There are some movies with good script, good dialog, great story and a lot of potential and promise. This could have been that movie, it did have very intriguing premise and a compelling story. But other than that, nothing in the film lives up to its promise.
The entire film falls flat on its face and doesn’t revive post interval.

Direction : Total and abject failure of direction. This is just badly directed.
1. The boys playing Iraqi soldiers don’t have the body language or the attitude to pull their role off. They don’t have the menace that is seen in soldiers in ARGO or Syrania or even closer to home Baby.

Acting :
2. The actors all suffer from lack of direction and this film has a lot of good, well known actors.
3. Everything is left to akshay kumar and he shoulders his burden as much as possible.

Music
4. The background score is non existent.
5. the Songs in between spoil the mood totally.

Story :
6.The movie is called airlift and the portion about this operation lasts 30 seconds. That’s it! Its an missed opportunity to highlight the efforts of government officials and the bravery of the pilot, they are shown in few scenes and always as... reluctant & lazy or even rude.
7. Entire unneeded sections of the movie waste time, which could have seen our government’s civil servants taking the action, air crafts preparing, fueling, pilots in briefing, the cockpit chatter. All of this is not present in a movie called airlift.

Summary :
Anyday, this is better than Kya Kool Hai Hum 3 and Mastizaade. ANYDAY !
Kudos to Mr. Kumar for being in such a film. I am just disappointed at how good this should have been, rather it is a mediocre soulless film with a great premise.
I would recommend watching this on TV or DVD or Netflix (torrent)
Rating : 5.5/10

Tarantino has been one of my favourite film makers of this past decade, from Reservoir Dogs till Hateful Eight I have never missed any of his films.
This movie has a troubled past with it almost being cancelled, but thankfully it did not.
Presented in a 70mm Roadhouse manner, this movie is a who dun it tarantino style.
So is it worth it?
For fans of tarantino and suspense thrillers, this is a great movie, the dialog as usual is riveting, the suspense is killer, but somehow the movie feels a bit loose. It’s not tight and gripping, relaxing for long moments and killing the built up tension.
This is not a bad movie by any stretch of the imagination, but this is not tarantino’s best one or even better than his previous 2 films. Not that it matters, as a film it is enjoyable and mysterious enough. But one GLARING plot hole caught my attention during the reveal and I haven’t been able to let of it since.
Spoilers:
In the start of the film, Ruth mentions they are going to red rock, but due to the blizzard, they will have to stop before then at a rest stop. Later in the film, we see the villains set up shop at this rest stop before them. HOW DID they know Ruth and his prisoner would stop there? if there was no blizzard, he won’t even have stopped. How did they predict the weather and Ruth’s sudden decision to stop at this rest stop, which is what propels the rest of the film ahead.
coming away from that, the action is gruesome, the dialog is sharp and the acting…
Sam Jackson does a career best performance and everyone on the screen is amazing. Tarantino’s films are famous for their performances and dialog and music and on all three counts the movie doesn’t disappoint.
Rating : 8/10

I used to love Bond films… Back in the Days of Pierce Brosnan, bond was back and exciting again… I saw every one of those films and LOVED them… but things changed and Bond was rebooted.
Fine, no problem… Casino Royale was still good, but then they went hay wire, the sequels were not bond or Bourne enough… Quantum of solace sucked, I hated SkyFall (with its home alone rip-off ending) and this movie is even worse.
First of all, this movie and skyfall seem to like ripping off The Dark Knight. Skyfall had the villain gets captured by design plot (also seen in Avengers) this one has, female lead stuck to a building with bomb cliché. N
Next, the plot is similar to the Bond Parody Goldmember… Yes that’s right in 2002 Austin Powers made this same film and they did it better! Every cliché shown in that film is still being repeated in Bond films in 2015.
So Am I nit-picking a lot? Overly critical, maybe I am not the audience for this film. But then who is? I love spy espionage, counter intelligence films, Mission Impossible 4 and 5 were amazing, Kingsmen was marvellous, even Man from UNCLE was more charming than this…
This film is all kinds of dumb, one shot from bond and somehow an entire building in Mexico exploded. What happened? Was there a bomb? No explanation. A car chase scene between Bond and Hinx goes on for god-damn long time when nothing happens, they just drive around, bond can’t even lose his pursuer in ROME! It’s one of those cities with a lot of by lanes!
Where is bond getting all his money from? He is no longer employed at Mi-6.
Bond is being tortured and the moment there is an explosion in the room, his restrains snap free… WHY?
Bond shoots one gauge and suddenly the entire complex blows up sky high. This movie makes Last Action Hero’s clichés looks realistic. Last but not the least, bond is on a train eating/drinking when Hinks the henchman attacks him, was he patiently waiting till then? How did he find them? The train left hours ago, where was he all this time?
Terrible direction, god awful action scenes. Mr Craig looks bored as hell with the proceedings. The picture budget shot up to 300 to 350 Million and all we got was cliché ridden, plot less crap.
Rating : 5.5/10 . Close to being the WORST bond film till date, probably on par or worse than On her majesty’s secret service.

Star Wars: The Force Awakens Movie Review (Spoiler Version)
This Review contains Spoilers!
Star Wars is back and with the highest Global Debut EVER, it’s come with a bang…
All Said and Done, I had expected this movie to suck…
Good News : Its doesn’t suck, it’s one of those movies which manages to be a Re-Boot, a Sequel and a Remake all at the same time. How this is pulled off, I will discuss later.
Bad News: It’s a Remake of Episode 4 A New Hope and dear old George did it better in 1977. Don’t get me wrong, this movie as I mentioned before, isn’t bad at all… but did it have to rehash EVERY PLOT POINT from Episode 4? From the Death Star to the Old man going to save the kids and he dies moment, every moment in this film seems like a re-done version of the original Star Wars.
Does this mean you will hate it? Nope… The movie is solid, it works well for both fans of the franchise and new fans who have never seen any of the old films. That is truly difficult to pull off, and JJ does it WITHOUT resorting to a pocket universe like in Star Trek. Just like Trek this movie has a nearly relentless pace and it never stops at upping the ante. There are quite a few funny moments which are not overly done or forced, but get a good laugh from the audience.
Breakdown: (Spoiler- Warning)
Every new character in this film is amazing, I like Poe, Finn (FN2187), Rey & Maz… Everyone’s acting was above expectations and I cannot WAIT to see what they come up with next…
As for the old ones, Han Solo Played by Mr. Ford is simply a joy to watch. Ford manages to play the same character but older, not overly different and he still has his swagger.
Luke, despite having NO LINES looks like Luke, by that I mean, his hair, the look in his eyes, it’s not Old Mark Hamill, its Luke… 30 years later. But Carrie Fisher, she is a huge disappointment. She plays herself, only sober… she doesn’t manage to get the old Leia at all. Like how Mr Ford managed Han Solo (sadly for the last time – HEY YOU WERE WARNED) Carrie will play more Leia and she sucks at it, her princess swagger is gone, she hasn’t found her character at all. Luke managed with look what she couldn’t in the entire time she was there.
But enough about the old, the new cast is, as I said… Amazing. Finn is goofy and suave at the same time, Poe is immediately likable and Rey is so much stronger than she looks. Not just physically but mentally as well.
The Villains: Kylo Ren is pretty good as Han’s lost son and Darth Vader’s Grandson. He play his role well. Supreme leader snoak is all CGI and cannot comment on him till we see more. General Hux is a lil Hitler look/act alike and he does a good job of being evil.
The movie itself: the action scenes are amaze-balls… The falcon is back and is just as important and just as temperamental as any of the lead characters. It swoops, swerves and free falls in some of the BEST aerial maneuvers ever put on film. It’s not lazy, it’s not clichéd, it does everything the star ship enterprise couldn’t do… and JJ seems to have a lot of fun with it…
The light saber fights are extremely well done, they are more along the lines of the Original Trilogy aka Episode 4-5-6 than the Episode1-2-3. The sabers seem heavy and damaging, the fights ring out loud with clacks and crackles of light sabers coming in contact.
So, the acting is good, the action is amazing, the plot is rehashed and the music is passable.
This make it an 8.5/10 movie. Solid, good entertainment. Not so innovative for old fans, good entry point for new fans.
Speculation:
Snoak is Palpatine, damaged and old.
Rey is related to Luke or directly his daughter who he abandoned when he left on a quest. Fearing she will turn out like Ben Solo (Kylo Ren) she was left on Jakku.
Poe is force sensitive.
The old man seen in the first scene played by Max Von sydow will be in some Star Wars anthology film, mostly Rogue One.
Captain Phasma is not dead and will return for Episode 8 (this might have been confirmed. Not sure)

Investigative films are one of my favorite genres and these movies a few and far in between. All the kings men, Frost/Nixon, JFK are some of the notable ones… Now We can also add Spotlight in that list.
This movie chronicles the story of how the Spotlight team at the Boston Globe discovered a massive cover-up in the church and exposed it…
Despite how sensational this movie could have been made, they decided to keep it realistic and VERY un-dramatic and fact based. That is what makes this movie brilliant.
Direction: Masterfully directed, it’s a bit slow at times, but packs all the narrative punches that is required.
Cinematography: A bit lacking and it makes the film bit dreary and mundane. They needed the cinematic punch packed in ‘Mr. Robot’ for this kind of a film, but it’s not bad... Just plain.
Acting: Amazing performances by all the lead cast and the cast is truly star studded. Micheal Keaton does another amazing job at his role, understated and grave he is said to be so accurate in his re-enactment of this character that the real person it was based on, said it was eerie seeing a mirror image of himself… Apparently the REAL reporters spent a lot of time on the sets to make it authentic and it shows… You believe these are reporters and not movie stars acting the part out. Mark ruffullo is good as usual…
Music: Nothing overdone, get the work done. Nothing more is expected or needed.
Rating : 9/10