Billu (Barber)

A nice story but it resembles Krishna-Sudhama story. SRK just sings and dances with bollywood actresses and overacts in the last 10 minutes. Timepass.

Kaminey

This is a nice Hindi movie with plots intertwined amongst multiple gangs which makes it almost humorous. Almost resembled District B13. Very nice direction and doesnt bore.

City Lights & Mr Bean's Holiday

Felt like watching Pushpak Vimana! Two movies that hardly had any conversation and yet had humor in them. Nice movies to watch. Rowan Atkinson is amazing and Charlie Chaplin also was equally good.

Wordplay and Girl, Interrupted

Wordplay is a documentary on crossword puzzles and how people solve NY Times crossword puzzle. Its also about how the puzzle is designed and created with themes. It kind of touched a chord in me as I was once an expert in crossword puzzles and somewhere down the line I lost touch.

Girl, Interrupted is a nice movie of loony folks. Acted very well by all and I liked it better than One flew over the cuckoo's nest. A movie worth watching.

Little Miss Sunshine, The Italian, Bigger, Faster, Stronger

Little Miss Sunshine
Its different. But it doesnt seem worth it...

The Italian
Its nice but its boring...

Bigger, Faster, Stronger
Its an eye-opener but its lengthy...

Harold and Kumar go to White Castle

A comedy movie about one night when two Asians head to a burger store and all the adventure that they undergo during the night. It also shows American racialism against colored folks. But a very jovial movie.

Salaam Bombay

The movie goes from sad to sadder to saddest. It showcases Mumbai at its very worst, with all the red-light areas, drugs, corrupt cops, pimps, etc. Extremely depressing to see the state of affairs that are prevalent.

The pursuit of happyness

Mind blogging. Its extremely touching. Emotionally charged. Just shows what the outcome of hard-work is.

Happy Feet, Gone Baby Gone

Happy Feet
Animation movie about marine fishing. Did not captivate me so much.

Gone Baby Gone
Movie by the same author of Mystic River. Noticeably, the movie is on very similar lines to MR. Very gripping and packed with enough twists in the tale.

88 Minutes

A nice thriller movie. Good direction and good acting by Al Pacino.

Honey, Daddy Day Care, White Chicks

Honey
- A nice movie about hip-hop dance choreography.

Daddy Day Care
- A wholesome entertainer about guys doing day care.

White Chicks
- Its actually about 2 black guys actings as 2 white chicks. One can imagine the entertainment!

The lives of others, District B13, Dazed and Confused

The lives of others
- German movie about how a secret police betrays his organisation for the life of another person. Truly remarkable.

District B13
- French movie. Lots of action and amazing twists and turns. Wholesome entertainer.

Dazed and Confused
- Typical americal teenage one day in college life. Funny!

The Color of Paradise

Wow! What a movie! Truly touching...

The Last King of Scotland

Pretty nice movie. Not sure if its a true story or not. But story is seen from the eyes of his personal physician. Its about Ugandan dictator Ibu Amin who apparently has murdered thousands of people. Forrest Whitaker's acting is amazing. He instills fear even without saying a word.

Thank you for smoking

Wow. If ever you want to learn how to speak, this is the movie to see. The film portrays Nick Naylor as a lobbyist who fights successfully for smoking amidst great campaigns against tobacco companies although he does feel cigarettes are injurious to health. He shows how you can survive in this world as long as you know how to talk. A must see.

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Wow. What a movie. Extremely poignant. Beautiful direction. The narration of Daisy's accident in particular is simply magnificent although it is a very popular style employed by many known authors. The movie reminded me of similar movies like Forrest Gump, The English Patient, The End of the Affair, The Truman Show, etc where the whole life span is shown. Brad Pitt has acted very well.

Mere Baap Pehle Aap

A movie by Priyadarshan is generally nice and enjoyable. This one is not so great but watchable. Quite a different theme handled well and rather humorously although there are times when one gets bored...

Ugly Aur Pagli

Disgusting. Avoid it.

Nuovo Cinema Paradiso

Inspired by a blog. So, really had high expectations. But felt the movie was just mediocre. I checked with others about this movie too. Some have liked it and some not. So, its 50-50...

Bommarillu

A Telugu movie which was recommended to me although I do not understand the language. A wholesome entertainment and awesome direction. There is not a moment of 'bore' or 'sadness' even if you do not understand the language. The heroine's character is extremely well accomplished, ditto the hero's. The dance sequences are superb, as are the songs. Some dubious twists in the tale, like the dad asking the fiance's girl friend (not the fiancess) to stay in the house of the fiance for 7 days. But otherwise, an excellent movie which does exactly what movies are meant to do - entertain!