Podcasting is that thing I said I would do which I was never sure I’d get to. I have a whole list of such things; things I would do when (and if) I had the time. But then really when do I have the time ? An older (and much wiser) friend once told me […]
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2009 : The Top 10 Films . . .
. . .or my experiments with Youtube. And they were good let me tell you, for a novice Youtube uploader. I started off with lofty goals. As a part of my yearly round-up I do a Best Films of the Year post, and this time decided to make a Youtube movie to showcase the notable […]
Read the rest of this entry »Bollywood romance : now and then
Love, they say, makes the world go around. It can also make your head spin, if you go by Hindi films nowadays. Not surprising, if you realize that this is the Facebook Generation, where “friending” is instantaneous, and requires little more than a mouse click. The more friends you have the better. And, apparently these […]
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Source : Andre Jordan’s Work
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Saw “Love Aaj Kal” (review here) last weekend. The mystery girl who plays Harleen Kaur, was sort of kept pretty hush-hush. And while I don’t get the logic of that, the whole secrecy bit I mean, am pretty surprised that the girl in question is Brazilian model Giselle Monteiro. I might not be that great […]
Read the rest of this entry »“Inspired” films – Ugly aur pagli
If you haven’t seen “Ugly aur pagli”, read this review, and avoid it like the plague. I’m a glutton for punishment , I think, or an eternal optimist – depends upon your point of view. Because I rented the American version of “My Sassy Girl”. And really it isn’t any better watching existential angst, or […]
Read the rest of this entry »Of Windy Indy and the crystal skull
This film is doing good business. I attribute that to all the hype generated prior to it’s release. It can’t possibly be the film. And I say this, after nodding off to sleep a couple of times during it. Between “Indiana Jones” and “National Treasure 2” (which I watched on DVD during the same weekend) […]
Read the rest of this entry »The Best and the Worst of 2007
I’ve picked the best films of the year – THE TOP 10 COUNTDOWN 2007, and they are at my blog, here, and also at Planet Bollywood , here. Also see the picks of the other Planet Bollywood critics in the Spotlight Section. And then I couldn’t help it – there were so many of them […]
Read the rest of this entry »I am Legend
If there must be a last man on earth, I cannot imagine it being anyone else other than Will Smith. He plays one in this film, and does it beautifully. I say this because the story is a bit unusual, in the sense that mostly there is only one actor in the scene (save of […]
Read the rest of this entry »Little Miss Sunshine
This is not your average “feel-good” film. It includes, among it’s cast an unsuccessful father (Greg Kinnear) who’s selling the “how to succeed” mantra, a depressive uncle (Steve Carell) who’s tried to commit suicide, a grandfather (Alan Arkin) who’s into drugs and foul language, and a self-willed-mute brother (Paul Dano) who hates everyone and is, […]
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