To Prison, to Prison

James King (Will Ferrell) is living the Americal Dream. Leading the charge for a successful hedge fund, engaged to the boss' daughter and gold digger Alissa (Alison Brie). James' life turns upside down when he is framed (?) on charges of embezzlement, and is sentenced to 10 years in the much-dreaded San Quentin prison. Seeking some much needed toughening up, James turns to his car washer Darnell (Kevin Hard), who is entrusted with taking James through the rigor of prison bootcamp. Get Hard is an entertaining watch if laden with many stereotypes. A movie that you will not see in Indian movie halls anytime soon - I guess maybe 10% of the footage would have survived our enthusiastic censors

14.5/20

No Child’s Play

The Lego Movie does some extraordinary execution of the story of a child’s imagination. There is the simple guy – Emmet (Chris Pratt) – a construction worker whom no one notices. Emmet gets thrown into a chain of events that need him to become the Special – to find the Piece of Resistance and stop the Kragle, a weapon unleashed by Lord Business – and save the various realms of Lego world. With more than one innuendo, all of which unravel by the end of the movie, this one has more positive surprises than the "average" adult would think at the outset

14/20

Mega Skirmishes

Evil Megamind (Will Ferrell) and the city’s superhero Metro Man (Brad Pitt) battle for control over Metro City. While the latter seems to invariably have the upper hand, in one final skirmish, Megamind destroys (?) Metroman. Unexpectedly, the same is just the beginning of Megamind’s life sinking into purposelessness, even as Metro Man’s former flame Roxanne Ritchi (Tina Fey) first falls for him and then falls out. Megamind needs a hero to match his evil – and proceeds to create one – with markedly unexpected consequences. Well, all is well that ends well, and some of the moral leanings of the cast are somewhat altered in the end. While a decent watch, the quality of animation – especially the emoting or lack of it, and the poor soundtrack, make Megamind pale to the releases from the Pixar and even the DreamWorks stable (How to Train Your Dragon, Madagascar Series, Kung Fu Panda series) of late

12/20