Are you ready for SALT or a Little Grease or Some Comedy??

This summer is shaping up to be a very busy one at the box office and there does not seem to be any shortage of action.

Let’s talk first about SALT and Mrs Brad Pitt
She is the one suffering in this one. Jolie plays Evelyn Salt, a CIA officer who has been accused of being a Russian Spy, Her efforts to prove her innocence only serve to cast doubt on her
motives, as the hunt to uncover the truth behind her identity continues and the question remains: “Who Is Salt? Which is why you are seeing those cryptic movie posters around town.
So we ask ‘Who is Salt’? But the question is do we care?
On one hand the film defies all action convention and she is a little super hero like and in another she is a sleuth trained to do every trick in the book. The problem is that you have to suspend your
belief a little too much in this action flick to stay interested in it. Director Phillip Noyce made films like t”Patriot Games” and “Clear and Present Danger.” and so this movie follows in that tradition of some great action but does not really have the Tom Clancy inspired script to keep you hanging on. I did feel at a few points that with all this talk about Tom Cruise being cast in this film originally that Jolie was over compensating to prove she could hold her own and she does in a big way. 2 of the best things about the film are it’s not a film that drags on and SALT ends up being a strong female action star based on skill not just looks.

Speaking of keeping us entertained, The movie Grease seems like a film that just won’t go away, why in 2010 are we talking about a film made almost 30 years ago.

Its true opening this weekend at Scotia Theatre is a cult classic. Paramount Pictures has gone into the vault, added some karoke like lyrics onto the screen and now invites you to belt out your favourite tunes with Good girl Sandy and greaser Danny in what is being billed as ‘Sing A Long Grease’. I’ve been to a couple of these. The first one I went to was an outdoor Bollywood one which was fun to
witness but not exactly functional. My biggest warning is this isn’t the best way to see the film for the first time.

I think films like this and more specifically gatherings like this are better when they are arranged by AV Monitors and Glee clubs where I think the real cult status of these films are
incubated. I don’t fault Paramount for trying to create a social event out of the love of the movie but I don’t really have an interest singing with other people as if we were at a rock concert.

Oh and I will be hosting the 9th Annual MyBindi Comedy Night, a showcase for some North America’s biggest South Asian Comics. It takes place this Sunday at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre at Exhibition Place more info at mybindi.com