Contrarian Rules

Dr Michael Burry PhD (Christian Bale) holds his own in his conviction about the fragility of the US economy at a time when the US housing market was seeing only go-go days. An uncertain partnership between Deutsche trader Jared Vennett (Ryan Gosling) and the incendiary Morgan Stanley-affiliated trader Mark Baum (Steve Carrell) also look to short the housing market in a deeply contrarian bet. Perhaps the coolest bet of all - Bloomfield Capital, a $ 30 mln fund from Boulder, Colorado, looks to working with retired banker and survivalist Ben Rickert (Brad Pitt) to go as deep as shorting AAs, in line with their strategy of picking up deep out of the money options. With inserts from an unlikely ensemble of characters that includes pop stars and celebrity chefs, The Big Short is one of the best movies that I have seen in a long time

16/20

Beyond Fear Lies Victory

Purest of pure adrenalin rushes. Johnny Utah (Luke Bracey) of the FBI is to trace down a gang that is looking to complete the Ozaki 8 – a series of near-impossible extreme sports feats. Expect brute surfing, snowboarding, rock climbing, base jumping, and throw in some raw fighting and diving for good measure. Somewhat bereft of a storyline, and suffering on account of lack of a star cast, Point Break has all the ingredients to give you an adrenalin high

15/20

Winning the War on drugs

Fresh from the lead action role in Edge of Tomorrow, Emily Blunt as FBI agent Kate Macer takes a back seat to the CIA, who is trying to address the drug problem infiltrating Arizona, Texas and the entire US southern border in their own unique way. The way of the Sicario – which as the movie clearly emphasizes at the beginning, means assassin. This is a must watch. I thought this would be about gunfights and drug mules, but the coldblooded realpolitik will get to you

15.5/20

Think slowly

What stands out in Pawn Sacrifice is the intensity and the idiosyncracy of Bobby Fischer (Tobey Maguire), as he takes on the formidable Boris Spassky (Liev Schrieber). Did not think that watching chess in a movie could be such an exciting endeavor. The hard work of one Fischer leads to American brownie points at the height of the Cold War

14.5/20

Cute Monster

Huo (Baihe Bai) and Boran (Song Tianyin) are suddenly entrusted with the duty of taking care of Huba the baby monster and monster king-elect against the forces of both the human and the monster world. Some cringeworthy Indian accented dubbing aside, Monster Hunt (Chinese) is quite the watch for children, and one I am sure given the language will pass virtually unnoticed

14.5/20