Category Archives: 2014

Movie Preview : Bobby Jasoos (releases July 4th 2014)

Posted on June 18, 2014 by amodini

Is India finally getting its own Precious Ramotswe? From the trailer this looks like a pretty interesting film. It’s got Vidya Balan playing a female detective who sets up shop as a detective in Hyderabad (spouting Hyderabadi Hindi and all)! … Continue reading →

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Movie Review : Highway (2014)

Posted on June 13, 2014 by amodini

Rating : Above Average (3.5/5) Genre : Drama Year : 2013 Running time : 1 hour 35 minutes Director : Alia Bhatt, Randeep Hooda Kidwise : R Highway is about Veera Tripathi (Bhatt), coddled rich girl, who is almost accidentally … Continue reading →

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What to Watch on Netflix Instant : Edition #18

Posted on June 8, 2014 by amodini

[amazon_link id=”B000IZ7YK6″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Chinatown (USA, 1974) This Roman Polanski film stars a much younger (but still balding) Jack Nicholson as detective J.J. Gittes, who specializes in catching cheating spouses. When hired by a Mrs. Mulwray to expose the … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview : Ek Villain (releases June 27th 2014)

Posted on June 4, 2014 by amodini

Siddharta Malhotra does a Shahrukh Khan in this film. No, he doesn’t wiggle his eyebrows – he plays a negative characters a la SRK in Darr.

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Movie Preview : Filmistaan (releases June 6th 2014)

Posted on May 26, 2014 by amodini

A cineholic extra gets more adventure than he bargained for. Nitin Kakkar directs this zany comedy.

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Movie Review : Gunday (2014)

Posted on May 22, 2014 by amodini

Rating : Poor(1/5) Genre : Drama Year : 2014 Running time : 2 hours 32 minutes Director : Ali Abbas Zafar Cast : Priyanka Chopra, Ranveer Singh, Arjun Kapoor, Irrfan Khan Kidwise : R Gunday is like a bad 80s … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview : Citylights (Releases 30th May 2014)

Posted on May 16, 2014 by amodini

Am glad that Rajkummar Rao is getting interesting films!

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Movie Review : Gulaab Gang (2014)

Posted on May 9, 2014 by amodini

Rating : Average (3/5) Genre : Drama Year : 2014 Running time : 2 hours 19 minutes Director : Soumik Sen Cast : Madhuri Dixit, Juhi Chawla, Tannishtha Chatterjee, Divya Jagdale Kidwise : R This film was rumored to be about … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview : Kya Dilli Kya Lahore (releases 2nd May 2014)

Posted on April 29, 2014 by amodini

Hum hai bhai-bhai, etc., etc. Edition #9 million. This one has a good shot at being a decent film because of the fantastic Vijay Raaz directing and acting in it.

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Movie Preview : Purani Jeans (releases 1st May 2014)

Posted on April 24, 2014 by amodini

Here’s another teeny-bopper film trying to do a “Mujhse Fraandship Karoge”. Let’s hope it does as well; it is fairly easy to descend into dumbness with these kinds of films.

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