YUVRAAJ
Watchable. A beautiful story that takes ages to get started and then another few centuries to develop. Excellent classical music. Bollywood songs get better towards the end.
Friday 28 November 2008
Thursday 27 November 2008
WALTZ WITH BASHIR
Watchable. Fantastic animation and soundtrack, an interesting storyline. Only frequent long pauses detract from its perfection.
MY BEST FRIEND'S GIRL
Watchable. It's silly and not particularly funny but never boring.
FOUR CHRISTMASES
Watchable. Another silly comedy that isn't funny in the tiniest bit but never bores.
Watchable. Fantastic animation and soundtrack, an interesting storyline. Only frequent long pauses detract from its perfection.
MY BEST FRIEND'S GIRL
Watchable. It's silly and not particularly funny but never boring.
FOUR CHRISTMASES
Watchable. Another silly comedy that isn't funny in the tiniest bit but never bores.
Monday 24 November 2008
BODY OF LIES
Walked out. Tedious, chaotic, illogical and full of stereotypes.
QUARANTINE
Watchable. A naturalistic remake of also just-watchable Spanish [REC]. I stayed till the end just to compare both versions.
CHOKE
Watchable. All the protagonists are some sort of weirdoes but the main hero's sex addiction kept me interested.
Walked out. Tedious, chaotic, illogical and full of stereotypes.
QUARANTINE
Watchable. A naturalistic remake of also just-watchable Spanish [REC]. I stayed till the end just to compare both versions.
CHOKE
Watchable. All the protagonists are some sort of weirdoes but the main hero's sex addiction kept me interested.
Friday 21 November 2008
MAX PAYNE
Watchable. Fascinating visually but the storyline is so ambiguous that instead of being mysterious it's just hard to comprehend.
DOSTANA
Watchable. Quite funny, with great beautiful cast but not absolutely hilarious and the music could be better.
ZACK AND MIRI MAKE A PORNO
Watchable. A mediocre comedy.
Watchable. Fascinating visually but the storyline is so ambiguous that instead of being mysterious it's just hard to comprehend.
DOSTANA
Watchable. Quite funny, with great beautiful cast but not absolutely hilarious and the music could be better.
ZACK AND MIRI MAKE A PORNO
Watchable. A mediocre comedy.
Tuesday 18 November 2008
Thursday 13 November 2008
Wednesday 12 November 2008
QUANTUM OF SOLACE
Watchable. The first half an hour isn't very comprehensible (at least for someone who doesnt remember much of "Casino Royale") but the rest makes more sense and is quite entertaining, with the same wry humour used equally sparingly.
W.
Watchable. It's so monotonous that I would have walked out if it weren't for the subject matter. Some good Dubya jokes but you've heard them all before.
Watchable. The first half an hour isn't very comprehensible (at least for someone who doesnt remember much of "Casino Royale") but the rest makes more sense and is quite entertaining, with the same wry humour used equally sparingly.
W.
Watchable. It's so monotonous that I would have walked out if it weren't for the subject matter. Some good Dubya jokes but you've heard them all before.
Monday 10 November 2008
PRIDE AND GLORY
Walked out. They play football, swear, carry dead colleagues out of a building, swear, interview a witness, swear... It would be more interesting to watch real life cops. In Britain at least they will have better manners.
SPACE CHIMPS
Walked out. Lousy animation and humour consisting of monkeys constantly bumping off objects. They also talk like: "Release your inner chimp." or "Life is a circus."
SAT SRI AKAL
Watchable. A moving story although full of Sikh propaganda. Music uneven.
EK VIVAAH
Walked out. The film tells about a group practising mediocre folk music so basically you hear the same song over and over again. There's also a romantically-correct love story thrown in.
EMI
Walked out. A socio-economic moralistic film about the danger of taking loans.
EASY VIRTUE
Watchable. The movie is so pretentious that it fails to be funny. But the clash of personalities is interesting.
Walked out. They play football, swear, carry dead colleagues out of a building, swear, interview a witness, swear... It would be more interesting to watch real life cops. In Britain at least they will have better manners.
SPACE CHIMPS
Walked out. Lousy animation and humour consisting of monkeys constantly bumping off objects. They also talk like: "Release your inner chimp." or "Life is a circus."
SAT SRI AKAL
Watchable. A moving story although full of Sikh propaganda. Music uneven.
EK VIVAAH
Walked out. The film tells about a group practising mediocre folk music so basically you hear the same song over and over again. There's also a romantically-correct love story thrown in.
EMI
Walked out. A socio-economic moralistic film about the danger of taking loans.
EASY VIRTUE
Watchable. The movie is so pretentious that it fails to be funny. But the clash of personalities is interesting.
Friday 7 November 2008
MIDNIGHT MEAT TRAIN
Recommended. How this movie came on and off screens unnoticed I don't understand. After several films filled with senseless gore finally one on the par with "Hostel". Every take in this film is a visual and sound masterpiece. The suspense is hardly bearable. I was biting my lips all the time. Based on a short story by Clive Barker (of "Hellraiser" fame) and with, surprisingly, Brooke Shields, in one of the roles, it's a real treat. Dark, stylish, with some good twists of action and, above all, scenes of sheer brutality. A black guy in khaki clothes sitting in the far corner watched me in a creepy way when I was reading the credits (just giving you his description in case I go missing).
Recommended. How this movie came on and off screens unnoticed I don't understand. After several films filled with senseless gore finally one on the par with "Hostel". Every take in this film is a visual and sound masterpiece. The suspense is hardly bearable. I was biting my lips all the time. Based on a short story by Clive Barker (of "Hellraiser" fame) and with, surprisingly, Brooke Shields, in one of the roles, it's a real treat. Dark, stylish, with some good twists of action and, above all, scenes of sheer brutality. A black guy in khaki clothes sitting in the far corner watched me in a creepy way when I was reading the credits (just giving you his description in case I go missing).
Thursday 6 November 2008
GOLMAAL RETURNS
Watchable. It's neither very clever nor very funny but it has some amusing bits in it, e.g. advice for an unfaithful husband: "Behind a successful man there's a woman. Behind an unsuccessful man there are two, three or more." Little music as for Bollywood and it's mostly hip-hop.
FASHION
Recommended. Priyanka Chopra dazzles as ever. I find her to be the most beautiful Bollywood actress and here she proves she can act too. The film follows all the way up and down of a supermodel and while it's full of glamour it never gets naff. Quite a moving story about achieving a dream.
Watchable. It's neither very clever nor very funny but it has some amusing bits in it, e.g. advice for an unfaithful husband: "Behind a successful man there's a woman. Behind an unsuccessful man there are two, three or more." Little music as for Bollywood and it's mostly hip-hop.
FASHION
Recommended. Priyanka Chopra dazzles as ever. I find her to be the most beautiful Bollywood actress and here she proves she can act too. The film follows all the way up and down of a supermodel and while it's full of glamour it never gets naff. Quite a moving story about achieving a dream.
Monday 3 November 2008
HUNGER
Walked out. Faeces on the wall and prison guards' brutality don't make this film interesting, just disgusting.
SCAR 3D
Watchable. Don't expect blood splashing on you. It's not old 3D, it's Real D - it's like watching 3 dimensions from the real distance of your seat. The movie, marketed as the new "Saw" or "Hostel", is rather a rip-off of "Creep" or "Captivity". The new technology looked interesting, just a curiosity, nothing more.
THE FOX AND THE CHILD
Watchable. It would be a lovely film about nature if it weren't for the annoying narration. While the child in the movie is bearable, it's branded as "a movie for juniors" which results in plenty of smelly kids in the audience.
Can't the parents of small children smell them when they pee on their laps when I can from several meters away!?
Walked out. Faeces on the wall and prison guards' brutality don't make this film interesting, just disgusting.
SCAR 3D
Watchable. Don't expect blood splashing on you. It's not old 3D, it's Real D - it's like watching 3 dimensions from the real distance of your seat. The movie, marketed as the new "Saw" or "Hostel", is rather a rip-off of "Creep" or "Captivity". The new technology looked interesting, just a curiosity, nothing more.
THE FOX AND THE CHILD
Watchable. It would be a lovely film about nature if it weren't for the annoying narration. While the child in the movie is bearable, it's branded as "a movie for juniors" which results in plenty of smelly kids in the audience.
Can't the parents of small children smell them when they pee on their laps when I can from several meters away!?
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