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Gippi Movie Review: Gypped of an Opportunity
How often do we see a big studio Bollywood film with a female as the protagonist? Even less frequently if she is a school going kid. And hardly ever if she is not good-looking in the conventional sense. Given the odds stacked against Gippi, you root for the film hoping it will open the doors [...]
Movie Review : Gippi will make you happy this weekend!
Gippi, directed by debutante Sonam Nair, is a precious little film. A little film, that would not have fancied a first day houseful theater, had it not been for the moxie with which Karan Johar‘s Dharma Productions backed the film, even to the point of getting a studio (UTV Motion Pictures) on board. And voila! [...]
Star Trek Into Darkness: Boldly Going Where Few Sequels Have Gone Before.
When J J Abrams decided to take the reins of the Star Trek reboot, he knew that he was going to have to deal with Trekkies, whose passion for the franchise can be rivaled only by the fans of Manchester United and the Indian Cricket Team. He took a risky approach by turning Vikram BondalMore Posts
Go Goa Gone: Bullets, Blood and Babaji ki Booty!
Goa! The most popular tourist destination in India has served as the backdrop to quite a few movies in the past. Be it your typical masala potboiler (Singham), a gritty cop-thriller (Dum Maaro Dum), a coming of age tale (Trikaal, Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa) or a frothy tale of male bonding (Dil Chahta Hai), Goa [...]
Left Right Left: Trailer
Arun Kumar Aravind is a well known editor who has worked in multiple films both in Malayalam and Hindi, particularly with T.K.Rajeev Kumar and Priyadarshan. He turned to direction with Cocktail (2010) which was reasonably received by the audience but then also criticized for being an unauthorized copy of the Canadian film, Butterfly on a [...]
A Personal Tribute to Roger Ebert : The Man who gave me the cinema of ages for the ages
I woke up at around 7.a.m and like always I logged onto Facebook and as I started looking at the notifications, I saw that my dear friend Prashanth had written,“4/4. It’s definitely more than a coincidence. Four Stars for the life lived by Roger Ebert.“My groggy mind hadn’t yet registered what the status meant and I started looking at [...]
Sahasam: Trailer
Chandrasekhar Yeleti is looked upon with respect in the Telugu film industry as he has always been known for making films which though commercial, tend to still stay away from the traditional masala routine. While he started off making thrillers with a soul like Aithe and Anukokonda Oka Roju (remade in Hindi by Rohit Shetty [...]
Hotel Rwanda Movie Review: One Man Can Change The World
As a race, we are more scared by human fears than atrocities to humans. The latter, after a while, just disaffects us, or like a reporter in Hotel Rwanda says, “They’ll watch it, say, ‘Oh! That’s horrible,’ and continue with their dinners.” It is exactly this reaction that director Terry George is trying to keep us from, [...]
Mumbai Police Movie Review: A Cop Thriller That Breaks the Stereotype
A crime is committed; you have identified the culprit and are about to reveal the mystery and then boom! There’s an accident and everything is wiped out of your memory and you have to start on a fresh slate, with your RAM totally clean and no one else aware of your condition, except for a [...]
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