A special-effects extravaganza, a Telugu remake and a slacker comedy to choose from.
Exodus: Gods and Kings
The prolific Ridley Scott is back with a typical Hollywood special effects-laden spectacle.
Exodus: Gods and Kings brings back to the screen the adventure of the prophet Moses, who leads the enslaved Hebrews away from the cruel reign of Egyptian pharaoh Ramses towards enlightenment and a new faith. The cast includes Mr Intensity Christian Bale as Moses and a bald Joel Edgerton as Ramses, Sigourney Weaver, Ben Kingsley and John Turturro. The fact that the movie also has 3D and IMAX versions indicates that the visuals, rather than the story treatment or the acting, is this 150-minute movie’s main draw.
Action Jackson
Yet another spectacle, this time Indian-style.
Consider the combination: Prabhudeva as director and choreographer, Ajay Devgn as the hero, Sonakshi Sinha as the heroine, Manasvi Mamgai as the sex symbol. Throw in an official flop-proof remake of the Telugu blockbuster Dookudu, punch dialogue, lavishly staged songs and whistle-inducing action, and you realise the complete redundancy of a plot.
Sulemani Keeda
Real satire, love and wisdom are to be found only on the margins of Bollywood.
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Amit Masurkar’s confidently directed debut is about a struggling pair of writers who bang down doors to get their screenplay produced. They meet a bizarre set of characters, all of whom convince them of the futility of their actions. Meanwhile, one of them, the introspective Dulal, falls in love with the angelic Ruma. As Bollywood send-ups go, this one of the real Happy Ending.
This is Where I Leave You
Shawn Levy (the Night of the Museum movies, Date Night, Real Steel) directs yet another dysfunctional American family dramedy.
The Altman brood (three brothers and a sister) reunite after the death of their father and are forced by their mother to participate in a week-long mourning ritual. Jason Bateman plays Judd, recently separated from his wife, Rose Byrne is his ex for whom he still has a thing, and Jane Fonda is his mother who acquired a pair of new breasts before losing her husband.
Bhopal: A Prayer for Rain
This timely releases coincides with the thirtieth anniversary of the gas leak disaster in Bhopal.
British director Ravi Kumar directs an ensemble cast, including Kal Penn, Tannishtha Chatterjee, Mischa Barton, and Martin Sheen as Warren Anderson, the reviled head of the Union Carbide India Limited plant from which poisonous gases and chemicals leaked on the night of December 2 in 1984, killing and wounding thousands. The industrial tragedy has been previously explored by Mahesh Mathai in the 1999 movie Bhopal Express.
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Exodus: Gods and Kings
The prolific Ridley Scott is back with a typical Hollywood special effects-laden spectacle.
Exodus: Gods and Kings brings back to the screen the adventure of the prophet Moses, who leads the enslaved Hebrews away from the cruel reign of Egyptian pharaoh Ramses towards enlightenment and a new faith. The cast includes Mr Intensity Christian Bale as Moses and a bald Joel Edgerton as Ramses, Sigourney Weaver, Ben Kingsley and John Turturro. The fact that the movie also has 3D and IMAX versions indicates that the visuals, rather than the story treatment or the acting, is this 150-minute movie’s main draw.
Action Jackson
Yet another spectacle, this time Indian-style.
Consider the combination: Prabhudeva as director and choreographer, Ajay Devgn as the hero, Sonakshi Sinha as the heroine, Manasvi Mamgai as the sex symbol. Throw in an official flop-proof remake of the Telugu blockbuster Dookudu, punch dialogue, lavishly staged songs and whistle-inducing action, and you realise the complete redundancy of a plot.
Sulemani Keeda
Real satire, love and wisdom are to be found only on the margins of Bollywood.
;
Amit Masurkar’s confidently directed debut is about a struggling pair of writers who bang down doors to get their screenplay produced. They meet a bizarre set of characters, all of whom convince them of the futility of their actions. Meanwhile, one of them, the introspective Dulal, falls in love with the angelic Ruma. As Bollywood send-ups go, this one of the real Happy Ending.
This is Where I Leave You
Shawn Levy (the Night of the Museum movies, Date Night, Real Steel) directs yet another dysfunctional American family dramedy.
The Altman brood (three brothers and a sister) reunite after the death of their father and are forced by their mother to participate in a week-long mourning ritual. Jason Bateman plays Judd, recently separated from his wife, Rose Byrne is his ex for whom he still has a thing, and Jane Fonda is his mother who acquired a pair of new breasts before losing her husband.
Bhopal: A Prayer for Rain
This timely releases coincides with the thirtieth anniversary of the gas leak disaster in Bhopal.
British director Ravi Kumar directs an ensemble cast, including Kal Penn, Tannishtha Chatterjee, Mischa Barton, and Martin Sheen as Warren Anderson, the reviled head of the Union Carbide India Limited plant from which poisonous gases and chemicals leaked on the night of December 2 in 1984, killing and wounding thousands. The industrial tragedy has been previously explored by Mahesh Mathai in the 1999 movie Bhopal Express.
