Category: Film Reviews
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War of the Worlds – From IPOD to Tripod attacks
I’ve never walked out of a movie hall after a Spielberg flick like this, so untouched. Coming from H.G.Wells novel of the same name, War of the Worlds fails to impress because of it’s loose knitted screenplay and the influence of numerous movies that have stemmed over the years on alien attack. Considered to be…
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Chandramukhi – The Second Coming of Super Star
Kann Emaikkum Nodiyill Ada Ethuvum Nadakkum Ithu Enakku Therium Naalai Unakku Puriyum Hey!! Anjukkulla Naala Vaiyu Aazham Paathu Kaala Vaiyu reads the lyrics of the superhit song Annanoda Paatu in Chandramukhi. You might wonder if they were written based on the Baba’s lessons learnt document. May or May not be. Baba wasn’t the first of…
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On the Road with Mumbai Xpress – Review
The camera refuses to move. Stops panning and stands uptight on Vaiyaapuri’s face as he comically remarks about the kidnap plan to the deaf Kamal Hassan. Half an inch more and Vaiyaapuri’s nose would brush the camera lenses. What is an unrestrained close-up like this doing in this comedy film. Out-of-place, you would feel. So…
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Black Movie Review – Bhansali Blacks-out Bollywood !!
The screen dissolves into black. A little androglossian strained voice starts to speak-out, feebly. It narrates a story as a first-person account. A story that is nothing but a state-of-mind. A story that transforms the mind and vision of blackness into white. All this transformation accompanied with a lot of trouble, anguish, agony and zillion…
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The Incredibles movie review – Unbelievably Incredible (!)
Why would Vishnu incarnate as Rama in the epic of Ramayana and be sent to exile? He needs to kill Ravana. Thats one perspective. Being a staunch bhaktha of Shiva, it’s the path that Ravana chose to attain Moksha. Thats another. Put both into a single glass and see through it. I am sure you…
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