Archive for July, 2008

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    Interesting characters – will they be in movies?
    All that discussion on Munshiji in Pavan Jha’s post made me rewind down the memory lane to my plus one class when we had short stories collection for language (both english and Thamizh) non-detailed. The English non-detailed had some regular O Henry stories. The Thamizh non-detailed story had one interesting story by ‘Pudhumai Piththan’. The short story...
    by V.P. Jaiganesh at July 31st, 2008 at 09:07 pm
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    Rory O’Shea Was Here
    4/5. WOW… Fantastic Story… and some brilliant hard hitting dialogues… IMDB
    by oz at July 31st, 2008 at 08:07 pm
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    Nobel Son
    This could be one whacky comic – thriller. But then everything good in the movie may have been stuffed in the teaser below and perhaps we may have watched all the highs of the movie. Nevertheless with a perfectly acidic Alan Rickman and with some heavyweights (former) in the movie like Bill Pullman, Danny DeVito and Ted Danson… this could be a nice October...
    by oz at July 31st, 2008 at 12:07 pm
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    Kuselan, Billoo Barber and Munshi Premchand
    July 31 One of the most talked about film of the year, Kuselan (Kuselan in Tamil, Kathanayakudu in telugu) is releasing today.. The film makers and distributors are eyeing at a bumper opening as Pyramid Saimira has already bought theatrical rights for more than 60 crores. What makes Kuselan an extravagant affair is just one name Rajanikanth. The film is remake of last...
    by Pavan Jha at July 30th, 2008 at 05:07 pm
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    LEATHERHEADS : a failed dig at screwball comedy
    iView Author: rusted rick (Kolkata, India) EMAIL: ritchick.mozumdar [at] gmail [dot] com Title: LEATHERHEADS (2008) : a failed dig at screwball comedy I remember those days from my childhood, those warm summer afternoons when it was too hot to even put your feet outside. Summer vacations were on and stuck at home I had nothing to do all afternoon but get bored until its...
    by PROJEKT iVIEW at July 30th, 2008 at 09:07 am
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    The Sweet Hereafter
    4/5 Atom Egoyan’s masterpiece. One of the best adaptation I have seen in years. IMDB
    by Mainak at July 30th, 2008 at 08:07 am
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    Potter and this Half Blood Prince
    Harry Potter fans can start stretching and warming up. The next Potter teaser is here…
    by oz at July 30th, 2008 at 07:07 am
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    Jewel Thief : Best and most stylish thriller of Hindi cinema
    THANK YOU Navketan, Dev Saab and Vijay Anand to give us Jewel Thief. Your film, Jewel Thief, denies to loose its charm even after 41 years. 41 years is a time period long enough to forget even the places where one enjoys the formative years in the childhood. Lovers of Jewel Thief exist in all the age groups. It does not matter at which age they saw it, film remains in...
    by Rk at July 30th, 2008 at 04:07 am
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    3 Idiots
    iView Author: Santosh Kumar.T.K (U.S.A) EMAIL: santydolby [at] gmail [dot] com Title: 3 Idiots Rarely have I seen such a film poster with so much simplicity yet with so much to say, visually at least! Is it the colors, is it the font, is it the guy’s close hair cut or is it the t-shirt in its multiple folds? or is it the name right at the bottom? If only the...
    by PROJEKT iVIEW at July 30th, 2008 at 01:07 am
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    7 Inscuziflagejandable Opening Scenes that had me pumped
    When I had to write a post in a hurry with a nailgun pointed at my temple, I decided to do away with analysis, or insights and resorted to the tried and tested solution of the intellectually bankrupt. The List post. We all know that the beginning sets the tone for the film, letting the audience know what to expect etc., and some even use it as a bookmark and mirror it...
    by dabba at July 29th, 2008 at 10:07 pm
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    Wednesday
    Phoenixnu points to the trailer release of Naseeruddin Shah & Anupam Kher starer Wednesday. The movie traverses the story of a man (Naseer) planting bombs around the city with the cops (Anupam Kher) hot on his pursuit. Though I don’t expect the story to go deeper into the inner psyche of the terrorist or the ground zero tension or the push and pull in the cop...
    by oz at July 29th, 2008 at 04:07 pm
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    5.8 Shock in LA…
    Everyone in Southern California ok? Since phones are down, and you need to communicate to anyone, please use the comments to send in your messages. The earthquake hit 5.8 at around 11:42 am (PST) and went on for about 15 seconds and was followed by about 10 aftershocks between 1.8 to 3.8. No damage to PFC -HQ, though it shook for more than 15 seconds.
    by oz at July 29th, 2008 at 12:07 pm
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    Rare gems of Gulzar
    One of my friends believes that poetry is the master of all art and if it is created by Gulzar then it automatically drives us in a different world. Though Gulzar’s poetry has been released in various forms and are mostly sung by Jagjit Singh, still there are some in which Gulzar has recited his own poetries. “Udaas Paani” is such an album in which there...
    by Dipankar Giri at July 29th, 2008 at 06:07 am
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    Notes On A Scandal
    (3/5) Powerful performances from Judi Dench and Cate Blanchett. Dench creates a superbly creepy portrait of isolation. IMDB
    by Jahan Bakshi at July 29th, 2008 at 02:07 am
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    Wolverine creates a storm at Comic Con
    X-Men Origins : Wolverine, expected to hit theaters next year, had a teaser show at Comic Con. And boy Oh Boy!!! The excitement it generated! A video copy of the teaser show has leaked out and here it is… The screening hall filled up with cheers, claps, whistles… the viewers just couldn’t get enough of it!… Here’s a copy of the leaked out...
    by oz at July 28th, 2008 at 10:07 am
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    Cinema impact on society
    iView Author: Zia (Lakshadweep, India) EMAIL: ialak [at] gmail [dot] com Title: Cinema impact on society “The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles”. The communist manifesto (1848) argued that capitalism will produce internal tensions which will lead to society distruction. Many agreed initially but was absolutely vanished...
    by PROJEKT iVIEW at July 28th, 2008 at 09:07 am
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    Interview With Akshay Kumar- LA
    Hi Folks, Attended the press conference of the promotion for Singh Is King, by it’s producer and lead actor, Akshay Kumar, on Friday, July 25th at the Universal City Hilton. Here is the text of the press conference. Questions were asked by the various journos in attendance. Mine are in bold. (Have not published a couple of real dh–uh..questions) Q) How do you...
    by Vivek Kumar at July 27th, 2008 at 10:07 pm
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    Help release Ajay TG… a film festival
    PSji sends in this info. A film festival to help support the movement towards the release of journalist, filmmaker and human rights activist Ajay TG, who is being held in the Chattisgarh jails for over 3 months. If you are in Mumbai, then please come forward to support the cause and add your voice to this growing movement against injustice and gross misuse of the law...
    by oz at July 27th, 2008 at 08:07 am
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    THE GRADUATE (1967) – Graduation, Life AND Plastics
    iView Author:Rusted Rick (Kolkatta, India) EMAIL: ritchick.mozumdar [at] gmail [dot] com Title: THE GRADUATE (1967) – Graduation, Life AND Plastics In many ways THE GRADUATE is one of the most important films to come out of Hollywood in the last 40 years. It was the first ever teen comedy to receive both critical as well as box office success. It started the trend...
    by PROJEKT iVIEW at July 26th, 2008 at 10:07 am
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    Longing For A True Blue LOVE STORY
    There is a folk wisdom in Bollywood that says never make a triangle love story with new comers and avoid making a straight love story with established stars..First part of this folklore has some rationale behind it..In triangle love story it is basically a question of who will get the girl(mostly) ..Its two versus one..And both the heroes are generally equally balanced..And...
    by krysh at July 26th, 2008 at 12:07 am
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    The Pursuit of Happiness: Living on the edge and Rising from the dust
    Cinema has reached in to the weird territories also but still human emotions can not be taken away from the cinema and still films are made and will be made which basically cover human life and human emotions in quite ordinary sense as they are meant to be. We, the human, laugh and cry along with the characters shown in the cinema and that is the success of such humane...
    by Rk at July 25th, 2008 at 07:07 am
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    Soi Cowboy
    I see at least one film everyday. It’s often a tall order and I have to plan in advance to have a supply of good films on hand. I am a member of two video rental shops, a big commercial one and one small art-house place. I also rent from the internet rental house which sends me 2 DVDs by the post, according to my wish list. I watch them and post them back to them...
    by PSji at July 25th, 2008 at 05:07 am
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    This Shoe does Bite
    Percept has got an injunction from the Delhi High Court, stopping the UTV’s project starring Amitabh Bachchan, Shoebite. Supposedly Shoojit Sircar ( director of Yahaan ) was supposed to make “Johnny Walker” with Percept. Didn’t happen. Taking the same script, Sircar started the project with UTV under the title “Shoebite”. Now Percept...
    by oz at July 25th, 2008 at 01:07 am
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    Contract : An interview with GGV
    After years have we seen such a smashing, wonderful, gripping, movie to grace the silver screen. Guru Ghantal Varma (aka GGV) the director has definitely redeemed himself after such beautiful but badly rejected films like GGV ki Aag, NoShabd and Bekar Raj. After finishing the 90 odd minutes of Contract on a DVD, oztrac walks out for a breather. And VOILA! Across the street...
    by oz at July 24th, 2008 at 04:07 pm
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    Copy times X = Research
    “I realise that if you copy from a film, it is a copy. If you copy from four or five movies, that’s research” that’s Apoorva Lakhia quoted in a recent interview. If you are going Lakhia who? Memory jog: director of Mumbai Se Aaya Mera Dost, Ek Ajnabee and Shootout At Lokhandwala. Though seeing the personal side of the director in Liz Mermin’s...
    by oz at July 24th, 2008 at 10:07 am
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    Joker! & Shortage of actors in India..
    Few days back I was sitting with a brilliant filmmaker friend of mine and we were discussing casting for his upcoming film. His script is so bloody mature and International that ace filmmakers like Anurag, Shashank or Aditya are excited to get it produced. But the problem is, he is having tough time for casting for the film. We can’t think of anyone else than Irfan...
    by Ashish Shukla at July 24th, 2008 at 06:07 am
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    Body of Lies
    First the BIG names attached to this project. Ridley Scott, Russell Crowe, Leonardo DiCaprio, William Monahan. Based on the book “Body of Lies” by David Ignatius, the plot’s about a former journalist injured in the Iraq war is hired by the CIA to track down an Al Qaeda leader in Jordan. The movie is scheduled to release on October 10th.
    by oz at July 24th, 2008 at 01:07 am
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    Towards a more credible Indian Cinema
    iView Author: Ritwik Banerjee (Ames, Iowa, United States) EMAIL: ritwik4 [at] gmail [dot] com Title: Towards a more credible Indian Cinema Mainstream Indian cinema for long has always thrived on an uncanny gloss-a gloss which is overtly hyper-real. Filmmakers for decades have been making films in which the characters are far removed from the multitudes or their immediate...
    by PROJEKT iVIEW at July 24th, 2008 at 01:07 am
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    How I discovered Woodey Allen
    iView Author: Rusted Rick (Kolkatta, India) EMAIL: ritchick.mozumdar [at] gmail [dot] com Title: How I discovered Woodey Allen “I do the movies just for myself like an institutionalized person who basket-weaves. Busy fingers are happy fingers. I don’t care about the films. I don’t care if they’re flushed down the toilet after I die.“- Woody...
    by PROJEKT iVIEW at July 23rd, 2008 at 11:07 am
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    YES… with Jim Carrey
    So will he get back to a hit this time? Jim Carrey returns with “Yes” where he stars as Carl Allen, a man who signs up for a self-help program based on one simple principle: say yes to everything… and anything. At first, unleashing the power of “yes” transforms Carl’s life in amazing and unexpected ways, but he soon discovers that opening...
    by oz at July 23rd, 2008 at 11:07 am
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