Monthly Archives: October 2014

What To Watch On Netflix Instant : Edition #21

[amazon_link id=”B00H86UD4M” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]- In a World (UK, 2013) Carol Solomon is a vocal coach who’s constantly being told by her father that she is not good enough for her chosen field, that she should leave the big … Continue reading

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Movie Review : Mary Kom (2014)

[amazon_link id=”B00O1YBHCQ” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Rating : Good (3.3/5) Genre : Drama Year : 2014 Running time : 2 hours 2 minutes Director : Omung Kumar Cast : Priyanka Chopra, Darshan Kumaar, Sunil Thapa Going in to see this move, … Continue reading

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Movie Preview : Kill Dil (November 14th, 2014)

Hold your horses people – this is not a sequel to Kill BillĀ :-). This is a very inventively named movie starring Ranveer singh, Parineeti Chopra, Govinda and Ali Zafar. The only saving grace here appears to be director Shaad Ali, … Continue reading

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Movie Preview : The Shaukeens (November 7th, 2014)

This is a film I might regret showcasing here. I do it because director Abhishek Sharma (he also directed “Tere bin Laden”) shows promise, and because this appears to be a spinoff of the 1982 Rati Agnihotri starrer “Shaukeen”. The … Continue reading

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Movie Review : Haider (2014)

Rating : Good (3.5/5) Genre : Drama Year : 2014 Running time : 2 hours 40 minutes Director : Vishal Bhardwaj Cast : Tabu, Shahid Kapoor, Narendra Jha, Kaykay Menon, Shraddha Kapoor, Ashish Vidyarthi, Aamir Bashir, Irrfan Khan Director Vishal … Continue reading

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Movie Review : Revolver Rani (2014)

[amazon_link id=”B00KSF7D5M” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Rating : Average (2.5/5) Genre : Drama Year : 2014 Running time : 2 hours 12 minutes Director : Sai Kabir Cast : Kangana Ranaut, Vir Das, Zakir Hussain, Piyush Mishra I had high expectations … Continue reading

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