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***Spoiler Alert!*** CBFC has created enough buzz around the movie which had to invest absolutely nothing in promotion. Watching the movie, it feels like all the buzz was actually worth it! Shahid Kapoor has been one of intelligent stars out there with very few really dumb movies. With Kaminey, Jab we met, Haider, he proved himself. Alia Bhatt, on the other hand showed the meaning of acting with Highway. With Abhishek Chaubey taking megaphone and Anurag Kashyap producing the project, the expectations were over the top to say the least. On top of everything, Punjab drug problem being the center premise to the project, the project was just perfect on the papers. Let's see how it fairs on the big screen. The movie opens with three guys on bike trying to get coke (Cocaine) into Punjab. Tommy Singh (Shahid Kapoor) is giving one of his performances with drugs in his system. The Cocaine package is later found by the girl only known to us as Mary Jane (Alia Bhatt). Dreaming for best d...

***Spoiler Alert*** We haven't forgotten the time when little Nemo had us drooling. Swinging to it's magic. Wanting for more! And exactly then, Disney- Pixar comes up to serve the story of the forgetful fish, one of the most likeable characters in animation history, Dory. Not to mention how much everybody loves Ellen DeGeneres, she is magnificent with her voice acting. And no, the movie is not only a funny, cute animated flick but also carries a message! The movie kicks off with Dory's childhood, with Charlie and Jenny, Dory's parents teaching her to deal with her forgetfulness (The baby Dory is one of the cutest character I've ever seen BTW..!) . With that dream in her head, Dory wakes up just to forget about her parents, again, being just her usual self. However, with fragments of her past coming back into her memory, Dory remembers that she's got a family and that she needs to find them. With only one goal in mind, Dory starts a journey, a journey that M...

***Spoiler Alert!*** I've always seen Bryan Singer as the Father of X-Men Movies Franchise. Overall, he's a great filmmaker with a few set backs. The prime reason he was able to do great X-Men movies seems to be his understanding of the characters. Once 'The Last Stand' flushed all his work down the gutter (Bryan Singer didn't direct that movie) , the call of making prequels worked out perfect for 'First Class' (Still the greatest X-Men movie for me) . Alternate timeline strategy worked out great for 'Days of Future Past'. With the need of bringing in popular X-Men characters (Scott, Storm, Jean Grey, Nightcrawler and Angel) , 'Apocalypse' set up a badass villain against the X-Men. But, did it work out?! 'X-Men Apocalypse' starts off with Apocalypse transforming himself into a mutant (Oscar Isaac) who's got immortality. Certain Egyptian resistance team, which is against the whole process cause an accident and the transformati...

***Spoiler Alert!*** 2016 is crazy! We've 7 Comics based movies in this year and Supervillains are building teams while Superheroes are fighting each other. One of the movies where Superheroes fight each other is out the gone weekend and has some of the most likable Marvel characters ever. Captain America: Civil War stands out in a lot of departments involved in film-making. With one of the longest and well choreographed action sequences, Captain America: Civil War keeps you involved while also questioning you if you're supporting the right (or left) side. Having said that, the movie has it's own flaws. Bucky Barnes (Winter Soldier) remembers Steve Rogers (Captain America) as his long lost childhood best-friend. With all the unforeseen catastrophes that have occurred every time Avengers fought larger threat, Thunderbolt Ross gets a proposal of Avengers being monitored by 117 Countries' joint committee. While the egoistic genius Tony Stark (Ironman) agrees to the ...

**Spoiler Alert!** "Mowgli is coming to big screen in a live-action movie?! Yeyyy!!!" , Yup. That was my reaction when I cam to know about this movie. And with Jon Favreau (Iron Man, Iron Man 2 and Chef) holding the megaphone, I expected that this would be really cool. And he didn't let me down! (Thanks man!) . Let me admit this, I've kept searching for instances in the movie where the CGI would look unreal or like out of the place. Yet, I couldn't find one moment. With proper inclination towards the source material, perfect casting, great script and music, The Jungle Book turns out to be a great movie. The story, nothing new from that of the original, is about a man-cub (as the animals call Mowgli) who is found and raised in the jungle by Bagheera (a black panther) and a wolf pack. Mowgli leaves jungle for a man-village with Bagheera when a truce is broken between the Wolves and Shere Khan (an evil Bengal tiger) is bound to kill him. His adventures an...

**Spoiler Alert!** "If you keep doing only what you can, you'll never be more than what you're!" Kung Fu Panda series is known for it's mix of cuteness, fun and some amazingly great writing. Kung Fu Panda 3 takes them to Level 3! As the credits roll, you wish the movie was a little bit longer. And that wouldn't help as you'll feel the same way even if the movie actually was longer. With an all ensemble cast, great animation, supreme music and wonderful script, Kung Fu Panda 3 is not to be missed. The movie starts off with Kai, a buffalo Kung Fu Master (played by J.K. Simmons) fighting Master Oogway to  capture his Chi ( refers to a spiritual energy found in living things in the  Kung Fu Panda franchise )  which will help him return to Mortal World from Spirit Realm. On the other hand, our beloved Po (played by Jack Black) is on a serious mission to find his inner self. Master Shifu assigns Po to teach the Furious Five and meanwhile, Li, father ...

**Spoiler Alert!** Boy! Oh Boy!! The hype is real and the movie is worth it! The tone looks set for DC movies. BvS:DoJ is that movie which brings Comic book experience to live action world. It sure takes a lot of time doing so but in the end, it's totally worth it. Being an avid Batman fan, the live action Batfleck in action blew my mind away! And Wonder Woman played by Gal Gadot, haters should be hiding somewhere now! But hey, is Lex Luthor annoying? Yeah he is! Batman Vs Superman starts off with a brief backstory to Batman and cuts to the day of Superman killing General Zod and the majestic action sequence. Bruce Wayne is in Metropolis that day and he sees and experiences chaos with his own eyes. Being the paranoid Bruce is, he decides that that amount of power is to be stopped. On the other hand, Lex Luthor wants to kill Superman for just being his arch-nemesis. Superman starts to know about Batman and his unorthodox ways of Justice and he wants to stop Batman. Wonder Wom...