Archive for January 2014
Superman [1978]: "You'll believe a man can fly!"
"You'll believe a man can fly!" That was the tagline for Richard Donner's Superman.
Movies are neither the best nor the worst, it is never perfect or totally weird, movies are an opinion, no definitive answer can ever be determined about a movie..
The Broadway Melody [1929]: the first winner with dialogues
“The Broadway melody” was the first sound film to win a Best Picture Award at the Oscars.
The Plot: The Broadway Melody is the story of the Mahoney sisters played by Bessie Love and Anita Page who comes to New York, for their big break on.
Academy Awards 2014: Nominations
On 12th January, 2014, the winners of the Golden Globes Awards were revealed, 12 Years a Slave won the BEST PICTURE in the Drama Category, while the same in the Musical/Comedy section went to American Hustle. Actors Matthew McConaughey won the Best.
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Academy Awards,
Awards
Jail House Rock [1957]: Typical Elvis Presley
Cast: Elvis Presley, Judy Tyler
Directed by: Richard Thorpe
Elvis Presley’s popularity is like the one Michael Jackson had all over the world. Even if you have never heard a Presley song, you know his name. Such is the life of some rock stars,.
The Dark Knight Trilogy: An ensemble of A-List actors
The Dark Knight Trilogy is arguably the best trilogy ever made in films. It was so good and character driven, that many of us actually forgets the great actor playing a certain Batman character.
Nolan's masterpiece included the greatest of actors,.
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Trivia
Friday the 13th [2009]: another "bloody" attempt
On the 13th day of this 30 day blog challenge, I was really not sure which film I should talk about, then the number 13 struck a chord and now it seems so logical that I decided to write a review for Friday the 13th.
The first Friday the.
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past [2009]: Some Michael Douglas Charm
As a Screenwriter, when you are really not satisfied with the plot of your script, you ask the director to cast some of the hottest actors around and the same film becomes pretty much watchable and in rare cases, immensely enjoyable. Something like.
Pauvre Pierrot [1892]: first of its kind
I love to study history, and it can't be more fascinating than to know about the history of cinema. Silent films are the pioneers in Cinema and this post is dedicated to a significant silent film that may not have been talked about much.
Pauvre.
Abhishek Bachchan's Mani Ratnam Connection
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If we go back in time and have a look at Abhishek Bachchan’s Career, you will be mostly disappointed, well at least I am, but, it doesn’t mean that he lacks the finesse of a good actor. On three different occasions, someone brought it out of him, and.
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Trivia
When Sally outsmarts Harry
This post is written in the spirit of movies and I expect the readers to take it that way.
Harry and Sally are sitting in a restaurant, and is talking about Harry's last night sex with a stranger woman. Harry is bragging about how he satisfied.
Million Dollar Arm: Trailer Preview
If you remember, I promised yesterday that I will write a review today for the trailer of the sports film I am most excited about. So, here I am with the Trailer preview of the most anticipated sports film to be released in 2014.
This film.
Draft Day: Trailer Preview
I love the sports genre, every time there is a sports film announced, the movie enthusiast in me gets excited and prepares itself by watching and re-watching some of the greatest sports films. I particularly love it, sports film never disappointed.
Five reasons that defines the greatness of Oscar Awards
All great films and great performances may not win an Academy Award but all Academy Awards is given to some great film and great performance only, so not winning an Oscar doesn't mean that film wasn't great, but winning an Oscar guarantees.
Orphan [2009]: Disturbing yet Intelligent
Cast: Vera Farmiga, Peter Sarsgaard, Isabelle Fuhrman
Directed by: Jaume Collet-Serra
To begin with, Orphan did surprise me, I thought of it as another B-Grade thriller with an obvious revelation at the climax, but no, it is really worth.
PS I love you [2007]: Romantic or Depressing or both..?
Cast: Gerard Butler, Hillary Swank, Harry Connick Jr.
Directed by: Richard LaGravenese
Today I am going to write about the 2007 Richard LaGravenese film P.S. I Love you based on the book of the same name by Cecelia Ahern. This story has a couple.
Sallie Gardner at a Gallop: first ever moving picture
Directed by: Eadweard Muybridge
This blog post talks about a significant film for a movie enthusiast and all those who likes to study cinema, it is often mentioned as the first silent film ever made, I have even read people mentioning "Sallie Gardner.
My WatchList for January 2014
With hours and hours of movie watching, another year came to an end. I hope you watched mostly good cinema last year.
I watched some of the greatest films in 2013 and studied a lot about cinema, film making, foreign cinema [non-English or Hindi],.
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LetterBoxd,
Lists
