Category: Movies
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Parzania – A review
It is such a shame that two movies based on the same similar events, Gujrat killings communal riots and the trauma that follows, at different times, get released together, just because of the ruling party. Parzania – made during the Congress rule got released immediately without Censor cuts while Black Friday, made at time a…
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Oscar Predictions
The Oscar nominations are out and I am sticking my neck out to guess who would win. Best Actor – Leonardo DiCaprio Best Supporting Actor – Mark Whalberg Best Supporting Actress – Adriana Barazza Best Animated Film – Cars Best Direction – United 93 Film Editing – Babel Best Picture – The Departed Other categories,…
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It Ain’t Over
Just watched Rocky Balboa. And he quips, It ain’t over ’till it’s over. Watch the movie if you have loved Rocky. Slightly different. Not the usual Rocky stuff but good nonetheless. The story has been well developed and Rocky gears up for one last fight. To fight off the history and move forward. To accept…
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Blood Diamond: A review
Almost a month back I had written about 5 movies I wanted to watch over the next few months. I have so far watched both the movies out of the five that have been released in India so far. Babel last week and Blood Diamond today. Babel was brilliant with one very memorable scene in…
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Perspective
Confused points to this quote from Stanley Kubrick on Schindler’s List. “Think that was about the Holocaust? That was about success, wasn’t it? The Holocaust is about six million people who get killed. ‘Schindler’s List’ was about six hundred people who don’t.” This is from a review of the movie WTC by Roger Ebert. Catastrope…