Secret Superstar

Although the storyline is pretty much fully revealed in the trailer, it still makes a good watch. The acting is good from all participants, except perhaps Aamir's himself but then his characterization is such. The locations are nicely chosen and the innocent romance of the high schoolers is palpable. As, also, is the darker side of domestic violence in middle class families.

Rating: Good

Welcome Back

Seeing the sequel after almost a decade! It is almost as good and almost as bad as the prequel! Watch it for total time-pass.
Rating: Average

Vivah

A very pleasant movie all-round. It consists of all goody goody characters talking goody goody things while the narration goes from an engagement to wedding. No adultish scenes, no body-showing - just pure, unadulterated romantic story of the yesteryears with nice melodious songs. Only one mildly negative character & one untoward incident and that too turns positive at the end - so, all in all, a very pleasing movie. Excellent casting and pleasing setting too! Watch it to feel good!!
Rating: Good

Pad Man

Another true story (or a story inspired by true events). The story itself is great to watch this movie - irrespective of how it is made, so go for it! Nevertheless, Akshay Kumar is the key entity in this movie and he takes it on his shoulders from beginning to finish. Sonam Kapoor's supporting role is good too. Pretty neat and succinct direction, location/setting is ideal for rural India and pretty much rest of the casting looks newbie-ish who have all done a great job.
Rating: Good

Victoria & Abdul

Well, well, well. Whoever would think this could have really happened! Many thanks to the movie-makers for bringing out this little memoir (true story) into the world about how Queen Victoria spent her last few years with Abdul Karim - and how much she enjoyed his company. Excellently enacted by the main protagonists. Directed well enough but the movie seems fairly average all through - such as in screenplay & editing. Nevertheless worth a watch.
Rating: Average

6 Below: Miracle on the Mountain

True story of Eric LeMarque. It sounds downright stupid to see an extremely well qualified athlete to just lose out on the best things of life just because he got into snorting cocaine and thats what this guy went through. And a hard knock on the head was what he needed by Mother Nature to put some sense into him - and give him a second chance of life. Well, indeed a miracle that he survived but also credit to him and his spirits for braving it all through in the bitter cold. Some real good goose-bumpy scenes. Worth a watch.
Rating: Good

American Made

OMG, what a life some people lead! This Barry Seal led a life similar to Jordan Belfort! From smuggling Cigars to helping the CIA with recon pics, and from smuggling cocaine to helping the CIA with ammunition-transfers, and getting caught by DEA, FBI, State Police, etc but for what - to help the US President's anti-drug campaign! What a taut line to walk and with such ease and calm, while stashing all those dollars all over the house! Its absolutely stunning. The true story is so marvelous that it hardly matters how the movie is made - because it is worth every penny to watch this humdinger of a man which by the way is excellently portrayed by Tom Cruise. Great narration & direction too.
Rating: Good

Jungle

True story of Yossi Ghinsberg's adventure in the South American rainforest where he almost died before getting rescued. Not much of a thriller nor an action-packed adventure but akin to a slow moving snake where you know danger lurks and still makes it an edge-of-seat. Well depicted, great casting and acting. Worth a watch.
Rating: Good

The Good Dinosaur

"Movie with the daughter" time! 
It (the movie, not the time!) started well anyways but somehow lost its steam midway. The ending soon becomes pretty apparent - and the rest of the movie is just waiting for it to happen. Nothing great happens to write about - except a few scary scenes to tickle the young ones seeing. So... 
Rating: Average

Sanjog

Saw a 1980s movie (that too Jeetendra's) after a long time. A pretty simple love story that gets complicated due to too much love-attachment with a small boy who also has done very nice acting. Asrani & Smita Irani adds humor at the right moments. Worth a watch. 
Rating: Good

Golmaal Again

Part 4 in the series. As long as you are aware of the series & genre, this is enjoyable. Still, the plot is made very interesting although it needn't've been! Its pretty simple for an 'atma' to do whatever it needs - without needing the help of 5 people! So, enjoy the movie for the dialog, the scenery, the location/setting and some unwanted songs!
Rating: Good

Idolle Ramayana

After having watched couple of Prakash Rai movies, I always wanted to watch this one. But alas, this one was far too slow-moving and annoying at times. While the story itself is not too bad (I wouldn't go so far as to say 'good'), it would have been better if the length of the movie was cut short to maybe 1.5 hours. Too many unnecessary scenes that could and should have been edited and even avoided. The background score is too loud at times. The first five minutes when the credits come itself started the 'sound-irritation'. Watch it with own risk.
Rating: Average

The Holiday

An interesting rom-com tale about two broken hearted female strangers exchanging their houses across the continent to be away from their ex-s. What happens next is predictable for the Europe story - and hence it kinda gets boring. The American story is interesting though but finally winds its way through another predictable ending. Acting is not all that great but the tale is barely interesting enough to vouch for a watch once.
Rating: Average

Finding Dory

After having enjoyed Finding Nemo, I always wanted to watch the sequel. And it is just as good as ever. The movie intertwines with Finding Nemo tale - how Dory was where she was and what she was doing and what she eventually does. In this case, it is about the 'daughter' fish trying to find her 'parents' fish. Very touching yet comical, not to mention beautifully scripted & animated - holds true for this sequel too.
Rating: Good

Going the Distance

A very common problem faced by the Americans depicted very well in this tale as a rom com but the movie itself is not all that great. It gets boring midway, the casting doesn't seem that good too. The humour is very gross at times and totally avoidable. And so is the movie.
Rating: Average

Shaadi Mein Zaroor Aana

A quirky turn of events from what starts off as a plain vanilla love story. The title is extremely misleading to what actually happens in the movie - because the bride runs away! The tale is very interesting and the main protagonists have acted their roles very well. The direction is good but there are some scenes which could have been kept clean and tidy. The ending becomes predictable and the story/director had to make something dramatic to make it interesting till the end. So, ending is not all that exciting but it is ok. But, the movie nevertheless is definitely worth a watch especially the middle portion.
Rating: Good

Mera Naam Joker

Saw the movie in passing. Some nice dialogs and great songs. Editing could have been much better. Story is pretty much downhill all the way and not much of an entertainer. Avoidable.
Rating: Average

Tumhari Sulu

A very nice middle-class family story. Pretty much everything is taken very well in terms of film-making: The setting, the family chores, the work tension, the bosses, the children's peer pressure in school, relatives' strangling, songs, etc. Movie goes wave-like from all-joy to all-sadness to joyfulness again. Excellent acting by everyone - from taxi driver to sisters to students to managers. Of course Vidya Balan is the fulcrum and she tops it as usual! Hats off to the director for the wholesome entertainer.
Rating: Good

Qarib Qarib Singlle

Well, I am not sure if it was the movie or the ambience with which I saw it but it didn't impress me much. There were too many disturbances - cable TV cutting off and on, the voice wasn't coming out well, there were guests, etc. which kinda made the movie watching experience a complete turn-off. The story too didn't make much of an impact, at least the part that I understood - unless I misunderstood! Heroine seemed a newbie but excellent in acting. Locations were great. Watch it at your own risk!
Rating: Average

Kwatle Satisa

A quirky title led my wife and me to watch this movie. It started very simply enough but within minutes it turned interesting, and then to humorous to almost like an edge-of-seat-thriller! Very neat and clean acting, good direction with nice set of casting and idyllic middle class setting. The fact that it is a true story jolted me - how can such a thing even happen!
Rating: Good