Monumental effort falls short slightly

4

Reviewed King Kong (New)

Dec 19, 2005 2205

Arguably the most awaited movie of the year, this is a re-make of the original which hit the screens more than 70 years ago! The character has managed to liveRead more...

Good time-pass...

3

Reviewed Just Like Heaven

Nov 28, 2005 2609

Reese Witherspoon has been on a roll since Legally Blonde. But even while experimenting with movies like Vanity Fair, it seems like she has to survive on a stRead more...

Rising above horror

4

Reviewed The Exorcism of Emily Rose

Nov 09, 2005 4291

This under-publicised, small movie rings a bell because of the title. It reminds you of the movie that rocked the world in the 70s. Comparisons are but naturaRead more...

Pleasant outing

4

Reviewed Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Oct 23, 2005 2822

Tim Burton is equally known for telling tales of fantasy as also for painting pretty pictures, using the screen like a painter’s canvas. While the latterRead more...

Different amongst the different

4

Reviewed My Wife's Murder

Aug 22, 2005 5214

Anil Kapoor has long vacated the top bracket in the film industry, but he continues to churn out varied movies at a steady pace. This time around, he strikes Read more...

Wannabe epic

3

Reviewed Mangal Pandey - The Rising

Aug 22, 2005 1534

When you think a movie is hyped like none before, it is only followed by another which erases the previous one from memory. This is one such movie, talked aboRead more...

Good kind of controversy

4

Reviewed Black Friday

Aug 08, 2005 1851

This controversial movie took a long time to get past various hurdles and make it to the theatres, only to be barred from screening within a few days. That onRead more...

A tribute it is...

4

Reviewed Sarkar

Jul 18, 2005 1585

The first movie that actually had the two Bachchans on board, with the bigger one directed by wacko Ram Gopal Varma for the first time is enough to set up expRead more...

Chill out, Hollywood style...

3

Reviewed Mr and Mrs Smith

Jul 11, 2005 2162

Two of the hottest Hollywood stars are pitted against each other, dressed up in deadly black and guns on the poster. What do you expect? Let us leave alone tRead more...

Marrying art and commerce...

3

Reviewed Paheli

Jul 11, 2005 2156

King Khan has been daring to be different for a while now. This is yet another such venture, this time surprisingly joining hands with an arty director, who aRead more...

Spielberg's ordinary outing

4

Reviewed War of the Worlds

Jul 04, 2005 1656

Steven Spielberg needs no introduction. The top director has been kind of cooling his heels for the past few years by coming up with light (by his standards) Read more...

Biggest is not necessarily the best

3

Reviewed Anniyan

Jun 27, 2005 2017

Starting from his second movie, Shankar’s offerings have always been the most-awaited events of Tamil moviedom and this one is no different. ExpectationsRead more...

Pace and personality kill the fun

3

Reviewed Bunty Aur Babli

Jun 20, 2005 1865

BaB comes to the screen with a lot of big things going for it -- Yash Chopra’s banner, the reigning queen paired with the red-hot star and also for the fRead more...

Classic stuff

4

Reviewed Parineeta

Jun 20, 2005 1841

Vidhu Vinod Chopra is another director who has been focussing on creative production of late. After hugely successful Munnabhai MBBS, he decides to experimentRead more...

Fresh look

3

Reviewed D

Jun 13, 2005 2725

In addition to the hype that this movie is based on the real-life underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, it’s another gangster saga from the Varma stable. We alsRead more...

Something different, but that's not enough...

3

Reviewed A Series of Unfortunate Events

Apr 25, 2005 1931

’’Lemony Snicket, who?’’ might be the common question in this part of the world. But in the US of A, this series of books is supposedly crRead more...

'Masala' experiment

3

Reviewed Mumbai Xpress - Tamil

Apr 21, 2005 2208

Kamal Haasan has had a long and fruitful association with Crazy Mohan and they have churned out numerous hilarious comedies. After about a decade and a half, Read more...

Multi-layered masterpiece

4

Reviewed Million Dollar Baby

Apr 11, 2005 2168

Oscar fever continues to delight me, with the most successful of them all this week. Swank, whose acting abilities had got the Oscar seal once already, teams Read more...

Interesting peek into the past

4

Reviewed The Aviator

Apr 04, 2005 2626

This is the movie that received the maximum Oscar nominations for 2004, but unfortunately wasn’t as successful with awards. With that kind of background,Read more...

Welcome change

4

Reviewed Lost in Translation

Mar 28, 2005 1776

Independent movies of Hollywood can be likened to the Parallel Cinema movement of the Eighties in India. These are movies that are meaningful, devoid of commeRead more...