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In continuation to where the previous movie left off, the 5 friends head back to East Great Falls for the summer and plan to head to the lake for the rest of the summer. Jim (Biggs), Kevin (Nicholas), Finch (Thomas), Oz (Owen) and Stiffler (Scott) crash at a massive rented house by the lake. Bringing Stiffler along was a decision they had to make with their heads rather than their heart in order to divide the costs more. What ensues is massive partying, a load of people getting drunk, some getting laid and love blossoming. Vicky (Reid) too comes to the lake and Kevin is stuck in a position where he wants her but also does not want to look desperate and lose her. Nadia (Elizabeth), Jim's crush, is coming to meet him and hints that she wants to have a 'romantic' time with him. Jim, in all his desperation, is trying hard to prepare himself. Finch is awaiting his lady love, Stiffler's mom to arrive at the party and his taken up Tantra to increase his sex drive. Sadly, this movie does not come up with an innovative plot line and sticks to pretty much everyone trying to get lucky with their respective ladies. It is pretty objective-less and does not seem to drive to a point. There also is a missing element of humour that the first movie had which was badly needed in this installment. It is still a watchable and enjoyable movie but it has a lot of scope for improvement.

Thumbs up: Retains the entertainment from the original movie

Thumbs down: Misses out on humour and a sensible story

Rating: 6.7/10

Based on the famous book by Roald Dahl with the same name, the story narrates the life of Mr. Fox (Clooney) who lives life by raiding nearby farms. When he learns of his wife's pregnancy, he decides to quit his hobby in favour of the family and their to-be child. Two years later (Twelve in fox years) Mr. Fox, Mrs. Fox (Streep) and their son Ash (Schwartzman) move to a new hole under a tree which is close to the fields of three farmers; Boggis (Hurlstone), Bunce (Guiness) and Bean (Gambon). When Ash's cousin Kristofferson (Anderson) comes over to stay over the weekend, Ash feels insecure when everyone praises him and his capabilities over Ash. With Mr. Fox feeding his family with his nightly jaunts, the farmers are tired of the thefts and decide they need to get rid of Mr.Fox once and for all. The movie is made in stop-motion animation technology which gives it a good childish look and feel. Roald Dahl wrote books for children and the movie too aims to target the same segment with the movie. However, in spite of the movie being made for a younger audience the movie can still be very entertaining to the mature mind too. It is a great wholesome entertainer that people of all ages would enjoy. This is what you call a well-rounded entertaining movie.

Thumbs up: Great animation, good plot execution

Thumbs down: None specifically

Rating: 7.7/10

Genre: Adventure/Action/Fantasy

Starring: Jason Momoa, Stephen Lang, Rachel Nichols, Ron Perlman, Rose McGowan, Bob Sapp

Arnold Schwarzenegger made Conan immortal in his 1982 movie where he portrayed the strong and hefty medieval hero. This movie is not a remake but uses the character of Conan in an entirely different story. Conan (Momoa) is a barbarian whose father was killed in the hands of Khalar Zym, a power-hungry warlord, when he was a child. Conan swears revenge and grows up to become a ruthless hero who fights for the justice of his people. Thousands of years ago a Mask was crafted by some sorcerers that gave the wearer immense dark power. The barbaric clans got together to destroy the mask and disperse its pieces in the far corners of the Earth so that no one may be able to rebuild it. Khalar Zym has managed to accumulate all the pieces and now need to find the descendant of the sorcerers of Achelon in whose veins the pure-blood still runs. Tamara (Nichols) is the last surviving member of this identity who is being hunted down by Khalar Zym. Conan would go to any levels to prevent Khalar from finding her and also aims to avenge his fathers death once and for all. A very typical hero movie is what you would find yourself watching. There is nothing very different, the usual villain who wants global control, a big-bodied invincible hero and the innocent and pretty damsel in distress. The action in the movie is one of its talking points, and although it gets a bit bloody, it still very enjoyable. A decent movie but to be watched only for the action.

Thumbs up : Good action

Thumbs down: Nothing different to offer from other such movies

Rating: 6.4/10

Marty McFly (Fox) is the average American kid who loves skate-boarding, chasing girls and getting late to school. His father keeps getting bullied by his supervisor, Biff (Wilson), his mother is an alcoholic and his elder siblings don't seem to have any aim in life. He has be-friended the local crazy scientist, Dr. Brown (Lloyd) whom the entire town considers to be mentally unstable. Dr. Brown has managed to create a time machine by modifying a DeLorean which needs a speed of 88 mph before it can travel through time and which also uses Plutonium. Dr. Brown had stolen the Plutonium from the Libyans and whilst showing Marty the functioning of the device, the Libyans attack Dr. Brown and Marty manages to escape back in time to the year 1955. Since he was out of Plutonium, Marty could not go back to the actual year and hence needed to find the younger Dr. Brown and take his help in going back to the future. 1955 was the year when Marty's father George (Glover) fell in love with his mother Lorraine (Thompson) but sadly, Lorraine takes a liking towards Marty himself. Marty realises that if he comes in the way of his parents, he might alter the future altogether to the point that he himself would seize to exist. The movie is a hardcore science-fiction movie that is a complete entertainment package. Although the story and developments might come across as being cliched, the movie has some very good twists and a gripping climax to make this movie a wonderful watch. Many sci-fi movies end up looking too cheesy because of bad execution of the 'futuristic technology' but this movie seems to pull it off with ease which looks believable even 27 years later. A brilliant movie and a must-watch.

Thumbs up: Good suspense, great performances

Thumbs down: Nothing at all

Rating: 8.2/10

Taking off from where the previous movie ended, Captain Morpheus (Fishburne) is asked to attend an emergency meeting called by Captain Niobi (Pinkett Smith) along with all other Zion ship Captains. It is learnt that an army of Sentinels are tunnelling towards Zion which would reach them in 72 hours. Morpheus asks one of the ships to stay out of Zion in case the Oracle tries to communicate with them, which is a direct defiance of order from Commander Lock (Lennix). Lock does not share the opinion that Neo (Reaves) is The One and does not share his belief in The Prophesy and wishes that every possible ship be present within Zion to prepare for attack. Neo is having trouble getting sleep at night and is constantly worried about Trinity (Moss) and dreams of her death inside The Matrix. Neo needs to finally await for the signal from The Oracle so that he may meet her and understand the fate of Zion and the choices that he must make. The movie is actually not a direct continuation to the previous movie and it only now starts the actual story of the film. The first movie was more like a foundation of the plot and the second movie kick-starts the actual plot. Graphics and action is what the movie very heavily focuses on and it tries to use ground-breaking technology to a massive extent to create the entertainment factor that the movie must have. The movie is pure action-entertainment and relies on heavy usage of jargon and complexities as if it is purpose-built to not allow the audience to understand the movie. The movie is a treat for action and sci-fi fans but it needs a lot of attention and focus to actually understand the movie if you really try to.

Thumbs up: Amazing action and graphics

Thumbs down: Too much of jargon makes it tough to understand

Rating: 7.3/10

The Griswald family decides to go on a road trip, or at least that is what Clark Griswald (Chase) wants to do. After convincing his wife Ellen (D'Angelo), son Rusty (Hall) and daughter Audrey (Barron) of the entire plan, the family decides to drive from Chicago to L.A. where they intend to go to the Wally World theme park. When Clark gets screwed on the deal when he goes for a new car, he doesn't know what all is in store for him for the rest of the trip. The journey is plagued with high's and low's from carry a dead grandmother on the top of the roof, dragging a dog tied to the car for a hundred miles and getting scammed by a mechanic in the middle of the desert. Watching the movie is like watching Road Trip with a typical '80s family feeling to it. Yes there is more than one funny moment but it is no American Pie, although there are some scenes that might qualify it to be. A fun entertainer that is worth a watch and is more or less guaranteed to make you laugh.

Thumbs up: Great humour

Thumbs down: Too family-ish and could have had some more sexual comedy

Rating: 6.9/10

Whenever Bollywood has tried to explore a new Hollywood concept, most of the times the movie has fallen flat on its face. Be it superheroes, science-fiction, creepy aliens or, in this case, zombies, they never seemed to have seriously worked. Luv (Das), Hardik (Khemu) and Bunny (Tiwari) are three flatmates where Luv and Hardik only want to enjoy life and who also get high on anything they can lay their hands on. When Bunny has to go for an office assignment to Goa, Luv and Hardik decide to hitch-hike along with him. Luna (Gupta) is a random girl who becomes Luv's love interest for the rest of the movie. When Luna invites Luv to an underground rave party organised by the Russians, the three friends decide to go there to have the ultimate time of their lives. Boris (Khan) is ex-Russian mafia who is also the party organiser. The party is for the launch of a new drug which is more lethal than anything you might have come across. What he doesn't know is that the drug has a massive side effect which turns the person into a zombie. Daybreak and the three friends cant seem to find their boat or know where they are. What they do realise is that the island is teeming with zombies, all thirsty for their blood. After rescuing Luna and meeting Boris, the team decides to stick together to get out of this island for good. The movie seems to be heavily inspired from Shaun of the Dead, which is not very surprising considering that most 'innovative' Bollywood movies seem to have roots from outside the industry. The good part is that whenever you come across the Bollywood-ish moments when you think that the movie has screwed things up, the movie happily admits to its own doing. Like Saif playing a Russian with a fake accent to begin with and some parts lifted from other movies. The humour is good and very different from the sexual slapstick that you end up seeing in movies these days. A movie worth the watch, that is if you don't mind the occasional intestine ripping, blood spitting, hand-broken zombie.

Thumbs up: Amazing zombie look, good humour

Thumbs down: Still has some Bollywood elements attached to it

Rating: 7.1/10

The third (and perhaps) final installment of the Iron Man series sees a paradigm shift in the movies concept. It tries to amalgamate elements from Christopher Nolan's Batman movies but yet keep the Iron Man action because of which it became so famous. Tony Stark aka The Iron Man (Downey Jr.) has become so obsessed with being the Iron Man and all his machines and gadgets, that he has forgotten about his personal life, his wife Pepper (Paltrow) and everything else that mattered to him. This starts taking a toll on his health with him being unable to sleep, having nightmares and regular anxiety attacks. Dr. Maya Hansen (Hall) a botanist had developed a technology that would allow plants to regrow and was working on improving the idea. When approached by a crippled scientist, Aldrich Killian (Pearce) Tony turns him down arrogantly and Killian vows revenge. Present day, Killian and Maya have collaborated on the technology, allowing crippled people to heal themselves and become normal once more. The Mandarin (Kingsley) is an extreme Islamic terrorist who is spreading terror within the world and vows to destroy the USA and Iron Man for good. With personal, physical and political problems coming upon Stark at the same time, life is not easy for him and may never be. Like I mentioned earlier, the movie tries to be more than Iron Man and has been more or less successful in doing so. Tony Stark is more realistic and natural and not over the top like in his previous movies. The biggest draw back is gripping and entertaining action, don't get me wrong cause there were more than enough explosions but they hardly seemed to make sense. A great action entertainer that has matured well over the past 2 movies. This might be the last one.

Thumbs up: Good maturity levels in the movie, improved story

Thumbs down: Some more 'entertaining' action

Rating :7.2/10

With a star cast like that and with Quentin Tarantino behind the camera, its fair enough to expect some fireworks. Set in 1858 when slavery was rampant across the United States, Dr. King Schultz (Waltz) encounters a group of slavers, from whom he 'purchases' Django (Foxx) and sets him free. Django has been separated from his wife, Broomhilda (Washington) and he has no idea about where she could be. Dr. Schultz reveals that he is indeed a bounty hunter and needs Django's help to hunt for a prized bounty. In return for helping Dr. Schultz through the winter, Django is promised help in locating his wife. Calvin Candie (Di Caprio) is an eccentric millionaire whose favourite pass time is to watch two black men fight till one of them dies. Broomhilda was traced to be a slave of Candie and Schultz and Django hatch a plot to rescue her from there. Tarantino has a typical style to him movie-making and this movie reeks of it. The splashes of subtle humour, the gruesome action and the gripping intense scenes, this movie has it all. Christoph Waltz has played a very similar role to that of Inglorious Basterds but I am not complaining. Di Caprio has put on a fine performance but Jamie Foxx was a tad too composed and withdrawn. The movie is a decent entertainer but lacked the outright fireworks or the intensity to keep you at the edge of your seat. Is not as good as Inglorious and far off from Pulp Fiction.

Thumbs up: Fabulous acting from Di Caprio and Waltz

Thumbs down: Not as intense or gripping as it should be

Rating: 7.7/10

Movies on famous historical heroes and kings is no new concept. But doing the bold move of mixing various stories with a splash of fiction to create something entirely new is certainly unique. Romulus Agustulus (Brodie-Sangster) is one of the few princes of Rome through which the blood of Julius Caesar still runs. The sword of Julius Caesar is a closely guarded secret whose knowledge very few people are aware of. Ambrosinus (Kingsley) is one such person who guards this secret and whose true identity is unknown to people. Soon after Romulus' coronation as the Prince of Rome, the Goths attack his palace and kill Romulus' father and mother and kidnap the Prince. Aurelius (Firth) is the commander who is designated to protect Romulus at any cost. Upon the kidnapping of Romulus, Aurelius assembles a force of soldiers that survived the attack to hunt down the Goths and rescue Romulus. Mira (Rai Bachchan) a stealth attacker from the East, is sent by one of Rome's allies to assist in this mission. Like I mentioned earlier, one who is vaguely familiar with Roman history would immediately recognize the mixture of various legendary stories that are rolled into one. A very average movie who although has a very strong cast, fails to impress.

Thumbs up: Decent entertaining action

Thumbs down: Not exceptional in any area

Rating: 5.4/10

What if the world that we live in isn't true? What if you were told that what see today is all artificial and not true? The Matrix is a computer software that the machines developed when they started taking over planet Earth. Humans could no longer walk free but were cultivated and grown like plants and the energy of the human body is what kept the machines running. What we see today is an artificial world, something like a dream where nothing is true and everything is just another computer program. Mr. Thomas Anderson aka Neo (Reaves) is a computer programmer and a hacker by hobby. He learns of the existence of The Matrix but does not know what it is. A group of people have managed to free themselves from The Matrix and live in the real world. Trinity (Moss) tells Neo that if he wants to learn what The Matrix is, he should meet their leader, Morpheus (Fishburne). Morpheus thinks that Neo is The One, the person that would get rid of the machines and liberate the human race once more. He needs to convince Neo to join them, train them and find out if he truly is The One. The movie is remarkable for ushering a new era of special effects. The infamous 'Bullet Time' effect has been introduced in movie making by this very movie. The movie is an excellence of cinema and draws the line between the movies of the '90's and the movies of the new millennium. The only drawback in the movie was the slightly ridiculous and over-the-top action which is actually something that most people would enjoy. A spectacular watch and something that you can enjoy over and over again.

Thumbs up: Fabulous acting, stunning special effects

Thumbs down: Some action bits were a bit too exaggerated

Rating: 8.5/10

Since we have all heard and read about hijacks, lets learn a bit about this movie called Carjacked. Lorraine Burton (Bello) is a recent divorcee who is fighting for her divorce and is utterly broke. Whilst driving around one night with her son in the car, Roy (Dorff) sneaks into a car at a fuel station and orders her to drive his way. Roy is a bank robber who needs to get to a rendezvous point with the rest of his fellow robbers. Over the course of the journey, Lorraine and Roy start getting to know each other better and Roy reveals to her that they have to driver for quite some time. Although Roy starts trusting Lorraine, she tries multiple times in getting help or escaping from Roy. The movie has a very simple and straight-forward plot line with no parallel plots or any twists or turns. The movie is a drag and quite a bore in most places. The unending conversations between Lorraine and Roy is a nightmare to watch. The only saving grace is the last half an hour which has the final escape scenes which is sprinkled with some decent action. A highly avoidable watch and cannot be recommended for any aspect whatsoever.

Thumbs up: Nothing whatsoever

Thumbs down: Very boring and dragged

Rating: 5.5/10

Based on a novel with the same name, Piscine Molitor Patel aka Pi (Sharma) is  16-year old boy who lives with his family in Pondicherry, India. His father, Santosh Patel (Hussain) runs a zoo and Pi has grown up amongst animals. Due to a change in the political environment, his father chose to relocate to Canada and sell all the animals in USA, a decision that Pi was against but could do nothing. The cargo ship on which Pi, his family and all the animals are housed upon, sinks in the middle of the Pacific and Pi is the only survivor on a lifeboat. For company, Pi has a zebra, an orangutan, a hyena and a tiger who goes by the name of Richard Parker. Living on a boat in the middle of a vast ocean with an animal who has every desire to eat you, Pi finds himself in a very difficult situation and realises that he would become Richard Parkers dinner very soon if he doesn't do something about it. The movie is very enchanting and has a mystical aspect attached to it. It talks about god, animals and the wonders of faith and determination. The 3D effects of the movie is stunning and the animations done on all the animals are extremely life-like and very hard to imagine that its actually all digital. Although the movie does get a bit slow in the middle, the movie is still very entertaining with a lot of hidden meanings and aspects attached to it that not everyone would be able to fully grasp or understand the meaning of. Worth a watch, especially in 3D.

Thumbs up: Awesome 3D, very enchanting story

Thumbs down: A bit slow in the middle

Rating: 7.8/10