Jab Tak Hai Jaan

The title and first poster for Yash Raj's next movie starring Shahrukh has finally been unveiled.The movie is titled Jab Tak Hai Jaan.Its been almost 8 years since Yash Chopra last directed a movie (2004's Veer-Zaara).JTHJ stars Shahrukh ,Anushka Sharma & Katrina Kaif and set for a Diwali release on November 13

Lincoln teaser

The first teaser trailer for the highly anticipated Steven Speilberg biopic on Abraham Lincoln,titled Lincoln was released.

The movie focuses on the final 4 months of the America's 16th president.Acclaimed actor ,Daniel Day Lewis will play Lincoln and the movie already has set off Oscar rumors.The movie is set for release on November 9 2012.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqXiUdoKUVY

Finding Nemo 2 Director

Andrew Stanton confirmed as director for Finding Nemo 2.Stanton earlier was supposed to start on writing of the sequel to his John Carter movie.But after it bombed at the box office ,Stanton has said Finding Nemo 2 will be his next project.The movie though is expected somewhere in 2016.Meanwhile the 3D version of Finding Nemo will be released on September 14 2012.

Another horrible week for Hollywood.Possession tops ,TDKR keeps rising on the charts.

1-The horror movie ,Possession made $9.5million in its second week to keep its top spot.The movie has so far made $33million from a $15million budget.

2-Lawless made $6million in its second week.The crime drama has made $23million so far and is doing average business.

3-This weeks new release ,The Words opened to only $5million.The romance drama starring Bradley Cooper made a poor debut.The movie also failed critically and is rated at 16%.This marks yet another poor movie from Bradley Cooper who starred in another failure ,Hit & Run ,which also sank without a trace at the box office 2 weeks back.

4-The Expendables 2 made $4.7million.The movie has so far made $75.4million domestically and $102million overseas,for a grand total of $177million.

5-Bourne Legacy made $4million for a domestic total of $103million,but has made just $61million overseas.

TDKR seems to be on its way to leave the Top 10.It made $3.2million on its 8th week pushing its domestic collection to $437million.With that TDKR overtook PiratesOTC 2 & ET to rest on #8 at the domestic list.TDKR made $603million for a worldwide total of $1.04billion with this TDKR entered the alltime grossing lists at #10.TDKR also became the 2nd movie after Avatar to make more than $100million from IMAX.

The other new release ,Cold Light Of Day starring Henry Cavill & Bruce Willis ,flopped ,debuting at #12.It also failed to make the critics happy,it has just 8% at Rottentomatoes.

Hopefully ,things might brighten up a bit more this week with the release of Resident Evil Retribution & the re-release of Pixar's Finding Nemo but this time in 3D

Batman Returns (1992)

[an excellent sequel]

Batman Returns (1992)
IMDB- 7.0
Rottentomatoes- 78
RJG Rating- 85

Penguin ,a man searching for his parents & Catwoman ,a woman seeking revenge.Are they a threat Batman can handle?

Starring- Michael Keaton,Danny DeVito,Michelle Pfeiffer
Director- Tim Burton


Tim Burton returns to direct the sequel for his blockbuster hit ,Batman.Micheal Keaton returns as Batman and joining him are Danny DeVito as Penguin & Michelle P as Catwoman.

Just as in the first movie,the cast of Returns gives a solid performance.Micheal Keaton has a more stable role this time and he does an excellent job both as Bruce and as Batman.Penguin's role would have been a completely messed up one had it not been for Danny.He is perfect for the role and gives an equally terrifying performance.Michelle P as Catwoman is another perfect cast.Even though her alter ego,Selina wasnt as good,she did a remarkably good job once she dons the Catwoman suit.Christopher Walken as Max Shreck,a cunning businessman ,too is a solid role.

While Burton's earlier movie was a disappointment in the story area ,Returns is a great improvement.The story is much more deep and is well balanced between the 3 main protagonists.But it isnt perfect either.Both Penguin's & Catwoman's origin story is weak and not well explained.Selina's sudden change into an acrobatic Catwoman is baffling.There isnt much development in Batman's character ,but since he is more focused upon this time ,we do get to see more of his side.While many have complained the story is very dark and gritty ,i found it to be much more appropriate than Batman 1989.

Tim Burton improves upon all aspects from his earlier Batman venture.While the earlier one was more limited into its 90's era fashion ,Returns has a more timeless feature in it.The pace of the movie wanders though.It drags in some parts and the objectives of the villains were weak.The final showdown was just excellent.The movie was more action oriented and intense than the first part.The music was more properly used in this as well.

Although it might not be a timeless classic ,its certainly one of the best superhero movies of the 90's

Acting- 4/5
Story- 4/5
Direction- 4/5
Action- 4.5/5
Drama- 4/5

Oscars
Nominated--2
Best Visual Effects
Best Makeup

Short News about Avatar ,Star Trek ,Kung Fu Panda ,Train Dragons etc

1-James Cameron has finally shed some insight on his planned Avatar movies.Recently ,Jon Landau ,producer of Avatar said James was planning to make 2 sequels to his 2009 blockbuster hit Avatar.But James said that in addition to the 2 sequels which would end the trilogy he had been planning ,he would make a prequel to

Avatar (2009) based on how the humans first landed on Pandora.

2-JJ Abrams has revealed the title of the much awaited sequel of his 2009 reboot ,Star Trek.The sequel is titled -Star Trek into Darkness.Most details of the sequel is highly guarded by Abrams and not much is known.Benedict Cumberbatch ,well known for playing the title character of Sherlock Holmes in the UK TV series Sherlock ,is set to play the villain.The movie will be released in May 2013.

3-Dreamworks has revealed the release dates of 12 of their anticipated animation movies.The ambitious list includes the sequels of How to Train Your Dragon & Kung Fu Panda.

The Croods -March 22 2013
Turbo -July 19 2013
Mr.Peabody & Sherman -November 1 2013

Me and My Shadow -March 14 2014
How to Train your Dragon 2 -June 20 2014
Happy Smekda! -November 26 2014

The Penguins Of Madagascar -March 27 2015
Trolls -June 5 2015
B.O.O -November 6 2015
Mumbai Musical -December 19 2015

Kung Fu Panda 3 -March 16 2016
How to Train your Dragon 3 -June 18 2016

Batman (1989)

[great start to the Batman series]

Batman (1989)
IMDB- 6.5
Rottentomatoes- 71
RJG Rating- 75

When a psychotic gangster named Joker attacks the city of Gotham ,a masked vigilante named Batman goes after him.

Starring- Michael Keaton, Jack Nicholson ,Kim Basinger
Director- Tim Burton

Tim Burton's 1989 Batman was the first movie (other than the Adam West TV movie -Batman) based on Bob Kane's superhero.

Micheal Keaton donned the suit of Batman amid great controversy.When the project was first announced with Tim Burton cast as director and Micheal Keaton (a comedian) as Batman ,many expected the movie to follow in the lines of the cheesy Batman TV series of the 60's.But this was not to be.
Keaton delivered a solid performance as Bruce Wayne and his alter ego ,Batman ,though his presence in the movie can be easily mistaken for a supporting role.Jack Nicholson's Joker is given a major portion of the movie.As Joker ,Jack has done a great work.Kim Basinger as Vicky has a sizable portion of the movie ,but overall she doesnt offer much ,acting wise.Keaton well played both Bruce & Batman but with such a limited role he couldnt shine much.

The story was a welcome change.The story was dark and didnt stoop down to the levels of the old Batman TV series.But the major flaw is that in a movie based on the superhero ,the villain gets the major part.Nothing much is said about Batman ,while a long backstory of Joker is told.Also the addition of cliched twists,stain the main legend of Batman (ex:Parents death scene).

Tim Burton delivered an excellent movie.His style of movie making can be seen all over the movie.But it is here where he makes another flaw.It isnt timeless,its made for the 1990's era.While enough care has been given to the movie it just isnt enough.

Danny Elfman's music is haunting and perfect but the music isnt used very properly in the movie.

Overall Batman is a great start to the series but it goes lacking in some areas.

Acting- 4/5
Story- 3/5
Direction- 3.5/5
Action- 3/5
Drama- 3/5

Oscars
Won--1
Best Art Direction

A whole Bunch of pics from Hobbit !

short news from the entertainment world about TDKR ,Skyfall ,Cloud Atlas ,Hobbit etc

Some short news from the entertainment world about TDKR ,Skyfall ,Cloud Atlas ,Hobbit and more!

1-Cloud Atlas premiered at TIFF and has been getting excellent reviews with many saying that the movie is one of the best of 2012.Directed by the Andy & Lana Wachowski (The Matrix) and Tom Tykwer ,Cloud Atlas is based on the novel by David Mitchell.The movie got a standing ovation and initial reviews h

ave said its a beautiful yet a mind provoking movie.Among these positive reviews there are a couple of negative ones as well saying the movie is a long cluttered mess.
So what will it be? The movie will release soon on October 26.

2-Daniel Craig has confirmed he will return for 2 more movies as James Bond after Skyfall.

3-There are some rumors floating around about a director's cut of TDKR to be released along with the BluRay Version of the movie, which will feature the origin of Bane and almost 30min of deleted scenes.
Unfortunately this is just a rumor.The folks at Batman-News confirmed that no such extended version will be released.

4-A new poster for Looper.Joseph Gordon doesnt seem to look himself in the posters of Looper but that maybe because hes playing a younger version to Bruce Willis character.Anyways,Looper too has been getting good reviews with many saying its a mind bending movie of sorts.
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=525058200854442

5-Loads of new pics from The Hobbit.32 new pics,click to see them
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=525061970854065

6-The writer/director duo of classic movies such as The Big Lebowski,True Grit (2010) ,Fargo ,Burn After Reading -Joel & Ethan Coen ,are the writers for the upcoming movie- Gambit.The movie is directed by Micheal Hoffman and stars Alan Rickman ,Colin Firth & Cameron Diaz.The synopsis for the movie at IMDB is as follows:
"An art curator decides to seek revenge on his abusive boss by conning him into buying a fake Monet, but his plan requires the help of an eccentric and unpredictable Texas rodeo queen."
The movie is set to release in 2013.Heres the poster-
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=525058027521126

7-David O Russel's next movie after The Fighter is Silver Linings Playbook.The movie stars Bradley Cooper & Jennifer Lawrence.The synopsis for the movie at IMDB is as follows:
"After a stint in a mental institution, former teacher Pat Solitano (Bradley)moves back in with his parents and tries to reconcile with his ex-wife. Things get more challenging when Pat meets Tiffany (Lawrence), a mysterious girl with problems of her own."

Silver Linings Playbook Poster

David O Russel's next movie after The Fighter is Silver Linings Playbook.The movie stars Bradley Cooper & Jennifer Lawrence.The synopsis for the movie at IMDB is as follows:

"After a stint in a mental institution, former teacher Pat Solitano (Bradley)moves back in with his parents and tries to reconcile with his ex-wife. Things get more challenging when Pat meets Tiffany (Lawrence), a mysterious girl with problems of her own."
The movie is set to release on November 21 2012.

Poster for Silent Hill Revelations 3D

Poster for Hotel Transylvania

Looper Poster

Poster for Gambit.

Written by the Coen Bros. & starring Alan Rickman,Colin Firth & Cameron Diaz
"An art curator decides to seek revenge on his abusive boss by conning him into buying a fake Monet, but his plan requires the help of an eccentric and unpredictable Texas rodeo queen."

Battleship (2012)

[poor start ,great finish]

Battleship (2012)
IMDB- 6.0
Rottentomatoes- 34
RJG Rating- 55

Hopper ,a reckless navy officer ,is put to the test when he and a couple other destroyer ships are forced to face an alien invasion.

Starring- Taylor Kitsch,Tadanobu Asano,Alexander Skarsgård
Director- Peter Berg

Battleship is a movie surprisingly adapted from the board game of the same name.How thats even possible is certainly a wonder ,but the movie doesnt do much justice to the game.

Taylor K as the main hero does an okay job.He along with the rest of the cast were over the top.Rihanna was completely useless,Alexander was a saving grace ,Brooklyn was just eye candy,Liam does his usual in his cameo.

Battleships story is nothing special.Even though its said to be adapted from the board game ,its silly to even connect this movie to the game.On a stand alone basis ,the movie was the typical alien invasion story that is served every summer from Hollywood.The movie has plenty of plot holes and the first half needlessly stretched.The part where the board game's setup is done is interesting but it feels like a forced attempt.

The direction is generally poor and heavily inspired by the likes of Micheal Bay.Other than the finale ,the rest of the movie was too long ,silly ,and full of needless CGI.The action scenes could have been better but they were completely exploited with closeup shots and too many explosions.There were plenty of corny scenes & dialogues that dragged the movie pace.The aliens weren't too thought up of either.The only highlight of the movie was the last part (where the real Battleship comes to play) which turned out to be pretty exciting compared to the rest of the movie.

Overall Battleship is just another mindless popcorn movie.A timepass movie for action lovers and those who love ships.

Acting- 2/5
Story- 1.5/5
Direction- 2/5
Action- 3.5/5
Visual Effects- 3/5