Posts Tagged ‘Sean Penn’

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    Brian De Palma- No winners in a war
    /**  Spoilers in post Quite often  when  i  go  through   some  of   the  best  anti  war  movies  that  have been  made,  i can’t  help  noticing  one thing, in a vast  majority  of   the  cases,  the  anti  war  movies  come  out  after  the  actual  war  is  over. I  take  a look  at  some  of  the  more  well known  anti...
    by Ratnakar Sadasyula at September 17th, 2009 at 03:09 am
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    Milk – My vote for the best of 2008
    Not that it matters. I am not an academy or Golden Globe member! I possess no influence and I am part of no media entourage. However I feel I can say this categorically. When the stellar dust of Oscar worship settles down, in a year or two, the connoisseurs and auteurs would mark 2008 as the year when Milk was denied but could deny it no more. For it is a far superior...
    by V.P. Jaiganesh at May 4th, 2009 at 11:05 pm
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    Carlito’s Way- The Road to Redemption
    In  1983,    Brian  De  Palma  and  Al  Pacino,  came  together  in Scarface,  a  movie  that  polarized critics  and  audiences  alike.  After  his  turn  as  the  suave  Michael  Corleone in The  Godfather  Series,  Pacino,  again  lit  up  the screen as  Tony Montana,  a  foul mouthed,  hot headed,  illiterate,  cocaine  snorting ...
    by Ratnakar Sadasyula at March 19th, 2009 at 06:03 am
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    Oscars and Our Cinema
    iView Author: Ram V (Bangalore,India) Email: Shrey.dna[At] gmail.com ‘ Oscars and Our Cinema‘ “I come from a country and civilisation that gave the world the word that precedes silence and is followed by more silence. That word is ‘Om’. So I dedicate this award to my country,” Thus spoke Resul Pookutty, of whom only ardent followers...
    by PROJEKT iVIEW at March 9th, 2009 at 02:03 am
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    Milk : Appreciation
    iView Author: Raghu (Huntsville, Alabama, U.S.A) Email: r.s.godavarthi [At] gmail.com ‘ Appreciating Milk‘ There are some unique experiences that I have had in my movie-watching here in Huntsville, Alabama. There are some movies I’ve gone to see where I was among the very, very few people in the theatre (for any given show). Read “only”;...
    by PROJEKT iVIEW at March 8th, 2009 at 07:03 pm
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    David Fincher -The Game
    **/ Spoiler Alerts**/ In  my  second on  the    David  Fincher  series  i  would  be taking a look  at  one  of  Fincher’s   more underrated movie  The Game, a kind of  abstract  thriller. The  Game  is the story  of   Nicholas Van Orton(Michael Douglas),  a multi  millionaire in  San Francisco,  but  leading a lonely life,  divorced ...
    by Ratnakar Sadasyula at December 29th, 2008 at 10:12 am
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    Al Pacino and the Mob
    Al Pacino a name that immediately brings into mind intense roles and a crackling screen presence that can chew up the scenery. Ask Keanu Reeves, who ended up as a glorified extra in The Devil’s Advocate. And yes those wonderful monologues, which basically comes from Pacino’s penchant for Shakespearan Theater. In his long career, Pacino has portrayed crooks,...
    by Ratnakar Sadasyula at November 21st, 2008 at 10:11 pm
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