The Most Anticipated Movies In The First Half Of 2011
After a long time, 2010 proved to be a great year in movies, for both Bollywood & Hollywood. Hope that 2011's no different & maybe even better
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- DirectorJon FavreauStarsDaniel CraigHarrison FordOlivia WildeA spaceship arrives in 1873 Arizona to take over the Earth, starting with the Wild West region. All that stands in their way: a posse of cowboys and natives.Harrison Ford is back after a long time in what looks like a classic blockbuster. Director Jon Favreau's Iron Man 1 & 2 were both good movies. Hope he further improves himself on this one. Plus Westerns & Sci-Fi are two of my favourite genres.
- DirectorMartin ScorseseStarsAsa ButterfieldChloë Grace MoretzChristopher LeeIn 1931 Paris, an orphan living in the walls of a train station gets wrapped up in a mystery involving his late father and an automaton.Martin Scorsese, what more reason does anybody need?
- DirectorWes CravenStarsNeve CampbellCourteney CoxDavid ArquetteTen years have passed, and Sidney Prescott, who has put herself back together thanks in part to her writing, is visited by the Ghostface Killer.Parts 1 & 2 were the best slasher horror movies of all time & slasher horrors are usually mediocre. Wes Cravern is a horror icon ('A Nightmare On Elm Street', 'Scream', 'Scream 2' & the original 'The Hills Have Eyes'). I'm betting that he'll bounce right back after the dissapointing 'My Soul to Take' & the dud 'Cursed'. Plus Scream is a franchise he has stuck too & understands really well.
- DirectorFarhan AkhtarStarsShah Rukh KhanFlorian LukasOm PuriDon turns himself in and escapes with Vardhaan from prison, following which he recruits a team to steal currency printing plates from a bank in Berlin.The living legend Shahrukh Khan, Priyanka Chopra & Farhan Akhtar (one of the best ever) back on the director's podium after a long time. Besides, Don 1 (2006) was a classic.
- DirectorVishal BhardwajStarsPriyanka Chopra JonasVivaan ShahNeil Nitin MukeshSusanna is hungry for love and will go to any extent to find it in its purest form. In her quest for the perfect man, she gets married a number of times as each of her husband's die mysteriously.Vishal Bharadwag & Priyanka Chopra.
- DirectorBrad BirdStarsTom CruiseJeremy RennerSimon PeggThe IMF is shut down when it's implicated in the bombing of the Kremlin, causing Ethan Hunt and his new team to go rogue to clear their organization's name.Tom Cruise & Anil Kapoor. Plus MI 1 was a classic. Part 3 was good & part 2 wasn't that bad either. Overall a decent franchise.
- DirectorJennifer Yuh NelsonStarsJack BlackAngelina JolieJackie ChanPo and his friends fight to stop a peacock villain from conquering China with a deadly new weapon, but first the Dragon Warrior must come to terms with his past.The first one was a classic story & one of the all time greatest fantasy-animation movies. I felt it deserved the Oscar as compared to the pensive but slow paced 'Wall E'. Expect a rocking ride & some superb voiceovers.
- DirectorGreg MottolaStarsSimon PeggNick FrostSeth RogenTwo English comic book geeks traveling across the U.S. encounter an alien outside Area 51.Simon Pegg's comic ingenuity coupled with an interesting polt that combines humour & what looks like a wacky sci-fi premise. Hope the alien is as unprecented as it promises to be.
- DirectorTodd PhillipsStarsBradley CooperZach GalifianakisEd HelmsTwo years after the bachelor party in Las Vegas, Phil, Stu, Alan, and Doug jet to Thailand for Stu's wedding. Stu's plan for a subdued pre-wedding brunch, however, goes seriously awry.The first one was one of the funniest & most pure, unadulterated R rated comedies to emerge in a long time. Hope the sequel lives up to expectations.
- DirectorJohn LasseterBradford LewisStarsOwen WilsonLarry the Cable GuyMichael CaineStar race car Lightning McQueen and his pal Mater head overseas to compete in the World Grand Prix race. But the road to the championship becomes rocky as Mater gets caught up in an intriguing adventure of his own: international espionage.The first one was one of the best animated, most emotional & entertaining movies ever. Irrespective of their recent average fare (I didn't like 'Toy Story 3' & especially 'Up'), expect Pixar to outdo themselves with the sequel.
- DirectorSudhir MishraStarsIrrfan KhanChitrangda SinghArunoday SinghGangsters kidnap the prospective son-in-law of a politician in order to secure the release of an imprisoned gang-member.Irfan Khan & Sudhir Mishra. Looks like a Quentin Tarantino style gangster film.
- DirectorSamir KarnikStarsNafisa AliYugesh AnilMadhuri BhattacharyaA married Canadian travels to India to re-unite with his estranged father and brother but faces obstacles and challenges.The legendary Dharmendra back after a long time. Seems like a fun, mad-cap typical Bollywood masala movie, the kind we haven't had in years.
- DirectorRaj Kumar GuptaStarsRani MukerjiVidya BalanMyra KarnA journalist, who is more of an activist teams up with the sister of a murdered model, as she gets interested in the case and wants to bring justice to her case.Vidya Balan & one of the most enthralling cases in recent history being presented in a no-holds-barred adult format, a treatment that Bollywood should adopt for all hard-hitting reality based themes. Plus Raj Kumar Gupta's directorial debut 'Aamir' was quite gritty stuff.
- DirectorGore VerbinskiStarsJohnny DeppIsla FisherTimothy OlyphantRango is an ordinary chameleon who accidentally winds up in the town of Dirt, a lawless outpost in the Wild West in desperate need of a new sheriff.Interesting concept of creating an animated Western. Seems like a fun underdog story. Expect Johnny Depp to produce an unconventional albeit hilarious voiceover.
- DirectorMartin CampbellStarsRyan ReynoldsBlake LivelyPeter SarsgaardReckless test pilot Hal Jordan is granted an alien ring that bestows him with otherworldly powers that inducts him into an intergalactic police force, the Green Lantern Corps.Ryan Reynolds, Martin Campbell & one of my favourite comic book superheroes. The trailers look promising, hope that they don't botch this one up & tarnish Green Lantern's image, like they do with most Hollywood superhero movies.
- DirectorDavid Gordon GreenStarsDanny McBrideNatalie PortmanJames FrancoWhen Prince Fabious's bride is kidnapped, he goes on a quest to rescue her... accompanied by his lazy useless brother Thadeous.The director of the classic 'Pineapple Express' & what's definitely shaping up to be one helluva wacky & entertaining movie with pure R rated fun.
- DirectorBrad FurmanStarsMatthew McConaugheyMarisa TomeiRyan PhillippeA lawyer defending a wealthy man begins to believe his client is guilty of more than just one crime.Marisa Tomei & what seems like a solid, gritty drama in the old school style.
- DirectorKenneth BranaghStarsChris HemsworthAnthony HopkinsNatalie PortmanThe powerful but arrogant god Thor is cast out of Asgard to live amongst humans in Midgard (Earth), where he soon becomes one of their finest defenders.Another cool comic book superhero & the trailers look even more promising. Again, hope that they don't botch this one up too.
- DirectorMatthew VaughnStarsJames McAvoyMichael FassbenderJennifer LawrenceIn the 1960s, superpowered humans Charles Xavier and Erik Lensherr work together to find others like them, but Erik's vengeful pursuit of an ambitious mutant who ruined his life causes a schism to divide them.Jennifer Lawrence & the solid first three installments. Matthew Vaughn undertaking the directorial reins is welcome news (his 'Kick Ass' was awesome). James McAvoy & Kevin Bacon are interesting choices.
- DirectorAnubhav SinhaStarsShah Rukh KhanArjun RampalKareena KapoorWhen the titular antagonist of an action game takes on physical form, it's only the game's less powerful protagonist who can save his creator's family.The living legend Shahrukh Khan & what looks like a cool sci-fi movie, with some of the best FX Bollywood has ever produced. However, I'll admit to being a tad skeptical about this one.
- DirectorAnees BazmeeStarsSalman KhanAsin ThottumkalParesh RawalSet in Thailand and India, a case of mistaken identity leads to love, and a man and his family concoct a grand scheme to win over the hearts of a woman and her greedy, conniving uncles.Salman Kahn plus Anees Bazmee is a decent enough director.
- DirectorSiddiqueStarsSalman KhanKareena KapoorRaj BabbarThe daughter of a wealthy nobleman secretly falls in love with her bodyguard.Once again Salman Khan, need I say more?
- DirectorJames WanStarsPatrick WilsonRose ByrneTy SimpkinsA family looks to prevent evil spirits from trapping their comatose child in a realm called The Further.If its anything like the director's previous classic 'Saw', might just be the surprise scary packet
- DirectorOliver ParkerStarsRowan AtkinsonRosamund PikeDominic WestJohnny English goes up against international assassins hunting down Chinese Premier Xiang Ping.The first was comic genius & Rowan Atkinson.
- DirectorJustin LinStarsVin DieselPaul WalkerDwayne JohnsonDominic Toretto and his crew of street racers plan a massive heist to buy their freedom while in the sights of a powerful Brazilian drug lord and a dangerous federal agent.Vin Diesel & Part 1 which was a classic car action movie. Parts 2 & 3 might have been pathetic, but it picked up again in part 4. Still, I'm not too optimistic as I feel that the franchise is being over stretched.