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NXg weekly movie quiz (03/08/11)
How much do you know about “I am Kalam”? Ten lucky people with the correct answers will win two passes each to a show in PVR Cinemas. Send in your answers with your name, address and contact details to: contests.nxg@gmail.com. Entries sent to a different id or posted on the website will not be accepted.
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Dreaming in 3D
If you thought 3D movies and their “effects” are meant only for children, then “Ambuli”, a film powered by a young team all through, will prove you wrong. MADHUMITHA SRINIVASAN
Think 3D and you think of objects “popping” out of the screen and tag it ‘children’s stuff’. But there’s another dimension to the three-dimensional format that […]
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Recap of a revolution
Before you head out to catch the last movie in the Harry Potter series, here’s the story so far… YASHASVINI RAJESHWAR
Love it or hate it, you sure cannot ignore it. The Harry Potter sensation is here to stay. July 15 is known in history for the beginning for the Second Battle of Marne, the launch […]
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‘Angry young man’ returns
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Movie: Bbuddah Hoga Tera Baap
Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Prakash Raj, Sonu Sood, Hema Malini, Sonal Chauhan
The proverb “old wine in a new bottle” is stood on its head by the movie. Director Puri Jagannadh comes back to the silver screen to bring Amitabh in his “angry young man” image, but in a much more stylised […]
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NXg Weekly movie quiz (14/07/11)
How much do you know about “Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara”? Ten lucky people with the correct answers will win two passes each to a show in PVR Cinemas. Send in your answers with your name, address and contact details to: contests.nxg@gmail.com. Entries sent to a different id or posted on the website will not be […]
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One of a kind
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Movie: Delhi Belly
Cast: Imran Khan, Kunal Roy Kapur, Vir Das, Shenaz Treasurywala
Looking at the strange name of the movie, I thought that it must be something similar to “Dhobi Ghat”. But I realised that this was something different once I stepped inside the theatre for an on-screen hilarious journey.
Unusual plot
The movie has been shot […]
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Adrenaline-packed action!
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Movie: Transformers 3: Dark of the Moon
Cast: Shia LaBeouf, John Turturro, Josh Duhamel, Tyrese Gibson, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley
The Autobots and Decepticons are back and geared up for the ultimate battle. In the third edition of the “Transformers” series, director Michael Bay reprises all our favourite aliens with improved transformations and introduces some new ones including […]
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A class apart
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Movie: Aaranya Kaandam
Cast: Jackie Shroff, Sampath Raj
I usually don’t write reviews, but this time, I’ve decided to step it up and write a review because I feel this movie deserves one and the reviews out there are good but very few indeed.
Tamil cinema’s first Noir
So, “Aaranya Kaandam” written and directed by first-timer Thiagarajan Kumararaja […]
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Visual splendour
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Movie: Chungking Express
Cast: Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Valerie Chow
Anyone who knows director Kar Wai Wong, knows about his visual versatility. In “Chungking Express” (1994), he expands the liberty of his cinematic colour palette, to a newer boundary, smearing it all over and playing with the frame numbers. The motion and colour […]
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NXg weekly quiz (19/05/11)
How much do you know about “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides”? Ten lucky people with the correct answers will win two passes each to a show in PVR Cinemas. Send in your answers with your name, address and contact details to: contests.nxg@gmail.com. Entries sent to a different id or posted on the website […]
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