Enjoyable cliché
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Movie: Battleship
Cast: Taylor Kitsch, Alexander Skarsgard, Rihanna
How many times on the silver screen have we seen extra terrestrial creatures coming to earth? Let it be the adorable one from Spielberg’s ET, the ferocious creatures from the “Alien” series, or the comical ones from “Mars Attacks!” Just like the boy-meets-girl romantic comedies, this science fiction […]
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Get inspired
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Movie: The Pursuit of Happyness (2006)
Cast: Will Smith, Jaden Smith, Thandie Newton, Brian Howe
“The Pursuit of Happyness” is a biographical account of the protagonist’s relentless struggle to survive uncompromising situations of life. The film is entirely based on Chris Gardner’s memoirs The Pursuit of Happyness. Nevertheless, the film is more inspiring than inspired owing […]
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Funny!
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Movie: Oru Kal Oru Kannadi
Cast: Udhayanidhi Stalin, Hansika Motwani, Santhanam
“Oru Kal Oru Kannadi” (OKOK) is the third flick of one of the very few directors who can handle the humour quotient perfectly; humour that actually makes the audience burst out in laughter. Though Santhanam is the one who is responsible for it, without Rajesh, […]
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No brainer
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Movie: Housefull 2
Cast: Akshay Kumar, John Abraham, Ritesh Deshmukh, Shreyas Talpade, Asin, Zarine Khan, Jacqueline Fernandez, Shazahn Padamsee, Mithun Chakraborty, Rishi Kapoor, Randhir Kapoor
“Housefull 2”, similar to its prequel, is packed with slapstick comedy and witty one-liners. It is based on the same concept of creating comic situations due to confusion and reminds us […]
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Classic crime
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Movie: L.A. Confidential (1997)
Cast: Kevin Spacey, Russel Crowe, Guy Pearce, Kim Basinger
Here is a masterpiece that should be voted as one of the best movies ever to hit the screens. When you have an intelligent script supported by an entourage of power house performers like Kevin Spacey, Russel Crowe and Guy Pearce, it is […]
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Stylish but staple
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Movie: Agent Vinod
Cast: Saif Ali Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Ram Kapoor, Ravi Kishan, Gulshan Grover
Sitting in the theatre watching “Agent Vinod”, I wondered to myself, why do exceptionally talented directors like Sriram Raghavan make great films that are so brilliant (just two!) that some critics hailed him to be one of India’s best directors […]
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Think thrice!
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Movie: 3
Cast: Dhanush, Shruti Haasan, Sivakarthikeyan, Sunder Ramu, Prabhu, Rohini
“3” directed by Aishwarya Dhanush has all the ingredients for a blockbuster movie — a star studded cast with power packed performances, a storyline that blends romance and drama with a flavour of suspense, some foot tapping numbers and even a message at the end. […]
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Four frames
Every emotion ever felt or expressed has been successfully shaped into a genre and presented to millions around the world. Along the lines of fantasy, superhero, science fiction and other genres, HARICHARAN PUDIPEDDI attempts to name four best movies on journalism.
All the President’s Men (1976)
Director: Alan J. Pakula
Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Robert Redford
Not only did this […]
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Sheer magic
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Movie: Edward Scissorhands (1990)
Cast: Johnny Depp, Dianne Weist, Winona Ryder, Anthony Michael
Tim Burton-Johnny Depp collaboration has always proved to be fructuous — “Edward Scissorhands”, “Sleepy Hollow”, “Alice in Wonderland” are testimonies to it. “Edward Scissorhands” released in 1990 marks the beginning of this successful duo. The theme of this movie is about seclusion and […]
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Making sense of a crisis
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Movie: Inside Job (2010)
Cast: Matt Damon, William Ackman, Daniel Alpert
This documentary film explores how the key players in financial markets performed their job. The movie is totally different from others because of its exhaustive research and extensive interviews with key financial insiders, politicians, journalist and academics. The global economic crisis of 2008 cost […]
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