Review
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On the way back from the multiplex, I spent a considerable length of time trying to figure out what to put in my review of Kuruvi. I came up with nothing. I could claim that the movie was beyond even my capacity to describe it, but that would be dishonest. Truth: I just ran out…
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Warning: There be spoilers! There is a beautiful scene late in The Brave One where Detective Mercer is having a conversation with Erica Bain about a series of vigilante killings that have rocked the city recently. He doesn’t know that she is the killer — he just befriended her after he met her during the…
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I know next to nothing about Robert Downey Jr. as a person. However, if the personality that comes through in his movies is any indication, it would be safe to say that Iron Man is the sort of superhero movie you would get if you wanted Robert Downey Jr. to play the superhero. He plays…
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This is a tough review to write. The short version would simply say: Juno is perfect. The long version would involve me rhapsodizing about every single scene. Let me see if I can settle for something midway. For those of you who know nothing of the movie, it involves a teenage girl named Juno who…
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Dear Myshkin, This is a line. On one side of this line is a hard-hitting movie about two friends, one who wants to be a cop and another who becomes one. And how their paths slowly diverge until they are on opposite sides of a loaded gun. And a serial rapist and kidnapper who stands…
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The title of this post refers to a compilation of Roger Ebert’s reviews of movies he hated. I wouldn’t be surprised if it sells very well. Every once in a while, someone posts a message on this blog saying, “I’d like to read your review of Ramgopal Verma Ki Aag” or something along those lines.…
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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…
