In Indian films, She’s Out Of My League would be that film which has a side-kick, comedian as the hero. And average-Joe, Jay Baruchel, looks even below average through-out the...
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Tere Bin Laden (Movie review), Hindi – Abhishek Sharma
Someone compared it to Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron, on Twitter, while OPEN magazine called it a ‘stupid comedy’ and gave it a severe drubbing. Those extreme reactions literally forced me...
Continue reading...Ricky (Movie review), French – François Ozon
Imagine…you are in a fancy restaurant with a massive spread of yummy food in front of you. Your favorite, say, a Kahlua Dessert, is in the corner. You love it...
Continue reading...Kalavani (Movie review), Tamil – A Sargunam
To be fair, I started watching A Sargunam’s debut, Kalavani, loaded with expectations. This was one film that was touted as a sleeper hit and got massively positive reviews almost...
Continue reading...Raavan (Movie review), Hindi – Maniratnam
If I were to sum up what went wrong in Raavan, it’d perhaps be, ‘Ramayan killed the Raavan star’. In other words, nothing is wrong with Raavan – the audience’s...
Continue reading...Splice (Movie review), Vincenzo Natali
As I finished watching Vincenzo Natali’s Splice, the only overwhelming thought in my mind was, ‘Why?’. As in, ‘Why would Guillermo del Toro back this film?’. del Toro is the...
Continue reading...Rajneeti (Movie review), Prakash Jha
Rajneeti is one of the few movies that I recall getting almost all round positive reviews and that was one of the reasons why I chose to see it too....
Continue reading...Magadheera (Movie review), Telugu – SS Rajamouli
I have this terrible habit of postponing to watch certain films…for no apparent reason. Magadheera was one of them and I saw it just last night, almost after an year...
Continue reading...Movie review: Pour elle (French, Fred Cavayé)
There is something about fathers and husbands going out of their league in rescuing their, well…sons/daughters or wives. Kamal Hassan did it in thespian style, in Mahanadhi. Jean Reno did...
Continue reading...Movie review: Kick-Ass (Matthew Vaughn)
I totally understand why Ebert gave Kick-Ass one lone star and a severe moral drubbing. I seriously do, now that I’ve seen the film. It’s one of the corniest, funniest...
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