JULIE AND JULIA
Watchable. I like to cook and it's a very uplifting movie about the joy of cooking and eating. Still, it's not exactly mouthwatering and the kitchen disasters could be funnier.
THREE MILES NORTH OF MOLKOM
Watchable. It's about an obscure event full of rituals reminiscent of paganism. But it's shown with irreverent humour (e.g. a cool Australian has heard about a festival while travelling through Europe and disappointingly found himself stuck with tree-huggers, the camera captures his and others' faces commenting on the goings-on).
The screening was preceded by a lengthy comedy show by Russell Howard. I don't get much of his humour but a few jokes were good. One had me in stitches: A girl at school is doing some calculations and whenever her calculator refuses cooperation, she bangs it against the desk. The noise is so annoying to the teacher that he says to the underage girl: "How would you like it if I banged you against the desk?"
FISH TANK
Watchable. A gritty look on daily lives of chavs: kids that drink, smoke and steal like it's no big deal, a young mother that hardly tolerates her children. It is unpleasant but fascinating to watch for an outsider. Very convincingly made and acted.
MISS MARCH: GENERATION PENETRATION
Watchable. It is gross but funny, like "American Pie".
CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS 3-D
Watchable. The story is about as clever as the title indicates but when ice-cream fell down on the village I just couldn't help fantasising about a downpour of pancakes with wild blueberries and whipped cream. The movie is quite funny. Just see the inventor's father face when his son asks him to find a file and email to his mobile.
WANTED
Watchable. The music and dancing is really good and that means a lot in Bollywood. The storyline is ingeniously contrived. Salman Khan acts at his best. Just the gang dealings feel a bit lengthy.
Trailers promise a number of good movies this Diwali. "Blue" is particularly intriguing - diving, sharks, Bollywood top actors.
DIL BOLE HADDIPA!
Recommended. The music and dancing is absolutely top-class. Shahid Kapoor and Rani Mukherjee act and dance just so well that I checked their names. Truly rising stars. The comedy is also hilarious.
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