Director: Vishal and Shekhar T Series Rs 175 Release Date: 2011-09-12 08:00:00 Quick Take: Worth every penny! Chammak challo rules and how! The song, sung by international R&B icon Akon is superbly produced by Giorgio Tuinfort (the producer of Gwen Stefanie’s The Sweet Escape featuring Akon). Tuinfort turnsVishal-Shekhar’s tunes into a haunting medley that invades [...]

Director: Glenn Ficarra and John Requa Cast: Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling, Julianne Moore, Emma Stone, Kevin Bacon and Marisa Tomei Release Date: 2011-09-16 00:00:00 Quick Take: Crazy side of romance Crazy people doing stupid things because they’re in love. That sums up Crazy Stupid Love and the goings on in it. This is a rom [...]

Director: Craig Gillespie Cast: Collin Farrel, Anton Yelchin, Toni Collette and David Tennant Release Date: 2011-08-19 12:00:00 Quick Take: Frightfully lame  Vampires have always been an integral part of our movies. There have been some brilliant films based on the blood sucking creatures. Films like From Dusk To Dawn, Blade, Interview with the Vampire and [...]

The Bottom Line Passably funny vision of classroom apathy won’t win fans within teachers’ unions but isn’t as outrageous as it could have been. Opens Friday, June 24 (Columbia Pictures) Cast Cameron Diaz, Justin Timberlake, Lucy Punch, John Michael Higgins, Jason Segel, Phyllis Smith Director-executive producer Jake Kasdan Justin Timberlake and Cameron Diaz star in [...]

The Bottom Line Muscular, well-cast launch of a proposed new franchise can’t help but replay a lot of familiar notes. Opens Friday, June 17 (Warner Bros.) Cast Ryan Reynolds, Blake Lively, Peter Sarsgaard, Mark Strong, Tim Robbins, Angela Bassett, Geoffrey Rush, Michael Clarke Duncan, Clancy Brown Director Martin Campbell The latest superhero reboot, Warner Bros.’ [...]

The Bottom Line Deliverance meets Gitmo in this tense but patchy horror thriller Director Olivier Abbou Screenwriters Olivier Abbou, Thibault Lang Willar Cast Roc LaFortune, Sean Devine, Nicole Leroux, Michael Mando Olivier Abbou directs this English-language, Franco-Canadian production where a group of Canadians who cross the border into the U.S. go through a series of [...]

The Bottom Line A for-small-children movie that excludes everyone else. Director John Schultz Screenwriters Kathy Waugh, Megan McDonald Cast Jordana Beatty, Parris Mosteller, Hether Graham The film, directed by John Schultz, follows the adventures of a third grader, played by Australian newcomer Jordana Beatty, who is determined to have a “mega-cool” summer; Heather Graham co-stars. [...]

The Bottom Line A first-class production that excitingly reenergizes a flagging franchise. Opens: Friday, June 3 (20th Century Fox) Cast: James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Rose Byrne, Jennifer Lawrence, January Jones, Nicholas Hoult, Oliver Platt, Jason Flemyng, Lucas Till, Edi Gathegi, Kevin Bacon, Caleb Landry Jones, Zoe Kravitz, Matt Craven, Alex Gonzalez, Rade Sherbedgia, Glenn Morshower [...]

Kucch Luv Jaisaa U/A; Drama Dir: Barnali Ray Shukla Cast: Rahul Bose, Shefali Shah, Kunal Kumar, Amin Hajee Rating: * Kucch Luv Jaisaa was a movie to look forward to for two reasons — one, it is a small film and two, it has been directed by a woman. Unfortunately enough, the film disappoints on [...]

If a couple of kissing sequences coupled with a good looking girl strutting around in shorts excites the voyeur in you, then ‘Ragini MMS’ may just fit the bill. However if you are hunting for some ‘real stuff’ that a MMS is typically made of along with some shockingly scary moments then well, ‘Ragini MMS’ [...]