Ankur Arora Murder Case

*ing : Tisca Chopra, Paoli Dam, Arjun Mathur
Director : Sohail Tatari


Tagline : When Hope Kills...

Apparently based on real life incident where a kid dies on operation table due to negligence of doctors of some high profile hospital. Film gives chilling account of what goes beyond these powerful corporate run hospitals and what are their methods of minting money from patients. Its no more the noble profession it used to be and and just like education, it has become pure business.
However the film per se is not that great and there is some shoddy acting and disjointed screenplay. Wish the movie was better made coz the issue did deserve to be represented better and to wider audience.
Rating :
** & ½

Coupling (season 2)

*ing : Jack Davenport, Gina Bellman, Sarah Alexander
Created by : Steven Moffat

Tagline : The naughty new comedy about nothing...but SEX!

Coupling, as explained earlier, is a rip off of popular show, Friends, consisting of 3 male and 3 female friends, bt with only n only sex. Original friends was about 6 individuals coming together in a town and livng all the moments of life. Whereas, coupling spins around sex and sexual problems of each character. Some of which are endearing, some are funny bt most of which is plain boring , to the point of being irritating. Its harmless watch so continue watching it, bt nothing worth recommending here.
Rating :
** & ½

Chennai Express

*ing : Shahrukh Khan, Deepika Padukone
Director : Rohit Shetty



Tagline : Ready, Steady, Po

Needless to say this that I am huge Shah Rukh Khan fan. And when I write this review, I surely am going to be biased. Well, the fact is that I don’t have to. Chennai Express is a very entertaining movie. I laughed at many many scenes and so did every people in the hall. Its also a very clean movie with no crude, vulgar double meaning dialogue which is rarity these days. Film is about Rahul, who leaves house to immerse ashes of his grandfather in rameshwaram bt has plans to go goa. With fate of luck, he ends up saving a don’s daughter, played by Deepika Padukone, and now he has to accompany her to the village. I haven’t really liked films of rohit shetty except golmal 1 and singham. Bt he truly has made a wholesome entertainer. Special word for deepika padukone who outshines everyone, including srk. She’s the real scene stealer. Watch it, and watch it family.
Rating :
*** & 1/2

Gippi

*ing : Riya Vij, Divya Dutta, Arbaz Kadwani, Taaha Shah
Director : Sonam Nair

Tagline : Big girl, huge heart

Gippi is a fun movie. Reminiscent of Hollywood high school movies bt unlike them, issue is not sex and girls here bt finding the voice and coming of age movie.
Gippi is a overweight girl with no special talent. She is constantly made fun of in the school in shimla where she lives with her single mother and her younger brother.. She ends up fighting election for school captain against the most popular girl of school. Gippi is too sweet and adorable character u do end up rooting for her. One of the favorite hobby of Gippi is to dance on the songs of Shammi Kapoor which is just too cute to watch. Watch this movie with family. Sure there is enough to like.
Rating :
***

Raanjhana

*ing : Dhanush, Sonam
Director : Ananad Rai

Tagline :

Well it cud hv been a great movie.. It had everything going for it,, such romantic title. Such a gorgeous actress. A south Indian star actor and director who made a rather good first movie, never to forget music by AR Rahman. Yet, it never rises above sum of it parts. Film has few good songs. Film has few great moments. Film has some good acting bt it never comes together. Things are haywire, especially in 2nd half. From a love story, film ends up being a political story. The turnaround of actress and the finale left me quite cold. I did not feel anything for the kundan, who was such a lovable guy throughout the movie bt his love was always misguided. Especially those wrist slashing moments, too many in the film was just not needed and it will actually start a trend in smaller cities for wooing the girl, if it already isn’t.
Rating :
** & ½

Office Space

*ing : Ron Livingston, Jennifer Aniston, David Herman
Director : Mike Judge


Tagline: Work Sucks.

Incredibly true-to-life story about life at work. Anyone who's ever worked in a large office will find at least one thing, probably more, that they can relate to.

Look at the characters: From the receptionist with the annoying high-pitched voice, to the clueless management, to the soft-spoken guy with no backbone (or so you think), this looks more like a documentary than fiction.

The daily situations of the office environment, including paper jams in the printer, static electricity, and slow computers, are hilarious for some reason when they happen to the people in the movie.

Throw in some great acting, a good story, and the humor of Mike Judge, and you'll find one of the better comedies. Enjoy


Rating :
***

Lost (Season 2)

*ing : Matthew Fox, Jorge Garcia, Evangeline Lilly, Evangeline Lilly, Naveen Andrews, Josh Holloway, Terry O'Quinn
Created by :J.J. Abrams, Jeffrey Lieber, Damon Lindelof

Tagline : On this island, survival is not a game.

As I said above, lost is something I had always always wanted to see. So in spite of it not living up to the expectations (so far) I continue to watch it coz it will mean something to have finished this series.
Definitely a lot more improvement in the plot and things becoming clearer as wats happening on the island bt sure there is much more to come. Yet again though, things happening on the island are quite interesting bt the flashbacks are big hindrance.
Lets see how it goes in coming seasons.

Rating :
*** & ½