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Die Hard
Bruce Willis shines as John McClane in Die Hard — the Collection, and blasts his way through the trilogy. Made available on DVD recently, McClane is always at the wrong place, at the wrong time. In Die Hard (1988), Die Hard 2: Die Harder (1990) and Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995), McClane dons his super-tough cop persona and destroys the plans of terrorists having various European accents.
John McTiernan calls the shots in the first installment where Hans Gruber (Alan Rickman) and his crew of terrorists take over a Los Angeles skyscraper in an attempt to rob a rich industrialist. McClane’s wife, Holly (Bonnie Bedelia) is one of the hostages and McClane destroys the terrorists one by one to save his wife.
The same plot is followed again in Die Hard 2: Die Harder, where McClane, while waiting for his wife on Christmas day (again) at the Washington's Dulles Airport, learns of a plot to sabotage the airport's landing system. Had the terrorists, who wished to free a drug baron, known that Molly was on the plane, they would have thought twice of their plan; but they were a little late as McClane blew them off the equation, in director Renny Harlin’s explosive style.
In Die Hard with a Vengeance, director John McTiernan teams up McClane with a black storeowner, Zeus Carver (Samuel L. Jackson) and sends them off on a wild goose chase by Simon Gruber (Jeremy Irons, playing brother of the deceased Alan Gruber from the first film). With his motive being more sinister, McClane and Zeus join forces and single-handedly outdo the evil-doers. The three films are a must-buy for those who are fans of Bruce Willis or action films. —
O.A.
Lake HouseLake House is a love story that explores the intriguing concept of an intimate communication across time. Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock pair up after their mega hit Speed to pull out another superb job.
Dr Kate Forester (Bullock), a single woman, leaves a message for the next tenant of the lake house she has just vacated, asking him to forward her mail to her. When architect Alex Wyler (Reeves) moves in and reads the note, he believes that the woman is a mental case. Interestingly, both of them belong to different time periods, Alex being two years behind Kate.
Yet somehow, they get desperately involved in a relationship, planning out ways to meet, coming across a number of hurdles, giving up and then retrying. And all this happens over a mail box located at an isolated house situated over Lake Michigan which happens to be the only connection between them. The entire film is very captivating with some highly emotional scenes and a feeling of déjà vu which will keep viewers glued to the screen out of sheer suspense.
There is a strange feeling of nostalgia that grips you while watching Lake House. The story line has a number of confusing twists and turns and one needs to connect with the scenes in order to understand what actually is happening. Due to the film's “letters passed through time” premise, Bullock and Reeves only occasionally share time onscreen and this actually adds up to the element of romance and desperation that both these characters are going through. This movie is a must-watch for those who are into slow-paced romantic flicks and have the heart to cry. — Arsalan Faruqi
Lage Raho Munna BhaiMunna and Circuit are back. The lovable goons embark on a new adventure in Lage Raho Munna Bhai and like the first part, this film too is a sparkling example of quality cinema –– it entertains, enlightens and sends across a message in the most non-preachy way.
Munna (Sanjay Dutt) is in love with the voice of popular radio jockey, Jhanvi (Vidya Balan). Her effervescent greeting, 'Good Morrrrning Mumbai' on her daily radio show makes Munna's heart skip a beat each time he listens to her; and when he finds out the only way to meet her is to win a quiz related to Mahatma Gandhi, his sidekick kidnaps all the history professors in order to make him win.
There is just one minor problem: Jhanvi thinks Munna is a professor of history, and invites him to lecture her family on Mahatma Gandhi. Circuit (Arshad Warsi) comes up with a brilliant solution. But then, the most unusual thing occurs in Munna's life. He comes face to face with Mahatma Gandhi!
Everything seems to be going well in Munna’s love life, until the time Lucky (Boman Irani), a builder who, with the help of Circuit, empties Jhanvi’s house, thus causing a rift between Jhanvi and Munna. How does Munna end up fixing things? That is the crux of the story.
Director Rajkumar Hirani strikes a fine balance between humour and emotions. The comic portions are executed with panache, the drama is attention-grabbing and the emotional quotient is strong enough to turn you moist-eyed.
Shantanu Moitra’s music is soothing with the songs Lage Raho and Pal Pal leading. Sanjay Dutt and Arshad Warsi live up to the viewers’ expectations and live up to their earlier performances; in fact, they are even better as Munna and Circuit. Vidya Balan is charming and proves herself a good actress. Boman Irani is superb while Dilip Prabhavalkar in the role of Gandhi is also good. The film is an absolute treat. — Zoha Tapia
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