It’s going to be an action-packed weekend at the cinemas, with menacingly twisted fairy-tale and Bollywood masala flick battling it out for the top honours. While it will be tough to determine the winner in this tug-of-war, we are sure it won’t leave many disappointed.
Bollywood’s dedicated bunch will campaign for PrabuDheva’s outrageously flamboyant hero “Rowdy Rathore” as he packs a punch and romances his ladylove in gaudy colours. But let’s hope this one has a lot more to offer than Prabu’s Bollywood debut “Ready”.
Rupert Sander’s menacing twist to Snow White’s story has ended up losing its charm, at least some of it, considering it has arrived after Tarsem Singh’s take on the same fairy tale earlier this year in “Mirror Mirror”. So, it’s Charlize Theron up against Julia Roberts as the Evil Queen in the latest entrant.
Among the others, “Love Ranch”, with a stellar star cast with Helen Mirren and Joe Pesci, is a riveting drama that deserves a watch.
Snow White And The Huntman
Genre: Action Director: Rupert Sanders Cast: Kristen Stewart, Chris Hemsworth and Charlize Theron
The Story: The fairy tale gets a make-over when the Huntsman, who was ordered to kill Snow White, ends up turning into her protector in a quest to eliminate the Evil Queen.
Grand Metroplex: 10:20am, 12:10pm, 2, 3:50, 5:40, 7:30, 9:20, 11:10
Vox Cinema (Mall of the Emirates): 12:30pm, 5, 9:30
Rowdy Rathore
Genre: Action
Director: Prabhu Deva
Cast: Akshay Kumar and Sonakshi Sinha
The Story: A flirtatious conman falls madly in love with a girl, who he bumps into while attending a wedding party he gatecrashed. But, his love story hits a roadblock when he is countered with a six-year-old who insists that she is his daughter.