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See, a heist movie typically has three parts: The Setup: Introduce the characters, give some idea of how they relate to each other, explain why they’re interested/involved in the crime to be committed. You don’t have to be elaborate, or even truthful here. The idea is to just set things up before the actual heist.…
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This is a genre that has seen much activity in recent times. The Spidey movies, Chris Nolan’s reboot of the Batman franchise, all the other Marvel comics adaptations… It is also a genre I am very fond of. So here are my six favourite superhero movies: 6. Superman: Much of the credit for this movie’s…
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There is so much about this movie that is memorable. Still, if I pick the scenes that have stayed with me, they would be as follows: 1. A young journalist takes the old man on a tour of the Tokyo nightlife. They end up in a bar where a lot of people are talking, some…
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If I had to pick just one director who has enriched my life the most through his work, it would have to be Akira Kurosawa. I have not watched many of his movies. Just three, in fact. But two of them have left a profound impression. The first was Rashomon, which I saw years ago…
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You might remember that I blogged about this guy along time ago. Here’s an interesting post by Sandhya who’s been trying to figure out why she’s crazy about him. Quite a nicely written post, I might add. An excerpt: Most of his roles are about the guy in checked shirts who’s quite cool in an…
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It’s always about the money. The Die Hard villains might blow up a whole lot of stuff, appear to be terrorists of various kinds, but at the end of the day, it’s the money they’re after. That statement is equally applicable to movie producers. If the first movie made money, make a second one. If…
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Orange County is the kind of good-natured movie that is impossible to dislike. Within five minutes of its running time, it had me comfortably settled in, and kept me mostly smiling, occasonally chuckling for most of its running time. And it had me laughing out loud at least once. Not a very impressive gag rate,…
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In the beginning of O Brother Where Art Thou?, a title card informs us that it was inspired by Homer’s Odyssey. When I saw that, I didn’t know whether to believe it – Fargo started out saying it was based on a true story whereas it actually was not. At the end of this quirky,…
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The principal function of everything and everyone in The Devil’s Advocate is to give Al Pacino an opportunity to play the devil. That he does so with considerable style is among the few good reasons to watch this movie. Al Pacino’s greatest strengths are his eyes and his voice. When it comes to delivering a…
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Ingmar Bergman and Michelangelo Antonioni are no more. I know little of their work, so I cannot speak knowledgeably of them. They haven’t done much in recent years, so there’s no point talking about the great loss to cinema. But maybe it’s a good occasion to remember what they did when they were alive and…
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