Continued from previous ratings. The Very Good category is too long because of my generosity in star ratings. Hence will be done separately as two posts. :)
The Good Ones
Kismat Konnection (Hindi)
2.25 stars
An everything and everyone is good type story, with some good performances from Shahid Kapoor and Vidya Balan. Good time pass movie. Juhi Chawla was good to see after a long gap.
Lake Mungo (English)
2.25 stars
A supernatural thriller shot in a documentary format. The suspense is built slowly and when the truth is revealed, shocking truths come to light.
The Beach (English)
2.25 stars
A group of friends join people in an island who have created a fantasy world for themselves over the years. How these new entrants change the scene and affect their harmony is what the film is all about.
The Final Destination - 3 and The Final Destination – 4 (English)
2.25 stars
The last two films of the Final Destination franchise, though not as good as the first two were worth a watch for the thrills and chills, inspite of too much blood and gore.
Drag Me To Hell (English)
2.25 stars
A gory horror film with a fast paced screenplay and lot of thrilling moments. Nice exciting watch for once.
My Name Is Anthony Gonsalves (Hindi)
2.25 stars
This film, though a flop, was good for me and was enjoyable. It’s about an aspiring actor who is brought up by a baddie and when he comes to know his real colours, he is torn between gratitude and conscience. Nikhil Dwiwedi and Amrita Rao were impressive.
Ek Hasina Thi (Hindi)
2.25 stars
The story of a woman cheated and dumped by a guy and sent to jail. After facing atrocities there and escaping, she sets on a revenging spree finally giving a fitting end for the guy who betrayed her.
Love Aaj Kal (Hindi)
2.5 stars
The different type of story telling shifting between past and present, where Saif plays the protagonist in both. A practical story told beautifully though the ending was quite cinematic.
Remember Me (English)
2.5 stars
Though this movie didn’t receive that good reviews, I found it to be good and worth a watch. Robert Pattinson, quite different from the Edward of Twilight was good in this film. The ending was unexpected and unwanted though.
Striker (Hindi)
2.5 stars
Siddharth's first Hindi venture as a solo hero and he did a pretty good job in it. The film revolves around the Hindu-Muslim riots in Mumbai and set in the backdrop of a lower middle class residential area. Good performances and realistically written film.
United 93 (English)
2.5 stars
The film inspired by the real life incident of what happened on the United 93 flight on the day of 9/11 in USA. Its really emotional to see how passengers try to make the mission of terrorists a failure, losing their own lives in the process.
In Bruges (English)
2.5 stars
A black comedy crime film revolving around two hit men who stay in Bruges after an assignment where they kill a young boy by mistake. As days pass, their conscience strikes back leading to unexpected events. Collin Farrell was great in his role.
Sweet November (English)
2.5 stars
A candy floss sweet love story that has given ideas to numerous love films of India in recent times, including the highly rated Oy in this list. Keanu Reeves puts in a great performance as a committed lover willing to go any length to keep his dying soul mate happy.
The Last Song (English)
2.5 stars
A beautiful film portraying the affection of a father for his daughter. The daughter though initially not understanding him and keeping away from him realises her mistakes later and stays with him till he breathes his last fulfilling his last wishes too.
Karthik Calling Karthik (Hindi)
2.5 stars
A psycho thriller where a reserved man gets a call from himself and that changes his life upside down including getting along with a colleague. But one mistake he does spoils everything and it is revealed who the other person calling him is.
Moggina Manasu (Kannada)
2.5 stars
The film deals with the confusions faced by teen age girls with respect to making decisions of their life and choosing their life partners. Radhika Pandit did a very good job for a debut heroine.
Mundhinam Partheyney (Tamil)
2.5 stars
Made by a newbie with lot of other newbies in the cast, this film was better than what I expected and was worth a watch. The newbies thankfully knew some acting and the screenplay was also decently done. The music by Thamman was another highlight.
A Few Good Men (English)
2.5 stars
A courtroom drama starring Tom Cruise and Demi Moore, the film revolves around the trial of two US Marines charged with the murder of a fellow Marine and the tribulations of their lawyer as he prepares a case to defend his clients.
Merantau (Indonesian)
2.5 stars
An action film from Indonesia and its about a guy from small town who comes to city and earns unknowingly the wrath of a human racket gang in an attempt to save a girl and her brother.
Mirrors 2 (English)
2.5 stars
Not as thrilling as the first part (Mirrors). Yet there were lot of edge of the seat moments of chill and horror.
REC 2 (Spanish)
2.5 stars
The second part of the REC series, not as good as the first. Full of blood and gore, it is also shot in shaky camerawork as the first one. It tells the aftermaths and mysteries of the disease attack in the cursed apartment building.
And I Love you so (Tagalog)
2.5 stars
A widow with financial problems rents out her apartment where she and her loving husband lived. Her tenant, a victim of broken love, is determined to bring her back to normal life while his landlady is still not ready for a new life.
Moon (English)
2.5 stars
A man on a lunar mission discovers shocking truths about himself and the mission and the cunning strategies of the organization he works for. How he escapes the dangers awaiting is what the film is about.
Irreversible (French)
2.5 stars
A very disturbing and at times disgusting film, yet worth a watch for the superb narration that goes from climax to the start. The background score and shaky camera angles haunted me for quite some time after watching the film.
Philadelphia (English)
2.5 stars
Story of an AIDS patient in the 90's and his last days when AIDS was looked upon as a curse and people refused to even touch the patients. Great performance from Tom Hanks and rest of the cast.
Paranormal Activity 2 (English)
2.5 stars
The second installment of Paranormal Activity, this time more and more haunting and scary. The story involves a kid too which makes it more thrilling.
The Devil Wears Prada (English)
2.5 stars
Watched this movie in Movies Now one night and found it entertaining. The story of a girl who tries to impress her boss and get a good name and in the process she begins to inherit few qualities of her boss unknowingly.
Meiporul (Tamil)
2.5 stars
A decently good film made by NRI's and much better than the low budget independent films that release every now and then. A psycho thriller, its realistic portrayal of characters and good performances from an unknown cast impressed me.
Thamizh Padam (Tamil)
2.5 stars
A ROTFL entertainment of non stop Lollu Sabha type comedy which takes on numerous Tamil Film clichés in a satirical way. Though the second half drags after some time, overall it was a very good time pass.
Johnny Gaddaar (Hindi)
2.5 stars
Suspense thriller with a good number of twists and a one-leads-to-another kind of gripping narration.
My Sassy Girl (English)
2.75 stars
The Hollywood version of the Korean romantic comedy. As always, not as good as the original mainly because the original feel and emotions were underplayed, especially the heroine did not look convincing for the role.
Grown Ups (English)
2.75 stars
Probably not a high rated film, but had me LOL and ROTFL throughout for its Vadivelu type comedies. Really enjoyed a full length comedy after a long time.
Love, Sex Aur Dhokha (Hindi)
2.75 stars
Three stories about Love, Sex and Deceit and how it plays around the lives of characters in each of the stories linked by a thread is what the film is all about. Shot in a realistic manner it shockingly reveals the common issues in society today.
Tere Bin Laden (Hindi)
2.75 stars
A rollicking laughter riot where a Bin Laden look alike is used to create a news footage for a sinking TV channel which leads to unexpected consequences leading to bigger problems, all narrated hilariously.
Spy Game (English)
2.75 stars
An aging mid-level case officer on his last day before retirement realizes that one of his favorite recruits has his life in danger in a Chinese Prison and he is the only one who can save him. The film shuttles between past and present- about the experiences of the senior in the past with his recruit and his efforts today to save him.
The Recruit (English)
2.75 stars
A brainy student agrees to work undercover for a senior CIA officer with the hope of finding some details about his father. What he is unaware is the trap he is led into and the consequences he should face for it. Despite the low ratings on IMDB and RT, I found the film to be pretty good.
Wanted (English)
2.75 stars
The storyline of this Angelina Jolie starrer follows a frustrated accountant who discovers that he is the son of a professional assassin and decides to join The Fraternity, the secret guild in which his father worked. What happens therafter is told with lot of breathtaking action.
Darling (Telugu)
2.75 stars
A commercial family entertainer starring Prabhas and Kajal Agarwal. The hero has lot of dreams about his childhood sweetheart but when he meets her in person she seems to have no interest towards him. How he wins her back is what the story is all about.
Cashback (English)
3 stars
An aspiring artist, develops insomnia after a painful breakup with his girlfriend. To get over it and to spend extra hours gained he works in a super market which not only solves his problems but gives him a difference in life.
Infernal Affairs - 3 (Cantonese)
3 stars
The final installment in the trilogy, this keeps shifting times between incidents that happened before and after the first part. A little confusing narration but was enjoyable.
A Lot Like Love (English)
3 stars
This romatic comedy focuses on two individuals whose relationship slowly evolves from lust to friendship to romance over the course of seven years. The film's tag line is: there's nothing better than a great romance to ruin a perfectly good friendship.
Baava (Telugu)
3 stars
A typical Telugu village drama of family feuds, a colorful love story and love winning against all odds. Siddarth at his usual best while Pranitha was refreshing. Good songs and locations.
Chirutha (Telugu)
3 stars
Ram Charan's debut movie with an old story line of boy meets girl, girl hates boy, boy helps girl, girl loves boy, girls father opposes, boy proves his worth and father unites the lovers. But a fast paced narration and excellent songs drives away the boredom for the viewer.
P.S.I Love You (English)
3 stars
An emotional romantic drama of how a guy communicates with his single wife even after his death through letters each of which ends with P.S I love You. HE plans everything for her to be happy and get back to normal life, and at a point in time, he makes her let go of her past and move ahead in life.
Misty (Japanese)
3 stars
A Samurai warrior and his wife travel in a forest when they encounter a bandit. He rapes the warrior's wife and gets arrested. The incident is narrated as four different versions of same story told by four different people. A remake of 1950 Japanese film Rashomon.
dot the i (English)
3 stars
A man hires a struggling actor in an attempt at creating an artistic snuff film, but it happens so that the heroine is his spouse and she actually falls in love with the actor set to be her hero. When both of them realize the trap they had fallen into, they take their revenge but in a planned and measured way.
Turn Left Turn Right (Cantonese)
3 stars
A simple love story where the lovers inspite of being close to each other never recognize each other and even when their apartments share the same wall, their routines gives them little chance to realize who is on the other side. How they unite at last is narrated with humour, emotion and drama.
The Excellent Ones
Speed (English)
4.25 stars
Embarrassing to say that I had never watched this movie until few months back. Really an edge of the seat thriller that makes sure that you won't take your eyes away from screen for even a moment.
Open Your Eyes (Spanish)
4.25 stars
The Spanish original of Tom Cruise's Vanilla Sky. This 1997 film was well ahead of its times talking about concepts like Life Extension and at the end, it took me a lot of time to comprehend and realize the actual suspense in the film. Very well made movie.
Fight Club (English)
4.5 stars
An unusual thriller with excellence written throughout, in concept, story, screenplay, performances and the technicalities. The suspense maintained till the end keeps you engaged throughout.
The Final Destination - 1 (English)
4.5 stars
The first of the series and definitely the concept and thrills were very new. A spine chilling journey through life and death of a group of unrelated people bound by a single factor that they missed a flight that caught into an accident.
The Shawshank Redemption (English)
4.5 stars
The highest rated movie in IMDB till date, this proved very much worthy for the rating. It is not just a great movie, but an inspiring tale of prison break beautifully told through excellently written scenes.
Shutter Island (English)
4.5 stars
This is a brilliant piece of work. Suspense, suspense and more of them. And finally when they all unwound, it definitely leaves you astonished, whatever you thought as wrong is right and the right is wrong. Awesome film.
The Social Network (English)
4.75 stars
The extraordinary film that went on the get rave reviews and Oscar nominations for its excellence both in film making and performances. This story of Facebook and its founder is something which everyone gets attached to instantly.
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