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Monumental effort falls short slightly
King Kong (New) Movie

Aditi: This new version is possibly better than the previous one, which had to use the technology available at that time. BD: The original 'King Kong' was indeed released in 1933. Thanx for the comments, folks!

Reviewed King Kong (New) Movie

Monumental effort falls short slightly

Arguably the most awaited movie of the year, this is a re-make of the original which hit the screens more than 70 years ago! The character has managed to live in public memory for so long and hence, it has got to be special. Also, Peter Jackson returns after his epic trilogy of Lord of the Rings...Read more

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Reviewed Just Like Heaven Movie

Good time-pass...

Reese Witherspoon has been on a roll since Legally Blonde. But even while experimenting with movies like Vanity Fair, it seems like she has to survive on a staple diet of 'romcoms'. What do you say about a romantic comedy? It is an unpatented formula that hardly fails. Here, surprisingly, it'...Read more

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Reviewed The Exorcism of Emily Rose Movie

Rising above horror

This under-publicised, small movie rings a bell because of the title. It reminds you of the movie that rocked the world in the 70s. Comparisons are but natural; so the challenge is to beat expectations. The movie is based on a true story that happened in Germany. A young girl apparently affec...Read more

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Commented on own review

Pleasant outing
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Movie

Good to see your comments. Haven't watched 'The Incredibles' or 'Corpse Bride'. Want to catch the former, but probably not the latter since I'm not really a lover of animation. Cheers, Venkat

Reviewed Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Movie

Pleasant outing

Tim Burton is equally known for telling tales of fantasy as also for painting pretty pictures, using the screen like a painter's canvas. While the latter itself is reason enough to pay a visit to the cinema, here we have his favourite Johnny Depp too. Depp himself has been on a roll of late (Pir...Read more

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Reviewed My Wife's Murder

Different amongst the different

Anil Kapoor has long vacated the top bracket in the film industry, but he continues to churn out varied movies at a steady pace. This time around, he strikes a new combination with Ram Gopal Varma. The title almost says it all -- a middle-class husband accidentally kills his ever-nagging wife...Read more

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Reviewed Mangal Pandey - The Rising

Wannabe epic

When you think a movie is hyped like none before, it is only followed by another which erases the previous one from memory. This is one such movie, talked about for everything from Aamir Khan's re-appearance on celluloid to the highly publicised exit of Aishwarya Rai. The one question on every l...Read more

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Reviewed Black Friday

Good kind of controversy

This controversial movie took a long time to get past various hurdles and make it to the theatres, only to be barred from screening within a few days. That only confirmed the jinx for Anurag Kashyap (co-writer of Satya) whose directorial debut, Paanch never came out of the cans. Based on a bo...Read more

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Commented on dhasaradhy's review

Melodrama at its peak....
Prime Time Serial Fundas

You are at your comic and sarcastic best! Wish your review was longer... Cheers, Venkat

Reviewed Sarkar

A tribute it is...

The first movie that actually had the two Bachchans on board, with the bigger one directed by wacko Ram Gopal Varma for the first time is enough to set up expectations. Added to that is the open admission that it is inspired by one of the highly acclaimed movies of all time. The basic story i...Read more

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Reviewed Mr and Mrs Smith Movie

Chill out, Hollywood style...

Two of the hottest Hollywood stars are pitted against each other, dressed up in deadly black and guns on the poster. What do you expect? Let us leave alone the main knot of the story so that you can enjoy the movie a little more. A married couple, when they are thinking that they have problem...Read more

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Reviewed Paheli

Marrying art and commerce...

King Khan has been daring to be different for a while now. This is yet another such venture, this time surprisingly joining hands with an arty director, who also used to be a much-loved actor. The story is quite interesting -- ghost falls in love with just-married damsel and uses the opportun...Read more

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Commented on somakaramjee's review

Samarkand - An Arabian experience
Samarkand - Infantry Road - Bangalore

...made me feel like trying out this restaurant right away!

Reviewed War of the Worlds Movie

Spielberg's ordinary outing

Steven Spielberg needs no introduction. The top director has been kind of cooling his heels for the past few years by coming up with light (by his standards) movies. Also, he has been working with big stars, especially the two Toms. This time around, it is a movie based on the classic novel b...Read more

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Reviewed Anniyan Movie

Biggest is not necessarily the best

Starting from his second movie, Shankar's offerings have always been the most-awaited events of Tamil moviedom and this one is no different. Expectations are multiplied in this case as it stars the actor who has created a lot of waves in the recent years and also since this comes after an expect...Read more

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Commented on own review

Classic stuff
Parineeta

...for the encouraging comments. Regarding the breaking of the wall, I don't think Shekhar was really aware that his girl was flying off to London. He was breaking the wall just to make it clear that he was out of his father's grip. Nevertheless, I too thought that the end was a bit dramatic.

Reviewed Bunty Aur Babli

Pace and personality kill the fun

BaB comes to the screen with a lot of big things going for it -- Yash Chopra's banner, the reigning queen paired with the red-hot star and also for the first time, him featuring with his father, the Big B himself. The story, like many of the recent Yash Raj movies, derives 'inspiration' from ...Read more

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Reviewed Parineeta

Classic stuff

Vidhu Vinod Chopra is another director who has been focussing on creative production of late. After hugely successful Munnabhai MBBS, he decides to experiment with a novel by the author of Devdas. The story, transplanted from 1913 to 1962, is set in 'Calcutta' naturally. The initial portion i...Read more

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Commented on ahalya145's review

Magic works when it is awaited and big budget
Anniyan Movie

http://sify.com/movies/tamil/review.php?cid=2429 [I am also trying to satisfy 10 word limit here]