THE OTHER GUYS

The Other Guys (2010)

Star Cast	-    Will Ferrell, Eva Mendes, Mark Wahlberg, Dwayne Johnson, Michael Keaton, Ray Stevenson, Steve Coogan, Samuel L. Jackson
Director	-       Adam McKay
Producer	-       Adam McKay, Will Ferrell, Patrick Crowley, Jimmy Miller
Rating	-       U
Year of Release	-       2010
Category	-       Hollywood
Genre	-       Comedy, Crime, Action

Movie Gist     
Two misfit NYPD detectives, Gamble & Hoitz, are forced to do the desk job. They hate each other, their monotonous & meaningless job and the fact that they are forced to live in the shadows of other two bad-ass cops. Gamble & Hoitz stumble on an opportunity to track on one of the biggest crimes of the year, when their seniors go down for the count. 

Oh there's just one hitch - things don't go as planned for Gamble & Hoitz....!!!

NERUDA

Neruda (2016)

Star Cast	-     Luis Gnecco, Alfredo Castro, Gael Garcia Bernal, Antonio Zegers, Mercedes Moran, Emilio Gutierrez Caba
Director	-       Pablo Larrain
Producer	-     Jeff Skoll, Peter Danner, Renan Artukmac, Ignacio Rey, Gaston Rothschild, Alex Zito
Rating	-       U/A
Year of Release	-       2016
Category	-       French, Spanish
Genre	-       Drama, Biography

Movie Gist     
Neruda is an unconventional biography of Pablo Neruda, a Chilean poet & a Noble Prize winner. He becomes fugitive in his own homeland. Neruda joins the Communist Party as serves as a Communist Senator in 1948. Later his party gets banned & he escapes.

LAURA

Laura (1944)

Star Cast	-     Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews, Vincent Price, Clifton Webb, Judith Anderson, Dorothy Adams
Director	-       Otto Preminger
Producer	-       Otto Preminger
Rating	-       U
Year of Release	-       1944
Category	-       Hollywood
Genre	-       Crime, Drama, Mystery, Noir

Movie Gist     
Laura is a classic murder mystery. The plot of the movie revolves around a police detective who falls in love with Laura whose murder he is supposedly investigating.

LETHAL WEAPON

Lethal Weapon (1987)

Star Cast	-     Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Gary Busey, Mitchell Ryan, Darlene Love, Tom Atkins, Traci Wolfe, Ebonie Smith
Director	-       Richard Donner
Producer	-       Richard Donner, Joel Silver
Rating	-       U
Year of Release	-       1987
Category	-       Hollywood
Genre	-       Crime, Thriller, Action

Movie Gist     
A mismatched pair of a veteran cop, Sergeant Murtaugh & a young suicidal cop, Riggs are partnered to stop a gang of drug dealers. Let's see how do they make things happen. 

The success of this movie led to three successful sequels - 

1) Lethal Weapon 2 (1989)
2) Lethal Weapon 3 (1992)
3) Lethal Weapon 4 (1998)

Dial M for Murder

Dial M for Murder

Star Cast	-     Grace Kelly, Ray Milland, John Williams, Robert Cummings, Anthony Dawson
Director	-          Albert Hitchcock
Producer	-          Albert Hitchcock
Rating	-          A
Year of Release	-          1954
Category	-          Hollywood
Genre	-          Crime, Mystery, Thriller

  Movie Gist

Tony (standing) & Swann

  The movie is an adaptation from Frederick Knott’s successful play. The story is about a woman who escapes a death conspiracy.

In London lived an ex-professional tennis player Tony Wendice (Ray Milland) with his super rich wife Margot (Grace Kelly). Margot kept complaining about Tony’s busy schedule; so he took retirement from tennis. Tony later on discovered that she has been having an affair with Mark Halliday (Robert Cummings), who was an American crime-fiction writer. Tony found a letter from Mark to Mary in her hand-bag & since then he blackmailed her anonymously.

Mark & Margot

Swann trying to kill Margot

Margot casually introduces Mark to Tony. Tony excuses himself & leaves. He meets Swann (Anthony Dawson) & tells him about Margot’s affair. Tony plans to kill Margot & wants Swann to be his partner in crime. Initially Swann refuses; but Tony blackmails him saying the letter has Swann’s fingerprints & that he will get Swann imprisoned for blackmailing Margot. Swann reluctantly agrees.

Mark consoling Margot, Hubbard (behind)

Left to right - Tony, Mark, Hubbard, Margot

As per the plan, the murder would seem to be a failed robbery. But the plan backfires & Swann gets killed. Tony immediately activates plan B.

The police comes in & investigates. Chief Inspector Hubbard (John Williams) takes Margot into custody. The police makes a statement that Margot killed Swann as he was blackmailing her. The investigation goes back & forth. Hubbard plots a plan &

Trap for Tony by Hubbard

Tony is finally held guilty through an important piece of evidence. Watch the movie & find out!