Movie to Die For

Dripping with intensity, Sin City 2 – A Dame to Kill for – the latest edition of the noir graphic novel-turned-thriller is perhaps my movie pick for what has unarguably been one dull year for movies. The story somewhat centres around Marv (Mickey Rourke), a character of formidable intensity, the face-off between the young hustler Johnny (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) and the power-hungry Senator Roarke (Powers Boothe), and the machinations of the devious vixen Ava Lord (Eva Green). With animation blending into reality, and oozing with memorable dialogue, the stellar cast and cinematography will hold you in thrall. Suffice to say, watch this movie.

16/20

Little to Report

Observe and Report fits the mood for the lowest common denominator in popcorn fare. While I am about to trash the movie below, because of its sheer lack of imagination, the fact is that this movie does not pretend to be anything more than it actually is – a strictly “one time viewing” experience of a mall security guard and his fantasies of being a policeman, and his trying circumstances – an alcoholic mother, a group of misfits for friends, a bunch of chronic haters at the police force, a two-timing here-today gone-tomorrow girlfriend. Indeed Ronnie’s (Seth Rogen) life is so miserable that you almost end up wishing that the underdog would finally make it. And he does – somehow

5/20

A Mind of Horror

A movie that starts as a horror flick and ends as a thriller, Identity has a motley crowd brought together by sheer chance to a remote motel. While you are speculation on who or which of them is bumping them off one by one in true Agatha Christie “And Then There Was None” style, the movie takes a sudden and unexpected turn. And while you are trying to make sense of the same, the movie again veers unexpectedly in the last one minute or so. A movie for a day when you wouldn’t mind the occasional jaw-dropping surprise or two.