Focus (2015)

It’s a week of movies where the story has been told before but with a minor twist here and another one there.  Most of us have seen enough and more movies about conmen and their operations and so the formula for a good one is out there.  Focus capitalizes on this tried and trusted formula for a con movie and manages to scrape through – but barely.

NH10 (Hindi) (2015)

We have seen many a movie that hovers around the topic of “road-trip gone wrong” – both from Hollywood as well as Bollywood.  NH10 comes from this genre.  But as I have always maintained in most of my writing, old wine in new bottle if perfectly acceptable, so long as the new bottle is really different.  NH10 is a perfect example of this point of view.

Coffee Bloom (Hindi) (2015)

Any of you ever been through a break-up? One in which both of you (or at least you) were so deeply involved that it has left you scarred for life? I can probably see hundreds of hands go up in the air (I say hundreds because that’s how many people follow my blog – showing off ;)).  What are the emotions that go through your head if you were to meet the love of your life (at some point in time) in totally unexpected circumstances.

Chappie

Neill Blomkamp’s first full length feature got him an Academy nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay with wife Teri Tatchell.  Teri didn’t join hands with him for his second movie called Elysium but is back again for a perfect example of letting your imagination run completely amok.