The horror element is clichéd and Zoe’s back story is the only that adds some spice to the otherwise routine proceedings. The actors do justice to their characters, particularly Olivia Wilde – they needed a better script to back their performance.

More than a decade after Shimit Amin made one of the more memorable gangster films, a deathly dull sequel to it is here. Ab Tak Chhappan 2 merely wants to cash on its predecessor, the underworld had almost taken a backseat then in 2004, but the memories of it still remained fresh due to the havoc it unleashed earlier.

Taking is a long solo can help you discover yourself and put things in perspective but it doesn’t necessarily make a good film. Reese Witherspoon has received an Oscar nomination for her performance but in all honesty, there is nothing extraordinary about her acting. Wild may possibly work for some who have been through similar experiences but for me it didn’t.

A deathly boring film like Roy is only made once a while, why was it made in the first place still remains a mystery. Towards the end Arjun Rampal who plays a director says “Pata nahin yeh film kaisa ban gayi” echoing the sentiments of the audience watching this travesty of a film.

Some of the action scenes are above average and the 3D effects are not as jarring as they usually are. On the whole this is not the kind of film that fans of the Wachowski’s might be expecting but it is okay for a one time watch.

With films like the eminently likable Cheeni Kum and Paa, R Balki established himself as a director who had something different to say and tell. He continues in the same vein with Shamitabh but this time there are some hiccups with the screenplay, it is just not meaty enough for a two and half hour film. He does get marks though for trying and credit to the leading men for saving the day.

Seventh Son is one of those films that have a wafer thin story and shouldn’t have been made in the first place. Even though it costs fair bit of money to make them, Hollywood is going through a phase of overkill as far as these fantasy adventure movies are concerned. It is time to give those CGI dragons and beasts bit of a rest.

Khamoshiyan written by Vikram Bhatt and directed by Karan Darra is a film on auto-pilot right from the word go. There seems to be very little effort gone in writing and telling a story that has any conviction or entertainment value.

Hawaizaada supposedly based on the exploits of an Indian pioneer called Shivkar Talpade, is a long, exhausting and excruciating account that leaves you running for cover by the end. This flight of fancy never takes because the screenplay is all over the place. It attempts to integrate romance, adventure, science (pseudo), singing, dancing and all the ingredients of a typical Bollyood film.

There aren’t too many films that rest on such a flimsy premise, have very little logic and yet are pleasant, like the cool evening breeze, Dolly Ki Doli directed by debutant Abhishek Dogra is one of those. One of the reasons for that is the duration, at a little over an hour and a half, Dolly’s tale moves at a fairly reasonable pace speed without too much extra baggage.