Category Archives: quirky

Movie Preview : Piku (8th May 2015)

From the trailer this looks like Finding Fanny Part 2. This film is a remake of Satyajit Ray’s 1980 original. Deepika is Piku, and Amitabh is her cantankerous old dad. And this film is about (no points for guessing) their … Continue reading

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What To Watch On Netflix Instant – Edition #25

[amazon_link id=”B006INDMEE” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]The Debt (US, 2010) The Debt is a spy film about three Mossad agents who try to apprehend a dangerous Nazi criminal in 1965’s East Berlin. The three are considered war heroes at home when … Continue reading

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What To Watch On Netflix Instant – Edition #22

[amazon_link id=”B00IIUATDM” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]- The Wolf Of Wall Street (2013) Based (loosely, I assume) on Wall Street conman Jordan Belfort, this is a 3 hour long ride, featuring lots of over-the-top sexual situations and Leonardo DiCaprio in his … Continue reading

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Movie Review : Happy Ending (2014)

Rating : Good (3.5/5) Genre : Romantic Comedy Year : 2014 Running time : 2 hours 15 minutes Director : Krishna D.K. , Raj Nidimoru Cast : Saif Ali Khan, Ileana D’Cruz, Kalki Koechlin, Ranvir Shourie, Govinda, Preity Zinta This … Continue reading

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What to Watch on Netflix Instant : Edition #20

[amazon_link id=”B00EO2I6QK” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]– Barbara (Germany, 2012) It is 1980s East Germany, some years before the fall of the Berlin Wall, and Dr. Barbara Wolff has been assigned to work at a provincial hospital as punishment for expressing … Continue reading

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Movie Preview : Amit Sahni Ki List (18th July 2014)

Is Vir Das (of Delhi Belly/Revolver Rani fame) finally getting his due? Das also makes his singing debut in this film with the song “Pyar Hai Ek Kutti Cheez”. Ah! The romance! The poetry! 🙂

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Movie Preview : Humpty Sharma ki Dulhaniya (releases 11th July 2014)

Dharma Productions brings together the young folk from SOTY, in another romance. Hopefully this will be as entertaining.

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

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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What to Watch on Netflix Instant : Edition #18

[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 Review : Dedh Ishqiya (2014)

Rating : Good (4/5) Genre : Drama Year : 2014 Running time : 2 hours 32 minutes Director : Abhishek Chaubey Cast : Naseeruddin Shah, Madhuri Dixit, Arshad Warsi, Huma Qureshi Kid rating : PG-13 “Dedh Ishqiya” is a better … Continue reading

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