Posts Tagged ‘9’

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    9 – Delusions of an Aftermath
    To say that we really haven’t seen enough of the themes explored in this film before would be wrong. We have. Apocalypse and what not. A group of unknown who-left-‘em-here’s. it is quite really the middle of nowhere. Your closest and most recent reference points are Wall-E, I am Legend etc.(I guess The Road is next) so you think in those terms. There is an overtly...
    by Tushar at September 10th, 2009 at 01:09 am
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    9: 8-7-6-5-4-3-2-PTOOF!
    Shane Acker, all said and done, sure got one thing right. If you’re going to make an addendum to one of the most beloved artifacts in the pop culture universe and if you don’t want to commit a McG-sized (Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle, Terminator Salvation) motion picture embarrassment, the guy you take notes from is the one and only Mr. James Cameron. When faced...
    by Siddharth Pillai at September 9th, 2009 at 08:09 am
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    9
    Language: English Director: Shane Acker Release Date: 9 September 2009 (Worldwide) Cast: Elijah Wood, Jennifer Connelly, Christopher Plummer, John C. Reilly, Martin Landau Producers: Tim Burton, Timur Bekmambetov Music: Danny Elfman, Deborah Lurie Genre: Animation IMDb Enter your reviews and rate the movie. Movies are opened for Guerrilla Reviews 12 hours before their...
    by PFCdesktop at September 9th, 2009 at 02:09 am
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    090909 – Final Call for Sanity
    We had such potential… such promise… We have come a long long way indeed. Through all these weeks, realizing a dream I had for long. Actually a few of them. Tim Burton’s cinema. The Ever Enchanting World of B films, classic horror, Goth-Drama, Not-your-average-Animation, the work that goes behind a film that gets it’s inspiration from all these...
    by Tushar at September 8th, 2009 at 10:09 pm
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    9 Movie Review
    I have not seen any Tim Burton movie. Neither have I read anything about him or his movies. I know 9 is not made by Tim Burton, but by Shane Acker, but I find everyone around me talking about the film, the expectations, the outcome and most importantly: Tim Burton. I did not carry any expectations. I’ve always been a sucker for real emotions, and rarely have I pushed...
    by Jehan Handa at September 8th, 2009 at 06:09 am
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    Route “9″ to Sleepy Hollow
    It is not hard to feel like an outsider. I think we have all felt like that at one time or another.- Alan Cumming An outsider’s point of view is always handy.-Pat Oliphant Strip  away  the  Gothic  universe,  the  dark  undercurrents,  the  twisted up  characters,  the  nightmarish  visions,  at  the  core of  it, Burton  celebrates  the  outsider....
    by Ratnakar Sadasyula at September 8th, 2009 at 01:09 am
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    “9″: The Women as the Warrior
    Growing  up  one of  my  favorite  stories  in  Indian  mythology,  was  that  of   Durga,  the  fierce  warrior  form of   the  Divine Mother or  Devi.   As   per  legend,  when  the  demon  king  Mahishasur,  was  wreaking  havoc  on  the  3  worlds,  the  Gods  went  to  the  Trinity( Brahma,  Vishnu,  Shiva) seeking  help....
    by Ratnakar Sadasyula at September 4th, 2009 at 04:09 pm
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    Nine- The short that started it all
    Saw “9” the other day. Am still stunned by visual, production design of the movie, one of the very few movies about the supposed apocalypse that i really like. Imagination takes on a new meaning with it. Its a story of nine puppets designed by a scientist to save the world from the monstrosity, that he, himself thrust upon the world. The first eight have failed,...
    by Anurag Kashyap at September 4th, 2009 at 05:09 am
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    Count down “2″ “9″
    Bela Lugosi as Dracula I  was conscious of the presence of the Count, and of his being as if lapped in a storm of fury… the blue eyes transformed with fury, the white teeth champing with rage, and the fair cheeks blazing red with passion. But the Count! Never did I imagine such wrath and fury, even to the demons of the pit. His eyes were positively blazing. The...
    by Ratnakar Sadasyula at September 3rd, 2009 at 07:09 am
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    9: The End is Near, if You Can Make It
    We are almost close to the hour of the apocalypse. 9 awaits us on the destined day and moment. It is the countdown to a film, and it is a celebration too. TIM BURTON and his craft, sometimes derided, other times hailed as a genre in itself. I have been thinking about so many things related to his films, they give you so much more to cherish, to recount, to go over for...
    by Tushar at September 3rd, 2009 at 04:09 am
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    1 in a 9 “Stitch Punks”
    In  a  not  too  distant  future,  where  humanity  has  been  decimated, by  the  very  same  war  machines  they had  devised. Just  before  his  death, a  wise  scientist  creates  9   rag  dolls,  and  transfers  his own soul into  them  using  his  invention.   And  the  new kid  on the  block “9″   seeks  out  the...
    by Ratnakar Sadasyula at September 2nd, 2009 at 04:09 am
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    Plan 9 from Dimension X
    The delusional is our only hope.’ – Chairman Mick Farren If you’re looking for reality in the cinema (whatever that may be), if your delicate senses are offended by the grotesque pageantry of the human imagination, if you like to strut around all-goody-two-shoes trying to uphold the merits of practicality… well, take a hike honey....
    by Siddharth Pillai at September 2nd, 2009 at 12:09 am
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    Khopadi ke Antariksh Ki Devi: Patala Bhairavi
    Captain’s Log: 2.2.2201 The Command and crew of Explopod 9 finds itself in a unique position commonly referred to by gin’d up gumshoes as ‘nothing to lose’. If the crew were any more than a peg-legged scarecrow remains of a man and a fresh-faced beardless stripling, one could expect a mutiny. But as bad karma or plain good old bad luck would have it, Explopod...
    by Siddharth Pillai at August 29th, 2009 at 01:08 am
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    Ye Shaadi Nahin Ho Sakti – Murda Dulhan ke Kaarname
    For Joe Ranft It turned out a long wait, for little reason. As the rain receded, we spilled out of the rainbow-lab. The air was reassuringly warm, But moist with the frown of the moment. It reigned over us, playing an unreleased Gilbert & Sullivan in vain. Infection. Mystery. Rage. Soon, it was all gone, In the prime of the moment. Not a second to replay no more....
    by Tushar at August 27th, 2009 at 11:08 am
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    The Bone Carnival Blues
    Gene Loomis: Y’know, it’s hard to believe you’re a grown-up. Ruth Corday: No kidding. Lawrence Woolsey: You think grown-ups have it all figured out? That’s just a hustle, kid. Grown-ups are making it up as they go along, just like you. You remember that, and you’ll do fine. – Joe...
    by Siddharth Pillai at August 20th, 2009 at 12:08 am
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    A Dark, Cold Night, and a Full Moon Sky
    Attention. Attention, citizens. Terrible news. Although the imposter has been shot down, there’s still no sign of Santa Claus. It looks like Christmas will have to be cancelled this year. I repeat: The imposter has been shot down, but there is still no sign of the real Santa Claus… What’s this?! A world that you wish you inhabited, a world to live in. Of...
    by Tushar at August 20th, 2009 at 12:08 am
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    Maps from Beyond Dark Corners
    As to why one embarks on making a habit of alcohol consumption, I do suppose there are reasons. In the beginning you can pretty much get it down to a face or two- women, boss, co-workers, friends- sometimes all of it rolled up into one face fatale but as the months and years swim by, the reasons pretty much cease to matter. Or more accurately, they change. The pub, the...
    by Siddharth Pillai at August 13th, 2009 at 07:08 am
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    Edward Scissorhands-remember the images
    Peg Boggs: Oh, my. What happened to you? Edward: I’m not finished. EDWARD SCISSORHANDS is the kind of film that appeals to you at all times, whether you know the legends or not, whether you have any nostalgic connects or not. This 1990 film by TIM BURTON has a special Indian connection, given the advent of satellite channels and the multiple runs it had on TV....
    by Tushar at August 12th, 2009 at 03:08 pm
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    Spirits of the Laboratory: Bela Lugosi
    Eureka! He screamed and fanciful Archimedes ran buck naked through the markets of Athens. Unfortunately, modern science and modern society offer no such avenues for sheer unadulterated giddy celebration. All it offered me was a pat in the back by my trusty man-servant Lug (formerly Jeanine) who with one final lobotomy still pending (we’re still awaiting an appropriate...
    by Siddharth Pillai at August 6th, 2009 at 11:08 pm
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    And the Festival Begins…
    Tim Burton How do you kill a man who takes away all my press - The Joker in Batman (1989) A theater in Pune. 1989. The Machine Drawing exam in our second year of engineering, just by chance, happens to be the next day morning. And I’m sitting there watching Nicholson. Chewing. Digesting. Pulling it up again. Chewing more. Each and every word and line of Batman....
    by oz at August 5th, 2009 at 09:08 pm
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    Batman in Burtonland
    Gotham City & Batman are like an odd yet fated couple in a rewarding arrange marriage. Tied together by fate but probably not as bad as it looks on paper. It is when Alfred takes a tired, beaten Bruce Wayne home and we see him as a feeble man, who is vulnerable in relationships, lacking in moral fiber. And the next morning comes, and Bruce finds reassurance in Alfred’s...
    by Tushar at August 5th, 2009 at 09:08 pm
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    Tim Burton – The 9-letter Genius
    His name is made of exactly nine letters. For some those nine letters add up to ECCENTRIC. For the rest of us, the nine letters add up to INGENIOUS. Let’s just call him TIM BURTON. When you spell out those nine letters in that order with a pause after the first three letters, that is when you call out the name of Tim Burton, certain images are evoked in your mind....
    by Pratim D. Gupta at August 5th, 2009 at 09:08 pm
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