I’m trying to think of really good sci-fi films, but can (surprisingly) come up with only a handful, the best being “The Matrix” . Then there are the “Alien” and the “Terminator” films ofcourse. There’s Asimov’s “I, Robot” which turned into a fairly interesting film. And H.G.Wells “The war of the world’s” was OK. “Sphere” […]
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North Country
“North Country” is very “Erin Brokovich” like. Lone woman, with kids needs to feed her family. But will not back down in the face of hardship. Nice. And effective. It is ofcoure great that both these charcters of strong women are based on real life characters. Charlize Theron is Josie Aimes, who leaves her abusive […]
Read the rest of this entry »A could-have-been-review : Kalyug
Saw Kalyug recently or should I say, saw it partially. Had to leave midway, because the film degenerated into sordidness. Checked out the reviews online and apparently I hadn’t even gotten very far. Had no idea of the film but as it started I saw that it was from the Bhatt camp, and down went […]
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After watching a really good hindi movie Sehar, in 2004 there was Swades – you see what I mean ? It’s a one superlative film a year type of deal. Actually 2005 was an exception because we had quite a few good film like Paheli, Page 3 etc. I’m not sure we’ll be that lucky […]
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I like films that tell interesting stories, the more detail the better. Also, films which relate to a particular culture are pretty interesting too, because they expose you to a totally different concept of tradition, values etc. So, I recently picked up 2 films which are from different cultures, one Spanish “Maria full of grace” […]
Read the rest of this entry »Spielberg’s Munich
Munich released recently is directed by Spielberg. It is engrossing, the kind of film about which you would say “It moved at the pace it should have”. Munich tells the story of Israels’s action against the 11 people who planned to kill/killed it’s Olympic athletes (1972). The job of asssinating the 11 Palestinians is given […]
Read the rest of this entry »Best Movies of 2005
I’ve updated the Best Films by Year page with the Top 10 movies of 2005. Looking back I see some really good films in the Best Films of 2005 ; Paheli, Sarkar , Sehar – you name it we got it – The Best of the Best ! Desi cinema sure is going places. Check […]
Read the rest of this entry »Horror and comedy
In this famine of (decent) Hindi films, I succumbed to seeing “Constantine”, and “Eulogy”, two vastly different movies. Constantine, which was released a few months agon, is a horror film, a translation of the comic-book to screen. Keanu Reeves plays the demon hunter John Constantine, who’s chain smoking himself to sure death and Hell. John […]
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Namrata Joshi has an interesting article in Outlook on vulgarity making it big-time in Hindi movies. It’s now mainstream. She writes about “Kya kool hai hum” , “Maine pyar kyon kiya”, which I saw, and “No entry”, “Shaadi No. 1” which I have had the good fortune of not seeing. Categories : _films
Read the rest of this entry »Of super-heroes and detectives
I’ve waited a while to see “Batman begins”, so my expectations were high. I have always liked the Batman films, even though he’s probably the only super-hero to actually be like a billionare. You take a protagonist and imbue him with riches, and boom! all the sympathy you felt for the guy vanishes. Why ? […]
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