Race (2008) Movie Review

Race (2008) Movie Review - Race was the most-awaited release this year but the movie review does not seem to be that exciting. I’ve surfed through many ‘Race movie reviews‘ but couldn’t find one which really lives up to the hype, the movie had generated prior to it’s release.

You know I don’t write about many movie reviews… only the ones which I think everyone is anticipating about.

Race is a typical Abbas-Mustan Bollywood masala movie with a star-cast to be jealous of. Though the critics have slammed the movie by giving it anything between 2-3.5 stars, user reviews have been exciting.

Race is the story of two brothers Ranvir Singh (Saif Ali Khan) and his alcoholic younger brother Rajiv Singh (Akshaye Khanna). Their life revolves around horse racing – from owning a stud farm to betting huge money on them, the two millionaires can’t see beyond the thrills of fast cars and fast horses.

The first half of the movie is made very well, you don’t get bored or anything as such but the 2nd half was kind of weak, specially the character of RD (Anil Kapoor), which was sketched on the lines of the famous investigator, Karamchand.

On the acting front, Saif was good, Akshay was better, really liked the way his character was shaping up throughout the movie. Bipasha Basu was in kind of confused state of mind all the time. Katrina was at her worst (shockingly!) and Sameera Reddy should go back to the South-Indian films.

Overall the film is not bad but a large amount of credit for that goes to the editor and to Allan Amin – the man behind all the action. Abbas Mastan will draw in fans to the box office largely because of the multi star line up and for the infamous Bipasha Basu – Saif Ali Khan lovemaking number (which let us warn you isn’t all that much!).

In my opinion, the movie, driven by it’s cast and action-scenes will do a reasonably good business. And I would give it a three star rating.

Race (2008) Movie Trailer:

Race is reasonable enough to win a ‘not bad’ stamp. But isn’t imaginative enough to gain a ‘good’ tag.

Cast

Saif Ali Khan
Akshaye Khanna
Katrina Kaif
Bipasha Basu
Anil Kapoor
Sameera Reddy

Director : Abbas-Mastan
Musician : Pritam

That's Race (2008) Movie Review

THE RICHES - Season 2

THE RICHES - Season 2 - THE RICHES is back tonight with a whole new season full of surprises. And needless to say, it’s a Must-Watch.

I was able to take an early look at the first four episodes and let me tell you, as much as season 1 was great, season 2 is shaping up to be as good if not better.

During every episode, you will be on the edge of your seat wondering “will they or won’t they be found out?”

Wayne Malloy (Eddie Izzard) gets more and more involved in his “job” and believes that this is the way to get his family back together and guarantee their future. Wayne is such a well written and well portrayed character, it’s hard not to be rooting for him. I think the reason he is so appealing to the audience is because he is really smart and can get out of situations we wish we could get out of with so much class. In season 2, we get to see more of his ingenious ways to get in and out of trouble. Needless to say Eddie Izzard is brilliant.

Dahlia Malloy (Minnie Driver) this season is becoming more independent from Wayne. She tries to find her own path in her own clumsy way. She really tries to change and makes things better for her and her family the only way she knows how. And on the way, makes some interesting decisions, to say the least. It will be interesting to find out how her relationship with Wayne ends up at the end of the season.

The children this season all go their own way as well. In fact it seems that in general season 2 of The Riches is about everybody making their own decisions about the way they would like to live, separate from the family unit.

Di Di (Shannon Woodward) finds herself liking her new life more and more, which makes it hard for her to accept.

Cael (Noel Fisher) is the only one in the family who has a hard time adapting to this new lifestyle, which we already saw in season 1. At the beginning of season 2, Cael starts resenting their new life more and more and wants to go back to being a traveller.

Sam (Aidan Mitchell) is the only one that still sort of follows Wayne and Dahlia, mostly because he is too young at this point to go his own way.

Season 2 of The Riches opens right where we left off season 1, in the heat of the action. The next four episodes keep on building as things get crazier and crazier and I cannot wait to see the last three episodes (this season has a total of seven episodes). They really put a lot of thought and effort in season 2 and so far it’s paying off. They were able to keep me excited and wanting for more. You need to watch this new season of The Riches, I promise, you won’t be disappointed.

Finally, if you didn’t watch season 1, but want to jump on board, please do. The season recap at the beginning of the first episode of season 2 is enough to get you up to date on everything that happened previously. And get ready for a crazy ride with The Malloys.

Don’t forget to watch THE RICHES - Season 2 tonight, March 18, at 10pm on FX.

Model Behavior

Model Behavior - Model Behavior is a 2000 TV movie so as to air on The Wonderful World of Disney on ABC. The movie starred Maggie Lawson and was directed by Mark Rosman. The film as well stars Justin Timberlake and co-stars Kathie Lee Gifford. It is originally based on the book by Michael Levin Janine and Alex, Alex and Janine.

Alex Burroughs is an introverted, unconfident girl who, though helping her father with his catering business at a festivity, meets Janine Adams, the teenager model of the time.

in the meantime, Janine is fed up with her mother Dierdre not being home while she have her first book signing, as her brother Max is going on a publicity tour. Through a strange coincidence the two girls understand they look so much alike that they make a decision to swap places for a while. Alex gets to date Jason Sharp (Justin Timberlake), a stylish male model, but she has to deal with Janine's dictatorial mother, Deirdre (Kathie Lee Gifford).

And that's a little review of Model Behavior

The Pleasure of Six: the Worst Sports Movies of All Time

From Rocky Balboa to When Saturday Comes,
the most cringe worthy sporting movies ever

1) Rocky Balboa
As if the best 63 Rocky movies didn't drive the boundaries of wet sentimentality enough - though in equity the new Rocky's not terrible in a Saturday Night Fever wrong-side-of-the-tracks kind of manner - the closing installment in Sylvester Stallone's Balboa tale crashes manner over the cable. (And that's rather an accomplishment, since Sly single-handedly place a conclusion to the Cold War in Rocky IV by informing Dolph Lundgren that "if I can alter, and you can alter, so everybody can alter. ) Stumbling around apparently higher on botox, Stallone spends his moment mulling over snippets of cod doctrine - "The reality ain't all sunlight and rainbows, it's a really nasty and unpleasant spot" - and comes to the decision that, by losing, one can really get. waiting for it. a winner.Having this robust prospect on living is just as easily, because in this career-wrecking shambles, Stallone appears to conflate his own living with that of his almost renowned on-screen role to such an extent you can't truly say if it's Rocky or Sly who is spouting about how he used to be a challenger.

2) The Football Factory
Some critics have suggested that this yob cavort was a worthy enterprise as it took a non-judgemental feel at the realities of football vandalism. Those who really bothered to see it with their eyes available saw the customary boring glorification and glamourisation of alpha-male posturing and senseless violence. "S'it worf it, Tommy?" asks a none-more-cockernee sound in none-more-cockernee Danny Dyer's lead role's vacant chief. The response being, of class, you must be effing joking, this here is absolute pap. The movie did get one matter going for it, however, in that it spawned the accidentally humorous Sky One documentary series The Real Football Factories, which saw gloriously deluded middle-class player Dyer pretending to have away on, and have on with, firms of thugs partaking in "mass offs" and "decent propah nawty rumbles. You couldn't book the fact that somebody scripted it.

3) When Saturday Comes
Sean Bean (ticking) stars as Jimmy Muir, a working-class (ticking) Sunday-league (ticking) striker (ticking) made better. Muir is haunted (ticking) by the specter of his buddy (ticking) who died downward t'quarry (ticking) and goes away the rails (ticking), as indicated by a flirtation with a stripper (ticking) who has Sheffield United tattoo on her jacksie (ticking. But it all ends easily (ticking) because Muir gets his act jointly (ticking) after being told some house truths (ticking) and facing upward to his responsibilities (ticking); he comes off the terrace (ticking) to grade a hat-trick (ticking) against Manchester United (ticking) in the semi-final of the FA Cup (ticking) with the last a slow-motion punishment (ticking. What much do you need? Mel Sterland as the squad hooligan? Tick! Tick! Tick! Tick! Tick! Tick! Tick! Tick! Tick! Tick! Tick! Tick

4) Any Given Sunday
MOR jazz noodlings swell in the backdrop. Al Pacino, sporting hair like Ted Bovis from Hi-De-Hi, bangs on about how living - and so gridiron - is "just a game of inches. Goons with necks thicker than their heads nod and yell and whoop and shriek. "Hell! Yeah!" "The six inches is in face of your cheek," hollers Pacino. Eh? Y'what? Hold on, sad: Hell! Yeah! "When we make upward all those inches, that's going to have the fucking disagreement between WINNING and LOSING, between LIVING and DYING. " Despite this address being perhaps the almost trite always, some going in the circumstance of the Hollywood blockbuster, up-and-under tacticians Jake White and Sam Allardyce have used recordings and transcripts of it to gee their own teams upward - a country of affairs which gives original significance to the idiom "motivational tools".

5) Escape to Victory
During the German occupation of Ukraine in the second reality warfare, a position mainly comprising players from Dynamo Kiev took on German army teams and thrashed them out of view moment and moment again. Nazi patience snapped after Start, as the squad were known, recorded a 8-0 triumph, and the players were rounded upward by the Gestapo and tormented, sent to labour camps, or shot. By the moment this horrific story had been filtered through the Hollywood scriptwriting procedure, however, Sylvester Stallone was saving a punishment in the last hour and everyone escaped to survive merrily always after. Utter pish, simply partly redeemed by Russell Osman's half-time squad speak, an acting masterclass upward there with Ryan Giggs's early 90s appearances in the Quorn adverts.

6) Tin Cup
There are two good movies about ball - Bull Durham and Field of Dreams - and both superstar Kevin Costner. Every massage parlor's favorite player too stars in this golfing movie, but woefully this specific Costner sports vehicle doesn't take the class. In equity, it's a top-notch slice of feelgood Hollywood fluff - salvation, a passion stake, a brief comedy buddy, what's not to enjoy - but the real golfing tale is risible. A hard-drinking, crowd-pleasing waster who rocks upward out of nowhere and almost wins the US Open? It's not that terrible a thought; trouble is, living is alien than fable, and we all know that what happened in the 1991 USPGA at Crooked Stick knocks Tin Cup into a cocked hat.

Top Cars Of 2007

I'm the kind of chick who loves high-boots, make-up & fast cars, so i have added a few of the best performer of 2007.......

Audi R8


Better than a 911? Really? You'd better believe it. Audi has, on its first attempt, achieved what countless others have failed to do and beaten the legendary Porsche at its own game. Indeed, the R8 makes the 911 look a bit dated. But there's more to it. The RS4 suggested Audi had finally cracked how to make a satisfying driver's car. But with the R8 it's created one of the best ever. It's hugely fast, but in a very exploitable way and entertains without being the least bit scary. And it feels ultra modern and superbly built, giving you confidence you could use it every day with no worries.


BMW M3


We have our issues with the M3 and can't help but feel slightly underwhelmed by its more grown up demeanor. But that doesn't detract too much from what is one of the most spectacular sporting coupés this side of full-blown supercars. The carbon roof, nifty electronics and bonnet power dome are all nice features. But it's the engine that dominates this car, and it deserves its centre stage billing. The four-litre 414bhp V8 with its howling 8400rpm redline and racecar technology is one of the most spectacular engines ever to feature in roadgoing car of any pedigree. And that alone deserves a prize!


Ferrari F430 Scuderia


Taking the race on Sunday, sell on Monday ideal to a whole new level, the F430 Scuderia draws direct parallels between Ferrari's F1 racers and its road cars. This, and Kimi Raikkonen's world championship, are proof that the prancing horse has what it takes to flourish in the post-Schumacher age. The £40K premium over the F430 sounds excessive but when you delve into the spec the price soon becomes an irrelevance. And what's more you don't need to be a driving god to enjoy it, the Scuderia genuinely bringing the F1 experience to mere mortals (OK, rich mere mortals) like never before.


Fiat 500


Fiat has taken a good long look at what makes the retro Mini so attractive to buyers and tapped into its own heritage to offer a similarly evocative alternative. So we've got old-school charm and a huge range of extras to help personalise your car, just as with the Mini. But the fact Fiat has done this in a package that is both much cheaper to buy and way more profitable will have BMW turning green with envy. We can leave the industry politics to the suits though. Instead let's just enjoy a great modern interpretation of a true classic.


Ford Mondeo


Another example of how mass-market cars can still be made interesting, the new Mondeo showcases Ford's 'kinetic design' philosophy to great effect. And it tackles the premium German marques that have eaten into its sector head on, not by imitating them but by offering something different and exciting. With style comes substance too, the Mondeo offering vast and commodious accommodation, genuinely useful gadgetry and the sharp, involving handling for which it has become famous. It may be mainstream but the new model proves 2007's Mondeo Man has nothing to be ashamed of.


Mazda 2


You'd think there isn't much new that could be done with the classic supermini format. And while the new Mazda 2 isn't revolutionary as such, it proves that with thoughtful engineering there is still room for innovation. So why is the 2 significant? Think weight, or a lack of it. By stripping out around 100kg from the previous model Mazda has increased performance, reduced fuel consumption and emissions AND made it a whole lot more fun to drive. It even looks good too. It doesn't make the relentless 'zoom zoom' marketing any less irritating but the Mazda 2 proves that affordable motoring doesn't have to be dull.


Mercedes-Benz C-Class


Now in its third generation, the new C-Class at last narrows the gap to its nemesis, the BMW 3-Series. Indeed, in some ways it's even better, combining traditional Mercedes virtues such as comfort, refinement and a welcome return to quality with a genuinely driver focused chassis. Splitting the range into two distinct lines - traditional Elegance or more youthful Sport - and differentiating them with their own grilles and options packs is a great idea. As such the C-Class appeals to both traditional Mercedes buyers and a new, younger audience and gives both what they desire.


Mini Clubman


Gimmick or actually a useful addition to the Mini range? Well, BMW wasn't likely to slip up here and the long awaited Clubman finally opens up Mini ownership to those needing to carry more than a couple of bags of designer label shopping. There may be loads of them around but the Mini still feels sufficiently different from the mainstream to be special. And the Clubman's combination of established Mini virtues like distinctive design and grin-a-minute handling with genuine practicality means it deserves to be a success. Sure, the barn-doors boot and offside-only rear access are a compromise but that won't put many people off.


Mitsubishi i


The car the Smart should have been all along, the i is a genuinely refreshing vehicle that addresses real-world transportational needs with verve. It feels - and looks - genuinely futuristic and with its fizzy turbocharged 660cc engine is more fun to drive than you might think possible. With seating for four and even a bit of luggage space too it's a genuinely useful package. Narrow enough to slip through the gaps in city traffic that SUV drivers can only dream of, driving the i will mark you out as a forward thinker. At just over £9,000 it's affordable to buy and cheap to run too.


Rolls-Royce Phantom Drophead Coupé


The Roller could, of course, win this contest on luxury alone. And while it's easy to be blinded by the lavish appointments, price and performance we love the Drophead Coupé for what it stands for. Which is nothing less than Rolls-Royce reclaiming its position as a builder of cars that represent the pinnacle of four-wheeled decadence and engineering prowess. Yes, the Drophead Coupé is outrageously indulgent and possibly a tad vulgar. But it carries it off with such class you can forgive it these excesses and simply marvel at the flying lady's spectacular return to form.

Movie Review: Young@Heart

Young@Heart is a documentary about a Massachusetts Senior Citizen’s chorus that rocks out to everything from the Clash, Ramones and Sonic Youth, to Coldplay and James Brown. The film follows the chorus members and their director, Bob Cilman as they learn new songs, cope with illnesses and deaths of their close friends, and prepare for a concert performance, dubbed “Alive and Well”.

Label me mean, but the “old people are so cute” sappiness drives me insane (hence the fact that I almost wanted to smack the two annoying girls sitting next to me that kept loudly aww-ing during the movie). I don’t normally see the charm in grandmotherly types, but I must grudgingly admit, this film won me over, and actually almost drew a few tears. Young@Heart is a great film that shows seniors who enjoy music more than anything. They’re singing their hearts out, and doing something that makes them happy all the way until the very last days of their lives. It is so refreshing to see these elderly characters, alive with so much energy, as opposed to the often seen images of them wasting away in nursing homes. These are old people that sing loud music, stay out late at gigs, and travel the world to perform. They’re not dead until the day they really die, and that is so inspiring to see.

A scene that I found particularly moving was one where the chorus performs for convicted felons at a prison. The positive reactions of the prisoners after the show are absolutely tearjerking. The film is also humorous at times, like the scene where two of the chorus members are trying to learn how to play a CD that chorus director, Cilman has handed them (they can’t figure out which side should face up in the player).

The narration in the film is a little excessive, and director Stephen Walker chose to fill the film with cheesy music videos starring the elderly chorus members, which cuts into the pacing of the film, but overall, Young@Heart is a great movie that shows charming seniors who are living their lives to the fullest by doing something that they love.

Film Rating: 8.5 out of 10

Cloverfield Movie Review

I saw it! It’s alive! It’s Huge! I just got home from a screening of Cloverfield, the JJ Produced monster film which has hogged the online hype since July. I don’t have the time to do an extensive review of this movie, as I need to catch a plane to Park City for the Sundance Film Festival in just seven hours. But here is my first take.

The potential problem with a movie like Cloverfield is that the hype can wear thin reallt fast, especially when you’re subject them to near-pointless online viral storylines (what was the point of Jamie’s videos anyways?). But things ramped up these last few weeks, and I feel like I’ve seen more of this movie online than I ever wanted to beforehand. It’s a difficult balance to keep the hype going without giving away too much. And sure, they didn’t show the monster, but seeing too much beforehand was my second biggest concern going into the film. Maybe I had already seen all the cool sequences from the film in the advertising?

Friends, I am here to tell you that there is nothing to be concerned about. There is a lot in this movie that was not shown in the marketing. There is more monster than I originally believed there would be. And yes, you do get to see him very very very close-up. He’s unlike any movie monster I’ve ever seen before. A very cool and unique design, and I think you’ll be pleased. The sound design is incredible, I seriously wouldn’t be shocked if this got nominated for some sound related awards, possibly an Oscar (yes, seriously).

My biggest concern going into the film was about the characters. Would I really care about Rob and Beth and all the characters briefly shown running around in the trailer?

Surprisingly, I was wrong again. The characters are very relatable, even though you don’t get too much background information on any of them. The first 20 or so minutes are monster free. It’s all background, getting to know some of the characters, and it’s all a slow build for the monster’s first reveal. Because when the shit hits the fan, you feel like you’re stuck in the middle of this horrific situations with a group of new friends. Of course, the story follows Rob, a young many who has just gotten a job in Japan. His goodbye party is interrupted by the monstrous scream we’ve all seen a billion and a half times in the teaser trailer. While everyone is trying to get out of New York City, Rob is trying to reconnect with Beth, who is trapped in midtown. But the true shining star in this film is a guy named HUD, who appears on camera just a few times. But you will get to know him very well. HUD is the man behind the video camera, documenting the whole thing as it goes down. His running commentary is hilarious, and you will quickly grow to love him. HUD is one of the reasons that Cloverfield works so well. He’s the funny best friend comic relief character that makes most romantic comedies bearable. But instead of being employed to a few funny appearances, the love-able comic relief character is front and center. He is more you than Rob, and maybe it’s better that way. But its so interesting to see a story from the point of view of this type of character. Refreshing even.

Does the handheld format get annoying? Surprisingly, no. Blair Witch used the first person idea as a gimmick. Cloverfield takes the idea, and uses it to tell a story. I really don’t want to give-away any spoilers, even though enough of the film is already online for you to piece together.

Cloverfield is not shakespeare. It’s not a masterpiece. It has flaws (mostly having to do with little conveniences throughout the story (The “they just happen to be there sort of stuff, or the that guy would never let them do THAT sort of stuff. You’ll see what I mean), but it isn’t anything that takes away from the big picture.

Cloverfield is a fun movie. Plain and simple. It’s sit back, relax and go. It’s a roller coaster ride. JJ Abrams wanted to make an American monster movie, and he has done just that. Cloverfield is not a Godzilla rip-off, it’s the reinvention of the monster film. This is the story about characters trapped in a monster film. They aren’t the characters that would be in the big Hollywood blockbuster version, or even an D-level take by The Asylum or Troma. These characters are the people running away from Godzilla. They have no urge to defeat the monster, they just want to get away and reconnect with their loved ones. This is a human story which just happens to take place during this gigantic moment of fear.

Film Rating: 8 out of 10