Good natured grins

3

Reviewed The Pink Panther 2

A comic gem! So says the movie’s tag line in Clouseauesque pompous style. By itself that should sound quite funny, but it makes you grin even more when you realread more...

Symbiotic with its subject, for the wrong reasons

2

Reviewed Valkyrie

Movies about World War II come with a distinctive appeal, by default. They create an expectation for a package that can be quite compelling on several dimensionread more...

Not history, it’s chemistry that’s in short supply

3

Reviewed Jodhaa Akbar

It is tasteful for its presentation of the stately grandeur of the Mogul/Rajput era. It shows just how astute and industrious, Ashutosh Gowariker, the director,read more...

Dabbling in history

3

Reviewed Charlie Wilson's War

"One day President Roosevelt told me that he was asking publicly for suggestions about what the war should be called. I said at once’The Unnecessary War
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'Simply' good

3

Reviewed Aaja Nachle

Sometimes movies can let you down for the right reasons. When you think you’d hit snooze, it turns out that it was actually the radio button, and somethingread more...

An eccentric essay

3

Reviewed There Will Be Blood

‘There Will Be Blood’, an Oscar nominee for Best Picture for 2007, is not a fun movie to watch. But, if you can look beyond its dour and rugged exterior, you wiread more...

Murky tale, with dazzling effects

3

Reviewed Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

The ‘Kingdom of the Crystal Skull’, the fourth installment of the Indiana Jones franchise, does manage to leave you asking for more. If that sounds like a complread more...

A David Vs CIA Drama

3

Reviewed The Bourne Ultimatum

This is the end of the tether for the amnesiac agent. Or is it? Bourne’s adventures ended with “Bourne Ultimatum’ in novelist Robert Ludlum’s trilogy, on which read more...

A worthy western

3

Reviewed 3:10 To Yuma

Lately, Hollywood hasn’t been dishing out as many western movies as fans of this genre would like to consider satisfactory. This segment has been sorely underseread more...

This farce is likeable

3

Reviewed Jhoom Barabar Jhoom

In spite of its formulaic structure, ’Jhoom Barabar Jhoom’ manages to be rather refreshing in parts. The idiocy, in this burlesque of a movie, is unabread more...

If only it had a point....

2

Reviewed Vantage Point

In trying to put together a fast-paced thriller, the makers of this action movie forget that a movie ought to have a point first, that is worth its while. Insteread more...

Grim, but well rendered

3

Reviewed No Country for Old Men

‘No Country For Old Men’ is a grim drama of deviltry that is none too striking for what it has to say, but it does appear rather marked for how well crafted it read more...

Tedious, but rewarding

3

Reviewed Atonement: A Novel - Ian McEwan

Critically acclaimed(by NY Times, LA Times, and National Book Critics Circle), and now adapted for a movie feature(by Focus/Universal), Ian McEwan’s book, ‘Atonread more...

An unsavory concoction!

2

Reviewed Cheeni Kum

This sugar free romance, as it is advertised, has less sugar alright, but it is no delicacy by any means, nor is it any refreshing. Think of ‘No reservations’, read more...