Celluloid

Upkaar

2012-01-21T22:41:00.000-05:00

Typical old movie about good son - bad son, and the bad son realizing his mistakes in the end. But this movie has a lot of patriotism thrown in. Also emphasizes the farmers duty to the land. Made me remember The Good Earth.
Rating: Average

Do Raasthe

2012-01-16T21:14:00.002-05:00

Family movie. Poverty, issues with joint family, rich girls, etc. Not an entertainer, just another time pass old Hindi movie.
Rating: Average

Jab Jab Phool Kile

2012-01-14T22:23:00.001-05:00

Time pass. Standard love story of a low class man with a high class woman set against Kashmir's beautiful backdrop.
Rating: Average

Aap Ki Kasam

2012-01-02T22:46:00.001-05:00

Nothing great but nice in it's simplicity, as in all 1970 movies. First half is all happy-happy but latter half is all sad-sad. Some adulterous dialog in the middle surprised me though.

Rating: Average

Dhoom: 2

2011-12-25T22:23:00.001-05:00

Suffice to say there are better movies in the same genre.
Rating: Average

Band, Baaja, Baarath

2011-12-25T22:16:00.001-05:00

Very thin. Not much in it. Avoidable.
Rating: Average

Robot

2011-12-18T22:25:00.002-05:00

The much hyped-Rajni's movie. Saw the Hindi version.
Heavily Avoidable. Thin dialogs and poor acting.

Aarakshan

2011-12-18T13:57:00.000-05:00

A must-see movie on reservation in education system. Powerful dialogs.

Amar Prem

2011-12-11T22:30:00.001-05:00

Avoidable.

Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi

2011-12-05T23:49:00.001-05:00

Plot of movie will be clear in first half hour. Its filled with so-called humorous and SRK's over-acting scenes to make it 3 hrs. But a profound movie with good dialogues.
Rating: Good

Kati Patang

2011-12-05T23:33:00.001-05:00

Simpleness is written all over the old movies. Makes it watchable. Nothing great though.
Rating: Average

Dil Deewana

2011-11-26T11:49:00.001-05:00

Jaya Bhaduri's acting is worth the watch. It is nice to see 'real' middle class families in these 80s movies.
Rating: Average

Namak Halal

2011-11-26T11:48:00.001-05:00

The celebrated Amitabh's movie. Typical 80's movie. Nothing great about it.
Rating: Average

Mere Brother Ki Dulhan

2011-11-22T22:36:00.001-05:00

Different story-line. The title says it all and pretty much gives away the story in the first 15 minutes. But still its nice to see the entanglements getting un-tangled.
Rating: Good

Kissise Na Kehna

2011-11-22T22:30:00.001-05:00

Hilarious. A simple middle class romantic story with an overbearing father in law - lies and the twists associated with it, and of course, the happy ending. A perfect recipe for a movie.
Rating: Good.

Aandhi

2011-11-22T22:28:00.001-05:00

Clean, simple, catchy. Its amazing what charm old Hindi movies had. Very easily can relate to the middle class families.
Rating: Average

Veer Zaara

2011-10-25T08:32:00.003-04:00

Some over exaggerated emotions and passions. But catchy dialogues. Good story line with enough twists to not making boring.

Sex and the City - 2

2011-09-22T22:50:00.002-04:00

Saw the movie on TV in bits and pieces. Especially the Abhu Dhabi part. Pretty average stuff.

How to lose a guy in 10 days

2011-07-31T22:48:00.001-04:00

Time pass. Light comedy at times. Romantic at other times.

The Transporter

2011-07-17T19:54:00.002-04:00

Starts off as a thriller but finally ends up like a Bollywood blockbuster where nothing happens to the hero in spite of 1000 bullets. However nice action, nice stunts, nice fights. Worth a watch.
Rating: Good.

Valentine's Day

2011-06-04T23:02:00.002-04:00

A really nice movie. Once again - like Crash, Vantage Point, 11:14, Babel, He's Just Not That Into You - multiple stories intertwine one amongst other to create a nice romantic collage of a 'picture' :)

Drillbit Taylor

2011-05-08T21:17:00.000-04:00

Time pass kiddo movie.

Vantage Point

2011-04-20T23:27:00.002-04:00

As IMDB states, an attempted assassination is told and re-told in different perspectives, each adding to the story and making it that much more complicated and an edge-of-the-seat thriller. Very good movie.

The Day After Tomorrow

2011-04-17T13:10:00.002-04:00

After Inconvenient Truth this is the next movie on global warming that I have seen. Very well depicted. Has lots of thriller-moments (not needed actually) which makes the movie an edge-of-the-seat. A sci-fi but very close to reality.

Its complicated

2011-03-28T11:46:00.000-04:00

Its a complicated story of old age romance and affairs :-)

Paul Blart: Mall Cop

2011-02-09T10:40:00.002-05:00

Sort of a rom com. Most scenes shot inside a mall with the hero being a Mall cop and heroine being a saleswoman inside the mall. Things turn for the worse (or better?) when mall is hijacked.
Rating: Average

Ganesha Matthe Bandha

2011-02-09T10:39:00.002-05:00

Catchy dialogs. Humorous scenes. Nice story line and twists. Family entertainer. Well portrayed and easy-flowing.
Rating: Good

The Social Network

2011-01-30T08:43:00.001-05:00

Captivating story of Mark Zuckerberg (co-Founder of Facebook.com) and the rise of Facebook.com. A must-see.

Pineapple Express

2011-01-23T07:50:00.002-05:00

Crazy movie! Its thrilling when two innocent men are caught in between two gang wars. But its fun when they themselves are not so innocent and one cop belongs to one of the gangs!! From the director of Knocked up.

Mad Money

2011-01-22T09:34:00.002-05:00

Wow! What a movie! Nice story, nice acting, nice score, nice casting, nice direction and nice ending! All in all, a must see!

American Graffiti

2011-01-22T09:32:00.001-05:00

Pretty boring. Saw only first 40 minutes and story was not going anywhere. Just a bunch of graduates celebrating end of school.

Anger Management

2011-01-17T09:58:00.001-05:00

Time pass. Back to back Jack Nicholson movies. Kind of funny movie. Watchable once.

The Bucket List

2011-01-17T09:54:00.002-05:00

What a movie! A must-see written all over it! Its good to have a bucket-list - things to do before one kicks the bucket. Flip part? One's gotta have lot of money!

Spy Game

2011-01-12T12:15:00.002-05:00

Gripping. A movie that depicts a CIA operation that never was! What starts off with a simple jail break in China, traverses across Vietnam and Beirut while all the talking goes on in Langley, Virginia. Very well made movie.

Mamma Mia!

2011-01-01T13:06:00.002-05:00

Totally musical! Comparable to Hum Aapke Hain Kaun. Thin story line but set in picturesque locality. There is a song sung every 5 minutes - sometimes its funny but sometimes it gets at you. Watchable once.
Rating: Average

Kingdom of Heaven

2010-12-19T12:20:00.002-05:00

"From the director of Gladiator" said the tagline on the DVD and that was enough for me to choose this movie. Like Gladiator, this movie too is extremely well made. The epic story, the war, the romance, the dialogs - definitely a must-see.

Twenty Bucks

2010-11-29T13:02:00.002-05:00

An interesting story about how one $20 bill goes from one person to another person and sometimes coming back to people with whom it had already traversed at one point of time. Nice way of narration and a unique story theme. Watchable once. It is fun to try to recollect the complete story of how the $20 bill moved from one person to another after watching the movie. It is almost like playing the game of 'Memory'.

Jackie Chan's First Strike

2010-11-07T09:56:00.002-05:00

A surprisingly nice story line in a Jackie Chan movie. It was in fact pretty thick - almost Bond-like movie what with Nuclear Warheads and CIA and FSB (previously KGB). Of course, superb fight scenes, esp the funny ones underwater.
Rating: Good

Gangster: A Love Story

2010-11-07T00:56:00.002-04:00

A nice movie. Good direction. The lead female role is very critical and could have been acted well. It starts one evening and ends the next day morning. But it is filled with flashback and events that led to that fateful evening. One feels that the movie is going only one way: down. There is no happy ending and there cannot be in movies like this, as in Satya and Company. In movies of such dark nature, one thing I have noticed is that everyone dies - the hero, the villain, the heroine, the supporting actor, etc. But the ending depicted in this movie is very nice. It transcends that Love is strong enough even above Death. Somewhat similar to Gladiator.

Inglourious Basterds

2010-11-01T13:16:00.002-04:00

Quentin Tarantino never disappoints. In his own different way of film-making, this movie tells about a story that never happened in real life but how easily it could have. Set in the 1940s when Nazis ruled the world, the film has all that is needed for a Nazi Vs Jews drama. Superb dialogs. Christoph Waltz's role in the movie and acting is amazing. Little wonder he got Best Actor award for this film in Cannes film festival.

The Devil Wears Prada

2010-11-01T12:51:00.002-04:00

A nice movie. Set amidst the fashion industry, it also depicts the role of a highly challenging secretarial post for a devilish boss and how such a work life affects the personal life. The movie is different and is good. In it's own way, it slightly resembles Mean Girls.

Anjaana Anjaani

2010-10-07T13:22:00.001-04:00

Not bad. Pinches of (not slick) humor here and there. Only thing that is overdone is the part about suicide, but then the crux of the movie is about suicide. Doesn’t bore. Movie totally taken in USA.
Rating: Average

What Happens in Vegas.

2010-10-07T13:21:00.000-04:00

A nice RomCom. A random trip to Vegas changes the life of a married lady and an unemployed person for ever. Just goes to show that What happens in Vegas, does not stay in Vegas! It also made me think that any man and any woman can fall in love with one another if they stay together for a significant amount of time.
Rating: Good

Armour of God

2010-10-07T13:19:00.001-04:00

I had seen this movie about 2 decades ago in a small tent and I had not understood much of the story but understood it better now. Not that there is much of a story. Its pretty silly but then the movie is famous for Jackie Chan’s stunts and fights. This, it has much in quantity and quality. Best part for me is at the end of the movie when the mis-shots are shown.
Rating: Average

Badmaash Company

2010-09-30T08:38:00.001-04:00

Pretty interesting. Introduces unique ways of creating bad money but lot of loop holes. Good characterization. Watchable once.

All the Best

2010-09-30T08:35:00.000-04:00

Very mediocre. Attempted humour doesn't really click. Time pass.

The Last Shot

2010-09-19T04:18:00.001-04:00

Average. Movie moves fine and story is ok-dokey, it doesnt get you bored, etc. But there is no punch in the movie. Very mediocre.

Terms of Endearment

2010-09-12T12:59:00.002-04:00

A story about a tight-lipped mother and an easy-going daughter and their respective love lives. Not a RomCom but very typical story of an American middle class. Nicely portrayed.
Rating: Average

Babel

2010-09-12T12:58:00.003-04:00

Story theme similar to 11:14 and Crash where different characters in the movie are related to a single event. Such movies are always my favorite where the stories of different characters revolve around one single time-event.
Rating: Good

Mayor Muthanna

2010-09-12T12:55:00.003-04:00

Nice hard hitting dialogs and song lyrics. Was a long time since I had seen a black and white Kannada Rajkumar movie. Plain and simple; nice and poignant. Typical '70s story-line. Dwarakeesh and Balamurali's comedy - as good as ever!
Rating: Good

The Break-up

2010-08-30T10:21:00.002-04:00

Totally about break-up and how a relationship floats farther and farther away. Good verbal fight scenes and good picturization of a couple's compromises but an average movie. Not a RomCom as marketed.

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

2010-08-30T10:19:00.003-04:00

This movie has 8.2 on the IMDB but I felt it was over-rated. It might have such a high rating perhaps because it is a true story. Movie is mainly on the chase when the hunter becomes the hunted. Nothing great about it though.
Rating: Average

Boys

2010-08-25T14:23:00.004-04:00

Tamil flick. Rahman music. Shankar direction. Genelia and Siddharth (the Bommarillu pair). Freshness but kinda dragged. Equal importance given to parents and youth but some unnecessary scenes. Good digital work with songs.
Rating: Average

Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging

2010-08-25T14:18:00.002-04:00

Brit. Very mediocre. A typical adolescent movie of gals having crush over guys and vice versa. Not worth it.

Honeymoon in Vegas

2010-08-22T10:32:00.002-04:00

Story on similar lines as Indecent Proposal but this one's much funnier and lighter. Set in Vegas and Hawaii, the title is a misnomer. Its about what actually happens in Vegas prior to the wedding - and there is no real honeymoon depicted in the movie.

Knocked up

2010-08-22T10:29:00.003-04:00

Damn funny. A one night stand leads to a hilarious comedy of coming-together of two totally opposite individuals. A perfect Friday-night movie for couples!

One Fine Day

2010-08-15T13:16:00.002-04:00

A RomCom. A very nice movie about two desperate divorcees-wanting-to-find-partners-but-dont-want-to-show-desperation!
Rating: Good

Black

2010-08-15T13:04:00.002-04:00

Emotionally touching. Strong theme. Good acting by both Rani and Amitabh.
Rating: Good

He's Just Not That Into You

2010-08-08T12:40:00.002-04:00

A Romantic Comedy (RomCom). A story of 9 lives which get entangled and dis-entangled for the same reason: Romance! Beautiful direction, acting and dialog.
Rating: Good.

Aamir

2010-08-08T12:39:00.003-04:00

Tight, gripping story line. Reminded me of a line I had read in a magazine almost a decade ago: "When the underworld approaches you, you cannot refuse."
Rating: Average.

A Mighty Heart

2010-08-08T12:36:00.002-04:00

I had seen Daniel Pearl's assassination in a forwarded video in 2003 and it had shocked me. This movie gives insights into what Mrs Pearl went through during those traumatic days.
Rating: Must-see.

Luck By Chance

2010-08-08T12:34:00.003-04:00

A good story about Bollywood-wannabes and how stardom affects their personal lives. But not much of a punch in the movie.
Rating: Average

The World is not enough

2010-08-08T12:26:00.002-04:00

Pretty surprising that I hadn't watched this movie till date. Good action, as usual in any Bond movie but too complicated a story to follow. And of course, too much technology to understand.
Rating: Average.

Paathshaala

2010-07-25T13:40:00.002-04:00

Average movie but strong theme. Its about how the education system has been commercialized. Punch is definitely missing in the story and direction. Shahid's role in the movie is unnecessarily hyped. Ending is pathetic and fails to deliver.

Duplicity

2010-07-25T13:25:00.002-04:00

My God! This was a corker of a movie! Perhaps its because its been quite some time since I saw a movie like this. Espionage and counter-espionage and counter-counter-espionage! Strangely, this was not recommended by anyone and I just took a chance (this movie was taken of the shelf just by reading the back cover of the DVD)! The movie is always running speedily and one has to hang onto every word! Literally, an edge-of-the-seat thriller and a definite must-see.

Page 3

2010-07-20T12:21:00.002-04:00

Wow! What a puncher of a movie! It doesnt start out that way though. It starts more like a camcorder recording Bollywood parties but slowly it shapes out into a story thats hard-hitting and shows Life in it's truest sense...

Changeling

2010-07-20T12:20:00.001-04:00

Wow! What a movie! I had mentioned before that I somehow dont get to like Clint Eastwood's movies but this one blew me away! Perhaps it is because this is a true story. Excellent acting by Angelina Jolie.

Sugar and Spice

2010-07-08T03:43:00.003-04:00

Movie about cheerleaders is always fun to watch and it is not just for the mind-blowing dance! This is an average, time-pass movie about how one cheerleaders gets herself pregnant and find herself running out of money. The result? A Bank robbery!

Freaky Friday

2010-07-08T03:40:00.002-04:00

Comedy. Mother, daughter and son are all losing their relationships when one freaky Friday, the mother's soul enters into daughter and vice versa. Lo and behold the fun times and how it actually bonds the relationships. Good direction. Typical Lindsay Lohan movie.

The Reader

2010-06-30T13:50:00.002-04:00

Another movie set in Berlin. Another movie related to Nazi. Another good movie. The movie is about one woman's illiteracy and her ego of not making it public, intertwined with romance with a boy half her age.

Exceptional acting by Kate Winslet. I kind of like all Ralph Fiennes movies (Constant Gardener, Schindler's List, The English Patient, etc).

Valkyrie

2010-06-30T13:49:00.001-04:00

Gripping from start. Set in Germany in 1944, this is about an operation to assassinate Adolf Hitler. Good movie.

Saagari

2010-06-23T12:30:00.002-04:00

After a long time, saw a horror film. An average movie about a soul which possesses a living being in order to take revenge of it's own untimely death. But direction is gripping, and the movie does indeed scare a bit. Worth watching. Interspersed with good humour.

Atithi Tum Kab Jaoge

2010-06-19T12:46:00.003-04:00

Average. Mediocre story line. Dry humour. To an extent, instilled with morality. Time pass.

Revolutionary Road

2010-06-13T13:48:00.003-04:00

The Titanic couple - DiCaprio and Winslet pair up again as an American estranged couple in this movie set in 1950s. Its kinda average movie but exceptional acting by both the lead parts. Most characters are psychos in the movie and there definitely is no feel-good factor about this movie. You'd rather have it end it sooner than when it actually does.

17 again

2010-05-24T12:20:00.001-04:00

An average movie. Very much a stereotype of similar movies like Big, etc. Time pass.

The Informant

2010-05-18T13:21:00.002-04:00

Pretty good movie about a whistle-blower in an agricultural industry who gets into deep waters of corporate politics and, lo and behold, FBI! Strangely, a true story.

The Ugly Truth

2010-05-15T23:09:00.002-04:00

Wow! Very nice movie but definitely not for kids! Curiously and simply funny and very entertaining to watch two skilled opposite gender people go at one another on one topic. Full of catchy dialogue.

Wake up Sid

2010-05-05T13:22:00.001-04:00

Average. Slow. Refreshing. But Konkana Sen is a treat to watch. Simple romantic movie.

Malibu Spring Break

2010-05-05T13:07:00.001-04:00

Pathetic. Just goes to show that the wordings on the back side of a DVD should never be the reason to watch a movie. Absolutely no stuff in the movie.

The Hangover

2010-04-24T13:53:00.002-04:00

"What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas" is best portrayed in this hilarious movie about 3 guys who go to Vegas along with the groom for Bachelor's Party. Rated R for adultish content.

Rating: Good

Gran Torino

2010-03-21T12:40:00.001-04:00

I guess its just me but I kinda dont get to like Clint Eastwood's movies. I didnt like Million dollar baby nor this. Its made well, nice story and all that but didnt feel any 'wow' factor.
Rating: Average

Choti Si Baath

2010-03-15T13:37:00.001-04:00

A simple jovial Hindi story of wooing a girl while being diffident.
Rating: Good

The Incredibles

2010-03-15T13:36:00.001-04:00

A nice animated movie about super heroes and their lives.
Rating: Good

Morning Walk

2010-03-06T23:01:00.002-05:00

A very homely (Hindi) movie about Indian middle class but it revolves more around the dad of the house (Anupam Kher). It seemed engaging in the beginning but lost out in the latter part.
Rating: Average

My Name is Khan

2010-02-20T02:49:00.002-05:00

Surprised my wife with a Valentine gift of ticket to this movie!
A good story of how innocent Muslims were treated post 9/11 in US but kinda sloppy direction at times. Some scenes could have been edited to be made more gripping. Shahrukh's role resembles Dustin's role in Rainman.
Rating: Average

Ratatouille

2010-02-01T10:06:00.002-05:00

Not a great movie. Watchable for the uniqueness of the story line. Of course, good animation.
Rating: Average

Arasu

2010-02-01T10:04:00.001-05:00

A kannada movie that was aired on the Volvo bus to Chennai. Really pathetic in the beginning but metamorphed into some decency by the time movie ended, especially because of a different ending.
Rating: Average

Khosla ka Ghosla

2010-01-17T11:37:00.002-05:00

A Hindi movie. Pretty nice. Some very good dialogues. Whole story revolves around a father's cherished plot of land and the son's wishes to fly to New York. Very well taken.
Rating: Good

Pokiri

2010-01-17T11:34:00.002-05:00

A Telugu movie and no subtitles. But still could make out the story line and some one-line dialogues. Watchable once.
Rating: Good

3 Idiots

2010-01-17T11:18:00.004-05:00

Unofficially, based out of the theme created in the book 'Five Point Someone' by Chethan Bhagat but to be fair to the screenplay and direction, an excellent adaptation to the mainstream cinema. If FPS was good, 3I is better. It conveys a lot of messages like success follows excellence, knowledge and application is more important than rote learning, etc.

Rating: Must-see

Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay

2010-01-17T11:03:00.003-05:00

Sequel to Harold and Kumar go to White Castle. Not very funny. Of course, ridiculous imagination and story line, like the prequel. And, definitely, not a movie for the children.
Rating: Average

Juno

2009-12-17T19:15:00.002-05:00

A time pass movie on a serious theme taken apparently in a humorous manner but I couldnt see the humor anywhere. Did not feel worth it to have seen this movie...

Rating: Average

North by Northwest

2009-12-12T16:05:00.002-05:00

A nice gripping movie by Alfred Hitchcock where an innocent man gets caught in the underworld.

Rating: Good

No Country for Old Men

2009-12-08T22:33:00.003-05:00

It was gripping to an extent and then suddenly it loosed out completely. The missing threads never seemed to be woven. It became a Bollywood kind of movie. For a lay man like me, several questions remain unanswered. Perhaps its all there implicitly but it does not stand out. And I dont like movies which do not answer all my questions.

Rating: Average

Confessions of a shopaholic

2009-12-08T08:17:00.001-05:00

Very nice movie. Hilarious at times, but rather extreme other times. Nevertheless, watchable. A must-see for shopaholics!

De Dana Dan

2009-12-06T14:20:00.002-05:00

A Priyadarshan movie. Which means, lots of twists and turns and confusions and misunderstandings! Rather too much, one feels and it gets so complicated that the direction and storytelling gets too much to handle at some points, but watchable.

Dial M for Murder

2009-12-06T14:18:00.002-05:00

This was our 'First Show' on 5th. A captivating black and white Alfred Hitchcock movie of a murder of a wife planned by a husband. A good watch.

Superhero Movie

2009-12-06T14:14:00.001-05:00

This was our matinee show on 5th. It is a spoof on Spiderman movie. Extremely hilarious. A must see!

The Killing Fields

2009-12-05T12:12:00.003-05:00

A true story that happened to 2 reporters from 1973 to 1979 in Cambodia when they were caught in combat and how they managed to escape. Its mind-chilling at times, very much resembling The Rabbit-Proof fence and Hotel Rwanda.

Ready

2009-11-30T08:34:00.001-05:00

A Telugu movie. Extremely hilarious. Very good story line. But pathetic fight scenes. And of course, 'keep-your-brains-out' kind of movie. Light hearted and wholesome entertainer.