Hormones can wreak havoc on the teenage brain, causing it to contemplate all sorts of mischief in its drive to sate its carnal appetite. In the R-rated teen comedy Youth in Revolt, directed by Miguel Arteta and starring Michael Cera (Juno, Superbad) and newcomer Portia Doubleday, the volatile combo becomes downright hazardous. The “teen” label [...]

Book of Eli, the ambitious, thought-provoking new thriller from brothers Albert and Allen Hughes (From Hell, Dead Presidents), is in many ways an anomaly in modern Hollywood. It’s a post-apocalyptic story that’s neither a remake nor an adaptation; its dystopian future is entirely devoid of zombies or vampires; and its core message, spiked with heavy [...]

I’ve always been an unabashed fan of Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, a magnetic screen presence whose charm and charisma more than make up for his shortcomings as an actor. That said, even I’m finding it harder to defend his choices of roles over the past few years, including his most recent turn in the family [...]

The God of Legion, secular Hollywood’s latest Biblically-inspired action flick, is old-school, an angry, spiteful Almighty with a penchant for Old Testament theatrics. Fed up with humanity’s decadent, warmongering ways, He’s decided to pull the plug on the whole crazy experiment and start over from scratch. Fortunately for us, the God of Legion is also [...]

Movie : The Informant! (2009) Released on: 18/09/2009 Cast: Matt Damon, Scott Bakula, Joel Mchale Director: Steven Soderbergh Genre:Spy, Black Comedy WHAT’S IT ABOUT? Director Steven Soderbergh turns the true story of a corporate whistleblower into fodder for an offbeat comedy with The Informant!, which stars Matt Damon as Mark Whitacre, a high-level executive at [...]

Movie : Jennifer’s Body Released on : 18/9/2009 Director: Karyn Kusama Cast: Megan Fox, Amanda Seyfried, Johnny Simmons, J K Simmons, Amy Sedaris,Adam Brody,Sal Cortez, Ryan Levine,Juan Riedinger, Colin Askey, Chris Pratt,Juno Ruddell,Kyle Gallner, Joshua Emerson, Cynthia Stevenson, Nicole LeDuc, Aman Johal, Dan Joffre, Candus Churchill WHAT’S IT ABOUT? Jennifer Check and Anita “Needy” Lesnicky [...]

Movie : Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs (2009) Cast: Isabella Acres, Lori Alan, Shane Baumel Director: Christopher Miller, Phil Lord Genre: Animated, Children, Adaptation WHAT’S IT ABOUT? Based on the beloved children’s book by Judi and Ron Barrett, Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs tells the tale of Flint Lockwood, an eccentric young inventor [...]