Review
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Let me dispense with the formalities first: Jodhaa Akbar is not a bad movie. However, it does fall distressingly short of being a good one. The movie tells the story of Akbar as a young Mughal king on the way to greatness, and his marriage to the Rajput princess Jodhaa. It was, to be sure,
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I planned to write this one ages ago, soon after watching the movie. However, I found that I had very little to say about the movie. It is a Nana Patekar – Anil Kapoor comedy with assorted extras including Akshay I’m-on-a-roll Kumar, Paresh If-it-involves-comedy-I-have-to-be-present-even-if-I’m-not-funny-in-it Rawal, Katrina Gorgeous-trumps-acting-every-time Kaif and Mallika A-C-cup-trumps-acting-every-time-too Sherawat. When the aforementioned
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Sunday is one of those movies that works best when it isn’t trying to tell the story. The premise is interesting: a girl goes out partying on Saturday night and wakes up on Monday morning. It takes her ages to find that she has lost an entire day, during which time she is chased by
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A senator gives an interview to a journalist about a new strategy being unveiled in the US war in Afghanistan. A professor of political science tries to persuade a brilliant but lazy student to fulfill the promise he has shown. Meanwhile, two of his students are stranded deep inside enemy territory in Afghanistan, in an
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Frank Lucas rises to the top of the drug heap during the Vietnam War by importing heroin from South East Asia through some corrupt army personnel.He gets it directly from the source and cuts out the middle-man, thereby ensuring that his product is cheaper and better than the competition on the streets of New York.
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Little Miss Sunshine is a good example of an enduring Hollywood sub-genre – Dysfunctional Families. Its setting is not Thanksgiving, but a road trip to California, where the youngest of the family is to take part in a beauty pageant for six year olds. The dramatis personae has more than its quota of oddballs, the
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There are a few song sequences, especially an item number, that prove to be an unwelcome distraction. The first thirty minutes could do with some editing. The comedy track doesn’t really tickle the funny bone. The aforementioned flaws are the only ones I can think of. Outside of that, Polladhavan is just about perfect. The
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I remember the first time I heard a remixed song — Bally Sagoo’s version of Chura Liya. In the beginning, I wasn’t sure what to make of it. The original is such a thing of beauty that the idea of adding random extra stuff to it seemed sacriligeous. This one didn’t work, but I could
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Usually, when I review new releases these days, I add a spoiler warning. Thankfully, this time neither movie needs one.. In some ways, these two movies are diametrically opposite each other. Jab We Met is a formulaic rom-com that simply tries to do the best it can within the framework of that genre. No Smoking is an experimental
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Warning: Here be spoilers! Here is a movie that could have been wonderful, if only the makers had chosen to tell the story that had the most potential. A woman from a once-rich family in Benares goes to Mumbai to earn a living and solve her family’s financial problems. To paraphrase Simon & Garfunkel, she
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