PLANET 51

Watchable. A nice take on aliens with their every day problems and fear of human invaders. A funny film, playing with the genre (e.g. quotes like: "In space no one will hear you scream" or "Hasta la vista, baby") but it's not laugh-out-loud funny. More for children than for adults. "The Incredibles" it isn't.

LAW ABIDING CITIZEN

Watchable. A really good action movie. And nothing more than that.

BUNNY AND THE BULL

Walked out. It looks lower budget than it was, full of tacky props. The plot is rubbish and one bit was so disgusting (a guy sucking a dog's tit) that I just couln't stand it any longer.

DE DANA DAN

Watchable. Like all comedies of errors, it's entertaining, with some good gags and lines (e.g. "So go, die and come back") but the errors pile up confusingly fast. The music is OK.

PARANORMAL ACTIVITY

Watchable. The shaky camera makes the viewing of the film more difficult than of a home video. Interesting relatioship dynamics - the guy is terribly childish. One scare at the very end.

KURTLAR VADISI - GLADIO (VALLEY OF THE WOLVES - GLADIO)

Walked out. Elderly spies shoot each other, discuss patriotism and are so secretive they they won't reveal what's it all about.

HEER RANJHA

Watchable. There's little of a story, more of folklore, tradition and romantic songs. What I found interesting was the cultural difference. I'm independent above European average and in my eyes marrying a daughter off to someone because of his wealth and status is akin to pimping. In the film the girl from an Indian Muslim rural community is called "a shameless wretch" when she refused to marry a man she doesn't love. What's scary she believes she is.

A SERIOUS MAN

Walked out. A bunch of weirdoes doing things that make no sense.

THE TWILIGHT SAGA: NEW MOON

Watchable. Again, better than the book. Good CGIs. Jacob's werewolf persona is so cute you want to pet him. Again, very well acted. Shame the lines are mostly murmured hardly audibly in a crowded cinema, I had to see it again on a weekday matinee. The music is awful: the fairy-tale tones clash with the dark story and rubbish songs make the film feel lengthy.

THE INFORMANT

Walked out. His desk job isn't any more interesting than yours.

KURBAAN

Walked out. If relationships are so boring that you need a blast, it's better to stay single. The terrorists are stereotypically portrayed and there's no music and dancing even in the romantic beginning.

TAKING WOODSTOCK

Watchable. It's hard to warm up to the mean villagers but when the festival takes place the two worlds clash spectacularly.

AMELIA

Walked out. Amelia Earhart was fanatical about flying which everyone knows without seeing the movie. Her life and character don't bring in any surprises.

TUM MILE

Watchable. Indians know how to write beautiful love stories. They only ruin the ending with the girl getting pregnant.

AN EDUCATION

Recommended. Fantastic dialogues, acting, a fascinating story and a good life lesson.

2012

Watchable. What a beautiful catastrophy! Not that it makes any sense but it is entertaining.

BRIGHT STAR

Walked out. Poets are notorious for being poor, untidy, of poor health and having weirdo side-kicks. Keats appears to have been no different. In addition the actors can't decide whether to be theatrical or casual, cinematic it isn't.

THE MEN WHO STARE AT GOATS

Watchable. It's full of New Age weirdness but with some brilliant humour, e.g. "He tapped him and he died of death touch." "There and then?" "No, 18 years later."

THE FOURTH KIND

Watchable. Archive footage often shown together with dramatised scenes and mixing Dr. Abigail Tyler's life traumas with her patients' make it hardly comprehensible at first. Once you get used to the strange form of the film, it gets spooky. I was trembling when I left. No idea if it's true or a hoax just like "Blair Witch Project". I do hope it is fiction.

HARRY BROWN

Watchable. The police fight with organised crime is so boring that you get to understand why they don't normally bother in real life. Once the OAP starts his own mission it gets really good with interesting twists of action. The portrayal of junkie degenerates is unforgettable.

COLD SOULS

Watchable. The science fiction layer of soul trafficking is meticulously created but you'd expect some changes in the characters changing souls instead of blabbing about how awful their soulless lives are.

JAIL

Watchable. A fascinating complex story about a wrongly accused with rising star Neil Nihil Mukesh in the main role. A bit stereotypical though.

1 DAY

Watchable. Nothing special about the story maybe apart from the main character - the guy is barely adult but already has 5 children with 5 different girls. He's in a gang so he's going to live-fast-die-young but he's already ensured the survival of his genes. The acting and hip-hop are top-notch.

A CHRISTMAS CAROL 3D

Watchable. Form over substance. The exquisite CGIs put the story in their shadow but convey the Christmas message in the end.

AJAB PREM KI GHAZAB KAHANI

Walked out. A bunch of morons having adventures full of gags and lines that just fail to be funny.

JENNIFER'S BODY

Watchable. The tongue-in-cheek beginning and ending are fun but in between you get a trashy horror with a bleeding demon asking for a tampon. I also don't understand why Megan Fox is considered the ultimate hottie. She looks like any other woman.

TWILIGHT

Seen 5th time. I still find it incredibly well acted by Billy Burke (police chief Charlie Swan), Robert Pattinson (Edward Cullen) and Kristen Stewart (Bella Swan). Other than that, after reading all 4 books, I'm a bit fed up with the series.

AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON

Watchable. A peculiar film acted so theatrically that all actors pronounce their lines clearly which is a nice change from the mainstream but feels fake nevertheless.

The sequel to "Blue" is going to focus on the sky instead of the sea. So, basically, there will be nothing to watch. The only enjoyable thing about "Blue" were the underwater scenes.

NATIONAL LAMPOON'S ANIMAL HOUSE

Walked out. You don't need to go to the cinema to see and hear a bunch of morons singing and smoking weed. Come over and experience my neighbours.

DEAD MAN RUNNING

Walked out. A run of the mill gangster story where the only novelty is the looking and talking more like an Oxford professor than a gangster.

VATAN SAGOLSUN (NEFES - LONG LIVE THE FATHERLAND)

Walked out. Daily lives of philosophical soldiers on the front.

ALADIN

Walked out. This adaptation focuses on communication problems between Aladin and the genie. The music could be better too.

9

Walked out. I failed to see anything fascinating in 2 rag dolls in a vehicle scrap heap.