A couple of strangers wake up to find themselves imprisioned by an unknown force. A frantic race against time to free themselves from their prision. Hidden traps and cruel contraptions, that kill, if handled wrong. One wrong step, and your body gets sliced into little pieces. During the course of events - they learn about […]

Delicious.
A whirlwind romantic classic - saw it for the first time today and understood why it still regarded as one of the best romantic movies ever. Audrey Hepburn was divine..!
4/5

An uneasy love story - sans the usual melodrama with measured performances. The whole  movie could have worked as well for an adulterous romance between a married man and a married women.
Any film that crosses 22 years in 2 hours is bound to have an epic feeling to it - where u see the characters & […]

 
I have been out of touch with Hindi movies for almost 6months, and when this movie released I was so eager to see it - thanks to the glowing reviews it got from everywhere.
And, I saw it yesterday - What a crappy movie!
In the guise of character building, the editor has slept during the […]

I hate it when I start watching the movie, midway through the movie, I start liking it immensely to have it fall apart in the final 2minutes. Among the top 10 harbingers of “THE END” - 1) dreaded crane shot with a character walking away from the camera or 2) that fade to black, both with a raising […]

Saw Todd Haynes’ movie Far from Heaven yesterday - though I havent seen all his work (saw a boring, but cult-hit ‘Velvet Goldmine’, and an ok movie called ‘Safe’)- I have read a whole lot about him in the book ‘Shooting to Kill’.
Great production design recreating the look and the aura of 1950s - but the […]

A simple fairy tale set in modern day Canada. Occassional gorgeous imagery saves this movie from falling flat. Deepa Mehta uses a lot of Indian BGM and raaga’s to punctuate emotions (mostly sad ones). Boring sometimes, but watchable once.
3/5

Woah - what a crazy ride! When I started the movie I had no idea of the story or what this movie is about, I just had classified it as a ‘thriller or a horror’ movie.
It started as a ordinary premonition kind of movie (the one you’d expect from any Stephen King movie) - and […]

My affair with Asian blockbusters continue - Yesterday I saw ‘Mou gaan dou’ - a fascinating cat and mouse game between a undercover cop (who infiltered the gang) and an undercover mole (who infiltered the Police).
The two reigning superstars of Hong Kong cinema Andy Lau and Tony Leug (Wong Kar-Wai regular) play the leads as good […]

I caught this movie yesterday, rather it caught me by the throat and had me suspended there for a good hour. Its from Korean Director Chan Wook Pak who directed ‘Oldboy‘, and ‘Sympathy for Mr.Vengence’. He has this knack of making movies that push emotions to the extreme, and making stories where we feel for […]

Just watch the movie for a fantastic 15minute sequence at a Dinner Table. I just enjoyed that scene so much - it kept me smiling, nodding, shaking my head and gasping at regular intervals. Textbook showcase of crisp Editing.
The rest of the movie was good (not as great as the above said scene). It was […]

I dont remember seeing a movie in which has actor’s literally lived out a roles as I did when I saw PT Anderson’s Boogie Nights (only one other movie comes to my mind - Crash).
The ensamble cast: Mark Walberg, Burt Reynolds, Julianne Moore - live their roles!. Not to mention Philip Hoffman, Heather Graham and […]

After seeing the movie yesterday - it cleared up a few things, but it raised a lot of questions about Christ himself.

Torture, Flaggelation, Crusifiction was nothing new during those times - so many many innocent people have suffered, tortured and even torched when alive - so what makes this special? and their sufferings less special.
As […]

Nice. A simple one line story “Four brothers look to avenge their mother’s death”
The direct wastes no time, and even before the titles roll, he dives into the story and whacks their silver haired mom! Didnt mull around wasting time for any characterization, flashbacks or any Kleenex moments to force out a tear or […]

Poor direction, Poor Acting, Inappropriate music.
At 5.1 surround sound, AR Rehman’s BGM music does sound spectacular - but very inappropriate. I am giving the benefit of doubt to our madras maestro as Director ‘Ping He’ seems to be asleep at the wheel half the time. He is no Ang Lee, so if you […]

Over the weekend I eagerly watched HB-2, I sort of liked the freshness of Hyderabad Blues-1. But, what a dumb movie this turned out to be - I kept wincing about the sorry acting, pathetic screenplay and corny dialogues. Funny thing is I didn’t mind it the first time - maybe because I saw it […]

Oh my god! what a GEM! Enuf said - run to your Netflix Q or nearest Video store to grab this. One of the best movies I’ve ever seen - right up there with ‘Life is Beautiful’. From the famous Iranian director Majid Majidi comes this simple tale of a brother and sister, told with […]

Just saw this 1929 Russian film. It was in Time’s top 100 films list. This must be the oldest film I’ve ever seen (My Grandpa was a 1year old toddler when this was being made!
Did I like it? Well, just as any avant-garde movie I’ve seen - I didn’t just didn’t get it. […]

[Review of Indian Film]
Watching SJ Surya’s “Aahaa”, though the story is fresh for Tamil audience (wait, before you pat him on the back, more on that in 3rd para), you wonder ‘what if’ scenarios - what if Vijay/Shaam had played lead in this movie? coz SJ Surya just sucks! His gimmicks, mimics and that horrible […]

Over the weekend, I watched 3 critically acclaimed films:
- Danny Boyle’s ‘Trainspotting’, and
- Multi Oscar nominated ‘Very Long Engagement’
- David Cohen’s multi oscar winning Fargo

Very Long Engagement - From the director of Amelie - the lesser said about ‘Very long… ‘ the better - it may have gorgeous cinematography, wonderful production values and great direction […]