The Graduate

*ing : Dustin Hoffman, Anne Bancroft, Katharine Ross
Director : Mike Nichols

Tagline : This is Benjamin. He's a little worried about his future.

The graduate is supposed to be a cult film and one of the best performances of Dustin Hoffman. Its an old movie, released in 1968 but the film could be relevant even today. The film is primarily a love story of a young graduate who doesn’t know wat to do in life. He ends up having a passionate affair with a much married elderly women. Fate takes a twist and he ends up falling in love with her daughter. What all a young man does or can do for the love is what makes the film special. You can feel the heartbreak and the pain and the desperation in Hoffman’s acting. Also, film has wonderful soundtrack and used quite well in certain scenes in which Hoffman drives his beautiful car on the streets of New York.

Rating :
* * * & 1/2

Shanghai

*ing : Abhay Deol, Emraan Hashmi, Kalki
Director : Dibakar Banarjee

Tagline : Kasam Khoon ki Khayi hai, Sahar nahi Shanghai Hai

Shanghai is terribly frightening scary disturbing film by dibakar banaarjee, known for making movies on social issues. Right since his first movie, Khosla Ka Ghosla he’s made movies which matters. His movies may not hv set box office on fire but he is quite appreciated for his thoughtful endeavors. Shanghai is no different. Set in a fictitious city, bharatpur which politicians want to transfer it as next shanghai. But there is more than what meets the eye. A social activist is killed in broad daylight, an IAS officer is put in charge for the investigation who is helpless to see the situation around him. A local porn film maker gets some important evidence and gets entangled in entire conspiracy. There is lover the dead activist who wants to expose the entire nexus of politicians and corrupts. It is actually scary movie in the sense u know how rotten the society has become. It’s a must watch for everyone.

Rating :
* * * *

Safe

*ing : Jason Sthatham, Cathrine Chan
Director : Boaz Yakin

Tagline : She has the code. He is the key.

Safe is almost like any other Jason Statham which keep coming in abundance. Its no different from his transporter movies where a loony lonely guy is protecting someone, in this case a genius young girl.
The action is breathtaking really and neither there is dry humor you associate with Statham movies. Nothing great abt it.

Rating :
* * & 1/2

Coriolanus

*ing : Ralph Fiennes , Gerald Butler
Director : Ralph Fiennes

Tagline : Nature Teaches Beasts to Know Their Friends


Had heard a lot abt the film and how its such nicely adapted by one of the most difficult Shakespeare novels. Also the first film directed by Ralf Fiennes and how the language is so Shakespearean.
But I did not like the film at all.. so much so, I cudnt even finish it. The language was too heavy to follow, even with the help of subtitles. The story was simple yet made quite complicated with different unwanted layers in it.


Rating :
* *

Bridget Jones's Diary

*ing : Hugh Grant, Collin Firth, Renée Zellweger
Director : Sharon Maguire

Tagline : It's Monday morning, Bridget has woken up with a headache, a hangover and her boss.

Many a times I decide to watch movie on its cast and irrespective of the director. Bridget Jones’s diary had amazing cast. I hv always been fan Hugh grant. Colin firth is in a different league altogether after movies like a single man and the king’s speech. Rene zweelger I haven’t seen much of bt I hv liked whatever little I have seen of hers. Bridget jone’s diary is also quintessential British movie with the usual quirks, sarcasm and humor. A genre I quite like. The film Is also good and is about a girl who is a spinster, fat and desperately lacking love in her life. The fate strikes and she has two good looking men falling for her.. also, she maintains a diary in which she jots down the experience she has in her day to day life. Which eventually helps her find / lose the love of her life.

Rating :
* * *

The Cabin in the Woods

*ing : Kristen Connolly, Chris Hemsworth, Anna Hutchison
Director : Drew Goddard

Tagline : You think you know the story

I am not fan of horror movies.. I try to watch them as less as possible. May b I am scared or may be something else but I do not watch horror films.. Another genre I totally hate is zombie films. And when horror and zombie comes together, It surely doesn’t excite me. However the film is directed by joss whedon who directed mighty The Avengers and also the film got decent reviews and has a good rating on imdb which prompted me to watch it.. but I was disappointed and how.. The film is not scary at all.. its not funny either.. its some sort of bunch of guys goes out for a weekend in jungle and everything is rigged and they are shown on reality television.. its all not funny . and its not scary either.

Rating :

* *

Love Wrinkle Free

*ing : Ash Chandler, Shernaz Patel, Seema Rahmani
Director : Sandeep Mohan

Tagline : An anti-ageing comedy!

I am all in for indie films.. I think it’s a great move by an independent director making his movie without the helps of the corporate. But, but I think the directors just for the fact they are making get too carried away with the emotion hence not b able to make a good film. Love wrinkle free is a prime example of that.. the filmmaker has completed the film n also sent the film to certain festivals but it does not mean it’s a good film. It’s a boring unfunny film tried hard to sell the “indie” tag. The film is set in a goa and is nicely shot, also has some decent actors but the story is not funny and it just looks quite messy..

Rating :
* *