Vaaranam Aayiram - not yet released

Vaaranam Aayiram is not yet released and Iam eagerly awaiting the release.. there was a nice interview last night with Gautham Menon and Surya.. the dude has done some very serious hard work and he does really look like a teenager.. should be fun.. looking forward to the release

Quantum of Solace - Can't wait for it

Iam eagerly awaiting the release of the next edition of the 007.. Quantum of Solace..after watching Casino Royale, I should say I have become a big fan of Daniel Craig, at least as Bond :).. go ahead and get a sneak preview..

Youtube - http://in.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3IWdCdK5Hw

Get more information on the movie..behind the scenes, stories, interviews blah blah at the official website - http://www.007.com/

I also heard that this movie is going to be releasing in India first..even before the US release.. yes.. I couldn't believe my ears too. it is releasing 1 whole week before the US release.. Nov 7th is the official release date in India and it is releasing on Nov 14th in the US.

Harold and Kumar - Escape from Guantanamo Bay

Here comes the second part of the Harold and Kumar series and Iam sure there are more to come.. except that Iam not sure how well sequels always work.. Iam not thinking about any of the movies that came with sequels because some have worked and some have not.. For eg:- Jurassic Park.. the first part of the series so well and it was a craze but the rest of them were a drab.. but personally I loved the Lord of the Rings series.. it will always be my personal favourite..

Now coming to Harold and Kumar's.. I personally loved the first part.. two guys going after a place for burgers.. the throes they go through.. and how they never let go of the desire to get there.. some parts of the movie were really gross.. definitely not for the weak hearted :))

Kal Penn as Kumar is the dude who wants to be eternally stoned.. and John Cho as Harold Lee puts up all the antics of his friend.. it seemed like at the end of it all he also enjoys it.. the movie starts off where it ended last time.. when Harold and Kumar finish off a horde of burgers and they plan to take off to Amsterdam to meet Harold's neighbour whom he feels hes fallen for..

At the airport they bump into Kumar's ex from college, the pretty Paula Garces, who is engaged to be married to the wealthy and influential Colton, played by Eric Winter.. on the flight to Amsterdam, Kumar cannot control his urge for getting stoned and uses his own little invention, the "smokeless bong" but ultimately gets branded as a terrorist with a bomb and are sent back to Washington where they are shipped to the detention camp in Guantanamo Bay.. they manage to escape out of the prison and make their way to Texas to meet Colton.. who double times them and sends them back to prison.. they manage to jump of the plan and crash into a ranch and surprise surprise, they are face to face with none other than the President of the US, Mr.Bush... that part of the movie is really funny where Bush gets stoned as well.. well doesn't he normally look that way.. but finally they do manage to get out of trouble.. screw up the wedding and also manage to knock out Colton, the damn villain.

All in all a great movie, though some part of the movie are really gross.. there is too much of importance given to weed..especially the scene where Kumar dreams about a threesome with Paula and "weed woman".. ewwww.. that was grossssssss.. but if you are a fan of these dudes then go ahead and watch it with out minding these specific parts of the movie.. not that it forms a major part of the movie :)

Get Smart - Reasonably Smart

Well..here comes another parody on spies.. I could think about James Bond here but it is a more satirized version.. Steve Carell (The 40 year old Virgin) is Agent Smart..who's aim is to become a field agent..and his inspiration is none else than Agent 23..played by the classy Dwyane Johnson a.k.a The Rock..He is denied a promotion at work because his chief, played by Alan Arkin thinks he is too valuable for the organization.. but when CONTROL head quarters is attacked by KAOS, the terrorist organization led by Siegfried. Finally Agent Smart is forced to become Agent 86. He teams up with the Agent 99 (the stunning Anne Hathaway) and travels to Russia to infiltrate KAOS's Moscow nuclear weapons factory.. though both Agent 99 and Max do not initially get together as Agent 99 always thinks she is a step ahead of Max, Max impresses her a few times by saving her life..once even from Siegfried's henchman Dalip (Dalip Singa a.ka. the "Great Khali" from the WWE) . The rest of the movie is how they smartly thwart the evil plans of Siegfried together and how finally Agent 99 falls for Max. Steve Carell is impressive as Max.. he shows a mix of emotions with expressions so plastic that you sometimes you feel bad for him.. Dwayne Johnson as Agent 23 is the usual smirky personality that he was identified with in the WWE.. Anne Hathaway as Agent 99 also does her part with elan.. Dalip Singh should talk English..atleast in an English movie.. am not sure if he does not know English though..overall a nice watch..

Past weekend - movies I watched

Watched two movies this weekend.. Get Smart and Harold and Kumar - Escape from Guantanamo Bay :-).. well as am at work right now and of course have some work to do and have an impending meeting with my boss for which I need to prepare as I dont know what is going to hit me.. I will write in detail later tonight.. till then adios..

Iam back

I know its been quite a while.. and now that Iam watching a lot and I mean a lot of movies.. I wanted to get back to movie reviews.. in between all the hustle and bustle of work, the crashing markets.. Iam hoping this will give me some change.. temporarily atleast :)