(According to Ashish Kp 10 Cloverfield Lane is a 4 star movie)

10 cloverfield lane” is a tight, tense thriller carried by excellent performances from john goodman and mary elizabeth winstead. it has echoes of alfred hitchcock and h.g. wells embedded in a cat-and- mouse game after the end of the world. without directly acknowledging it in traditional blockbuster ways, it’s a sequel to 2008’s cloverfield, a found footage film about an alien invasion. it’s almost like a spin-off from that film, imagining a different story taking place in a different part of the world but in the same universe. whereas that movie jumped on a current trend in its approach found footage dan trachtenberg’s film feels much more old- fashioned in its style, recalling genre pictures of the 50s and 60s. trachtenberg and his team don’t explore some of the film’s potential themes as deeply as i hoped they would and it’s less visually engaging than it could have been. but this is rock-solid entertainment, a film meant to keep you guessing and jumping for 100 minutes before it throws you back into the world to argue about its ending. once in development under the name “the cellar,” the script by josh campbell and matthew stuecken (with a co-story credit by “ whiplash” writer damien chazelle) was retrofitted to place it in the world of cloverfield. so, as michelle winstead drives away from her life and partner, leaving her house keys and ring on the table, we hear ominous reports of power outages on the coast over the radio. these opening scenes are clearly designed to be reminiscent of another story of a woman who left the city for a dangerous countryside, as michelle packing her bags and bear mccreary’s overheated, hermann-esque score will make anyone who’s seen "psycho" think of marion crane in the opening act of hitchcock's classic. it’s not long before michelle finds her norman bates. after a terrifying car accident, michelle wakes up in a barren room, chained to the wall. she soon meets her captor, an imposing figure named howard (john goodman), although he claims to be more of a savior than a kidnapper. he saw michelle’s accident just as the sky exploded. there’s been an “event” outside, and he grabbed michelle just in time to get her into the bunker he built for just such an occasion. it could be the russians, the north koreans or the martians but, whatever it is, the air probably won’t be breathable for one or two years. and isn’t michelle lucky that they have enough food, filtered air, and other supplies in this doomsday prepper’s bunker to wait it out they’re not alone. just before
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(According to Ashish Kp Teraa Surroor is a 3 star movie)

teraa surroor is himesh telling the world that he can be a gangster with swag and a one man army like his mentor salman khan. desperately missing is the charisma. he has built a body which he flaunts by wearing vests when everyone else seems to have a jacket on in dublin. he holds a gun as if he is promoting some piece of jewellery. even when he walks, he wants one to know that he has made an effort to make himself stand out from the crowd. if raghu intends to be conspicuous, then he isn't doing a good job. raghu comes to dublin to get tara out of prison and to find some chap called anirudh brahmin, whose only claim to fame is that he is perhaps bollywood's first multi - instrumentalist villain. raghu romeo has some people to help him in his noble endeavour. there's shekhar kapur, as india's ambassador and almost ex-husband to tara's lawyer monica dogra. kabir bedi steps in to be some high profile police official who recruits raghu to be an undercover assassin. and "above all" - according to the credits - there's naseeruddin shah as santino aka the bird who has fled from prison 14 times. santino is still in prison, albeit in the fancier dublin, but raghu recruits him to help him in his mission to free tara. for all its intent to be a slick action flick, teraa surroor is desperately short on novelty and entertainment. this is another yarn of a hero on a rescue mission facing an enemy with vengeance on his mind. it is the sort of film in which all the goons raghu fights in dublin are indian and it is blatantly obvious that all the action sequences are shot in india with no attempt made to even disguise it. if anything teraa surroor of not keeping your girlfriend entertained and the perils of friending unknown people on facebook. barring a few whistle-worthy scenes which amp up reshammiya's quest to take himself seriously so much so that it borders on hilarious, there is nothing remotely engaging about this very listless love story. kapur sums it up with his apt line i hate love stories.
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(According to Ashish Kp Jai Gangaajal is a 4 star movie)

priyanka chopra, who has taken hollywood by storm, looks all set to make a powerful impact with her first release of 2016, jai gangaajal. priyanka chopra is back and how. the brilliant actress who has taken hollywood by storm looks all set to make a powerful impact with her first release of 2016, jai gangaajal. people at a single screen theatre that indianexpress.com team visited in mumbai for a review couldn’t stop raving about priyanka and her performance as a lady cop. right from the way she looked as the lady police officer on screen to the dialogues she mouthed and the mean punches she threw in, priyanka delivered what many actresses couldn’t a power packed performance.
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(According to Ashish Kp Zubaan is a 4 star movie)

a story about battling one’s inner demons, evolving to be better versions of our dreams, and dealing with disappointment the movie is a visual manifestation of the philosophical journey most of us go through.director mozez singh takes us on this journey through dilsher vicky kaushal a dynamic, hard-willed youth from punjab’s gurdaspur who sets out for delhi for a better life. his motivation is to become like gurucharan sikand manish chaudhary, a selfmade real estate giant. dilsher schemes, conspires and works hard to enter sikand’s world, but once there, he realises the futility of it. so what now? should he turn back, or move forward? how can he know that he is not wrong this time? can someone read cosmic signals in their purest form
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(According to Ashish Kp Do Lafzon Ki Kahani is a 2 star movie)

well this weekend there’s lots of movies coming near your cinemas. and do lafzon ki kahani is one of those movies. what is good about this movie is its a romantic movie and people have mixed buzz about this movie. what i actually like about movie is the story plot of the movie. it is good and i am sure that you going to attract towards movie because of randeep hooda well, why people attracting towards this movie is because of story plot and the way “randeep” looking on screen was good and i think this movie is not just creating buzz because of him. there’s a lot things going good for this movie. people always gave love and get attracts towards movie like this and that’s not hard to guess why? but the question is this movie has enough strength to fight and is this movie going to be good hit.
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(According to Ashish Kp Direct Ishq is a 1 star movie)

an aspiring singer dolly pandey (nidhi subbaiah) has a no-nonsense attitude towards life, roughs up eve-teasers, rides a bike and has guys sweating it out when she is around. a local toughie vicky shukla (rajneesh duggal), who contests elections, indulges in fights, but wears his heart on his sleeve, and a local rich boy, kabeer (arjun bijlani), who now lives in mumbai and runs an event management company. these form the trio in this romance. with a poorly written and predictable story and screenplay, replete with cliches and humour, direct ishq gets nowhere even after it is over. even the love story appears confused. the characters are flimsy, paper thin and trite. the situations in the film with the hero and his set of lackeys are oft-seen. the dialogues brimming with english words intended to be funny, end up having the opposite effect. although the heroine is supposed to be an aspiring singer, the music in the film is third rate and jarring to the ears. the title song, direct ishq is equally lacklustre and tacky, in a badly choreographed dance sequence. rajneesh as vicky shukla shows promise, exudes confidence and has a fairly strong screen presence, but overacts throughout the film. his banarasiya flavour is a bit too over the top and his mannerisms are exaggerated. however, he looks the character of the local toughie owing to his physique and personality. debutant arjun as kabeer, the good boy from a rich family, offers nothing to his poorly written character, by way of performance or persona. nidhi as dolly pandey, starts off with a bit of a promise, but peters out. she seems to lack energy and charisma, expected of a lead actor. the poor dubbing and her shrill voice only add to the viewer's agony. rajesh shringarpure as raode bhau, a local bhai in mumbai, is equally a hackneyed character, trying desperately to get his deep voice to sound like a baritone. director rajiv s ruia seems to lack focus and has tried to borrow from many such stereotypical small town-esque films, thus making it a melange of mediocrity. the production values are poor and give the film the feel of a low cost b-grade film. the opening sequence with montages of varanasi in all its glory, is perhaps the only treat for the eyes. to know who finally gets the girl, watch direct ishq at your own risk. this over two-hour saga is an absolute eyesore and makes for tedious viewing. it is a far cry from the rom-com it is touted to be.
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(According to Ashish Kp Love Shagun is a 2 star movie)

actor anuj sachdeva, better known for serials like sabki laadli bebo and chhanchhan is making his bollywood debut with love shagun. a former roadies contestant, who is trained in martial arts and taekwando, anuj is quite opposite to his skills in nature. we caught up with the dashing dude of television and he spilled the beans on his journey from tv to silver screen, his character jd in love shagun and his aspirations in bollywood. love shagun actor anuj sachdeva says i will not show my butt for a movie. the whole story revolves around this character jd. but he not into drinking at all.anuj laughs and explains that jd has nothing to do with liquor brand jack daniel continues he a very nice person, who will not read in between the lines.
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(According to Ashish Kp Bollywood Diaries is a 0 star movie)

bollywood diaries is a story of three passionate actors who want to enter into the magical world of cinema. imli raima sen is a prostitute who entertains mainly clients from mumbai or related to the film industry as she dreams of becoming a top heroine just like sunny leone. similarly, rohit salim diwan who works in a call center keeps trying his luck by giving multiple auditions to directors and reality shows followed by vishnu ashish vidyarthi who seeks voluntary retirement after getting his daughter married so that he can go to mumbai and try his luck as an actor. an opportunity strikes in their lives and what happens next, is what the entire film is all about.
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(According to Ashish Kp Neerja is a 1 star movie)

the tragic story of neerja bhanot, who died while saving the lives of others, is full of tears and heartbreak. what we want to know, going into ‘neerja’, the film based on the last two days of her 23 years on this earth, is : will it do justice to that pretty young woman with extraordinary courage the film slides swiftly into its stride, taking us back and forth between the early morning of the 5th of september, with neerja sonam kapoor getting ready for the flight, with her parents up and gently fussing around her, and a terrorist cell in karachi, packing guns and grenades and gearing up for the hijacking of the pan am jet from karachi airport.
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(According to Ashish Kp Tere Bin Laden Dead Or Alive is a 5 star movie)

following ali zafar working very hard to prove the fake osama bin laden real in the 2010 film tere bin laden now you will see manish paul trying to make a movie with the fake terrorist. the trailer of the film has released and what we see is the glimpses of the previous film. if we talk about the music, then there are practically nil expectations from the music of tere bin laden – dead or alive. since there has hardly been any awareness created around the soundtrack, one doesn’t really know what to expect from the three songs that feature in the soundtrack. all the songs are seemingly a kind of track which is just there for promotional reasons and won’t necessarily feature in the film.
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(According to Ashish Kp Loveshhuda is a 2 star movie)

the only good thing in the movie is the beautiful locales and background score that will sustain your interest. scenes of london, simla, delhi and mauritius have been shot brilliantly, helping you explore these places like a tour guide! at one point, you let the story pass and anticipate the next location of another draggy scene. post interval, the film becomes so boring and predictable that you can even guess the next line of the scene! the director tried to make it more contemporary and 'youth oriented' by keeping lovemaking read kissing scenes intact, but again everybody has seen better.
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(According to Ashish Kp Aligarh is a 3 star movie)

manoj bajpayee makes of siras a man whose bewildered fragility is up for examination, and whose gentleness demands understanding and compassion. there are initial moments where you can see bajpayee trying. and then he becomes siras.queer characters are not characters who just happen to be queer in most bollywood movies. they are stereotypes sent up for sniggers (with the notable exception of a few of onir’s films, ‘my brother nikhil’, and ‘i am’ ; karan johar’s segment in bombay talkies. they mince rather than walk. they dangle their wrists. they are there to be mocked at
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(According to Ashish Kp Sanam Re is a 1 star movie)

the alleged plot of the film is incoherent cliche ridden and was probably written by the children who appear in the intermittent flashbacks. the movie begins with akash pulkit samrat who is too busy struggling up the corporate ladder to find time for love or even answer his mother’s phone calls. even as he allows his obnoxious boss a hammy manoj joshi to bully him he can’t escape the life that he has left behind in tanakpur, a place, where no matter what time of the year it is, the cgi snow keeps falling. when akash is called home to help sell off the derelict photo studio that once belonged to his ailing grandfather (a bewigged, bespectacled rishi kapoor), we are helpfully given some glimpses into the past so that the director can drive home the point of the film – which is that no matter how hard you try, you can’t escape love. or something like that. we also discover that akash once had a childhood sweetheart shruti yami gautam who he gave up in his search for material success
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(According to Ashish Kp Deadpool is a 5 star movie)

i was kind of dreading deadpool. i love superhero movies and i have often enjoyed the character of deadpool in the pages of marvel comic books, but i had so little faith in any attempt to bring him to the screen. i figured the film would be one joke repeated for two hours, that wade wilson was too weird to exist in a movie. i was wrong and chances are strong that you also know how wrong i was, as the film opened to a record-shattering 135 million at the box office over the weekend. deadpool is a hoot, a film that coats the typical superhero movie template with a satisfying combination of ultra-violence, immature jokes, and satire. director tim miller has orchestrated a hurricane of a movie – it’s a force of chaos and destruction that leaves nothing standing, but it’s contained and controlled and follows a very direct and purposeful path. that’s easier said than done
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(According to Ashish Kp Fitoor is a 3 star movie)

sadly and heartbreakingly, director, abhishek kapoor, who moves from anything but literary in chetan bhagat's kai po che! the three mistakes of my life to heavyweight dickens in fitoor, fails to meet the towering expectations. the story begins really well in establishing the themes of social hierarchy in a snow-clad kashmir, but falters and appears as dead and wooden as the initial hollow relationship between pip's noor (muscular and awkward aditya roy kapur) and estella's firdaus (red haired katrina kaif). there are moments in the second half, when the narrative takes you into the icy, captivating beauty of kashmir, cinematically captured like a painting by cinematographer, anay goswami. the emptiness of the upper strata of society is symbolised beautifully by haunting, silent mansions and giant doors closing and locking in tragic lives. the rest of the visual appeal rest on magnificent paintings in a london exhibit, exquisite costumes and katrina's flaming red hair.
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(According to Ashish Kp Chalk N Duster is a 1 star movie)

3.5/5 we all have had our tryst with public schools; know how they function and now somebody has cared to make a film on these “modern temples of education”. it has turned out to be a brilliant effort that reinstates our faith in good teachers and their value in our lives. also, it raises questions on the utility of schools that promise everything but good textbook-driven education. chalk n duster is mostly about the management of a popular public school kantaben high school where indu ji (zarina wahab) is the principal. kamini gupta (divya dutta), who can’t see education and business in seclusion, is her deputy. vidya sawant (shabana azmi) and jyoti thakur (juhi chawla) are senior and much-loved teachers who put their students above everything. has it started to remind you of shahid kapoor-starrer paathshaala? well, that film was also based on a similar theme. but this one dares to venture beyond the school’s staffroom.
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(According to Ashish Kp 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers Of Benghazi is a 2 star movie)

sure, bay indulges some signature cinematic fetishes. but he shows restraint with the slowed- down, sexed-up shots. war is gritty here, not glamorous. result: characters, stakes and emotions feel authentic all the more so thanks to terrific actors including james badge dale and pablo schreiber as actual ex-military men and family men who battled terrorists. good
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(According to Ashish Kp Kyaa Kool Hain Hum 3 is a 2 star movie)

kya kool hain hum 3 looks quite similar to mastizaade, which share the same sex comedy genre, the same lead actor (tusshar kapoor), and very similar music. this time, the composers are sajid-wajid. they bring out their munni and fevicol kind of music to the danish sabri-written, jawaani le doobi. if it wasn't used in this song, it would fit in perfectly with dabangg 3! it is sung by kanika kapoor, along with uvie and ikka. the foot-tapping song introduces mandana karimi as crazy kameeni, desi pathaka and lady gaga, and she is happy to invite boys over for some 'playful moments' that give 'maza!' lyricist irfan kamil seems to have a one-line mandate to let his imagination go wild, and wajid and lead singer shivranjani singh are happy to comply.
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(According to Ashish Kp Airlift is a 4 star movie)

airlift movie review: katyal is made believable because akshay kumar junks faux heroics for an unshowy heroism, which comes from a place of initial reluctance, seguing into a slow acceptance of the situation, and the gradual taking charge because there is no one else that can do the job. it is august, 1990. kuwait-based indian businessman ranjit katyal (akshay kumar) is awoken rudely from slumber by the news that iraqi forces have attacked the city. it is the sort of awakening that shakes loose katyal from his cocooned wealthy life, which he shares with his wife amrita (nimrat kaur) and young daughter, forcing him to deal with a series of dangerous situations, and leading to the evacuation of more than a lakh indians stuck between saddam hussains brutal forces and an alarmingly slow- to-take heed indian state.
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(According to Ashish Kp Mastizaade is a 3 star movie)

having suffered through two hours of non-stop crassness, i am sorry to tell you that there are barely two-and-a-half laughs in mastizaade the alleged masti is so sasti that you are left its not a good whick kind we like to watch for gettknb pain in our tummy. cringing rather than cracking up
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(According to Ashish Kp The Revenant is a 3 star movie)

this is an averge movie if anyone expecting it was a great movie then he will be disappointed becauseit has lack of thrill but as all hollywoodian its ok beginining is good it ma,es you watch whole movie till the end but you will not be satisfied after watching the climax.
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