Meenakshi Rao's Bollywood and Hollywood movie reviews

*ing:  Ryan Reynolds, Josh Brolin, Morena Baccarin, Julian Dennison, Zazie Beetz, TJ Miller, Brianna Hildebrand, Jack Kesy Rated : 7/10 Flippant, funny and wantonly unapologetic about F-words and anatomy talk, Deadpool Ryan Reynolds is here in Take 2 to splatter laughs and blood in equal measure. Yes, he is funny, yes he has his signature pock marks and yes he makes a mockery of serious filmmaking — but then that’s why he is Deadpool, the anti superman who refuses to die even when he is blown to pieces, both emotionally and physically. Here with an ‘A’ certificate, Deadpool is in rogue mood —making fun of Wolverine, making fun of Canada, his friends Chromo and X-men, his foes and even his own situation. Having lost his girlfriend to a desperado, that too in the midst of super romantic progeny and baby naming talk, Deadpool tries to end his life but just can’t die. So when he falls into the “mutant children being tortured” situation, he becomes a reluctant saviour, t...

Cast:  Ryan Reynolds, Samuel L Jackson, Gary Oldman, Salma Hayek, Élodie Yung, Joaquim de Almeida, Kirsty Mitchell Rated:   5/10 A heebie-jeebie kind of thriller action, bullets oriented drama helmed by the comic skills of a beautifully head-tattooed Samuel Jackson and baby faced top private security agent looking for redemption,   Hitman’s Bodyguard   is a film which you may want to go to if you have nothing else on hand. On pretty much a road trip from the Manchester prison to The Hague for nailing the genocide man from Belarus, it is more Jackson than Reynolds at any given time. The love-hate relationship, the jigs of the contract killing world, the histories and the geographies make this high speed, action choreographed bromance. Sought to testify against the self-styled President of Belarus, under house arrest in Amsterdam, Darius Kincaid (Jackson) signs a plea bargain with the spooks that will get his oomphy, foul-mouthed but golden-hearted wife...