Author Archives: amodini

Movie Preview : Road, Movie

Posted on February 24, 2010 by amodini

Dev Benegal’s latest in quite a while “Road, movie” hits theatres March 5th. The film premiered at the 2009 Toronto Film Festival, and has been doing the film festival circuit since. 95 minutes long, and starring Abhay Deol, Satish Kaushik, … Continue reading →

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Movie Review : Percy Jackson and the Olympians – The lightning thief

Posted on February 18, 2010 by amodini

Since the kids were champing at the bit to see this film, weeks before it was even released (superb marketing – everyone knew that it was coming) the day after it released, we did. Now I have not a clue … Continue reading →

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Movie Review : My name is Khan

Posted on February 14, 2010 by amodini

Rating : Above average (3.5/5)Genre : DramaYear : 2010Running time : 2 hours 45 minutesDirector : Karan JoharCast : Shahrukh Khan, Kajol, Zarina Wahab, Jimmy Shergill, Sonya Jehan, Tanay Chheda, Navneet Nishaan, Vinay Pathak, Parvin Dabbas, Arif ZakariaKid rating : … Continue reading →

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Upcoming films : February 2010

Posted on February 6, 2010 by amodini

Quite a few highly anticipated films hitting the big screen this month, and quite a few of them of the “Thriller” category. “My name is Khan” is probably the most hyped film of all of them, what with the whole … Continue reading →

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Movie Review : Ishqiya

Posted on February 2, 2010 by amodini

Rating : Above average (3.75/5) Genre : Drama Year : 2010 Running time : 2 hours Director : Abhishek Chaubey Cast : Naseeruddin Shah, Vidya Balan, Arshad Warsi Kid rating : PG-13 ISHQIYA : SMALL TOWN TRAVAILS, A LITTLE UNDER-DONE … Continue reading →

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Movie Review : Sunshine Cleaning

Posted on January 17, 2010 by amodini

Sunshine cleaning premiered at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival and it took about an year for this film to get to the theatres, and even when there, it was a pretty short run. I’ve been meaning to see this for … Continue reading →

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Best films of 2009

Posted on December 31, 2009 by amodini

This year I decided to try something different. So, instead of giving you a plain old list, here are the Top 10 movies of 2009, in descending order (#1 is best), as a Youtube movie – it’s more of a … Continue reading →

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Movie Review : Avatar

Posted on December 29, 2009 by amodini

James Cameron magnum opus about tall blue men. A film yes, but more of an experience. With all the hype on TV, and everyone raving about “Avatar” I finally saw this on IMAX 3D. And I have to agree – … Continue reading →

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Movie Review : 3 Idiots

Posted on December 26, 2009 by amodini

Rating : Above average (3.6/5) Genre : Comedy / Drama Year : 2009 Running time : 2 hours 50 minutes Director : Rajkumar Hirani Cast : Aamir Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Boman Irani, Sharman Joshi, Madhavan, Mona Singh Kid rating : … Continue reading →

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Movie Review : Paa

Posted on December 25, 2009 by amodini

Rating : Average (3/5)Genre : DramaYear : 2009Running time : 2 hours 10 minutesDirector : R. BalkiCast : Amitabh Bachhan, Abhishek Bachchan, Vidya Balan, Arundhati NagKid rating : PGPAA : GIMMICKY CASTING DIMINISHES FILM ! The film is about a … Continue reading →

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