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Hot Vampires and Cute Werewolves
Aug 29th
‘Hot’ Vampires and ‘Cute’ Werewolves sound like oxymorons, but that is exactly what Stephanie Meyer’s ‘Twilight’ series is about. The first book, ‘Twilight’ introduces the reader to the world of Vampires in the cloudy town of Forkes. It starts like a regular book on teenage issues…moving to a new town, the scariness of a new high school, blah… blah. But it quickly turns interesting with the entry of the intriguing ‘Cullen’ family.
Into the narrative steps the ‘Hot’ ‘Mr. Perfect as Adonis’ Edward Cullen. I was having difficulty imagining someone as good looking as the author describes Edward. So I More >
The Best Super Heroes!
Mar 31st
Writing my review on Watchmen got me thinking about all the other Super Heroes I’ve watched and loved. That gave me this idea of listing the Best Super Heroes according to me and why I like them.
Please feel free to contradict and fight for your hero (In the comments section) in case he/ she don’t make it to this first list. J So here goes…
1. Suuuuperrrrman! (* Drum Roll !!! *)
My front runner and ahead of others by the million miles…Superman has been my quintessential favorite for a long time. One of the first few super heroes to taste More >
Watching the ‘Watchmen’
Mar 31st
Ok, I know…corny title, but I couldn’t help it! I recently saw the movie ‘Watchmen’ (hmm… it’s definitely more fun to say watched the watchmen) and liked it.
And hey, I admit it….As far as super hero movies go, I’m a fan. Not a fan like some of the crazy people on ‘Who wants to be a Super Hero?’ (Where they go trapizing about in spandex going ‘ heeerrreee comes the Fat Momma!!)’, but a fan none the less. I mean there is something so inherently wondrous about having abilities beyond human constraints…it opens up the mind to possibilities and More >
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Mar 1st
13 nominations at the Oscars and only two wins. The fact that the movie didn’t really get the awards didn’t stop us from checking it out. If I had to sum it up in one word, it would be………… ‘Curious’!
A story about a baby being born old and then growing younger with each passing day… it’s an interesting concept. But you know… a whole lifetime to project… it can be a little dull. So the movie was loooong and sometime frankly quite boring. But that said, the Oscar nominations are still well received.
The movie leaves an impression… makes More >
Luck By Chance – A lucky break!
Feb 9th
Well I didn’t expect to eat my words so soon…After ranting about the inexplicable ability of Bollywood to churn out crappy movies and still make money, I wasn’t expecting to see a movie that would re- assert my faith in Indian movie makers.
Zoya Akhtar’s ‘Luck by Chance’ really took me by surprise. Funny, entertaining and insightful, the movie had me laughing and wondering about life at the same time. Zoya of course has had an insiders view on the machinations of the movie world for some time and she uses the movie to poke fun, albeit politely, at the More >
What’s with the Indian Movie Scene?
Feb 3rd
Sometime I wonder that Indian movie makers must think that the Indian Audience are really dumb and that’s why they think that anything will go with them. And surprisingly, sometimes, the audience proves them right.
Take for example the case of Ghajini. This was from the stables of the great actor/director and the usually sensible movie maker – Aamir. So I had to give it a fair chance… but OMG! How can someone make a movie with so many loop holes? A 15 min short term memory loss problem or a complete loss of common sense problem? Given how the More >
Letters from Iwo Jima
Nov 18th
I recently saw the movie ‘Letters from Iwo Jima’. It’s a movie about the US invasion of the Japanese Island Iwo Jima during the 2nd world war. The movie is in Japanese and shares the story from the Japanese view of events. The story of a small helpless section of the Japanese army fighting against all odds and keeping the enemy at bay is tragic, desolate, yet heartwarming.
The story shares how the Japanese fleet is destroyed and there are no back up ammo or resources that Japan can send to the troops on the island. Yet, the soldiers on the More >
