The self-awarded 4 stars on its poster notwithstanding Singham Returns delivers quite punch-filled sequel to the cops-and-politicians game plan Shetty and Devgn had assembled in the original Singhammovie.

Everything is brighter bouncier and more urgent. There are speeding vehicles and hurling invectives, seedy politicians and morally ambivalent mediapersons who may or may not be the nation’s conscience-keepers of the nation.

Here is a film that is not apologetic about its obsession with aesthetics. If in cooking presentation is paramount then so be it in movie-making too.

This film celebrates the art of looking good.

Entertainment takes on the tripe that our cinema enjoys dishing out and turns it into some kind of a queasy crap-convention that knows it is making little sense most of the time and is not apologetic about its lowbrow aspirations.

Kick toh banta hai, boss! The number of times the word ‘kick’ kicks into this heady cocktail of comedy and action, you’d think there’s no word in the dictionary that gives our hero a greater kick than…well, kick.

Luckily the film never needs to run into any mortifying roadblocks.It’s a smooth ride all the way . FromAmit Sharma’s Ms Perfect(Anindita Nayar, tres chic ) to his Miss Imperfect’s pet dog, every character here has a mind of its own.

Ditto the film. It has a heart and brains. Go for it.

Pizza is a fear fest with a yummy twist at the tale’s end. Unlike other films of the horror genre this one doesn’t depend on excessive gore to send shivers up our spine. Director Akshay Akkineni creates an eerie aura in one specific house of horror and ramshackle havelis being passé, this one unfolds in a spanking upmarket bungalow.

And then Akkineni turns around and mocks our response of horror and fear. The premise is interesting and intriguing.

Yup, Pizza delivers.

Since its protagonists are largely loathsome in their self serving attitude, this is not an easy film to like . But ultimately it is a satisfying blithe and breezy slice-of-life experience with dialogues and scenes that ring true most of the time. The film marks the confident debut of its lead pair and director.

Their time starts now.

Like Vidya Balan’s multiple disguises the film’s ability to surprise never flags. If Bobby/Bilkis revels in a sense of adventure the narration doesn’t lag behind.You can find flaws here. But you won’t hold them against the film. That’s a guarantee.

This is by far the most spectacular of the Transformers films that you are likely to see. It has heart and it has balls. It has a grip and nerves of steels and yet it melts into disarming chunks of storytelling that read like episodes from American sitcoms from the 1960s. The world never seemed more compelling in its chaos.

In trying for a merger of mayhem and emotions the film finally falls apart like the shattered pieces of a broken heart.

We expect so much and get so little. That’s life.