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#TanuWedsManuReturns(Hindi) Rating: * * * ½ Wild Enchantment. Kangana Ranaut’s sterling ‘double’ turn in this fantastic romedy will keep you rollicking in the aisles right through. The wildly imagined plot is held strong by superbly toned and tuned ensemble performances, an earthy rootedness in milieu, wickedly funny dialogues and smart use of music-both old and new! Anand L Rai has a winner on his hands-no doubts about that! #Madhavan #KanganaRanaut #AnandLRai #MohdZeeshanAyub #JimmyShergill #SwaraBhaskar #RajeshSharma #DeepakDobriyal #EijazKhan #RaindropSolutions #ErosInternational #ColourYellowPictures
#Surkhaab(Hindi) Rating: * * ½ A film that details the illegal immigrant story with some thriller elements but handled in a style that neither brings on the thrills nor allows for any great emotional involvement. Strong on story and performances but everything else is oft-kilter. Lead actress Barkha Madan probably knew this wouldn’t get her anywhere –probably that’s why she preferred to be annointed a Buddhist nun instead. #BarkhaMadan #SumitSuri #KanzaFeris #VineetaMalik #NareshGosain #SanjayTalreja #MoesArtPR #GoldenGateCreationsIndia #PVRDirectorsRare #PVRPictures
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#Poltergeist(English) Rating: * * ½ An ineffectual revisit of the 1982 classic effects laden supernatural event movie that saw the teaming up of Director Tobe Hooper(The Texas Chainsaw Massacre) with Steven Spielberg producing one of the best paranormal thrillers in contemporary times- one that became a benchmark for future horror thrillers. This one fails to earn it’s strikes!
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#TanuWedsManuReturns(Hindi) Rating: * * * ½ Wild Enchantment. Kangana Ranaut’s sterling ‘double’ turn in this fantastic romedy will keep you rollicking in the aisles right through. The wildly imagined plot is held strong by superbly toned and tuned ensemble performances, an earthy rootedness in milieu, wickedly funny dialogues and smart use of music-both old and new! Anand L Rai has a winner on his hands-no doubts about that! #Madhavan #KanganaRanaut #AnandLRai #MohdZeeshanAyub #JimmyShergill #SwaraBhaskar #RajeshSharma #DeepakDobriyal #EijazKhan #RaindropSolutions #ErosInternational #ColourYellowPictures
#BigGame(English) Rating: * * * a typically big bombastic Hollywood pic from Finnish director Jalmari Helander who attempts to marry native Finnish folk-lore with mainstream Western stereotypes and manages to achieve a heart-warmer that sends out a strong message to the pre-teens. #SamuelLJackson #OnniTommila #RayStevenson #MehmetKurtulus #VictorGarber #TedLevine #FelicityHuffman #JimBroadbent #JormaTomilla
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English Film Review
Johnson Thomas
Revisit Trials
Film: Poltergeist
Cast: Sam Rockwell, Rosemarie De Witt, Jared Harris, Kyle Catlett, Jane Adams, Saxon Sharbino
Director: Gil Kenan
Rating: * * ½
Runtime: 93 mins
Synopsis:
This revisit of Tom Hooper’s seminal 1982 horror film that was produced by Steven Spielberg, tries to reproduce the same mechanics but fails to strike it as effectively. The original was a monster hit, a benchmark film that spewed many wannabes that never quite caught up. This one is no different even if it has the official tag to it.
When a family moves into a suburban home built on the grounds of an Indian burial site, they find themselves attacked by agents of the supernatural world. Eric (Sam Rockwell) has recently been laid off from his job; his wife, Amy (Rosemarie DeWitt), is no longer simply a homemaker, but rather an unsuccessful writer who effectively functions as a homemaker. Their kids include; teenager Kendra (Saxon Sharbino), 6-year-old cutie, Madison (Kennedi Clements), and middle child Griffin (Kyle Catlett), who, more sensitive than normal, is the first to notice strange, ghostly phenomena in their new abode.
As in the original, there isn’t any blood or gore but the scares don’t come at you either. The source material is the same but the treatment lacks spirit and bite. The overall experience is one of déjà vu rather than any new interest. Also the topicality and timing of the original is missing here. The original used it’s spirit thrust against rampant consumerism as an effective giddy-up for potent scares. This one doesn’t quite cut it.
Despite the homage like quality to the project, there’s not much valid reasons for this film to exist.
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