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DEV.D: THERAPEUTIC MADNESS
More than fifteen years back a certain Andy Dufresne crawled through five hundred yards of shit to Freedom, years later we are again treated to another man’s tale of finding redemption as he wades his way through the murky swamps of alcohol, drugs and unrequited love. There are places in this world that isn’t made of stone, there is something inside that...
by Rusted rick at February 6th, 2009 at 01:02 pm
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LUCK BY CHANCE : A Film lost in Caricature, Almost.
“Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity.”- Oprah Winfrey Opportunity, something almost a million….err no make it a zillion people comes looking for! Slogging it out in small dingy rooms, sitting on the floor listening to self proclaimed acting gurus giving lectures on subtleness and what not, saving up cash for ages for that one coveted...
by Rusted rick at January 30th, 2009 at 06:01 am
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OSCAR NOMINATIONS 2008-09
BEST MOTION PICTURE OF THE YEAR The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Frost/Nixon Milk The Reader Slumdog Millionaire Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role Nominees: Richard Jenkins for The Visitor (2007/I) Frank Langella for Frost/Nixon (2008) Sean Penn for Milk (2008) Brad Pitt for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) Mickey Rourke for The Wrestler (2008) Best...
by Rusted rick at January 22nd, 2009 at 06:01 am
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Tapan Sinha, Kabuliwala and the poetry of life
“Sometimes you have to go places with characters and emotions within yourself you don’t want to do, but you have a duty to the story and as a storyteller to do it.”-Hugh Jackman And rarely does a filmmaker achieve the feat of going in places so dark no one would want to go, looking down at the darkest of caves with a smile and realizing the real story...
by Rusted rick at January 15th, 2009 at 12:01 pm
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QUANTUM OF SOLACE
Unimaginably one dimensional and horribly predictable, a yawn fest. the success of the series continues to amaze me. (2/5).
by Rusted rick at December 4th, 2008 at 07:12 am
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Why I dislike Bhandarkar’s cinema and thoughts on FASHION
People will always complain. It’s in their genes, branded in their sensibilities. And when it comes to films not only does everyone have an opinion about things but as it seems, everyone has a unique complain regarding it. There is no escape from this, no matter what genre of film you make, be it a ‘social satire’, a ‘thriller’, ‘rock...
by Rusted rick at October 30th, 2008 at 07:10 am
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In Search of a Midnight Kiss
Witty, charming and beautiful. A brilliant indie discovery. (4/5) IMDB
by Rusted rick at October 20th, 2008 at 01:10 pm
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HELLO
A lame film based on an equally lame book. i felt like calling up god and plead him to banish the makers into the deepest circle of hell, but alas my telephone network betrayed me…again. Rating- 1/5. IMDB
by Rusted rick at October 13th, 2008 at 09:10 am
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MEAN STREETS
When its SCORSESE it has to be a masterpiece, this semi-autobiographical dark, gritty gem remains one of the finest film of the 70’s, one that brought bobby and marty together for the first time. IMDB
by Rusted rick at October 12th, 2008 at 08:10 am
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KIDNAP IS A CLASSIC.
Yes you read it right. You are not hallucinating and I am not drunk. Kidnap is a CLASSIC. Well not quite yet but with time it will be. Doubt my words all you want, but twenty years from now when someone will be getting ready to pen a new season of the torture series you will know the truth behind my words. But anyhow to give a justification of my statement for now, let...
by Rusted rick at October 2nd, 2008 at 04:10 am
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You will be welcomed to Sajjanpur, but be prepared to go out disappointed
[random thoughts, totally opinionated rants] Well lets start with a brief story. Sunday afternoons were a pain for me for the first 12 years of my life. Of all the days, I hated this one the most. Not because it was the one day without school (I hated school too) but the incessant lecturing I used to receive from my uncle on every socio-political issue at that time. He...
by Rusted rick at September 19th, 2008 at 02:09 pm
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LAST LEAR;random thoughts
this is not a review, just random thoughts/ rants and a question] Absolutely nothing could spoil THE LAST LEAR for me. Not the failed alarm clock in the morning due to which I woke up just about 25 minutes before the show started, not the irritating cabbie who messed up the road delaying me further, neither my wallet which was left back home and surely, surely not the...
by Rusted rick at September 13th, 2008 at 07:09 am
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BLOOD SIMPLE
(4/5) a brilliant script translated into a good film, an early coen it shows some definite sign of things to come. IMDB
by Rusted rick at September 12th, 2008 at 07:09 am
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When Naseeruddin Shah and Anupam Kher met on A WEDNESDAY
[the post may contain spoilers, intentional and unintentional] “the tragic feeling is invoked in us when we are in the presence of a character who is ready to lay down his life, if need be, to secure one thing – a sense of personal dignity.” -ARTHUR MILLER, “Tragedy and the Common Man” The final installment and probably the...
by Rusted rick at September 5th, 2008 at 10:09 am
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MUMBAI MERI JAAN; maybe preachy, but surely honest
MUMBAI MERI JAAN, the story of Mumbai and its citizens in the aftermath of the 7/11 blasts, deals with 5 or 6 seemingly unconnected characters from diverse walks of life and how their lives get affected by the blasts, their relation with the city which the director teasingly refers to as “JAAN” in the title. the film centers around 5 characters, a police...
by Rusted rick at August 23rd, 2008 at 12:08 pm
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It all started with the TAXI DRIVER
This is my first post as an author on PFC and as I was sitting inside this dark room with my laptop trying to decide on what can be the perfect post to start my blog, I thought since its PASSION FOR CINEMA, why not write about what cinema means to me, about the first thing I remember when I think of cinema, and pat came the answer it was… SCORSESE, no wait…....
by Rusted rick at August 13th, 2008 at 02:08 pm