Interview with – Aditi Rao Hydari
She played innocent and strong with panache in Yeh Saali Zindagi and will soon be on screen with Ranbir Kapoor in Imtiaz Ali’s Rockstar. Aditi Rao Hydari believes kissing doesn’t require preparation and that positive thinking has always worked for her.. [Read More..]
Interview with – Arunoday Singh
He’s acted in films like Sikander, Mirch and Aisha but the spotlight veered towards him after Sudhir Mishra’s Yeh Saali Zindagi in which he plays the gangster with heart. One recalls the editor of a popular film magazine once saying … [Read More..]
Somewhere – Slow paced but touching
Directed by Sofia Coppola. Starring Stephen Dorff, Elle Fanning, Chris Pontius. A Hollywood B-list star finds his life is hollow and soon discovers that the real anchor is his own daughter who he hardly ever sees. For the first 15 … [Read More..]
Little Fockers – Nothing new
Directed by Paul Weitz. Starring Robert De Niro, Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson. A threequel that stretches the premise of a guy trying to please his imperious father-in-law who now wants the grandkids to be moulded in his fashion. After Meet … [Read More..]
Season Of The Witch – Terrifyingly bad
Directed by Dominic Sena. Starring Nicolas Cage, Ron Perlman, Stephen Campbell Moore. Nic Cage once again in an off-beat, whimsical and very B movie, this time as the unlikely warrior of good (and God) against (d)evil. You know, I don’t … [Read More..]
127 Hours – Rock solid drama
Directed by Danny Boyle. Starring James Franco, Kate Mara, Amber Tamblyn. Award-winning director takes the surprisingly simple but triumphant (and true) story of an adventurer pinned down by a rock and turns it into a riveting piece of filmmaking that … [Read More..]
Burlesque – A wolf whistle but no standing ovation
Directed by Steve Antin. Starring Cher, Christina Aguilera, Eric Dane, Stanley Tucci, Kristen Bell, Cam Gigandet. “A variety show characterised by broad ribald comedy, dancing, and striptease.” That’s what Burlesque means, for the uninitiated. However, the film, which has been … [Read More..]
Inside Job – Enlightening
Directed by Charles Ferguson. Narrated by Matt Damon. An in-depth look into the causes and effects and (lack of) solutions to American’s recession and the guys who screwed it up for all of us but mostly for the very poor … [Read More..]
Biutiful – Long and languorous
Directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu. Starring Javier Bardem, Maricel Alvarez, Eduard Fernández. The Oscar award-nominated performance of Javier Bardem about a psychic man dying of cancer, struggling with an alcoholic wife and two kids, overseeing a sweatshop and product piracy … [Read More..]
Alpha & Omega (3-D) – Boring and Tacky
Directed by Anthony Bell, Ben Gluck. Starring Justin Long, Hayden Panettiere, Dennis Hopper, Danny Glover, Christina Ricci. Sorta looked like the classic Lady And The Tramp but turns out it’s more Boring And Tacky! So it’s Lionsgate’s entry in to … [Read More..]
