Monthly Archives: June 2014

Movie Review : Her (2013)

Posted on June 30, 2014 by amodini

[amazon_link id=”B00KATY250″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Rating : 3.5/5 I was intrigued when I saw the trailer for Her. What an interesting premise! Isaac Asimov in his books and short stories has written about a society where humanoid robots are ubiquitous … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview : Humpty Sharma ki Dulhaniya (releases 11th July 2014)

Posted on June 26, 2014 by amodini

Dharma Productions brings together the young folk from SOTY, in another romance. Hopefully this will be as entertaining.

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Movie Review : Total Siyapaa

Posted on June 22, 2014 by amodini

[amazon_link id=”B00JB9SEJU” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Rating : Poor (-1/5) Genre : Comedy Year : 2014 Running time : 1 hour 48 minutes Director : Eeshwar Nivas Cast : Yami Gautam, Ali Zafar, Anupam Kher, Kirron Kher, Jia Singh Kidwise : … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview : Bobby Jasoos (releases July 4th 2014)

Posted on June 18, 2014 by amodini

Is India finally getting its own Precious Ramotswe? From the trailer this looks like a pretty interesting film. It’s got Vidya Balan playing a female detective who sets up shop as a detective in Hyderabad (spouting Hyderabadi Hindi and all)! … Continue reading →

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Movie Review : Highway (2014)

Posted on June 13, 2014 by amodini

Rating : Above Average (3.5/5) Genre : Drama Year : 2013 Running time : 1 hour 35 minutes Director : Alia Bhatt, Randeep Hooda Kidwise : R Highway is about Veera Tripathi (Bhatt), coddled rich girl, who is almost accidentally … Continue reading →

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What to Watch on Netflix Instant : Edition #18

Posted on June 8, 2014 by amodini

[amazon_link id=”B000IZ7YK6″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Chinatown (USA, 1974) This Roman Polanski film stars a much younger (but still balding) Jack Nicholson as detective J.J. Gittes, who specializes in catching cheating spouses. When hired by a Mrs. Mulwray to expose the … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview : Ek Villain (releases June 27th 2014)

Posted on June 4, 2014 by amodini

Siddharta Malhotra does a Shahrukh Khan in this film. No, he doesn’t wiggle his eyebrows – he plays a negative characters a la SRK in Darr.

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