Wall Street – Money Never Sleeps: Worth a watch for Douglas

Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps is definitely a worthy sequel that delivers strong performances and that classic Gordon Gekko character that everyone can’t get enough of.

After serving time for securities fraud, Gordon Gekko (Michael Douglas) the former King of Wall Street is now a humbled man who has two chances to redeem himself. One involves helping an idealistic young trader named Jake Moore (Shia LaBeouf) invest in a promising new green energy source, while the other involves mending his broken relationship with his liberal daughter (Carey Mulligan), who just so happens to be dating Moore. On the surface, Gekko indeed appears to be a changed man – but can a leopard really change its spots? (more…)

Shutter Island: A terrific thriller

Rating: 3.5/5

June 5, 2010 (Sampurn Wire):The movie takes place in 1954; US Marshals Teddy Daniels (DiCaprio) and new partner Chuck Aule (Mark Ruffalo) take a Massachusetts ferry to Shutter Island, where a prison for the criminally insane insulates its inmates from the mainland. In fact, Chief psychologist Dr. Crawey (Ben Kingsley) prefers that the residents of Shutter Island be called “patients” – and in the case of the present mystery, one such disturbed individual has mysteriously escaped from her locked room while a bevy of guards stood watch. (more…)

The Road – an insight to self realization

The Road is based on Pulitzer-winning novel written by Cormac McCarthy, and this will most probably turn out to be one of the best motion pictures of this year to say the least. The movie brings alive the characters and images from the novel, but the emotional content does not seem to suffice. (more…)

Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call, New Orleans- Cage’s comeback!

The movie Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call, New Orleans gets all its strength from its lead Nicholas Cage who lately was under a lot of criticism.

With this movie he has shut everyone’s mouth and marked his potential as an actor with remarkable caliber. (more…)

The Twilight Saga: New Moon- the bloodsuckers really suck!

The Twilight Saga: New Moon is based on Stephanie Meyer’s novel and is directed by Chris Weitz. This one is a sequel to the movie Twilight and sadly could be rated as the worst sequel ever.

If the movie has to be described in one worked then it should definitely be terrible or rather torturous. The same old boring dialogues, the loose plot, and lengthy scenes are like slow poison. The director must have thought on similar lines, to give the audience a dose of vampire romance that will turn you turn you into a vampire. The characters have crossed 100 years of age but they are still 12^th graders!  Isn’t that annoying? Who will buy such an exaggeration? (more…)

A sequel that is poorly entertaining

What could have prompted director Troy Duffy to make a sequel to his popular film The Boondock Saints- He himself might not have gotten the answer for this.

Boondock Saints was made a decade ago, which made a mark for itself and after such a success it is rather sad to watch the latest of its sequel. Probably, you will never get an answer even if you watched the film. (more…)

The rock ‘n’ roll that rocked the ship…

The movie is about a show that was hosted on the Pirate Radio, which was radio that existed during the 1960’s in England. And these radio stations were active without any licences and that is why they were popular as Pirate Radio. (more…)

Mother of all disaster films!

For people who are of the belief that the earth will be doomed on the 21^st December 2012 this is the movie to watch, which will give you a fair idea as to what is in store for all of us. Jokes apart the movie 2012 has all the elements to qualify to the league of films depicting the end of world. Director Roland Emmerich is back with large-scale destruction film after Independence Day, The Day After Tomorrow and Godzilla. Sony has blown out $250 million in producing the film and the movie released in 105 territories around the globe. The production company is expecting to make a huge turnover and why not? It has spent a handsome amount in marketing the film. (more…)

Disney’s A Christmas Carol- Get Scrooged as winter sets

The movie Disney’s A Christmas Carol is animation treat this season and writer director Robert Zemeckis has yet again proved his skill to make a 3D movie with precision.

The Oscar-wining director has been successful in evolving animated characters that look so close to humans and this is where Zemeckis technical craftsmanship makes such a huge difference. The fact that the animated characters are so similar to real human characters makes it more believable. Robert Zemeckis has beautifully adapted Charles Dickens’ timeless classic A Christmas Carol into a well-directed animation. (more…)

Is like a good served lunch

The film Precious is based on the novel Push written by Sapphire. Lee Daniels has directed the movie and the writer is Geoffrey Fletcher. The story raises from utter despair to the level strong hope, which is emerges as a genuine work of art from director Lee Daniels. Here is a sensitive story that will move you and sympathize with the lead character but by the end of the film you will appreciate the great resilience shown by the character. (more…)