Terminator Salvation review

Review by RLS
English(U/A)
Cast: Christian Bale, Bryce Dallas Howard, Sam Worthington
Director: McG

If it was not for director McG’s expert hand of assembling the messy script and settings, besides the injection of a few surprises here and there, the film would have been a total waste. ‘Terminator Salvation: The End Begins’ should spell the end of the epic battle between machines and mankind once and for all...
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Bolt review

Review by RLS
Bolt
English (U)
Cast: John Travolta, Miley Cyrus, Susie Essman
Director: Byron Howard, Chris Williams
Walt Disney’s latest animation flick is about a loveable dog actor named Bolt (John Travolta) trained to believe he is a real crime-fighting superdog...

The film doesn’t have many funny lines but the simple storyline based on trust and friendship does bring a soothing effect. Bolt, the TV show superdog, is after all, a wholesome family entertainer...
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X-Men Origins: Wolverine

English (U/A)
Cast: Hugh Jackman, Liev Schreiber, Danny Huston
Director: Gavin Hood

The season of prequels is here. First it was ‘Star Trek’ showing us how it all began and now the makers of ‘X-Men’ are doing exactly the same.
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Salim Must Die

Author: Mukul Deva
Publisher: HarperCollins,
Year: 2009, pp 415, Rs 225

He had done a marvellous job with his Lashkar and now suspense author Mukul Deva gives us another insightful view into the threat perception of Islamic fundamentalism. Salim Must Die is a sequel to his bestseller Laskhar and it continues to feature Deva’s main characters Iqbal, Anbu and Salim — much more in detail.

Lashkar ended but a new plot comes from Iqbal, the mechanic-turned terrorist who made his way back across the Line of Control (LoC) to be captured by the Indian armed forces. Why would he do that and what is the mission of this young man is answered in the most thrilling manner. The plot revolves around the supposed-to-be-dead Murad Salim, a ruthless and brilliant architect of global terror network. Now he is bent on carrying out his most deadly plan to tell the rest of the world that he stands on the ground of righteousness.
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Shinjuku Incident (Film Review)

English (A)
Cast: Jackie Chan, Daniel Wu, Naoto Takenaka, Fan Bing-Bing, Xu Jinglei
Director: Derek Yee Tung-Sing

This is the third film in which Jackie Chan takes up serious cinema after ‘The New Police Story’ and ‘The Myth’. Of the three films his role in this film demands him to look much more serious and Jackie does just that. He smiles a few times and does not fight even in scenes where he should be. He has to put on a long face throughout.

At first it appears that the kung fu master was trying to re-invent himself taking all the blows from others. However, Jackie won’t be in a film where there are no fights, right? So, there are some brilliant stuff to look out for after the first half...
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Captivity

English (A)
Cast: Elisha Cuthbert, Daniel Gillies, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Michael Harney
Director: Roland Joffe

This film falls in the category of soft-core ‘torture porn’ with its grisly images and extensive use of raw violence. A top model Jennifer Tree (Elisha Cuthbert) is kidnapped by a stalker who abuses her emotionally and physically in a basement with another captive Gary (Daniel Gillies)...
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Star Trek: The Future Begins

English (U/A)
Cast: Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Leonard Nimoy, Eric Bana, Bruce Greenwood , Karl Urban, Zoe Saldana
Director: J J Abrams

With its fast-packed action there is no time to get nostalgic for Star Trek fans. Even then newcomers aren’t left wondering either. The script is such that while it remains true to the structural settings of the earlier editions, the new inputs are simple to understand...
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Is Meira the right person to occupy Lok Sabha chair?

India is known for having many first things! A couple of days back the 15th Lok Sabha proudly presents a united face and unanimously elected Congress nominee Mrs Meira Kumar to the Speaker's chair.

Mrs Kumar becomes the first woman to occupy the respected, yet sometimes controversial, seat.

The move to have a woman Speaker has also been hailed by women MPs irrespective of their political affiliates. At the same time there are many who say Mrs Kumar with her 'cute little voice is not suitable' to occupy the chair. "There are many powerful speakers in the parliament who will silenced her," one friend said.

Do you think the Congress and the Opposition parties are justified in electing Mrs Kumar as the 'first woman Lok Sabha Speaker?' Is this just another political gimmick?

Angels & Demons (Review)

English (A)
Cast: Tom Hanks, Ewan McGregor, Ayelet Zurer, Stellan Skarsgaard, Pierfrancesco Favino, Nicolaj Lie Kaas, Armin Mueller-Stahl
Director: Ron Howard

In ‘The Da Vinci Code’, Dan Brown gave the Catholics a hard time when he let free Harvard professor and symbologist Dr Robert Langdon (Tom Hanks) to unravel the church’s most guarded secrets which had questioned the very foundation of Christianity. However, in ‘Angels and Demons’ Dr Langdon (Hanks again) is seen racing against time to save the Church!
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Be careful of electric power! (Video)

[Warning: Video footage has gruesome scenes.]
This is a real life video at one of the train stations in India. We got this from our friends and we're posting it here as a public service message. The video shows an agitated man who went to the top of the train and unknowingly touched the high-power voltage electric wire...leaving him dead.

It's always better to play safe when you are near an electric wire, even while using home appliances. Be careful be safe!