Archive for 2014
Predictions for Golden Globes 2015

The Final Prediction for Golden Globe 2015
Best Picture Drama
Boyhood
Best Picture Musical or Comedy
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Best Actor Drama
Eddie Redmayne for The Theory of Everything
Best Actor Musical or Comedy
Michael.
Maachis [1996]

Cast: Om Puri, Tabu, Chandrachur Singh
Directed by: Gulzar
Maachis is a 1996 film written and directed by Gulzar. Now Gulzar's name is enough to attract anyone to watch this film and this is just what happened in my case.
Maachis.
Let's Promote Our Movies

IMDb is world's busiest movie site, a film listed on that gets more attention than any other medium.
So, I opened the list of films of 2014 [sorted by rating]. I saw Queen on the top 3, felt happy for our industry, then I looked for another.
Fear Strikes Out [1957]

Cast: Anthony Perkins, Karl Malden, Norma Moore
Directed by: Robert Mulligan
Fear Strikes out is the directorial début of Robert Mulligan. It is a sport biography of Jimmy Piershall; this film is about the rise, fall and rise of the former American.
Thursday, 2 October 2014
Posted by Amrit
Tag :
1950s,
1957,
Anthony Perkins,
Biography,
Drama,
English,
Karl Malden,
Norma Moore,
Reviews,
Robert Muligan,
Sport
Grand Hotel [1932]: A great film of its time
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Cast: John Barrymore, Greta Garbo, Lionel Barrymore, Joan Crawford, Wallace Beery
Directed by: Edmund Goulding
"Grand Hotel; people come, people go, Nothing ever happens"
This film is not the greatest from the standards of today’s cinema but.
Wednesday, 17 September 2014
Posted by Amrit
Tag :
1930s,
1932,
Drama,
Edmund Goulding,
English,
Greta Garbo,
Joan Crawford,
John Barrymore,
Lionel Barrymore,
Reviews,
Romance
Ek Villain [2014]: not really disappointed, definitely tolerable

Cast: Sidharth Malhotra, Shraddha Kapoor, Ritesh Deshmukh. Remo Fernandes
Directed by: Mohit Suri
Also featured in IMDb Critic Reviews
I will admit that the trailer of Ek Villain was intriguing and I wanted to know what this film is all about. I.
Sunday, 31 August 2014
Posted by Amrit
Tag :
2010s,
2014,
Action,
Hindi,
India,
Mohit Suri,
Remo Fernandes,
Reviews,
Ritesh Deshmukh,
Romance,
Shraddha Kapoor,
Sidharth Malhotra,
Thriller
About "the departed" and relatively other things

I watched The Departed only yesterday. It reminded me of "Ocean's Eleven" Because Ocean's Eleven and The Departed, are two of some of the most star studded films.
Ocean's Eleven had George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Don Cheadle, Julia.
Sunrise: A song of Two Humans [1927]: An overlooked masterpiece

Cast: George O'Brien, Janet Gaynor, Margaret Livingston
Directed by: FW Murnau
This is one of the best films of the 1920s. Directed by German filmmaker FW Murnau, who also made classics like "Nosferatu [1922]" and "Faust [1926]" and others.
I.
Monday, 25 August 2014
Posted by Amrit
Tag :
1920s,
1927,
Drama,
FW Murnau,
George O'Brien,
Janet Gaynor,
Margaret Livingston,
Romance,
USA
Mardaani [2014]: Movie Review

Cast: Rani Mukherji, Tahir Raj Bhasin, Sanjay Taneja
Directed by: Pradeep Sarkar
Also featured in IMDb Critic Reviews
Remember 'Taken' ? The 2008 cult action movie which starred Liam Neeson in the lead role. It seems like it is still ruling.
Saturday, 23 August 2014
Posted by Amrit
Tag :
2010s,
2014,
Action,
Drama,
India,
Pradeep Sarkar,
Rani Mukherji,
Reviews,
Sanjay Taneja,
Tahir Raj Bhasin,
Thriller
Guardians of the Galaxy [2014]: Visual extravaganza in the space

Cast: Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Vin Diesel, Bradley Cooper
Directed by: James Gunn
Super hero movies are of huge demand in all the corners of the world, and the case of India is no different. Indians have a rich history of making Super Hero movies.
Friday, 8 August 2014
Posted by Amrit
Tag :
2010s,
2014,
Action,
Adventure,
Bradley Cooper,
Chris Pratt,
James Gunn,
Reviews,
Sci-Fi,
Vin Diesel,
Zoe Saldana
'Kick': Strictly recommended for hardcore Salman fans

Cast: Salman Khan, Jacqueline Fernandez, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Randeep Hooda
Directed by: Sajid Nadiadwala
Also featured in IMDb Critic Reviews
Kick, the new movie directed by Sajid Nadiadwala with Salman Khan in the lead role hit the theaters.
Thursday, 7 August 2014
Posted by Amrit
Life of Pi [2012]: A Cinematic Achievement

Cast: Irrfan Khan, Suraj Sharma, Adil Hussain, Tabu
Directed by: Ang lee
Also featured in IMDb Critic Reviews
So I thought of writing a review this morning, there were back to back conflicts in my mind while selecting the film to review. It happens.
Wednesday, 6 August 2014
Posted by Amrit
Tag :
2010s,
2012,
Adil Hussain,
Adventure,
Ang Lee,
Drama,
Fantasy,
Irrfan Khan,
Reviews,
Suraj Sharma,
Tabu
#Trivia: About Heath Ledger, Coen Brothers and Josh Brolin

When great actors and great filmmakers collaborate, we get to witness a great film. Be it the Marlon Brando-Francis Ford Coppola's Godfather, Brad Pitt-David Fincher's Fight Club, Clint Eastwood-Sergio Leone's Dollar Trilogy or any other pair. The.
Tuesday, 5 August 2014
Posted by Amrit
"Director's Cut: 50 Major Filmmakers of the Modern Era" by MK Raghavendra: Book Review

I love films, not only watching it but also reading and knowing it. I can read anything that has Cinema as the background. This is what attracted me to MK Raghavendra's "Director's Cut: 50 Major Filmmakers of the Modern Era."
Director's Cut is a.
#Quote: The Shawshank Redemption

It was said by 'Red' [Morgan Freeman], when the "Sisters"; a group of homosexuals in the Shawshank Prison, led by Bogs, beats Andy [Tim Robbins] 'within an inch of his life'. Andy was sent to the infirmary, and that's how Red and the boys.
Birdman: Trailer Preview

Birdman is the story of "A washed-up actor who once played an iconic superhero must overcome his ego and family trouble as he mounts a Broadway play in a bid to reclaim his past glory". [Source: IMDb]
So, who is playing this washed up Actor..?
It's.
Saturday, 2 August 2014
Posted by Amrit
Locke [2013]: Quick Review

Cast: Tom Hardy, Olivia Colman, Ruth Wilson, Andrew Scott.
Directed by: Steven Knight
Locke is the story of Ivan Locke's 2 hour journey as he drives to London as the woman he "once" slept with is going to deliver a baby. He had a plan to watch.
Friday, 1 August 2014
Posted by Amrit
What Does Snowpiercer's Success Mean For VOD?

The dystopian, Chris Evans film, Snowpiercer has been getting rave reviews from pretty much everybody, meaning you have to go out and see it in the theater right now.
Or maybe you don't have to go out since it's on your television right this.
Milk [2008]: “We will make a change starting now”

Cast: Sean Penn, Emile Hirsch, Josh Brolin, James Franco
Directed by: Gus Van Sant
"My name is Harvey Milk and I am here to recruit you"
This movie is all about getting intrigued in 125 minutes; I must admit, I am truly awed and zapped.
Wednesday, 25 June 2014
Posted by Deepshikha Deb
Tag :
2000s,
2008,
Biography,
Drama,
Emile Hirsch,
Gus Van Sant,
History,
James Franco,
Josh Brolin,
Reviews,
Sean Penn
Years That Changed Cinema Forever

I find it extremely fascinating when a large number of great films [and I mean CULT CLASSICS] come together in the same year.
1957 was the earliest one that comes to mind, I can think of 5 timeless classics that came that year. Kubrick's "Paths.
Walk of Shame: Trailer

"A reporter's dream of becoming a news anchor is compromised after a one-night stand leaves her stranded in downtown L.A. without a phone, car, ID or money - and only 8 hours to make it to the most important job interview of her life." -IMDb
As.
List of films partly or entirely shot in Vegas

There are many genres of cinema, Action, animation, crime, drama, fantasy, history, mystery, romance sci-fi and there is another genre; Las Vegas.Usually when a film is shot in Las Vegas, the city is like a character in that film. There is a purpose.
Udaan [2010]: A great film by first time director Vikramaditya Motwane

Do you know,
what is it, that Orson Welles, Satyajit Ray, Jim Sheridan, Kevin Costner,
Quentin Tarantino, Brad Bird and Ben Affleck have in common? It is the fact that they all had a great debut as directors. Now I won’t talk
about how they went ahead.
Thursday, 24 April 2014
Posted by Amrit