September is cruising along fine

15. The Hours and The Times (1/10)
In 1963, just months before Beatlemania swept the world, John Lennon and the Beatles' manager, Brian Epstein, took a four day vacation together in Barcelona. They were there to relax after a grueling series of concerts, but the trip remained charged with an unspoken tension. Those four emotional days are embodied in The Hours and Times, a flight of imagination that evokes the complex relationship between Lennon and Epstein. It was a a very slow movie and mot much happened. Plus it being so called fictional work as to what happened during that vacation makes this movie which is not my cup of tea.

14. Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist (4/10)
A sweet film for teenagers , a comedy which happens in a span of one night. Nick a budding musician is recovering from heart break and Norah if trying to figure out her own assumptions of the world. Though they have nothing in common except for their taste in music, their chance encounter leads to an all-night quest to find a legendary band's secret show and ends up becoming the first date in a romance that could change both their lives.

13. Fox (Hindi) (5/10)
It could have been a decent thriller but hindi film makers still need to get a pulse of this genre. Arjun Rampal , a lawyer has made lots of money defending criminals. But soon he realizes his mistake and leaves law profession and is living in Goa. He gets book published which is not really his. Soon he finds himself being trapped in some conspiracy where he is now being held for murder of 5 people and Sunny Deol is handling his case. Finally the suspense is revealed which is a major letdown. Good for Tv watching and spend s a decent 2 hour of thrill. Could have been better.

12. Harry, He's Here To Help (French) [With a Friend Like Harry] (6/10)
Michel and Claire are on vacation and they meet Harry who identifies himself as friend of Michel from back in school days. He remembers a lot about Michel specially his poems and writing skills. Michel being the nice guy invites Harry and his girlfriend to their summer house. He wants to make Michel's life better which starts with buying up a new car and continues with killing his parents, brother, his own girlfriend etc. because Harry thinks that they are all the people who are making Michel's life unhappy and stopping him from continuing his writing. The film is slow in the beginning but gets very interesting midway. Although why Harry is doing all this is not very clear but he clearly is very inspired by Michel's writing skills. Def a worth watch

11. Yeh Mera India (Hindi) (6.5/10)
Yeh Mera India is an attempt to explore the real stories behind these headlines. These stories deal with racial bias, communal bias, caste bias, class bias, gender bias, lingual bias and immigrant bias that plaque the today's society and the outcome is startling. A huge ensemble cast where everyone delivers fine performance and how all individual stories all come together is very heartening. It is a story of one day in the life of 12 people from different strata of Mumbai city which is a melting pot of cultures. Very very strongly recommended.

10. Born On The Fourth Of July (5.5/10)
Based on the memoir of combat veteran Ron Kovic, the film stars Tom Cruise as Kovic, whose gunshot wound in Vietnam left him paralyzed from the chest down. He is deeply embittered by neglect in a veteran's hospital and by the shattering of his patriotic idealism because of the horror and futility of the Vietnam conflict. While painfully and awkwardly adjusting to his disability and a changing definition of masculinity, Kovic joins the burgeoning movement of antiwar protest, culminating in a climactic appearance at the 1976 Democratic national convention. The film started off well but somewhere it just lost my interest. Tom Cruise definitely acted really well.