Blogs Posts in Movies category; 32 blog posts

Film review: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2

Having always preferred the HP books over the movies, I find it hard to compare the last movie with the original text. The film series has been an able adaptation of the extraordinary novels by JK Rowling but if you want to explore the wo [...]

Posted On : Aug, 03 2011 | Comments : 0

LUX to sponsor Reema’s ‘Love Mein Ghum’

Reema Khan is lucky to have corporate giant LUX stepping forward to sponsor her film ‘Love Mein Ghum’ which is scheduled to release on this Eid, Fashion Central reported. Love Mein Ghum is expected to bring a breeze of fr [...]

Posted On : Jul, 26 2011 | Comments : 0

Harry Potter was inspired by Oliver Twist, claims academic

Professor Greg Currie, from the University of Nottingham, claims that Rowling taps into classic themes seen throughout literature, including good triumphing over evil, in her stories of the boy wizard, and says her tale has parallels with [...]

Posted On : Jul, 21 2011 | Comments : 0

Mere Brother Ki Dulhan: Ali Zafar, Katrina trailer goes on a...

The romantic musical comedy features Bollywood stars Katrina Kaif and Imran Khan alongside Zafar. The flick is produced under the banner of Yash Raj films. The promotional video of MBKD describes the film as a love story with a ‘new [...]

Posted On : Jul, 13 2011 | Comments : 0

Harry Potter's last hurrah

As portentous messages go, IT ALL ENDS 7.15 has an absurdist air to it. So that’s it then, Armageddon in the midst of the Channel 4 News. We will never know about the weather, but then who needs a forecast when, as the publicity pos [...]

Posted On : Jul, 05 2011 | Comments : 0

‘Dabangg’ wins six awards at ‘Bollywood Oscars’

The film directed by Abhinav Kashyap won in the hugely important music categories for best female playback singer, best male playback singer and best music direction, as well as best screenplay. Actor Sonu Sood also picked up the awa [...]

Posted On : Jun, 28 2011 | Comments : 0

Movie Review: Life in a Day

In early July 2010, Academy Award–winning director Kevin Macdonald uploaded a video on YouTube announcing his next film: Life in a Day. This film was quite literally to be a documentary about life on one random day. Macdonald reques [...]

Posted On : Jun, 20 2011 | Comments : 0

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides – review

Cinema's feyest pirate has returned. Jack Sparrow, he of the gold teeth, hoop earring and soiled bandana, once again takes centre stage in this long-running and fabulously lucrative movie panto. And he takes it with that distinctive c [...]

Posted On : May, 20 2011 | Comments : 0

Lovely, AwaisLovely (Video)

One of the glorious facets of the advent of the internet has been the rise of a peculiar culture. The products of this culture are notable for their immediacy and spontaneity, their sudden bursts and their short life-spans, and their con [...]

Posted On : Apr, 21 2011 | Comments : 0

'American Pie' reunion in the works

Universal Pictures is helping itself to another serving of “American Pie.”The studio has completed deals with Jason Biggs, Seann William Scott and Eugene Levy to reunite for what is being called “American Reunion.&rdquo [...]

Posted On : Mar, 17 2011 | Comments : 0

Movie review: 'Red Riding Hood'

The horror-tinged romance of "Red Riding Hood" is at its heart nothing more than a fashionable fairytale version of what's all the rage in teen love stories these days. The basic formula includes a moody beauty falling for [...]

Posted On : Mar, 11 2011 | Comments : 0

Kangana Ranaut turns a bad girl

After Kareena Kapoor mouthing bad words in Golmaal 3, followed by Rani Mukerjee in No One Killed Jessica, it's now Kangana Ranaut, who will be seen uttering Hindi bad words in her next flick, Tanu Weds Manu. Kangana will be seen in a [...]

Posted On : Jan, 11 2011 | Comments : 1

After Tees Maar..., Akshay, Farah reunite for Joker

The trio of Akshay Kumar, Farah Khan and Shirish Kunder are coming together again for their next 3D film Joker after Tees Maar Khan, which has garnered mixed response at the box office. While Akshay Kumar will stay on to be the central p [...]

Posted On : Dec, 29 2010 | Comments : 0

Tees Maar Khan: Farce far from Farah's best

There are a few things you just don't try in India. 1. Farce: It's never easy to make a farce, let alone make a farce that a mass audience will gladly lap up. Why not? Well, name one farce that you actually remember that was [...]