Category Archives: thriller

What To Watch On Netflix Instant – Edition #30

Posted on September 23, 2017 by amodini

Suburra (Italy, 2015) This engrossing film stars Pierfrancesco Favino, among a huge star cast. Set around a plot involving Ostia, a real estate development of a Las Vegas style town, this stylish neo-noir thriller has local mafia bosses, corrupt politicians … Continue reading →

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Best Hindi Films of 2015

Posted on January 28, 2017 by amodini

10. Bajirao Mastani The grandeur and beauty of this film was quite something. While I wasn’t totally floored by this film, it was quite the visual spectacle – Bhansali made sure of that. 9. Badlapur Badlapur was a violent, gory … Continue reading →

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Movie Review : Neerja (2016)

Posted on February 27, 2016 by amodini

Rating : 4.5/5 Genre : Drama/Bio-pic Year : 2016 Running time : 1 hour 42 minutes Director : Ram Madhvani Cast : Shabana Azmi, Sonam Kapoor, Tikku Kid rating: PG-13 Neerja is based on the real-life story of courageous airflight … Continue reading →

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Movie Review : Wazir (2016)

Posted on February 6, 2016 by amodini

Rating : 3.5/5 Genre : Drama/Mystery/Thriller Year : 2016 Running time : 1 hour 42 minutes Director : Bejoy Nambiar Cast : Amitabh Bachchan, Farhan Akhtar, Aditi Rao Haideri, Manav Kaul Kid rating: PG-13 It is hard giving this film … Continue reading →

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Mission Impossible : Rogue Nation

Posted on August 8, 2015 by amodini

MI:Rogue Nation is the 5th in the MI series, and you’d think that it would get hackneyed and jaded, but amazingly it doesn’t. Tom Cruise looks older of course, but he is still in fine fettle as an action hero. … Continue reading →

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What To Watch On Netflix Instant: Edition #26

Posted on August 1, 2015 by amodini

A Series Edition this time – here are 5 recent Netflix Series I enjoyed: [amazon_link id=”B00WK6ZE26″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Witnesses (“Les témoins”, France, 2014) This is a very atmospheric mystery-thriller series with two detectives in a small, sleepy, coastal French … Continue reading →

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Movie Review : Bombay Velvet (2015)

Posted on May 18, 2015 by amodini

Rating : 3.5/5 Genre : Romantic Thriller Year : 2015 Running time : 2 hours 30 minutes Director : Anurag Kashyap Cast : Ranbir Kapoor, Anushka Sharma, Kaykay Menon, Karan Johar, Satyadeep Misra, Siddharata Basu, Manish Chaudhary, Vivaan Shah Kidwise … Continue reading →

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What To Watch On Netflix Instant – Edition #25

Posted on April 10, 2015 by amodini

[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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Movie Review: Detective Byomkesh Bakshy! (2015)

Posted on April 5, 2015 by amodini

Rating : Average (3/5) Genre : Thriller, Mystery Year : 2015 Running time : 2 hours 28 minutes Director : Dibakar Banerjee Cast : Sushant Singh, Swastika Mukherjee, Anand Tiwari, Divya Menon, Neeraj Kabi Kidwise Rating: PG-13 The husband and … Continue reading →

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Movie Review : NH10 (2015)

Posted on March 15, 2015 by amodini

[amazon_link id=”B00TPIAAX0″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link] Rating : Good (4/5) Genre : Thriller Year : 2015 Running time : 1 hours 54 minutes Director : Navdeep Singh Cast : Anushka Sharma, Neil Bhoopalam, Deepti Naval, Darshan Kumaar Kidwise Rating: A … Continue reading →