Review
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Okay, here’s my problem with Sanjay Gadhvi, the man behind the two Dhoom movies. He’s got a nice visual style, a reasonably talented cast and a knack for making women look gorgeous, but he’s forgotten a very basic ingredient. He’s making movies about a cop on the trail of some great thieves. But not once
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This seems to be a bad time for me to consider watching a Hindi movie. Consider the last few movies I’ve watched: 1. Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna: I was on a bus from Hyderabad to Bangalore and they played it during the journey. I’ve never really considered jumping off a moving bus before, but I
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Watched Baabul yesterday night. Ravi Chopra seems to have made his choice of genre clear – the family melodramas of the eighties, the type that Visu used to be well-known for. (For a brilliant rant on the subject, check out this piece by dingchak). Now, while this may not be obvious from my earlier posts,
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I just finished watching Vivah, Sooraj Barjatya’s latest venture into feel-good territory. It’s an interesting experience, sort of like watching The Princess Diaries – you figure there’s an audience for this kind of movie, but you have no idea what that is, or why such an audience would even exist. Vivah is, as the tagline
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*ing Daniel Craig, Eva Green, Mads Mikkelsen, Judi Dench Like most other Bond fans, I’ve watched every Bond movie made so far, with the sole exception of the earlier Casino Royale. And like every Bond fan, I’ve worshipped at the altar of Sean Connery. I rate Goldfinger among the best movies I’ve seen. It was
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Note: This isn’t really a review. In fact, if you haven’t seen the movie, I suggest you don’t read this post, coz there be spoilers! You have been warned. Now, on with the post. Generally, when I review or rate a movie, I do it on the basis of the following question: Did it achieve
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*ing: Billy bob Thornton, Halle Berry Stated simply, Monster’s Ball is among the best romances I’ve ever seen. However, it is not a love story. It is about two wounded people reaching out, and discovering, in the process, that they are still capable of love. Hank is an executioner at the local penitentiary. His father
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*ing: Michael Douglas, Tobey Maguire, Frances McDormand, Katie Holmes, Robert Downey Jr.Directed by: Curtis Hanson Grady Tripp, the narrator and central character in Wonder Boys smokes a lot. Not normal cigarettes – he smokes joints laced with weed. This is an important observation, I think, because watching this movie gives you the feeling that the
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