Copied slapstick

2

Reviewed Salaam Namaste

Nov 27, 2005 5634

After all the hype and hoopla, I finally opted to see a movie that friends were sure I’d not like. I’m not generally critical towards Hindi films; iRead more...

My Kodak Moments

Reviewed Five Gifts You Would Like to Receive

Nov 18, 2005 2689

I normally limit myself to reviewing films on MS. But today I decided to break tradition, in response to another review on MS that left me all sappy and nostaRead more...

Be Warned!

3

Reviewed Irreversable

Nov 16, 2005 3208

If you’ve grown up on a staple diet of Hindi movies, you know that rape scenes are sometimes an integral part of the narrative. You need them, so the larRead more...

Life in a Cubicle

4

Reviewed Office Space Movie

Nov 14, 2005 2262

When I first saw Office Space, I was fighting the urge to quit corporate world, and venture into something a wee bit more creative and satisfying. Today howevRead more...

Before the beginning!

4

Reviewed Baran

Nov 10, 2005 3311

If you are sucker for love stories, you probably know that the best love stories don’t necessarily have fairy tale endings. Boy meets Girl, they fall inRead more...

IV, V, and VI

4

Reviewed Decalogue Films

Nov 06, 2005 2110

An overdose of ’’bleak’’ was perhaps not the best choice for a rainy afternoon. But when you think Keislowski is one of the best directorsRead more...

Cool and Violent

4

Reviewed Sin City

Nov 01, 2005 2208

I’m not a graphic novel kinda gal. So I was sheepishly oblivious to the Frank Miller tag that came with Sin City, the film version of the comic book seriRead more...

Bizarre

2

Reviewed The Jacket

Oct 31, 2005 2030

After The Time Traveler’s Wife and The Butterfly Effect, I was undeniably interested when I read the plot of The Jacket. Bizarre and complicated, the filRead more...

Raw, Unsettling, Exceptional

4

Reviewed Crash

Oct 29, 2005 2218

It takes guts to make a film like Crash. A modern day discourse on racism and everyday existential problems, the film is about people and the circumstances thRead more...

Mystical, dream-like grief

5

Reviewed Blue

Oct 22, 2005 1843

I thought my tryst with MS had come to an end, till I read Patenik2’s recent review. The post triggered off a need to review one of my favorite films eveRead more...

A 337-page-long song

3

Reviewed Broken Music - Sting

Oct 05, 2005 3948

Autobiographies bridge the gap between their well-known writers and mere mortals such as us. So, when a well-known singer/song writer decided to share his memRead more...

Humor within Pathos

4

Reviewed Divided We Fall

Sep 30, 2005 1633

My initiation into Czech films began with Jan Hrebejk’s Divided We Fall. This film was a surprising change for me, because of its theme. Set in the Nazi Read more...

A tad bit too dramatic?

2

Reviewed Black - Bollywood

Sep 29, 2005 5913

I must begin my review by apologizing, as I might offend a few Sanjay Leela Bansali fans with this review. I wasn’t going to write it, but I just had to,Read more...

Ethnically rich and heroic

3

Reviewed Hotel Rwanda

Sep 29, 2005 2982

I love stories of courage and survival, and I realize again that sometimes, it takes just one person to make a huge difference. This is the theme of Hotel RwaRead more...

A Celebration of Life

4

Reviewed Not Yet

Sep 28, 2005 1373

All Akira Kurosawa films work, because they celebrate the human spirit. Kurosawa’s films have characters you can relate to, and the theme though centralRead more...

Behind the Façade!

3

Reviewed Dogville

Sep 22, 2005 2157

Dogville is one of the most interestingly made films. As the tagline reads Dogville is a quite little town, not so far away from here. The movie is divided inRead more...

The Lonely Legend

4

Reviewed Greatest Hits - Janis Joplin

Sep 21, 2005 1837

Is the legacy that Janis Joplin left behind bigger than the legend of Janis Joplin? I will never be able to decide. But I’ve never stopped being fascinatRead more...

A trip down memory lane

4

Reviewed Rhapsody in August

Sep 20, 2005 1371

Akira Korosawa’s Rhapsody in August is a trip down memory lane, as it reminds us of numerous summers spent with grandparents who filled our lives with stRead more...

''A publishing phenomenon''

5

Reviewed Shantaram - Gregory David Roberts

Sep 19, 2005 2232

Would it be considered blasphemous for a Literature student to label Shantaram as the ’’best book read in a long time’’? Perhaps! But my fRead more...

Civilization Vs savagery

4

Reviewed Lord of the Flies - William Golding

Sep 19, 2005 8856

If you are a firm believer in the innocence of childhood, William Golding’s novel Lord of the Flies will lead you to think otherwise. An unusual novel whRead more...