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Reviewed The Great Gatsby

Oct 02, 2013 08:22 PM 996 Views

Watched 'The Great Gatsby' as someone who enjoys a love-hate relationship with Baz Luhrmann's work (Gave up on Romeo & Juliet half way thru, loved Moulin Rouge and hated Australia inspite of Nicole Kidman :-)). As feared, the subject matter of F Scott Fitzgerald's magnum opus goes only so dee...Read more

Reviewed The Hobbit An Unexpected Journey

Jan 04, 2013 10:33 PM 2179 Views

The stunning visuals rendered by the 48 FPS (or HFR) 3D format and the immersive sound of Dolby Atmos notwithstanding, 'The Unexpected Journey of The Hobbit'  isn't a ride you'd call spellbinding. Why? What is the baggage on the trip here? It's the plot, that keeps trying to lift up an oxymor...Read more

Reviewed Life of Pi

Jan 03, 2013 10:13 PM 2219 Views

My review for 'Life of Pi' on Rotten Tomatoes: 4 stars. Whilst technically only a fable, the treatment and gravitas which the movie adaptation of 'Life of Pi' comes with make it rather hard to denigrate it as just pubescent. The much acclaimed Taiwanese director, Ang Lee translates the popula...Read more

Reviewed Inglourious Basterds Movie

Jul 03, 2010 09:19 AM 2158 Views

(Updated Apr 15, 2011 08:00 PM)

To his fans Quentin Tarantino is a master craftsman. He is much venerated by them for his periodic installments of'pulp fiction' i.e. bits and pieces of tales that are not to be taken seriously, at all. While presented under different guises each time, his movies are but routine products coming ...Read more

Reviewed Saawariya

May 26, 2009 06:09 AM 4780 Views

(Updated May 26, 2009 07:03 AM)

Applying his own treatment to existing cinematic content from across the globe, seems to have become the bailiwick of director/producer Sanjay Leela Bansali. And, undoubtedly, these adaptations of prior works of world renowned directors do sport a lot of shimmer. As he goes for more gloss yet ag...Read more

Reviewed The Diving Bell And The Butterfly Movie

Mar 09, 2009 11:33 AM 2796 Views

(Updated Mar 09, 2009 07:40 PM)

Author and neurologist Dr. Oliver Sacks said: ‘It’s a book of surpassing beauty, a testament to the freedom and vitality and delight of the human mind.’ The New York Times called it ‘a wistful, poetic and whimsically affirmative statement. .’ The Financial Times felt that it is ‘one of the great...Read more

Commented on viratbond's review

Mar 04, 2009 08:18 PM

Very nice review! It definitely is a well-meaning celebration of the original franchise, if not a full-fledged comedy.

Reviewed The Pink Panther 2 Movie

Mar 02, 2009 09:42 AM 1937 Views

(Updated Mar 12, 2009 11:51 PM)

A comic gem! So says the movie’s tag line in Clouseauesque pompous style. By itself that should sound quite funny, but it makes you grin even more when you realize that it is also meant to be a pun on the storyline of this episode, a comedy about a gem – a whodunit about the purloining of the fa...Read more

Reviewed Valkyrie Movie

Feb 09, 2009 09:42 AM 2407 Views

(Updated Feb 10, 2009 01:44 AM)

Movies about World War II come with a distinctive appeal, by default. They create an expectation for a package that can be quite compelling on several dimensions. First, through the research on ancillary episodes that are heretofore unexplored, they can share some rare knowledge nuggets about...Read more

Reviewed Jodhaa Akbar

Dec 07, 2008 08:44 AM 4524 Views

(Updated Dec 08, 2008 07:16 AM)

It is tasteful for its presentation of the stately grandeur of the Mogul/Rajput era. It shows just how astute and industrious, Ashutosh Gowariker, the director, can be, in pulling together a project of such logistical, artistic, and technological complexity. It makes you want to commend Bollywoo...Read more

Reviewed Charlie Wilson's War Movie

Nov 02, 2008 10:39 AM 1448 Views

(Updated Jul 13, 2017 01:53 AM)

"One day President Roosevelt told me that he was asking publicly for suggestions about what the war should be called. I said at once'The Unnecessary War'”. Always ready with a pithy repartee, that was the ever so consummate statesman and orator, Sir Winston Churchill(1874 - 1965), reflecting on ...Read more

Reviewed Aaja Nachle

Oct 28, 2008 10:36 AM 5165 Views

(Updated Nov 05, 2008 05:30 AM)

Sometimes movies can let you down for the right reasons. When you think you'd hit snooze, it turns out that it was actually the radio button, and something quite nice starts playing. So, if you are all fatigued after a long day, don’t slide ‘Aaja Nachle’ (Come, let us dance) into the DVD player ...Read more

Reviewed There Will Be Blood Movie

Oct 13, 2008 09:35 AM 2447 Views

(Updated Oct 16, 2008 08:04 PM)

‘There Will Be Blood’, an Oscar nominee for Best Picture for 2007, is not a fun movie to watch. But, if you can look beyond its dour and rugged exterior, you will strike ‘oil’, in the form of a thought provoking essay on human vanity and greed. Writer/Director Paul Thomas Anderson who has mad...Read more

Commented on amchigelo's review

Aug 24, 2008 01:43 AM

I am in the middle of PotE. Will sure pick this one up as the next assignment after I am done. Nice reflections on the church there.

Reviewed Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Movie

May 30, 2008 09:36 AM 1710 Views

(Updated Apr 09, 2009 03:58 AM)

The ‘Kingdom of the Crystal Skull’, the fourth installment of the Indiana Jones franchise, does manage to leave you asking for more. If that sounds like a compliment, unfortunately it is not meant to be one. It is just an asteism, to say that if the pattern were to repeat itself, Steven Spiel...Read more

Reviewed The Bourne Ultimatum Movie

Apr 30, 2008 08:17 AM 1596 Views

(Updated Apr 30, 2008 03:53 PM)

This is the end of the tether for the amnesiac agent. Or is it? Bourne’s adventures ended with “Bourne Ultimatum’ in novelist Robert Ludlum’s trilogy, on which this rather successful franchise of action thrillers is loosely based. But the screen alter ego doesn't necessarily show any conclusive ...Read more

Reviewed 3:10 To Yuma Movie

Apr 10, 2008 10:42 AM 1942 Views

(Updated Apr 13, 2008 02:58 AM)

Lately, Hollywood hasn’t been dishing out as many western movies as fans of this genre would like to consider satisfactory. This segment has been sorely underserved by the wizardry of current technology and the whiz-bang effects of today’s stunts. Perhaps, it is the lack of compelling new wester...Read more

Reviewed Jhoom Barabar Jhoom

Mar 31, 2008 09:42 AM 3397 Views

(Updated Oct 30, 2008 08:57 PM)

In spite of its formulaic structure, 'Jhoom Barabar Jhoom'  manages to be rather refreshing in parts. The idiocy, in this burlesque of a movie, is unabashedly loony and sincerely affected. It is quite different, in that it is neither a slapstick comedy gone amuck, nor a melodramatic story gone a...Read more

Commented on artimukesh's review

Mar 27, 2008 09:07 PM

Comprehensive, objective, thorough with the research on history and culture. A great review!

Reviewed Vantage Point Movie

Mar 23, 2008 04:25 AM 2922 Views

(Updated Mar 25, 2008 09:34 PM)

In trying to put together a fast-paced thriller, the makers of this action movie forget that a movie ought to have a point first, that is worth its while. Instead of building real substance around an interesting pivotal idea, they get very lost in the minutiae and very wrapped up with the gloss....Read more

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