The Promotion (2008)

STORY – 1
DIRECTOR – 0
ACTOR – 0
MUSIC – 0
CULT – 0

 

VERDICT – 1/5

 

 
PROS –
N/A

 

 

CONS –
1) This workplace comedy was expected to be out an out laugh riot with 2 assistant managers of a corporate grocery store outdoing each other for promotion. But sadly even with genuinely funny actors like Seann William Scott & John C. Reilly, this tepid comedy is a sheer disappointment.

 

 
QUOTE –
Richard: We’re all just out here trying to get some food… sometimes, we bump into each other.

The Conjuring (2013)

STORY – 0
DIRECTOR – 1
ACTOR – 1
MUSIC – 0
CULT – 0

 

 

VERDICT – 2/5

 

 

PROS –
1) Few moments of thrills: hide&clap / flying laundry sheets scene.

 

 

CONS –
1) Though it’s based on true story, the basic plot-line is a cliched haunted house with witch and exorcism.
2) The movie is not having a constant tone of horror. At times the movie is relaxing the audiences with light moments without any haunting music or action.
3) Terribly over-rated. This is not a groundbreaking horror movie.

 

 

QUOTE –
“Ed Warren: Sometimes it’s better to keep the genie in the bottle.”

Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (2015)

STORY – 1
DIRECTOR – 0
ACTOR – 1
MUSIC – 0
CULT – 0

Verdict – 2/5

Pros –
1) Giancarlo Esposito as Jorge

 

Cons –
1) Weak screenplay & predictable twists
2) Going nowhere: without a finale

 

Quote –
“Brenda: Hope is a dangerous thing.”