Bride Wars

Bride Wars
Cast:	Kate Hudson, Anne Hathaway, Kristen Johnston, Bryan Greenberg, Candice Bergen, Steve Howey, Chris Pratt, Casey Wilson, June Diane Raphael & others
Director:	Gary Winick
Banner:	Fox 2000 Pictures and Regency Enterprises
Producers:	Julie Yorn, Kate Hudson & Alan Riche
Screenplay:	Greg DePaul, Casey Wilson & June Diane Raphael
Story:	Greg DePaul
Cinematographer:	Frederick Elmes
Music:	Edward Shearmur
Editor:	Susan Littenberg Hagler
Preview
Sneak Preview
Well, it's another comic affair about two best friends en route to getting married - not to each other of course. We have our two lead ladies who have been best friends from way back (like chuddi buddies), and things seem super cool when they both get engaged around the same time. Thankfully, this is not another flick about two girls wooing one guy, but about two girls who want just the perfect fairy tale wedding. Being best friends, always on the same wavelength, they seem to have the same idea as to how to get that done. All that's fine, or is it? Trouble truly happens when both of them accidentally choose the same date and venue for their individual ceremonies! Neither of them is ready to give up on the chosen place and date, not even for the best friend of her life. Who wins? Obviously, it's one of those feel-good comic flicks, so you can rest assured that just before the credits come up, both the brides will be happily married just as they planned while also managing to remain best friends forever! So, as the fairy tale adage goes. And so they lived happily ever after! The movie is coming at a theatre near you quite soon, so if you love this feel-good genre, don't miss this treat!

The Dark Knight

The Dark Knight
Cast	Christian Bale, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Heath Ledger, Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman, Aaron Eckhart & others
Director	Christopher Nolan
Screenplay	Christopher Nolan & Jonathan Nolan
Story	David S. Goyer
Producers	Emma Thomas, Chuck Roven & Christopher Nolan
Cinematographer	Wally Pfister
Editor	Lee Smith
Preview Review
Review
Batman has earned himself a loyal fan following, but the demise of Heath Ledger who plays the menacing villain in The Dark Knight, has added many more to the audience, and not in vain. The movie is brilliantly made and in very many ways, it differs from earlier Batman movies which were typically 'from comics to celluloid'. Here we have a brooding and dark film, with both villain and hero taking on equally magnificent proportions, so that you often wonder if the bad guy will actually meet his just deserts. The Dark Knight may lack the caped Robin, but in his stead we have two Batman sidekicks - District Attorney Harvey Dent and Police Lt. Jim Gordon. Together, they attempt to rid their city of organized crime in one fell swoop, only to discover that every good deed backfires, putting Gotham City in greater jeopardy. Batman's biggest foe is the Joker. Ironically, there is nothing funny about this sinister villain. With a tangled mane, harsh white makeup, darting mad eyes and an obscene tongue that keeps licking his painted-on smile, he strikes terror not just in his foes, but even in the mobsters who hire him to eliminate Gotham City's caped crusader. It's a stupendously creepy performance and Heath Ledger has outdone himself. When you're fighting an enemy who plays by no rules, do you have to abandon your own moral code to vanquish him? This is the ethical dilemma that Batman faces in the movie. How do you kill a villain so vile and ruthless, without being so oneself? How do Batman and his two brave warriors wipe that menacing grin off the Joker's face? Catch the movie at a theatre near you to find out!

Underworld3:Rise of the Lycans

Underworld 3: Rise of the Lycans
Cast:	Michael Sheen, Bill Nighy, Rhona Mitra, Steven Mackintosh, Kevin Grevioux & others
Banner:	Screen Gems
Director:	Patrick Tatopoulos
Screenplay:	Danny McBride, Dirk Blackman & Howard McCain
Story:	Len Wiseman, Robert Orr & Danny McBride
Producers:	Tom Rosenberg, Gary Lucchesi, Len Wiseman & Richard Wright
Cinematographer:	Ross Emery
Music:	Paul Haslinger
Editor:	Peter Amundson
Review
Review
Be warned. This film is not for everybody. Don't get us wrong, it's not in the least scary, but it's only for people with a supremely developed taste for Vampire vs. Werewolf gore, complete predictability of the thrills, and dismal lighting that keeps you squinting for most of the movie! The first Underworld instalment with Kate Beckinsale in the lead and her husband Len Wiseman doing the directing came across as a novel idea, and everyone loved it. But even Kate could not save the second part, and so she most vehemently refused to act in the third part, which is actually a prequel. Not everything is awry about the movie, there is Michael Sheen for instance, who takes his Goth-monster duties as seriously as he does his stoic Presidential roles! Rendering a rather invigorating performance as the leader of the rebelling werewold camp, it is his sheer energy that moves the story bit by bit, with help from Bill Nighy, who leads the Vampires in the Underworld battler for power. Michael Sheen as Lucian does infuse a sense of fear with his popping eyes and brusque manner, not to mention his leathery guise and gnashing pointed teeth. Bill Nighy is not quite as dazzling in his performance as Michael, making his Vampire portrayal more amusing than terrifying, what with his mannerisms and accent. Replacing Kate Beckinsale and taking the lady lead is Rhona Mitra, who is Viktor's [Bill Nighy] daughter and Lucian's lover. So obviously there's bound to be trickery in there somewhere right? And even though the camera loves Rhona, it's Michael Sheen who gets the lion's share of the cam's attention, and rightly so. He's the only one who has taken his guise seriously. The story is quite simple. It is set in the dark ages, when these dark creatures existed. Only the Vampires were superior and the Werewolves served as their leashed slaves. Then one fine day, a werewolf [or should we say Lycan] called Lucian realizes that the Vampires used them to build their empire but do not pay them their due respect. Hence, begins the rebellion against the Vampires. Who wins? To find out, you just have to endure 92 minutes of Underworld 3, which is not so tough a task, if you like the genre.