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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Live free or die hard (Die hard 4.0)
I thoroughly enjoyed “Live free or die hard”. Almost as much or more than I have enjoyed the past 3 “Die Hard” films. It’s a bonafide entertainer, and these kind of bombastic entertainers have been slow to come this year. John McClane is back , older, wiser, we presume, but still the same dry wit, […]
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Pan’s Labyrinth mixes two vastly different story-lines to create one beautiful film. On one hand, we have the story of Ofelia, a young girl of about 9-10, who when faced with unpleasant reality, takes refuge in a mystical world of fauns and fairies, and on the other we have the story of the Spanish rebels […]
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In which Spidey gets an attitude. A bad one. Well, not really. I mean, Spiderman is a good, humble, kind-hearted sort of guy. So, how can he go bad ? In this film, via a mutant life form, crashing into earth on a small meteorite. The parasitic life form crawls off the meteorite and crawls […]
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Leonardo di Caprio gives me the hives. And not in a good way. Apparently I was the only one who didn’t L-O-V-E “Titanic”, and I am quite unable to see his “boyish” charm (or so I have been told). Although the charm still eludes me, I did like “Blood Diamond”, and Leo in it. He […]
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Looking at the poster with Will Smith looking all beatific, and Smith junior looking fairly pleased too, one might think this a “happy” film. But “The Pursuit of Happiness” is one of those sad, sad movies which make life seem like a tightrope walking exercise – one misstep and you fall down into the dumps. […]
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Premonition is another time-travel film. Well, not time-travel in the sense that you’re transported to 1325 and must survive and get back to present time. Rather it’s a case of time warping in weird ways. Remember “Groundhog day” ? Bill Murray waking up to find that every day is Groundhog Day – a sort of […]
Read the rest of this entry »My Top Ten Songs of the week
And they are : 10. Kehta hai Baabul (the Amitabh-sung version from Baabul)9. Jaage hain (Guru)8. Tere bina (Guru)7. Karle karle (KBC Title Song)6. Halke Halke (Honeymoon Travels)5. Dil kya kare (Salaam-e-ishq)4. Dilli (Delhi Heights)3. Sach huyi (I see you)2. Sajnaji vaari vaari (Honeymoon travels)1. Tere bin (Delhi Heights) The #1 song, “Tere Bin” is […]
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This is part II of this post. Some more excerpts from “Heartburn” – what Rachel Samstat thinks about stuff : Describing her husband Mark – He has a black beard , but the part of it that’s on the left side of his chin has a little white stripe in it, where the skin underneath […]
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Nora Ephron’s “Heartburn” came highly recommended. Although, the novel on the whoel was just about OK, Ephron had moments where she was just so bitingly fierce and funny at the same time, it made me yearn for more. It makes perfect sense to call hers a rapier wit. I believe she got most of her […]
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