GETAWAY (2013) ENGLISH MOVIE REVIEW

GET AWAY FROM THIS MOVIE!!!

PRODUCER: STEVE, MOSHE, JOEL

DIRECTOR: COURTNEY SOLOMON

STAR CAST: ETHAN HAWK, SELENA GOMEZ, JON VOIGHT

MUSIC: JUSTIN BURNETT

GETAWAY is a 2013 action adventure movie directed by Courtney Solomon who earlier directed not so impressive movie like Dungeons and dragons and An American Haunting. The lead cast of the movie being Ethan Hawk who is known for the roles in Sinister and Before Midnight and other movies. This movie also features the known pop singer Selena Gomez.

The plot of the movie is the done to death kidnap and the task given to the husband of kidnapped women and how he do that assignment in the end to save her. The movie is full of car chases which is more of a commercial for a car than a thriller. The movie is very predictable and t will bore you after 20 min. writing is very poor.

The performance of Ethan Hawk was good. Selena Gomez disappoints with the hackers role. She has been wasted. Camera work was apt and so as BGM. The suspense was good but when you reach the end of movie you already lost interest in it. Writing and direction was average. 

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Verdict: Run Away From this !!!

ESCAPE PLAN (2013) ENGLISH MOVIE REVIEW

THE PLAN WAS JUST OK-OK!!!

PRODUCER: ROBBIE BRENNER, MARK KENTON

DIRECTOR: MIKEAL HALFSTORM

STAR CAST: ARNOLD, STALLONE, JIM, 50 CENT, VINNIE

MUSIC: ALEX HEFFES

Escape Plan is 2013 action thriller prison break movie which had yesteryears two biggest stars Sylvester Stallone and Arnold in lead roles. The film is directed by Mikeal Halfstorm who earlier directed movies like 1408, Evil and The rite. Having stars like Arnold and Stallone in a movie generates huge expectations and curiosity. People expect a fully action packed thriller. It has some action but the main theme is how they break from prison.

Nothing new in the plot and the suspense. It tells the story of escape from prison. But breaking prison scenes were good and interesting. The are some action sequences and gun battle to satisfies the fans of these two superstars. The interesting part of the movie was the plan to escape from prison which was shown very convincingly. Suspense was predictable.

The main performances come from Arnold and Stallone they did very well. Other star cast also did their part . BGM and camera work ere apt. there was tremendous production work and visual effects for the prison sequences which was the biggest plus point otherwise it was very ordinary movie.

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Verdict: Strictly one time watch!!!

TRIANGLE (2009) ENGLISH MOVIE REVIEW

THE MIND BENDING ANGLE!!!

PRODUCER: JASON, JULIE AND CHRIS

DIRECTOR: CHRISTOPHER SMITH

STAR CAST: MELISSA GEORGE, MICHEAL DORMAN, RACHEAL CARPANI, HENRY NIXON

MUSIC: CHRISTIAN HENSON

TRIANGLE is a British English movie directed by Christopher Smith released in 2009 in Europe. It’s a psychological mind bending thriller. The movie got positive reviews from most of the critics and did well in box office. Still this movie can be considered as under rated movie in international circuits. 

Plot of the movie is very complicated. It revolves around lead character called Jesse, who goes to a sailing trip with her friends in a boat and what happens there after and how she survives the situation make the story line. More plot revelation will be a spoiler. As story unfolds it gets more complicated. Right from the beginning one has to pay full attention for each and every scene to get full entertainment. Movie running time about only 1 hr 30 min but its sure to take you for a Roller coaster ride.

The performance from Melissa should be applauded. What a tremendous talent she is. Whole movie is on her shoulder. And she did complete justice to her role. Other actors did well too. The writer an director Christopher Smith delivers a solid nail biting, mind twisting thriller. Ever after watching movie you will think about it again and again to get more confused. Hence a second watch also recommended. BGM and camera work should get a special kudos. Graphic works were apt. Overall it should there in your movie collection.

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Verdict: Strongly recommended!!!

HIGHWAY (2014) HINDI MUSIC REVIEW

Highway is a bollywood road movie directed by Imtaiz ali after the success of Rockstar. it is second project with A. R Rahman. Rockstar music was widely appriciated and the the combination of Imtaiz and Rahman created huge expectation for the music. 

Rahman's previuos projects in hindi Jab tak hai jaan got mixed reviews and critics were rating it just average album. but as usual he bounce back with Raanjhnaa which was success. same happend with last 2 tamil albums Kadal got mixed reviews where as Maryaan's music was appreciated. Ruling the Indian music industry for over 2 decades and being the first option for each and every movie maker A R Rahman delivers some interesting tunes in the album Highway.

1) Pathaka guddi : the first track of album, its a energetic soofi music with some soothing flute interludes with some folk touch here and there. Nooran sisters rocked it. it has some typical Rahmanic touch (the last hummings part was awesome). Anyways its not his best kind of song still far better than so called bollywood number which you get to hear nowadyas.

2) Maahive : Second track is sung by Rahman himself, its a romantic number in Rahman style. Catches up with you instantly. with beautiful lyrics it takes you to another world. You will play it in loop and going to addicted to this track.

3) Tu kuja:another soofi with folkish song sung superbly by Sunidhi, Rahman does in his style. lyrics by Irshad kamil is another highlight. will appeal Rahman fans instantly.

4) Heera : sung by Shwetha pandit, is a smooth melodiuos track.it 's also has some folk touch. Violins bits are good.but not all near to the Rahman's standard.

5) Kahaan hoon main :Sung by Jonita Gandhi, its a Jazz based song which has numerous Piano elements in it. a melodiuos song with bit complex structure which will grow on repititive hearing.

6) Wanna mash up : sung by Suvi Suresh is a party song with rap and heavy electronic sound to it. usually this kind of party song by Rahman draws crticism. though its not a great track let see how its been used in movie and how situation suits to it. 

7) Sooha saha : sung by debutatnt singer Aliya Bhatt herself and impresses with her voice, like most other songs of this album this is also a folk mixed melody song. Flute bits were nice to ears. 

8) Pathaka guddi Male version : sung by Rahman himself is more westernized version and his voice gives a special magic touch to it and sound lot better than the female version.

 Overall its not the best from Rahman still far better from the so called good music from bollywood music. its a mixture of melody and folk sound, backed with some good lyrics. Pick of the album Maahi Ve by Rahman himself.

BEST 5 BOLLYWOOD MOVIES OF 2013

The year 2013 is celebrated as 100th year of Indian cinema, but instead of focusing on making movies with content most of the movie makers just want to make money by spinning of sequels and remakes which only focus on recovering money by the releasing weekend. the budget of promotion exceeding movie budget and wide releases ensure return of money by a week.There was big budget sequels, star studded masala flicks, movies collected more than 100 crores etc.. but but genuinely entertaining cinema is very rare as always.

The list is not in any particular order.


SPECIAL 26  is a Neeraj Pandey directed  heist thriller movie. as name suggests ita very special film released in 2013. Akshay kumar back to realistic character with Anupam kher delivering brilliant performance. Manoj bajpai is awesome. Tight screenplay and interesting story makes it a must watch.

MADRAS CAFE After Vicky donor a Hilarius movie Shoojit sircar took a serious political thriller and he succeed in it. equally praised by critics and audience. John abraham's best performance till date.

THE LUNCHBOX movie like these does not comes often in hindi cinema. Ritesh batra directed romantic movie brillaiantly enacted by Irfan Khan and Nimrat Kaur.

SHIP OF THESUS Anand gandhi directed drama film, got lot of recognition from various film festivals. a sensible cinema every movie lover will appreciate.Not to be missed.

RAANJHANAA is Anand rai directed romantic love story backdrop of politics. superb music by A.R Rahman and brilliant cinematography by Natarajan and Vishal. it features Dhanush ' s debut in Hindi and good performances from lead cast, Abhay deol, Sonam kapoor and Dhanush.

There are very few one time watch movies released in 2013.

VISHWAROOP
KAI PO CHE
JOLLY LLB
AURANGAZEB
BHAAG MILKA BHAAG
SHAHID


Some of the overly hyped movie hich do not deserve your precious time are,

RACE 2
MURDER 3
HIMMATHWALA
AASHIQUE 2
YE JAWANI HAI DEEWANI
LOOTERA
POLICEGIRI
CHENNAI EXPRESS
OUTIMD
ZANJEER
BESHARAM
BOSS
KRISHH 3
SATYA 2
RAMLEELA
DHOOM 3




                                 ENJOY!!!

BEST 5 MALAYALAM MOVIES OF 2013

More than 150 movie released in the year 2013. The selection of best 5 was very easy this time. Most of the movie were mediocre and below average but the best 5 movie were awesome.  The list is not in any particular order.

DRISHYAM It is the top grosser and highly appreciated family thriller of the year 2013. Jeethu Joseph’s magical story and direction with Mohanlal’s top class performance. Don’t miss this movie!!!

PHILLIPS AND THE MONKEY PEN A rare genre in Malayalam cinema nowadays, yes movie based on kids. Perfectly directed by debutants Rojin ans Shanil. Superb acting by lead cast(talented kids) , supported by nice camera work and music. Easily one the best in recent time.

MEMORIES is a suspense thriller  again by Jeethu Joseph, one of the best performance by Pritviraj. It makes you guess till the end. An edge of seat thriller.

SHUTTER is the directorial debue by Joy Mathew. One of the best thriller in recent times. Awesome performances from leading cast. Never miss this!!!

MUMBAI POLICE Rossan Andrews again back in track after his unsuccessfull Casanova. Shocking thriller and theme very much new to Malayalam audience. A brave effort from Pritviraj. Writer duo Bobby Sanjay Proves again they are the best among new age writers.

I strongly recommend all the best 5 movies to all. Don’t ever miss.

There are some other movie which can be considered once watchable,

ANNAYUM RASOOLUM

ROMANS

CELLULOID

LUCKY STAR

RED WINE

AMEN

3 DOTS

NERAM

ABCD

101 CHODYANGAL

THIRA

PUNYALAN AGARBATHIS

ORU INDIAN PRANAYAKATHA

Also some overly hyped movies which you should avoid to save your time,

KAMMATH AND KAMMATH

LOKPAL

SOUND THOMA

LADIES AND GENTLEMAN

HOTEL CALIFORNIA

HONEY BEE

KADAL KADANNU ORU MATHUKUTTY

SRINGARAVELAN

IDUKKI GOLD

NADODI MANNAN

GEETHANJALI

                           ENJOY!!!