Posts Tagged ‘imdb’

  • Unregulated Independence
    In no other field of work do you witness such a plethora of posturing, a surfeit of self-serving delusion as in the realm of Independent cinema.  There I have said it! After I had been hired, following yet another terrific round of auditions by yet another Independent Producer/Director all set to make their Film Festival Circuit movie, I got the dreaded, rather by now,...
    by Tori Roy at October 1st, 2009 at 07:10 pm
  • Slumdog Millionaire: Today is Slumdog’s Day
    The poster of Slumdog Millionaire reads: What does it take to find a lost love? Money? Luck? Smarts? Destiny? Now how the hell one distinguishes between Luck and Destiny. Come to think of it even ‘Money’ gets mixed up with these two options. And then you find yourself crying for a fifth option, ‘None of the above’. Oh! forget the details. Just...
    by Padmaja Thakore at February 22nd, 2009 at 02:02 pm
  • Slumdog Millionaire Review
    The film starts with this question Jamal Malik is one question away from winning 20 Million rupees. How did he do it? A: He cheated B: He’s lucky C: He’s genius D: It is written Anil Kapoor escorts Dev Patel(Jamal Malik) to the hot seat in the game show “Who Wants to be a Millionaire.” The next scene is where Jamal Malik is brutally interrogated...
    by Krishna at January 9th, 2009 at 07:01 pm