a smaller part to play in OMG bt the film cud have taken a more subtler tone and not used the ‘star’ status of the produced. Oh my God, officially based on gujrati play “Kanjibhai Vs God” and unofficially copied from Australian film “the man who sued god” has a very interesting and important premise. Film tells a story of man who doesn’t belive in god, and who shop is destroyed in an earthquake which insurance companies refuses to compensate saying its an “act of god”. Here he sues the God in court creating enough troubles for godmens and himself too. The film has some interesting conversation and brings out the blind faith people have in god and how they are looted in the name of it. the film is good but comes across as too preachy and loud at times. Wish the film was subtler , surely it wud have worked much better. Yet, I say u shud watch it.

Rating :
* * *

Makkhi

*ing : Sudeep, Nani and Samantha Ruth Prabhu
Director : S.S. Rajamouli, J.V.V. Sathyanarayana

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Makhi is a dubbed version of Telgu Hit movie Eega. the film is huge hit in south and was dubbed in Hindi to capture bigger market. the film hasnt really done that well in dubbed version even after getting good reviews all over. about the film, its a simplistic story of a man murdered and reborn as a housefly to take revenge. there is also a sweet love story thrown in it to invest into emotions of the housefly. the film truly shows how the idea is the king. even after the plausible plot, the film is extremely entertaining. directors of the film have done real good job on the VFX part and it does seem that u r rooting for the small insect in-spite of impossible task. the film was made in Telgu so it has its cheesy moments but overall the film works. watch it.

Rating :
* * *

Friends (Season 3)

*ing : Jennifer Aniston, Courtney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry, David Schwimmer

Director : David Crane, Marta Kauffman

Tagline : All you need is friends !


Season 3 has been watched and it’s the fastest any show I have seen with all the episodes in it. It helps watching it cause the episodes are shorter (23 mins each on average) and second that its soo funny you just watch it ever without getting bored. Once I am done with all the seaons (there are 10 of them) , I am sure I am gonna re watch them often enough. wud love to watch it with my spouse also, only if she has enuf understanding of humor and or enjoys watching the shows. Hope I get someone like that. Meanwhile, looking forward to watch rest of the seasons.

Rating :
* * * * *

Safety Not Guranteed

*ing : Aubrey Plaza, Jake Johnson and Karan Soni
Director : Colin Trevorrow

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It’s more an indie movie with some sci-fi connection to it. There is ad in paper which is extremely weird and attention grabbing. The ad says that A man is looking for someone to time travel and that person to bring its own weapons and the safety is not guaranteed. He ends up the ad saying its not a joke. A magazine gets interested and wants to do a story so they send report and interns to spy on the man and to get more information. The girl gets involved in the guy. Turns out that there are other people also interested in him and are following him. He sometimes seems a crazy guy and sometimes it seems he is talking sense. The climax I wont reveal but I did not find the whole film very good..Watch only if u want to.

Rating :
* * & ½

Project X

*ing : Thomas Mann, Oliver Cooper and Jonathan Daniel Brown
Director : Nima Nourizadeh

Tagline : The Party You've Only Dreamed About

You cant not have less expectations from film produced by makers of “the hangover” which so far is supposed to be greatest party movie ever. (However the film had less of party and more of aftermath of it) .. Project X can be described in truest sense a true party movie. And how..
Few unknown teenagers from high school wants to throw a birthday party and wants to have decent number of guests so that they can become popular in their school and get laid at night. But their night turns out same as expected and beyond. they were expecting not more than 50 guests and party ends up having 2000 crazy crowds with unlimited booze, ecstasy pills and enough number of girls. Which ends up attracting neighbors, police, media. The party goes completely out of control with riots happening between police and people attending the party. Also, the house and entire neighborhood is burned down by crazy crowds. Its just freaking hilarious. And as the tagline suggests, the greatest party that ever happened. Watch it and enjoy it,, its darn funny too..
Rating :
* * * *

Intouchables

*ing : François Cluzet, Omar Sy and Anne Le Ny
Director : Olivier Nakache, Eric Toledano


Tagline : Sometimes you have to reach into someone else's world to find out what's missing in your own

I have seen few French films and they always surprise you , and how !
Intouchables is a marvelous amazing film. One of the best I have seen this year. Its about a disabled bt rich guy who’s entire body is paralyzed except the part above his neck. He is looking for a nurse (male) to take care of him. There are many applicants who are interviewed who are more qualified but he ends up choosing a rebellious black young man. The reason he gives is that he doesn’t need empathy or pity from other qualified applicants. He needs someone who can treat him as a normal man.
The two forms an unusual bond and friendship which is soo charming yet so funny. The chemistry between the leads is really to envy for. The film is more likeable to when you learn that the story is real. Yes, there was such situation in France and that’s where the story has been inspired from. This film has already earned 2100cr worldwide and is up in Oscars for foreign category. I say move aside kaju-barfi and others; Intouchables will be there all the way.


Rating :
* * * *

Purab Aur Pacchhim

*ing : Manoj Kumar, Pran, Saira Banu
Director : Manoj Kumar

This is another patriotic movie made by Manoj “Bharat” Kumar where he plays Bharat once again. It is among is more successful films. film also had some popular songs like “dulhan chali” “koi jab tumhara hridaya tod de” etc. bt the sole reason I wanted to watch the film is to learn about India and UK of 70s. the contrast between both the cultures and why people detested west soo much and why they thought India’s culture was better. Well, I am not the type to deride any culture per se. just because a girl smokes and drinks and wears small clothes doesn’t mean their culture is not good. its their way of living and they have got success with their lifestyle. We cant beat our chest saying we are morally higher than others. The film exaggerates many scenes and its laughable to see. More so cause we are much exposed to western culture now. May be when the film released it may have been success as people believed whatever they saw on the screen. However u have to appreciate the intentions of making film by manoj kumar. He was a true patriotic in many sense, a little jingoistic too if I may add.
Rating :
* * & ½

The Incredible Hulk

*ing : Edward Norton, Tim Roth, Liv Tyler
Director : Louis Leterrier

Tagline : You'll like him when he's angry.

The only hulk movie so far I had seen was The Avengers. Somehow the character never attracted me despite being quite popular. However in The Avengers, Hulk was one of the most important characters and was played impeccably by Mark Ruffallo. And as the popular saying goes, Hulk just smashed in The Avengers. So I became curious to watch atleast one film made on The Hulk. Also, one of my favorite director Ang Lee had also made a Hulk movie. I actually wanted to one directed by Ang Lee but ended up watching the next movie in franchise “The Incredible Hulk” which as Edward Norton Playing the Hulk, a scientist gone wrong in an experiment. The movie is OK and I dint find it that good.. nowhere in league of The Avenger’s Hulk. Hulk basically is a dark character with lot of issues of his own. So it was wrong to expect film to be super entertaining . yet, it could not keep my attention for its duration. Watch it only if u r a fan of HULK.

Rating :
* * & ½

Friends (Season 2)

*ing : Jennifer Aniston, Courtney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry, David Schwimmer

Director : David Crane, Marta Kauffman

Tagline : All you need is friends !

Season 2 has been watched and I dnt have nothing to add than wat I said earlier. Except it gets funnier,, wittier and more enjoyable. You get to know the characters and their quirks more closely. You learn who are your favorite characters and what you like more about them (which changes often depending on the episode you watch) . It’s the best fun you will ever have watching a television show. Dnt miss it. Not a single episode of single season.
Rating :
* * * * *