Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps - English Movie Review

"Wall Street: Money Never sleeps" by Oliver Stone is a forensic examination of the favorite money game in the world - shows through characters including Michael Doughlas and Shia Lebouef how unchecked ambition, egos, speculation and commonsense failures have wreaked havoc. The script with its magnificent casting of characters makes a point about all the turmoil that shook the world than just what the prequel touched upon, including how the house of cards collapsed. As a sequel, this one will be nonpareil - for the flamboyant lines, living commentary on fat bonuses, BRIC rise and the Chinese juggernaut, derivatives...the English sub-titles will make the idiom of Wall Street easy to follow for everybody. Powering performances by main leads and worth watching.

Dabangg - Hindi Movie Review

"Dabangg" is one of the most audaciously-entertaining movies. It shows Salman Khan as a supercop who bashes up baddies with uncharacteristic humor, style and defiance - he impresses with his histrionics and pulls off magical punches with incredible stunts, one-liners and hit songs. You may disagree with the ways cop Salman deals with society-good and bad, but treatment of an average story with comic sense elevates entertainment value. Lot of josh in 120 mins and Salman show all the way. Sonakshi Sinha looks cute. Plot is strictly south-style.

Gaayam-2 - Telugu Movie review

Agreed "Gaayam" is not "Sholay" but enjoys a cult following. PraveenSri tries to recreate the magic in sequel "Gaayam - 2". He shows enormous promise and weaves a solid script that extends the feel and thread of the original classic. Both Jagapathi Babu and Kota Srinivasa Rao show sizzling form, infact, Kota steals the thunder and draws applause in every shot. Dialogues and screenplay ooze out contemporary class and the movie may be a surprise hit. Ilayaraja scores good music  but ferociously loud BGM.After 17 yrs, its rare to find a movie create encore like this.

Don Seenu - Telugu Movie Review

"Don Seen" puts the ageing but antics-rich Ravi Teja in stylised role of an improbable don with enough references to Amitabh Bacchan. It is entertaining no doubt and adds the glamour touch with Shriya, comedy with Brahmanandam and Venu but the story is bunkum - and  your head aches after one hour with predictable nonsense. The movie is longer by atleast two reels but what more to expect in a formula film for a hero who is good entertainer but drags his feet on precarious scripts.  Music is average.

"Robot" Audio Review: Hindi/Tamil/Telugu

Superstar Rajnikanth and Amitabh Bacchan come together after three years to launch  the audio of the most awaited movie by Rajni fans- "Robot". Music maestro AR Rahman creates music in sync with the theme of Shankar's technofantasy. Unlike his scores which take time to sink in, this one has catchy technobeat tunes, lyrics soaked in wired-garble - words like "neutron", "Newton's Laws", "electron", "photon", "Genes" and so on. It is fast, robotic, trance music-like and remind you of man-machine beats and Robert Miles, that kind of thing. Seven songsin all, probably set to meta-breaking dances in terrabyte sets. Sure to catch up with youngsters but expect no vintage Rahman.

"Don Seenu" Movie Review: Tollywood

 

"Don Seenu" puts the ageing but antics-rich Ravi Teja in a stylised role of an improbable Don  with enough referrences to A mitabh Bacchan. It is entertaining no doubt and adds the glamour touch with Shriya, comedy with Brahmandam and Venu but the story is bunkum - and your head aches after an hour with predictable nonsense. The movie is longer by atleast two reels but what more to expect in a formulaic film for a hero who is good entertainer but dragging his feet on precarious scripts. Music by Mani Sharma is average. The content in the movie is so flippant it will not even be  remembered after three months. The trend is not encouraging...

"Maryada Ramanna" Movie Review: Tollywood

"Maryaada Raamanna" is only half paisa vasool for fans of SS Rajamouli - there's a thread of a story, few good songs,some unusual camera angles for a non-regular hero Sunil who can dance well and emote. But he is so uptight,  he forgot to laugh and make us laugh too. The hype runs dry in the last three reels without substance and a weak climax. It is good in  parts, but not enough to break star records.Good news is he didn't stretch the movie - 128 minutes. Good for Sunil to show to his grand-children but not good enough for Rajamouli who deserves a break from success.