Tuesday, 24 June 2014
Monday, 23 June 2014
Friday, 6 June 2014
Movie Review : X-Men Days of Future Past
The seventh movie in the X-Men Film Series is a well-paced thrill
ride alternating between two timelines with their fates connected. Two
ensembles of cast play different versions of the same characters in the two
timelines. While the time-travel and its consequences are on a shaky ground and
hence hinder the suspension of disbelief, the performances, action set-pieces and
the overall pacing of the movie make it an immensely enjoyable experience.
Clearly it is the best movie of 2014 so far.
Sunday, 1 June 2014
Saturday, 31 May 2014
Monday, 19 May 2014
Movie Review : Godzilla
Hollywood’s second attempt at making a Godzilla movie did not have to try a lot to perform because whatever it would do, it would still be better than the first attempt. Godzilla 2014 is more faithful to the original Japanese movies and treats Godzilla as a force of nature that awakens to restore balance to the force …I mean restore balance to nature. He is an alpha predator, a god to us mere humans, who awakens when he feels his territory, the planet, is threatened when two other predators arrive to mate.
Saturday, 17 May 2014
Sunday, 23 February 2014
Ooga! Ooga! Ooga Chaka! : ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ Trailer Talk.
How can a 2-minute trailer for a movie about some unknown
characters set in a different part of the galaxy inspire excitement and
anticipation when I should know better than to trust a trailer? Trailers can be
misleading even when they are for movies whose characters are familiar. Just
look at the trailers for ‘Green Lantern’, ’The Last Airbender’,’Indiana Jones 4’,
‘The Phantom Menace’ etc.
But something is so right about this trailer.
Saturday, 22 February 2014
Friday, 21 February 2014
Monday, 27 January 2014
Movie Review : This Is The End
The fact that you are reading
this is proof that the world did not end on 21 December 2012. No annihilating
planetary alignments, compass-reversing polar shifts, unending blackouts,
deadly meteor strikes, blinding solar storms, autocratic alien invasion or any
other cataclysmic events. The internet spurred the hype for “the
end of the world” and Hollywood cashed-in on it by churning out
apocalyptic-themed movies. ‘This Is The End’ is one such
movie.
Wednesday, 15 January 2014
Movie Review : The Conjuring
Let me begin by
saying that I'm not a huge fan of the horror genre. After the initial spooky
set-ups and a few jump-scares, I start losing interest as these movies progress
and start offering explanations for the events. In the genre's defense, I have
seen only few horror movies. So, maybe there are some great horror movies out
there. For me the genre is like using Google+ : I happen to open it very
occasionally but I am not impressed by what I see.
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