"In the Loop" is a delightful British comedy on state of affairs in today's world which satirizes the machinations of world leaders and in the process provides solid laughs. This is a movie that highlights the complete ignorance, stupidity and pathetic levels of understanding that manifest bureaucrats in higher echelons of power.
A British minister who suffers from foot in the mouth syndrome, who thinks the war in Iraq is "unforeseeable". A Director of communications in the ministry who's got a vicious and profane tongue. Cross over to the US and you meet their counterparts who are scheming, silly and outright stupid at times and you have a sure fire recipe for laughter. This movie has a one line story, it's more about the actions that are weaved around it and the "impending war" a reference to the conflict in the middle east (Iraq). For the one's that like comedy that's not contrived or artificial this one is a must watch movie.
"Eeram" is a good movie to comes out from the stable of S Pictures directed by another newbie. All movies produced by this production house have had reasonably good content and neat execution and this movie is no different despite the paranormal tint in the story. A murder in an upper middle class dwelling raises eyebrows with the majortiy alluding to the woman's infidelity as the cause for it.
The fact that the investigating officer is a person who wanted to marry the woman murdered when he was in college adds to the intrigue and from there it becomes a case of 'whodunnit'. The ending is a tad disappointing however the movie is way better than most of the one's that get released every Friday.
"State of play" is a superb thriller which starts off with the murder of a staff in Senator Stephen Collins' office, this staff was the chief researcher for the committee which was reviewing a particular company's role in providing home land security, an example of in-sourcing if one could call it so. Things get murky when the senator's friend, a journalist with the Washington Globe investigates two murders and starts to see a link in them.
Things take a dramatic turn there and the movie hits out in many directions before reaching it's finale. This is a plot heavy movie which works incredibly well, a must watch for the one's that seeks thrills and suspense.
