Zokkomon is no amusement

Filmy superheroes possess exciting powers, but powers alone can’t save them. What they really need is a plot even stronger than them. Also, a direction that cleverly lets them fight on the ‘no wrong’ route. Zokkomon lacks both – a stronger plot and a clever direction. And thus, sadly enough, the newest Indian superhero fails to make an impressive appeal, for neither the kids nor the adults. His costumes, talents, dialogues and dare doings don’t rescue him from being forgotten.

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Dum Maaro Dum lacks Dum

DMD has all sellable ingredients for a full-house flick. It has Goa as the set, drug as the theme, good stars as actors, an item number as a catch and a title that sprigs from a four-decade old iconic song. To help the super mix, the first half matures impressively making a stronger base for the second half. But sadly enough, the more it forwards, more it becomes dull. When the film ends, you may feel it could have been a way better make.

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The Roommate gets no home

With a predictable ending, untimely humours and a crashed script, this Roommate doesn’t actually find any home. Somehow, it turns out to be a bad melting pot of two nicely-made art works namely ‘Single White Female’ and ‘Fatal Attraction’. The first part proves out to be the only saving grace as it churns out some intriguing scenes backed by a solid story, but more the film moves forward, more it becomes another crazy chick thriller specifically made for college-going teens, who laugh and scare at every little sound of disbelief. To put it at one go, The Roommate is no fun, especially because it is a waste to its thoughtful story.

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Yogi Bear is predictable and no fun

Yogi Bear is a live-action movie thoughtfully made around the adventures and misadventures of a full-of-life bear, who is a pass-time thief without any evil intentions. His tricky doings have a good message and the movie has some cool landscapes to offer the eyes, but as a whole, it doesn’t make for a great entertaining experience. Yogi Bear is watchable as just an okay-type time pass, if nothing more.

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Teen Thay Bhai is a Total Tragic Boredom

First, think about the cleverly-done title -‘Teen Thay Bhai’ and we get ready to see what ‘once there were three brothers’ do. Then comes the banging tagline ‘Ek vasiyat 3 musibatt’, giving us a free hint that there is a side-splitting property crux to laugh our lungs out. But as the three brothers grow, as they timidly and actively show why they are here; the film loses its grip and becomes another predictable story of puerile fun.

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Splice is an intelligent misfortune of genetic engineering

‘Splice’ implies joining or inserting the segments of DNA/RNA to produce or alter a new/existing genetic structure. Vincenzo Natali of ‘Cube’, and ‘Nothing’ fame now pitches on this arguably-peculiar idea, and what he comes up with is a dynamic science fiction horror film, complete with gripping moments, unadulterated emotion and sweeping, to-the-point action.

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Unknown is an 'okay' identity crisis

A conspiracy thriller made around the ‘identity-crisis’ idea, ‘Unknown’ doesn’t leave us highly impressed nor it urges us to battle boredom. It makes for a pleasant time pass, with a mixed feeling. You surely don’t waste your time if you watch it. Also, you don’t lose anything if you skip it either.

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Thank You is a No Shukriya

Remember ‘Happy Husbands’? The comedy-drama which ‘hatches happiness for neither husbands nor their wives’? It releases two weeks back, featuring the actors who are tossed away in our mind’s recycle bin because they have had a babyish eye-opener (rather eye-closer) for husbands, who want to have extramarital affairs. Unfortunately, such un-tricky ‘wife-betraying’ plots continue to rule Bollywood this week too, with Thank You. Only difference is this time we have a gang of finer actors who’re directed by a celebrated Anees Bazmee. He is known for his purple patch- No Entry, Singh Is Kinng, and Welcome, and with his newest release, he wants to climb one stair up. However, sadly enough, Thank You doesn’t help him with anything remarkable. It redoes what Biwi No.1 and Shaadi No 1 already did. The viewers taste old wine in old bottle. The achievements after viewing Thank You are sorry, bad masti, unconvincing entertainment and more than many loo breaks. Rest of the nails are hammered by IPL, which starts today.

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F.A.L.T.U is opposite it's title

The title is F.A.L.T.U, but the film isn’t. Right from the beginning through the end, it stands out as a uniquely different and pleasingly interesting film, which you (certainly) watch and enjoy; without any conditions. Cleverly directed with an honest touch of realism, F.A.L.T.U is a value for money, a treat for soul and senses, with almost (no) loo breaks.

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This 'Game' doesn't excite

You can’t play this ‘Game’ with zest and joy. Despite being made with pure visual delight, detailing many minute things; the suspense thriller ends up as a character-crowded story, with (little) to thrill about.

The story spins around four individuals, who are troubled and they are here to only multiply their troubles. So, we meet a casino owner in Istanbul, Neil Menon (Abhishek Bachchan), a Bombay-based Bollywood star- Vikram Kapoor (Jimmy Shergill), a leading prime ministerial candidate of Thailand- O.P.Ramsay (Boman Irani), a crime journalist from London- Tisha Khanna (Shahana Goswami). All of them are sharing one common thing: A troubled and uncertain life because of their (bad) karma. Neil Menon has to pay a good amount of money to his creditors, which is impossible for him. Vikram Kapoor hits a girl with his car one rainy day and then buries her half dead fearing she could earn his career troubles. O.P.Ramsay is to face mass wrath if scams of his party get exposed. And Tisha Khanna has been caught for drunk driving.

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