Thursday 17 December 2015

BLOW

Blow (2001)


Star Cast
-     Johnny Depp, Penelope Cruz, Jordi Molla, Paul Reubens, Ray Liotta, Rachel Griffiths, Franka Potente, Cliff Curtis, Ray Liotta
Director
-       Ted Demme
Producer
-       Ted Demme, Denis Leary, Joel Stillerman
Rating
-       U/A
Year of Release
-       2001
Category 
-       Hollywood
Genre
-       Crime, Drama, Biography, Romance
Movie Gist     
Blow is a movie based on a true story of George Jung, an American cocaine smuggler. The story line depicts how a small town boy makes it big with cocaine cartel & loses it all. He is the man who established the cocaine market in 1970s. 
So tighten your seat belt for the high-wired movie coz it will knock your eyes out...!!!

CONTRABAND

Contraband (2012)


Star Cast
-     Mark Wahlberg, Ben Foster, Kate Beckinsale, Giovanni Ribisi, Diego Luna, Lukas Haas, William Luking
Director
-       Baltasar Kormakur
Producer
-  Tim Bevan, Baltasar Kormakur, Eric Fellner, Stephen Levinson, Mark Wahlberg
Rating
-       U/A
Year of Release
-       2012
Category 
-       Hollywood
Genre
-       Crime, Drama, Action, Thriller
Movie Gist     
The movie revolves around ex-smuggler Chris who has given up on his criminal activities. But probably it's too early for him to celebrate his freedom. He hears that his brother-in-law, Andy, has botched up a drug-deal for his merciless boss. Chris is forced back into running contraband to settle Andy's debt. How will Chris navigate through treacherous criminal network of ruthless mafias?

Thursday 10 December 2015

THE DUFF

The Duff (2015)


Star Cast
-       Mae Whitman, Robbie Amell, Bianca Santos, Skyler Samuels, Bella Thorne, Chris Wylde, Ken Jeong, Nick Eversman
Director
-       Ari Sandel
Producer
-       Susan Cartsonis, Mary Viola, McG
Rating
-       U
Year of Release
-       2015
Category 
-       Hollywood
Genre
-       Drama, Comedy
Movie Gist     
The Duff is a hilarious teen flick revolving around Bianca. Bianca is a contented high school girl & enjoying it with her friends. Her dreams shatter at a homecoming party when she comes to know that she is the DUFF (Designated Ugly Fat Friend) of her pretty looking friends. Her entire make-over of turning from duff to sexy looking girl is rib-tickling. Lovely comic punches in the movie. Must watch...!!! 

Were you someone's duff in high school? The movie will compel you to think this...!!! LOL...!!!

ANATOMY OF A MURDER

Anatomy of a Murder (1959)


Star Cast
-      James Stewart, Lee Remick, Ben Gazzara, Duke Ellington, George C. Scott, Arthur O'Connell, Eve Ardengmai
Director
-       Otto Preminger, Saul Bass
Producer
-       Otto Preminger
Rating
-       U
Year of Release
-       1959
Category 
-       Hollywood
Genre
-       Thriller, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Movie Gist     
Anatomy of a Murder is an applauding courtroom drama movie about a murder trial. An Army Lieutenant is accused of murdering a bar-tender; after the lieutenant's wife claimed that the bartender raped her. In defence, the lieutenant says that he was in a temporary state of insanity during the murder. Does the judge believe him? What's the truth? Will the lieutenant be accused or set free?

Saturday 21 November 2015

THE ASPHALT JUNGLE

The Asphalt Jungle (1950)


Star Cast
-   Marilyn Monroe, Sterling Hayden, Louis Calhern, James Whitmore, Jean Hagen, Sam Jaffe, John McIntire
Director
-       John Huston
Producer
-       Arthur Hornblow Jr.
Rating
-       U
Year of Release
-       1950
Category 
-       Hollywood
Genre
-       Crime, Noir, Drama
Movie Gist     
The movie is one of the greatest Noir-movies. A million-dollar heist of jewel robbery takes off as planned. But bad luck & double crossing causes everything to unwind. Who finally takes the booty? Is there anyone left alive?

AND THEN THERE WERE NONE

And Then There Were None (1945)


Star Cast
-     Barry Fitzgerald, Louis Hayward, Walter Huston, June Duprez, Mischa Auer, Roland Young, Judith Anderson, C. Aubrey Smith, Richard Haydn, Queenie Leonard
Director
-       Rene Clair
Producer
-       Rene Clair
Rating
-       U
Year of Release
-       1945
Category 
-       Hollywood
Genre
-       Thriller, Drama, Mystery, Crime
Movie Gist     
The movie is an adaptation from the novel with the same name. Ten people are invited to an isolated island by an unknown host. They realize gradually that they are brought here to pay for their actions. They start getting killed one by one. Who could be the killer? The unknown host or is it one of them?

Friday 30 October 2015

FELLINI'S CASANOVA

Fellini's Casanova (1976)


Star Cast
-     Donald Sutherland, Tina Aumont, Carmen Scarpitta, Daniela Gatti, Cicely Browne, Alessandra Belloni
Director
-       Federico Fellini
Producer
-       Alberto Grimaldi
Rating
-       U
Year of Release
-       1976
Category 
-       Hollywood
Genre
-       Drama, History, Biography, Romance
Movie Gist     
The movie is based on a true life of Giacomo Casanova, a writer & an adventurer. In the movie, Casanova  is a philanderer in the earlier days & an adventurer in the latter days as he travels through Europe engaging in a variety of erotic adventures.

ADAM'S RIB

Adam's Rib (1949)


Star Cast
-     Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Judy Holliday, David Wayne, Tom Ewell, Jean Hagen, Polly Moran, Will Wright
Director
-       George Cukor
Producer
-       Lawrence Weingarten
Rating
-       U
Year of Release
-       1949
Category 
-       Hollywood
Genre
-       Drama, Comedy, Romance
Movie Gist     
Adam's Rib is a rib-tickling comedy. Adam & Amanda (husband & wife) are lawyers who come opposite each other in the court over the case of an attempted murder. This is when professional & personal tensions between the two start mounting. How'll they get through this?