Movies this week: 'Rush', 'Phata Poster Nikla Hero', 'The Lunch Box' release on September 19, 20

Here are some of the Hollywood and Bollywood movies releasing on Thursday and Friday September 19 and 20, complete with trailers and some details about the films.

Rush

After a catastrophic crash at the 1976 German Grand Prix at the Nurburgring that could have killed him, Formula One driver Niki Lauda (Bruhl) returns to face his rival James Hunt (Hemsworth) in their pursuit of the 1976 World Championship at Fuji in Japan.

Cast - Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Dormer, Olivia Wilde, Daniel Bruhl

Director - Ron Howard

Reason To Watch - A thrilling ride right from the start, Howard knows exactly how to create an atmosphere of excitement. A must for Formula One fans,although it will be an enjoyable film for all.

Reasons Not To Watch - The movie although critically acclaimed, revolves around race car driving, so those not into that might not like it. 

IMDb - 8.4/10

Rotten Tomatoes - 95%

Release Date - September 20, 2013

Hell Baby

An expectant couple, Jack (Rob Corddry) and Vanessa (Leslie Bibb) move into a house that is quite the fixer upper in New Orleans, and on top of that most people say it's haunted. As the movie progresses, it seems the house comes with a deadly demonic curse. Things soon spiral out of control for Jack and Vanessa and more and more people get involved including their-not-so-helpful neighbour, Vanessa's friendly psychiatrist, Vanessa's Wiccan sister Marjorie and the detectives assigned to look into the rising body count. Only the Vatican's elite exorcism team can save them -- or can they?

Cast - Leslie Bibb, Rob Corddry, Thomas Lennon, Riki Lindhome, Keegan Michael Key, Paul Scheer, Rob Huebel, Brittney Alger

Director - Robert Ben Garant

Reason To Watch/Reasons Not To Watch - Hell Baby has the kind of immature comedy that may appeal to some, but if not then give it a miss.

IMDb - 4.8/10

Rotten Tomatoes - 40%

Release Date - September 19, 2013

The Lunch Box

A Mumbai based film, it revolves around a mistaken delivery from a dabbawala (lunchbox service) in Mumbai. The mistaken delivery soon blossoms into a relationship between an about to retire, Saajan and a lonely widower and an unhappy housewife, Ila as they start exchanging notes through the daily lunchbox.

Cast - Irrfan Khan, Nimrat Kaur, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Denzil Smith, Bharati Achrekar, Nakul Vaid, Yashvi Puneet Nagar, Lillete Dubey

Director - Ritesh Batra

Reasons To Watch - A charming film that captures the cultural inner working of Mumbai life, but also shows the human side of life.

Reasons Not To Watch - Generally aesthetically beautiful films don't do well commercially. So if you're more interested in fast plots, then this is not the film for you.

IMDb - 7.4/10

Rotten Tomatoes - No Reviews yet

Release Date - September 19, 2013

Phata Poster Nikla Hero

Phata Poster Nikla Hero is an action/romance film that is a ‘masala’ entertainer, the movie will follow the exploits of Vishwas Rao (Shahid Kapoor) who is an aspiring actor, but is mistaken to be a super-cop. Nargis Fakhri, presently basking in the glory of Madras Café will make her debut Item number in this film.

Cast - Shahid Kapoor, Ileana D'Cruz, Darshan Jariwala, Saurabh Shukla, Sanjay Mishra, Padmini Kolhapure

Director - Rajkumar Santoshi

Reasons To Watch - Touted as being a 'masala entertainer', the film is a good watch, that will surely keep you entertained through out.

Reasons Not To Watch - Even though the movie is entertaining, it doesn't really engage you, so those look for some substance after the movie, give this one a miss.

IMDb - No Rating Yet

Rotten Tomatoes - No Reviews Yet

Releasing Date - September 20, 2013

This Is The End

This Is The End follows Seth Rogen, James Franco, Jonah Hill, Jay Baruchel, Danny McBride, and Craig Robinson as fictional versions of themselves. The movie plays out as a series of strange and catastrophic events devastate Los Angeles. As the world spins out of control outside, dwindling supplies and cabin fever threaten to tear apart their friendship inside. Eventually, they are forced to leave the house, face their fate and rediscover the meaning of their friendship. The film originally released in June, but due to overwhelmingly positive reviews, it was re-released in September.

Cast - Seth Rogen, James Franco, Jonah Hill, Jay Baruchel, Danny McBride, and Craig Robinson

Director - Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg

Reasons To Watch - A hilarious comedy that shows how panic takes over during an "apocalypse". The actors portrayals of their fictional selves is definitely one of the reasons to watch the movie.

Reasons Not To Watch - Not a family comedy, better watched with friends.

IMDb - 7.5/10

Rotten Tomatoes - 84%

Release Date - September 20, 2013

2 Guns

2 Guns follows DEA agent Bobby Trench (Denzel Washington) and US naval intelligence officer Marcus Stigman (Mark Wahlberg) Working undercover as members of a narcotics syndicate for 12 month. The problem is neither of them trust each other which creates problems when they try to take the criminals down. As the mission goes wrong, they are disavowed by their superiors, and everyone either wants them dead or imprisoned. So now they use the skills they picked up along the way to try and stay alive.

Cast - Denzel Washington, Mark Wahlberg, Paula Patton, Bill Paxton, James Marsden, Fred Ward, Edward James Olmos

Director - Baltasar Kormákur

Reasons To Watch - The movies while filled with cliches does manage to entertain at the same time, It could be a one time watch.

Reasons Not To Watch - Then again, it doesn't bring anything new to the table. Renegade cops trying to clear their names isn't exactly original material.

IMDb - 7.1/10

Rotten Tomatoes - 63%

Release Date - September 19, 2013

Mickey Virus

Mickey is a brilliant but carefree hacker, whose life spins out of control when he meets Kamayani. What does Kamayani's presence in Mickey's life mean?

Cast - Manish Paul, Elli Avram, Varun Badola, Manish Choudhary, Puja Gupta

Director - Saurabh Varma

Reasons To Watch/Reasons Not To Watch - The comedy seems to be one of the generic variety. Those into these kinds of rom-coms may enjoy it, if not give it a miss.

IMBb - No Rating yet

Rotten Tomatoes - No Reviews yet.

Release Date - September 20, 2013