The Butler

One of the quiz questions in the times to come will be, “What is common to – Robin Williams, John Cussack, James Marsden, Liev Schrieber and Alan Rickman”? They all played United States Presidents in Lee Daniels’ The Butler.  Of course their roles were restricted to about 2-5 minutes of screen time but they are on the record right? But what they did miss out on was someone to play Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter.  Wonder why?

Machete Kills

If a movie makes it to an International Film Festival, then there has to be something of at least academic interest in it.  Right? Machete Kills was obviously put into the Mumbai International Film Festival with that intent in mind.  But it turned out to be an absolutely brilliant entertainer from Frame 1.