New Year’s Eve: Movie Review
PRODUCER – Richard Brener, Toby Emmerich, Mike Karz, Wayne Allan Rice, Josie Rosen DIRECTOR – Garry Marshall WRITER – Katherine Fugate CAST – Robert De Niro, Michelle Pfeiffer, Zac Efron, Halle Berry, Cary Elwes, Sarah-Jessica Parker, Ashton Kutcher, Jon Bon Jovi, Jessica Biel, Katherine Heigl MUSIC – John Debney The success of ‘Valentine’s Day’ 2010 spawned this film. So we have the...
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Ladies Vs Ricky Bahl – Movie Review
PRODUCER – Yashraj Films DIRECTOR – Maneesh Sharma WRITER – Habib Faisal CAST – Ranveer Singh, Anushka Sharma, Parineeti Chopra, Aditi Sharma MUSIC – Salim-Sulaiman In ‘Band Baajaa Baaraat’ they were a middle-class, rough-at-the-edges, regular couple. And they endeared themselves to us with the refreshing honesty they invested in their characters. With ‘Ladies vs Ricky Bahl’ they...
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Machine Gun Preacher – Movie Review
PRODUCER – Robbie Brenner, Craig Chapman, Marc Forster, Deborah Giarratana, Gary Safady DIRECTOR – Marc Forster WRITER – Jason Keller CAST – Gerard Butler, Michelle Monaghan, Michael Shannon MUSIC – Asche & Spencer, Thad Spencer Sam Childers spent a large part of his life as an alcoholic, drug-dealing biker-hooligan, shuttling between an aimless life on the road and the prison. He had...
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I AM SINGH – Movie Review
PRODUCER – Sardar Peshaura Singh Thind DIRECTOR – PUNEET ISSAR WRITER – PUNEET ISSAR CAST – Puneet Issar, Gulzar Inder Chahal, Brooke Johnston, Rizwan Hyder, Amy Rasimas MUSIC – Daler Mehndi, Sumitra Iyer, Monty Sharma, Sunil Sirvaiya, Sukhwinder Singh, Arvinder Singh Terrorism continues to provide fodder to our cinematic imaginations. With I Am Singh we get yet another film based on Indians...
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PUSS IN BOOTS – Movie Review
PRODUCER – Latifa Ouaou, Joe M. Aguilar DIRECTOR – CHRIS MILLER WRITER – Charles Perrault (character), Will Davies (story), Brian Lynch, David H. Steinberg, Tom Wheeler (screenplay) Jon Zack VOICE CAST – Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek, Zach Galifianakis MUSIC – Henry Jackman With 3D and animation flourishing as it is now, it was but a matter of time that someone picked the much-loved nursery...
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The Dirty Picture – Movie Review
PRODUCER – Ekta Kapoor, Shobha Kapoor DIRECTOR – Milan Luthria WRITER – Rajat Arora CAST – Vidya Balan, Naseeruddin Shah, Emraan Hashmi, Tusshar Kapoor MUSIC – Vishal Dadlani, Shekhar Ravjiani The much-touted ‘The Dirty Picture’ is a Vidya Balan show all the way. Supposedly inspired by the life of the south film industry siren Silk Smitha, and borrowing from the lives of other dancing...
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Poorna Jagannathan- The Spunky “Dilliwali” In Delhi Belly
Two of the finest performances in DELHI BELLY, were by Poorna Jagannathan and Vir Das. In a film dominated by males and some fine performances, Poorna, left a lasting impression. Matching spunkiness for spunkiness, was this fine American Indian actor, who has earlier been seen in shows such as Law and Order and Rescue Me, along with a whole lot others, on mainstream American TV and Film. What...
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Desi Boyz – Movie Review
PRODUCER – Vijay Ahuja, Krishika Lulla, Jyoti Deshpande DIRECTOR – Rohit Dhawan WRITER – Rohit Dhawan CAST – Akshay Kumar, John Abraham, Deepika Padukone, Chitrangada Singh MUSIC – Pritam The poster screams glitz, glamour and loudness in the entirety of the commercial crass comedy category brand. A beefy John Abraham and goofy Akshay Kumar with half-dressed sizzlingly sensuous Deepika Padukone...
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Twilight Saga – Breaking Dawn – I – Movie Review
PRODUCER – Wyck Godfrey, Stephenie Meyer, Karen Rosenfelt DIRECTOR – Bill Condon WRITER – Stephenie Meyer (novel “Breaking Dawn”) Melissa Rosenberg (screenplay) CAST – Robert Pattison, Kristen Stewart, Taylor Lautner MUSIC – Carter Burwell It’s Bella and Edward’s big moment. The dream union they have cried, fought and pined for over three books/films has finally come to be....
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Ides of March: Movie Review
PRODUCER – George Clooney, Grant Heslov, Brian Oliver DIRECTOR – George Clooney WRITER – George Clooney, Grant Heslov, Beau Willimon CAST – George Clooney, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ryan Gosling, Evan Rachel Wood MUSIC – Alexandre Desplat We don’t need the title to suggest that what was prevalent in 44 BC is relevant today too. Plutarch and Shakespeare’s ‘Ides of...
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