Latest Gossips From The Cinema World
Latest Gossips From The Cinema World

What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas goes the saying. Apparently not!

You could get totally drunk and see the best of Vegas. And you could win the jackpot of a cool 3 million dollars. Neat huh??? But what if you were so drunk you had gotten married during the partying????….And now had to share all that money with your “better” half? Not so neat huh?

That’s exactly what happens to Joy(Cameron Diaz) who trades on the Wall Street floor and is in Vegas to get over a breakup and Jack(Ashton Kutcher) who just got fired by his dad and is looking to Vegas to forget his long list of failures.

Now they have to get a divorce and split the money. Only the judge is tired of warring couples who refuse to work at their marriages. So he directs them to visit a marriage counselor and learn to get along for 6 months during which time the money goes to no one. Any one who refuses to work on the marriage gets no money

So Jack and Joy start off their married life on the war path each out to undermine the other and win the money. But they just might actually be good for each other.

A rather typical romcom What Happens In Vegas doesn’t have anything new to offer. But it still works. Mostly due to the chemistry between Diaz and Kutcher.

Enjoyable but strictly a DVD watch.

Another army funded science experiment gone wrong. Which leaves behind lead researcher Bruce(Edward Norton) who can transform into the scary hulk if you piss him off. So the poor guy hides in Brazil and learns to keep his heart beat at levels which will enable to stay human.

But the lure of a cure brings him back to the United States and the arms of his old beloved Liv Tyler whose daddy is an army man for whom the career comes first. And who sanctioned the project in the first place coz he wants to build true indestructible soldiers with Bruce’s blood.

So what you get is lotsa running around,transformations into Hulk and some more experimentation which results in a Hulk hybrid. So now you have the good Hulk against the bad Hulk.

Blah blah blah n blah. You can safely skip this one.

Batman is back!!!!! And how!!!

Bruce Wayne(Christian Bale) billionaire by day and Batman by night is busy trying to be happy without the love of his life, Rachel(Maggie Gyllenhaal). He’s charming, cocky and sincere all at the same time. He’s also using his business links to get wussy Japanese men who launder Mafia money to reveal their accounting books.

And as Batman he’s working hard with Lieutenant Gordon(Gary Oldman) planting marked money in Mafia owned banks to help arrest the bad guys. Who Gotham’s new golden boy, District Attorney, Harvey Dent(Aaron Eckhart) gets to prosecute, lock up and throw away the key. And be happily in love with Rachel.

But everyone’s plans go horribly wrong with the appearance of the psychotic clown,The Joker(Heath Ledger). Now the Joker redefines evil. A man without a conscience he is bent on bringing out the worst in Gotham city’s good people. And he’s incredibly clever. Always one step ahead of Gordon and Batman all he wants is for the caped crusader to take off his mask.Or maybe not.

The most evil enemy Gotham has encountered, The Joker tests Batman’s endurance. And costs him everything.

Director Christopher Nolan does a fabulous job with The Dark Knight. This one’s not for the faint hearted . Or for little kids.

Christian Bale does a great job as both Bruce Wayne and Batman. His turmoil and guilt over the death of the innocent is touching. Michael Cane as the faithful Alfred does a fine job. As does Morgan Freeman as the inventor Alex.

Aaron Eckhart is wonderful. You love his faith in goodness while he stays firmly in tune with reality.

Maggie Gyllenhaal disappoints. She’s a whiner this one.

But the movie well and truly belongs to Heath Ledger.He becomes The Joker sending shivers down your spine. You are disgusted by him but simply cant take your eyes off of him.

To borrow a line from Joker “I am like the dog chasing cars. If I actually caught one I wouldn’t know what to do with it!”. Ledger captures this mad essence of Joker rendering a superlative performance.

A must watch this one

Imagine living in a shoddy apartment next to a rail track. Waking up every morning to a nagging girlfriend …who by the way is sleeping with your best friend…to make your way to a job you detest and a boss who is out to get you. And survive panic attacks to top it all!!!

Well that’s poor Wesley Gibson(James McAovy) life till one fine day he runs into a trigger happy Fox(Angelina Jolie) who tells him the father who walked out on him when he was 7 days old died a coupla days back and oh ya! he was an assassin. And Wesley apparently can be one too as he is “gifted” like daddy dear. The panic attacks apparently were something more

So Wesley happily says good bye to his dreary life and joins The Fraternity, a group of assassins headed by Sloan(Morgan Freeman) where he proceeds to learn to curve a bullet and trains to accomplish his mission….killing Cross(Thomas Kretschmann), the man responsible for his father’s death.

But all is not as it seems in Wesley’s new world. He is soon seeking to escape the very people who promised him an exciting new life.

Based on the 2003 comic mini series Wanted is one big adrenaline rush. High on action and coolness it’s all the stuff you wanted to do while crawling your way through boredom.

We’ve heard similar stories and seen similar movies but what makes Wanted work is some quick editing and slick action.

Great if you are in the mood for a bang bang alpha male action flick.

And Angelina….god bless u!!!!