Ice Age 4 : Continental Drift

Sequels are a common phenomenon with Hollywood film makers. Though fourth part of the Ice Age is a sequel, you will enjoy the film even though if you have not watched the previous flicks. After three top-of-the-ladder and blockbuster parts, this new launch from the same store does manage to keep its fans happy and entertained. The basic plot the movie is a tried-and-tested formula of family relationships, affection, comradeship, deception, and finally an exciting re-union.

The story continues after mammoth Manny and Ellie’s daughter Peaches is all grown up and wants to experience her teenage just like any other youth. Peaches has a crush on Ethan, but Manny doesn’t approve of her relationship.

Just like always, on the parallel line, there runs a caper and jocular, the goofiest character of the trilogy series – Scart (a saber-toothed squirrel).Interestingly, Scrat, unknowingly unleashes a natural acrimony,  which leads to the crackup, of the Pangaea landmass due to which Manny, along with his herd of Diego, Sid and Sid’s granny is separated from Ellie and Peaches.

Cocktail- Fully Fizzled Up

Courtesy- Eros International Media Ltd, Illuminati Films

Over the decades, our film fraternity has revolutionised. The result is that directors are portraying the same conventional themes, in a new way. Cocktail is one such example; A romantic comedy comprising of a love’s triangle.  However, the dark, tardy confusion usually clinged to the love triangles, are only brushed through in this film.

 The film starts by a scene of the flirt, womanizer, Gautam (Saif Ali Khan) flirting with arbitrary women. Then, the gullible, naive, traditional Indian girl, Meera (Diana Penty) is introduced. Lastly comes the reckless, ever so effervescent, party animal Veronica (Deepika Padukone). Veronica and Gautam become “friends with benefits”. The “awesome threesome”, as Deepika says in one of her dialogues, party on beaches, hang out at diners and even start living together. All’s going well until Gautam’s mother decides to give a surprise visit. Only to walk up on her son dancing in a negligee with a slutty make up. Further, Gautam, not wanting to give his mom an early attack by introducing her to the party animal Veronica, conveniently introduces Meera as his prospective wife, to avoid the arranged marriage scenario. What follows is a love triangle complication.

New Stuff--The Comedy Outburst

Celebrating its second anniversary in Mumbai; The Comedy Store has great to offer and it’s the only such theatre and concept in Mumbai which only caters adult comedy. The Comedy Store has been a stage for world class comedians in London and Manchester and it’s a borrowed concept from the UK. A visit to it is a must if you have a funny bone and would like to experience or a fan of standup comedy. At first they make you feel comfortable and nice with their bar and diner, then they make you laugh with one-liners and punches .They would joke on all issues ranging from sex and politics to religion, college and Olympics! Now, as the jokes were all equally hilarious, we judged the comics on other parameters.

The show we went for was titled “New Stuff” and it promised to showcase new jokes and talent. We were served by seven comedians at the price of Rs.150. It all started with the host Neville Shah, he introduced himself as a half Parsi-half Gujju comedian. He made the people roll on the floor laughing and was the best as he was the host. He got off 

(Neville Shah)

the stage, interacted with the audience and humiliated them!. That always works doesn’t it? 
One of the people who constantly got insulted by every comedian was one of our own colleagues and also the editor of all the posts you see on this blog  so I won’t be surprised if any line vanishes in “the interest of making the post better”
( Neville Shah, if you are reading this, he was the IT engineer whom you caught hold of ). Actually, he had already planned to sit on the first row and make himself the target! The comedians were not aware that the persons whom they were cracking jokes would be grading them! Here is a tip for you; If you care a lot of your image and do get offended from highly insulting lines on you/your partner, dare not sit in the front rows!

Bol Bachchan - Keep Your Brains at Home

(Image Courtesy - Ajay Devgn Ffilms)

The human body is gifted with mind; the mind, is gifted with logic and logic, is gifted with reasoning. Rohit Shetty chooses to disapprove all three! Bol Bachchan is a brainless humour at its epitome.

The movie is a remake of the old “Golmaal”. The plot is the usual, one man, two names. Abhishek Bachchan plays Abbas Ali and also his alter ego, Abhishek Bachchan. Yes, thats his name in the film. He does this to escape the wrath of Prithviraj Raghuvanshi (Ajay Devgn) who practically is the leader of the village. 

The plot and the story, like most of Rohit Shetty’s films, are negligible! The humour is outstanding and even the haters of brainless humour will find it difficult to hold their laughter, especially in the first part. The cast includes debutant Krushna Abhishek who has done a commendable work and this film will definitely give a boost to his bollywood career. The music by Himesh Reshamiya and Ajay-Atul is mediocre. The editing and the background soundscore, again, remind you of south movies. Abhishek Bachchan actually does a brilliant job. His “Bharatnatyam-gay” dance in the film is definitely the highlight. Ajay Devgn, being Ajay Devgn, stands out throughout the film. He displays very high energy and charisma. The actions superb and well organised. It’s a typical Rohit Shetty film, with usual humour, flying cars and flying human bodies.

Sappe Aloe Vera Review

(Image Courtesy: Sappe Aloe Vera)

Re-doing a famous dialogue from a Bollywood film, we came up with something that would clearly describe the people who would like to take this drink... "Ye world hai na world, isme do tarah ke log hote hai. Ek joh drink mai healthiness prefer karte hai, dusre jo taste prefer karte hai" (In this world, 2 types of people exist; one who prefer healthiness in their drinks, other who prefer taste.) Sappe’s Aloe Vera drink will appeal more to the former!


The taste is not so bad. It comes in four flavours; Apple, Lime, White-Grape and Peach. From which the lime and the apple flavour particularly are refreshing and tasty! The other flavours might not particularly please your taste buds as such. The juice will appeal to you if you are searching for something new against the usual juices. The taste is slightly minty, sweet and salty together. We highly recommend drinking it chilled.

The Amazing Spiderman--Amazing, Indeed!

The other day I was seeing an advertisement. A man, in a foreign country, having a foreign language craves for chicken. He enters a restaurant named "chi-can" with chicken pictures everywhere and naturally expects some exquisite chicken. He ends up eating a cooked dog. Viewing The Amazing Spiderman, is more or less the same. The name, gives a picture of a hardcore action-thriller super hero movie. It really is a story of a boy who acquires powers and a villain who acquires mutation; portrayed more realistically than we would want a super hero movie to be.

The story is of a teenager college boy trying to find out the truth about his father’s disappearance. In the process, he gets bitten by a radioactive spider and gets some unique powers. He then uses them for the good of mankind. Sounds similar? It is! The villain, this time is a giant lizard. He falsely believes that he can create a world without weakness by turning everyone into giant lizards too, through mutation as it gives more strength. 



The only difference in the story is that everything is attempted to be portrayed a slight more realistically. The USP (Unique Selling Point) of any super hero- action movie is the protagonist’s feverous struggle against the villain. The film lacks that. But where the film doesn’t quite do enough in action, it does more than enough in the screenplay, cinematography and direction. The dialogues didn't match up to the wonderful ones from the earlier parts.