Friday, September 07, 2012
Wednesday, September 05, 2012
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.Tuesday, September 04, 2012
The Dictator (2012)
[falls short of a laugh riot]
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
Monday, September 03, 2012
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.
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.
Friday, August 31, 2012
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
Tuesday, August 28, 2012
The Master trailer
Another fine trailer from The Master
http://www.youtube.com/
The movie looks like it can get its lead actors some oscar nominations.
Monday, August 27, 2012
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?
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.Wednesday, August 22, 2012
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/
http://www.youtube.com/
2-Lawless ,the Shia LeBeof ,Tom Hardy movie ,presents a bloody Redband trailer.Will the movie hit the mark ?
http://www.youtube.com/
3-A touching new trailer for The Impossible ,a true story.
http://www.youtube.com/
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/
Poster-https://www.facebook.com/
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/
7-2 new posters from the new animated movie -Wreck It Ralph
https://www.facebook.com/
8-More Hobbit Pics ! check out the 2 new awesome pics by clicking below:
https://www.facebook.com/
http://www.youtube.com/
3-A touching new trailer for The Impossible ,a true story.
http://www.youtube.com/
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/
Poster-https://www.facebook.com/
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/
7-2 new posters from the new animated movie -Wreck It Ralph
https://www.facebook.com/
8-More Hobbit Pics ! check out the 2 new awesome pics by clicking below:
https://www.facebook.com/
End Of Watch Trailer & Poster
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