Innovative thriller
By Rama Gaind
DUPLICITY:
Director Tony Gilroy has adopted an innovative way to approach a familiar spy theme.
A lot also has to be said for the chemistry between Julia Roberts and Clive Owens as they play former CIA agent Claire Stenwick and M16 agent Ray Koval who get caught in the bitter rival competition between two rival cosmetic companies.
THE PINK PANTHER 2:
An insipid comedy which makes you wonder why Steve Martin even bothered.
As well, what a waste of talent for Bollywood star and former Miss World Aishwariya Rai Bachchan.
17 AGAIN:
An adult fantasy, to relive part of his/her youth is a theme that’s been done to death.
However, with a slight twist, director Burr Steers turns this one into a family oriented quest.
Mike O’Donnell feels that life has passed him by. When the clock turns back a couple of decades, Zach Efron plays the youthful Mike who wants to reconnect with his children – an unsuccessful attribute for some adults.
He has one last shot to get things right, goes back to class, but while Zach is likeable, a weak script lets him down.
