Die Hard 5

The 5th installment of the Die Hard Series has revealed its first trailer.Bruce Willis returns as the lead hero ,John McClane in the sequel titled - A Good Day To Die Hard

The movie is set for release on February 14 2013 and is directed by John Moore (Max Payne,Omen 2006).The story follows how John McClane and his son take on the local forces in Russia.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVkzZD92cMQ

The Dictator (2012)

[falls short of a laugh riot]

The Dictator (2012)
IMDB- 6.6
Rottentomatoes- 58
RJG Rating- 65

General Aladeen, dictator of Waadiya visits USA.

Starring- Sacha Baron Cohen
Director- Larry Charles

Sacha Baron & Larry Charles unite once again after Borat & Bruno to bring yet another outrageous character.The film unlike the previous is not a mockumentary.

Sacha Baron is the main highlight of the movie.He shoulders the entire movie from start to finish.Once again he succeeds in giving life to yet another wacky character in the lines of Ali G,Borat & Bruno.The supporting cast of Anna Faris & Ben Kingsley do good but they are overshadowed by Sacha.

Dictator's main highlight is Sacha ,and thats it.Everywhere else it doesn stand upto any mark.The story is okay ,but the way its presented is quite poor.Even though the concept is different from the usual fare, the story follows a predictable route.But it does succeed in bringing out controversial jokes.From start to the very end ,all jokes are offensive and highly controversial.It does have plenty of Borat type jokes ,though many miss the mark.

Larry Charles had a good idea at hand but in the end he fails to utilise them.The movie ends up being a series of skits rather than being a complete movie.The comedy isnt very funny ,yet it has its own charm (if you are fans of controversial comedy).Thankfully Sacha manages to keep the audiences entertained.

Overall,Dictator is a must watch for Sacha Baron fans ,while others may not find it to be very funny.

Acting- 4/5
Story- 3/5
Direction- 2.5/5
Comedy- 2.5/5

Possession tops Lawless ,TDKR enters the 1billion club

1-The horror movie ,The Possession took over the top spot with $17million.The true story may not have pleased the critics but it managed to draw in the audiences.The movie has a rotten rating of 35%.

2-Lawless made a weak debut with just $9million.The movie which is about criminal brothers against the law failed to attract the crowds.Lawless has been getting above average reviews ,many praising the acting department (Shia ,Tom Hardy,Gary Oldman) and the gritty tale.Its currently rated 65%.

3-Expendables 2 made way to #3 ,with $8.8million.The movie has raked up $66million domestically and another $66million overseas in its 3 weeks.Even though the movie is said to be much better than the first part,it still is lagging behind its predecessor.

4-Bourne Legacy made $7.2million.The spin off has made $96million domestically and a total of $157million worldwide ,but it still lags behind the original series critically as well as financially.

5-The stop motion animated movie ,ParaNorman made $6.55million.The movie has made a total of $55million so far.

At #7 TDKR made $5.9 million on its 7th week pushing its domestic collection to $431million (#9 on all time lists).But as i mentioned earlier ,TDKR is doing very well overseas.The movie has made $574million so far overseas.This helped TDKR cross the $1billion milestone in worldwide collections.TDKR is now #12 on worldwide collections list with $1.005 billion ,overtaking its predecessor The Dark Knight ($1.003billion).With this ,Christopher Nolan has become the second director, after James Cameron(Avatar& Titanic) ,to have 2 of his films make more than a Billion dollars at the box office.Similarly ,Christian Bale now has 2 movies in the billion dollar club and is just behind Johnny Depp ,who has 3 (Alice ,PiratesOTC 2&4).

Meanwhile ,2012 Summer blockbuster winner ,The Avengers was re-released and managed to reach $1.5 billion.The movie is #3 on both domestic($620million) as well as on worldwide grossing ($1.502billion)lists.

Not many good movies this week.The Cold Light Of Day,The Words & The Bachelorette have already got below average reviews and dont look strong enough to make a good debut at the box office.

The Hunger Games (2012)

[takes itself too seriously]

The Hunger Games (2012)
IMDB- 7.4
Rottentomatoes- 84
RJG Rating- 55

In a futuristic world ,selected teens from districts must compete in a deadly battle called the Hunger Games.

Starring- Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson
Director- Gary Ross

Hunger Games is a movie based on the best selling book of the same name.

Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss and Josh Hutcherson as Peeta do a good job as the leads.Jennifer seems much at ease in this role since she basically has done the same in her Oscar nominated performance in Winters Bone.But the supporting actors arent so good.Woody Harrelson seems typecasted as the weird good guy,he gives an okay job.Elizabeth Banks goes over the top most of the time.Jason S does a good job in his short role.

The story is disappointing.While it has been said Hunger Games is a rip off of Japan's Battle Royale ,i only found the core concept to be same (nation selects kids to fight it out ,to keep them in check).The movie's choice to go after the easy options rather than the more tough ones makes the movie less severe.The end leaves much of the points that were raised, hanging.While a sequel is inevitable, atleast some points should have been cleared up before ending this 160min movie.

Direction is average.Hunger Games could have taken either the gory R rated direction or the PG rated adventure route,Gary takes the PG route with offscreen violence,this completely drains any severity of the Hunger Games.And from the start Gary tries to instill a very serious tone for the movie which not at all suits it.While the futuristic city is nice it isnt fully utilized and many components are only vaguely explained.

The music is poorly used and is out of place.The romance is poorly brought up and doesnt make much sense either.While the action scenes are the only noteworthy elements of the movie,it occurs very rarely onscreen.

Acting-3/5
Story-2/5
Direction-2.5/5
Romance-2/5
Action-3.5/5

The Master trailer

Another fine trailer from The Master

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsuWiutfkxk

The movie looks like it can get its lead actors some oscar nominations.

Expendables top on the worst week of 2012

Hollywood suffered a major hangover crash after summer ended.The 3 new releases failed to attract viewers allowing Expendables 2 to reign on for the 2nd consecutive week.This has been the lowest grossing week in 2012.

1-Expendables 2 maintained its top spot but fell to $13.5million and still is behind Expendables.Made on a budget of $100million ,the movie has racked up $52million domestically & $22million overseas by its 2nd week.

2-Bourne Legacy held on to #2 making $9.3million.The spinoff tale on the Bourne series has so far got above average reviews and is the least grossing movie from the Bourne series ,with $85million in domestic and $28million overseas.

3-ParaNorman made $8.5 million in its second week.The animated movie has made $28million already ,a good collection for a movie of its kind.

4-The Campaign made $7.4 million for a domestic gross of $64million.

5-Returning to the Top 5 is Christopher Nolan's epic finale - TDKR.The movie made $7million on its 6th week for a domestic collection of $422 million (#11 on the list). Meanwhile the movie is doing great overseas and has collected $519million already ,pushing the total collection past the $900m milestone.Overall the movie has made $941million(#17 on alltime lists).Can TDKR outgross TDK ($1billion) ?

Now where are the new releases?Premium Rush (the only noteworthy movie among the new releases ,starring Joseph Gordon) made its debut at #7 with just $6million.Even though the movie got a 75% rating,the movie isnt bringing anyone in.The movie is on its way to tank at the box office.Hit & Run & Apparition debuted at #10 & #12.

This week the new release is the star studded Lawless.Can the movie get a good start to September?

Poster of Life Of Pi

Life of Pi is the story of an Indian boy named Pi, a zookeeper's son who finds himself in the company of a hyena, zebra, orangutan, and a Bengal tiger after a shipwreck sets them adrift in the Pacific

Poster for Monsters Inc 3D

Poster for Monsters Inc 3D.The re-release of the the classic Pixar movie will be on December 19!

Lincoln Poster

Wow! a superb poster from Steven Speilberg's next movie -Lincoln.Daniel Day Lewis acts as the famous president.

Skyfall Posters & Banners

click to see more

More short news from the entertainment world

1-The teaser trailer for the highly anticipated Yash Chopra movie starring Shahrukh Khan was released this week.The title is still kept a closely guarded secret.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApoyH11WJWo

2-Lawless ,the Shia LeBeof ,Tom Hardy movie ,presents a bloody Redband trailer.Will the movie hit the mark ?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXq2xzSzphE

3-A touching new trailer for The Impossible ,a true story.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sI6rUOnOGuw

4-Jake Gyllenhaal is back and this time as a cop.End Of Watch is a movie about 2 cops patrolling the most violent streets of Los Angeles.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYGXe5ggBx0
Poster-https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=516036608423268

5-Ek Tha Tiger made good on its promise and delivered a box office blockbuster.The movie blasted open the opening day records ,earning more than 30cr.On its 5th day ,the movie has reached the 100cr milestone ,thus becoming the fastest movie to do so.Its well on its way to earn 200cr.This is Salman's 4th consecutive movie to make it to the 100cr mark.

6-6 New Skyfall Banners & Posters,click to see them:
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=516037098423219

7-2 new posters from the new animated movie -Wreck It Ralph
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=516038921756370

8-More Hobbit Pics ! check out the 2 new awesome pics by clicking below:
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=516040735089522

Wreck It Ralph Posters

End Of Watch Trailer & Poster

Jake Gyllenhaal is back and this time as a cop.End Of Watch is a movie about 2 cops patrolling the most violent streets of Los Angeles.

Trailer #1

Expendables under performs ,yet tops the office.

#1-This weeks new release was the much anticipated action flick-The Expendables 2.Even though it united a much bigger cast than last time,it failed to top its predecessors 2010's opening of $35million.Expendables 2 made $28.7million .On a more positive note ,the sequel even though didnt offer anything new other than the cast, has been collecting better reviews than the first.Its currently rated fresh at 67%.

#2-Bourne Legacy fell steeply in its 2nd week, making just $17million.

#3-Opening at the 3rd spot was the animated movie -Paranorman.The claymation movie made $14million in its first week.Even though its opening is below average ,the movie has been getting some fine reviews.Its rated at 88% .

#4-Campaign fell from the second spot to #4 ,earning just $13million.

#5-Sparkle ,the 3rd new release of the week made $11million.The movie which is about an aspiring singer has been getting average reviews,its currently rated 58%.

TDKR slipped 40% on its 5th week to make $11million and fall to #6.This has pushed the movie's domestic total to $409million (#12 on all time domestic list) and also overtook The Hunger Games domestic collection to become the #2 movie of 2012.The overseas collection of TDKR surpassed that of TDK easily, showing that the movie is comparatively weak just in the domestic market.TDKR has made $488million overseas so far ,for a total collection of $898million (#22 in the all time lists).

The new movie to release this week will be Premium Rush ,a thriller movie starring Joseph Gordon.

Bourne & Campaign take down TDKR.

Both new releases make a good opening and gain above average rating.

1-Bourne Legacy,the spin off series from the Matt Damon starer Bourne series opened at the top spot as expected with $40million.But it has been getting average reviews and currently holds a rating of 53%.

2-The Campaign,a comedy movie starring Will Farrell, too opened decently with $27.4million.The political comedy also stars Hangover's Zach Galifiankis.Campaign has been getting above average reviews and holds a rating of 67%.

3-After 3 weeks of domination ,TDKR finally stepped down to #3 earning $19million in week 4.The epic finale has so far made 390million domestically(#15 in domestic list) and 445million overseas for a grand total of $835million (#40 in worldwide gross list).

4-Hope Springs ,the 3rd new release of the week made $15million.The comedy movie about older couples stars Meryl Streep & Steve Carrell has been getting positive reviews and has a rating of 72%.

5-Diary of a Wimpy Kid 3 made another $8million in its second week.The movie is a hit but lags behind its predecessors.

Total Recall is at #6 with $8million.The movie made a sharp fall and is heading towards a huge flop.

As summer heads towards a close ,the biggest action star studded movie makes the entry- Expendables 2 !