Category Archives: english

Movie Review : Moon

Posted on March 8, 2010 by amodini

I came by this film while browsing through Netflix. I didn’t see it on any Top 10 lists, and I wonder why; it seems like a film like this should have had more buzz surrounding it. “The Moon” is science … Continue reading →

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Movie Review : Percy Jackson and the Olympians – The lightning thief

Posted on February 18, 2010 by amodini

Since the kids were champing at the bit to see this film, weeks before it was even released (superb marketing – everyone knew that it was coming) the day after it released, we did. Now I have not a clue … Continue reading →

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Movie Review : Sunshine Cleaning

Posted on January 17, 2010 by amodini

Sunshine cleaning premiered at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival and it took about an year for this film to get to the theatres, and even when there, it was a pretty short run. I’ve been meaning to see this for … Continue reading →

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Movie Review : Avatar

Posted on December 29, 2009 by amodini

James Cameron magnum opus about tall blue men. A film yes, but more of an experience. With all the hype on TV, and everyone raving about “Avatar” I finally saw this on IMAX 3D. And I have to agree – … Continue reading →

Posted in 2010, english, fantasy, hollywood, recommended, sci-fi | 6 Comments

Review : Slumdog millionaire

Posted on January 22, 2009 by amodini

Rating : Above average (3.9/5) Genre : Drama Year : 2008 Running time : 2 hours Director : Danny Boyle Cast : Dev Patel, Freida Pinto, Irfan Khan, Anil Kapoor, Saurabh Shukla Kid rating : PG I only had the … Continue reading →

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Review : Rachel getting married

Posted on November 17, 2008 by amodini

Moving film. Stars the beautiful Anne Hathaway, and an outstanding cast. Reviewed on my other blog, here.

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Review : Indian Jones and the kingdom of the crytal skull

Posted on May 28, 2008 by amodini

And since I’m being so lax about writing a Hindi film review (apologies, apologies – I will get back on track. Not my fault really :-), have you seen the crap they’re churning out these days ?) I will point … Continue reading →

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Review : Bengali Night

Posted on May 25, 2007 by amodini

[amazon_link id=”B0026B6WVW” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Rating : Below average (2.7/5) Genre : Drama Year : 1988 Running time : 2 hours Director : Nicolas Klotz Cast : High Grant, Supriya Pathak, Shabana Azmi, Soumitra Chatterjee, John Hurt THE BENGALI NIGHT … Continue reading →

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Review : Bride and Prejudice

Posted on April 4, 2005 by amodini

Rating : Good (4/5) Genre : All-in-one Year : 2005 Running time : 111 minutes Director : Gurinder Chaddha Cast : Aishwarya Rai, Martin Henderson, Naveen Andrews, Namrata Shirodkar, Nadira Babbar, Anupam Kher, Sonali Kulkarni, Pia Rai Chaudhary, Indira Varma, … Continue reading →

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