Spectre
In Daniel Craig’s third outing as James Bond, agent 007 battles a global criminal enterprise headed by Christoph Waltz’s Blofeld. Meanwhile, the British government is threatening to shut down M (Ralph Fiennes) and the 00 programme.
Where there is Bond, there are beautiful women. This movie has three: Lea Seydoux plays Bond’s new lover, Monica Bellucci pops up in a few scenes, and Naomie Harris returns as M’s hard-working assistant Moneypenny. The race to save the planet from Spectre’s evil designs unfolds across picturesque locations, including Mexico City, a mountain range in Austria, Rome and Tangiers.
X Past is Present
This anthology movie comprises a central theme divided into 11 episodes directed by 11 filmmakers. Rajat Kapoor and Anshuman Jha both play K, while various actresses from the indie firmament, including Huma Qureshi, Radhika Apte, Rii and Swara Bhaskar, turn up as K’s former girlfriends. The directors include Nalan Kumarasamy (Soodhu Kavvum), Hemant Gaba (Shuttlecock Boys) Sandeep Mohan (Love, Wrinkle Free) and Suparn Verma (Aatma, Acid Factory).
Secret in Their Eyes
Hollywood’s remake of the 2009 Argentinean thriller The Secret in Their Eyes stars Julia Roberts, Nicole Kidman and Chiwetel Ejiofor as the investigators whose lives get knotted together by a brutal rape and murder.
The rape-murder remains unsolved for over a decade, prompting Ejiofor’s conscientious police officer to reopen the case and find closure for himself and the victim’s mother, played by Roberts. Kidman portrays the prosecutor for whom the police officer nurses unrequited love.