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Gone-baby is master movie-maker David Fincher's latest offering. It is an adaptation of a book of the same name where a supposedly happy family is shattered on the day of their 5th anniversary by the disappearance of the wife. The plot dwells on a search hunt for the missing person, character assassinations, mudslinging and "reading between the lines" by the media.

The premise is brilliant, the cast is perfect, the director is a genius, the trailer a real humdinger, but, the movie is a real let- down. I read somewhere that a movie with a bad script is unsalvageable and this film is a perfect example. The number of loopholes in the movie that are left untouched are astonishing and make a mockery of our intelligence. I have no clue how this movie is a hit and how the rating is this high in an intellectual e-society such as the IMDb. The only thing that would make me want to recommend this movie to someone is for the sheer element of surprise that sends your brain into a calamitous frenzy on how conveniently things pan out in the end. But wait, just watch another movie.

Soderbergh's supposed swansong, Side effects is a 'Hitchcockian' look into the world of pharmaceutical medicine. Me, being a physician, was drawn to the film due to the medical aspect of the movie, my personal interest in psychiatry and the medicines, and its side effects. However, Soderbergh casts a fine web entangled in deceit, lawsuits, marital relationship and medical liability.

The movie deals with Emily (Rooney Mara) and her relatively new FDA approved depression medicine, prescribed by Dr Banks (Jude Law) and the perilous effects that it might have on our body even in the face of all the perceived good that it might do.

Talking more about the move gives away the suspense and the review become a spoiler and thus I will conclude with this-the movie is certainly enjoyable, gives away its climax too early, is not at the technical or cinematograpnical level of "Traffic" or "Oceans 11", but has twists, great performances from Mara and Law and is a red flag to our selves during an age of pill-gulping.

Hola Venky! is intelligent film making. It portrays Venky, short for Venkatesh, divorced, clueless, living a mule's life. Venky is working in IT and cannot make up decisions and carries on living his ultra boring, confused existence. Life offers him a chance at redemption and the movie is an honest, funny and poignant outlook on the way in which he embraces his salvation. It is an experimental indie-comedy feature film which is the second directorial venture by Sandeep Mohan after the critically acclaimed 'Love, Wrinkle-free' . The director offers a low budget movie with strong visuals and a "pay as you wish" concept. I would strongly recommend this movie to anyone ready for some old good hearted comedy, spiced with stunning insight into the Indian psyche.