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Reviewed Black - Bollywood

Color, Contrast & Commonality

Feb 07, 2005 11:52 PM 1881 Views

(Updated Feb 08, 2005 10:24 AM)

If one closely examines Sanjay Leela Bhansali?s body of work, one can?t but fail to notice certain common threads that run through his creations. In all his films his protagonists suffer and its cause lies within them. From the deaf-mute couple in Khamoshi, to the love-triangle in HDDCS and the ...Read more

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Reviewed The Polar Express Movie

A Joy Ride

Jan 17, 2005 11:51 AM 1731 Views

(Updated Jan 17, 2005 01:21 PM)

National Geographic recently conducted a photographic competition. There is one particular photograph (which won a Merit Award) that kept on recurring in my mind as I reclined in my seat while watching Robert Zemeckis? The Polar Express. The photo depicted a group of men in an airport. Most o...Read more

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Commented on cinemaniac's review

Jan 11, 2005 03:00 PM

Simply astounding, that's all I have to say. Being a film studies teacher myself, I literally hanged on to each and every word you wrote. You have the magic touch, keep on delighting readers like myself.

Reviewed Red Dragon Movie

Gone up in Smoke

Jan 11, 2005 02:22 PM 2571 Views

(Updated Jan 11, 2005 02:22 PM)

Beyond immorality and immortality, deification of evil, blurring of the demarcating line between human, inhuman and subhuman - these are the ingredients of a main course that has turned into a successful franchise, Hannibal Lecter. We saw eye to eye with Lecter (it's curious how he seldom bli...Read more

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Reviewed Raincoat

When Words Fail to Deliver

Dec 30, 2004 08:50 PM 2185 Views

(Updated Dec 31, 2004 01:07 PM)

O? Henry, one of the most prolific and celebrated short story writers of all time gains entrance into the glitzy world of Bollywood, courtesy Rituparno Ghosh?s maiden Hindi directorial venture ? Raincoat. Based on one of O?Henry?s most popular short story Gift of the Magi, Raincoat deals prim...Read more

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Reviewed Dev

Of contrast, character & credibility

Dec 29, 2004 07:27 PM 3984 Views

(Updated Dec 29, 2004 07:27 PM)

Dev is a film about choices ? choice between duty & morality; responsibility & obligation; friendship & conscience; and most importantly between right and wrong. It is a film that walks a very thin line, quite akin to its protagonist Joint Police Commissioner Dev Pratap Singh (Amitabh Bachchan) ...Read more

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Reviewed One Hour Photo Movie

Fascinating look at the desolate human mind

Dec 29, 2004 01:46 PM 1884 Views

(Updated Dec 29, 2004 01:47 PM)

Though it may seem a little far-fetched analogy to some, but one is tempted to state that what Jaws did to the ocean, One Hour Photo, in its own small way, has done the same to the photo guy one gives one's pictures to develop. Seymour 'Sy' Parrish (Robin Williams) is someone who all of us ha...Read more

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Reviewed Swades

A commendable effort

Dec 20, 2004 01:01 PM 2220 Views

(Updated Dec 23, 2004 10:56 AM)

What?s the similarity between Sam Mendes, Farhan Akhtar and Ashutosh Gowariker; apart from the fact that they are all acclaimed filmmakers of the current generation? Apparently, there is none, except the fact that all three made a film (debut in the cases of Mendes & Farhan and Ashutosh's third ...Read more

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