Category Archives: 2014

Movie Review : Khoobsurat (2014)

Posted on September 21, 2014 by amodini

Rating : Average (2.5/5) Genre : Drama Year : 2014 Running time : 2 hours 7 minutes Director : Shashanka Ghosh Cast : Sonam Kapoor, Fawad Khan, Kirron Kher, Ratna Pathak-Shah, Aamir Raza Hussain If you read my post previewing … Continue reading →

Posted in 2014, bollywood, family-friendly, juvenile, rating-G, romance, women | 2 Comments

What to Watch on Netflix Instant : Edition #20

Posted on September 16, 2014 by amodini

[amazon_link id=”B00EO2I6QK” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]– Barbara (Germany, 2012) It is 1980s East Germany, some years before the fall of the Berlin Wall, and Dr. Barbara Wolff has been assigned to work at a provincial hospital as punishment for expressing … Continue reading →

Posted in 2014, All Netflix, bollywood, comedy, drama, english, german, Hindi movies on Netflix, mini-reviews, mystery, Netflix Recommendations, politics, quirky, romance, spanish, thriller, WhaTWON | Comments Off

Movie Review : Finding Fanny (2014)

Posted on September 13, 2014 by amodini

Rating : Poor (0/5) Genre : Drama Year : 2014 Running time : 1 hour 54 minutes Director : Homi Adajania Cast : Naseeruddin Shah, Dimple Kapadia, Arjun Kapoor, Dimple Kapadia, Pankaj Kapoor So, Being Cyrus was OK. Not spectacular – … Continue reading →

Posted in 2014, bollywood, drama, english, goofy, humor, rating-PG13, romance, stinker | 1 Comment

The Music of Begin Again

Posted on September 5, 2014 by amodini

Begin Again is a romantic musical starring Keira Knightley, Mark Ruffalo and Adam Levine. Knightley makes her singing debut and Levine his film one. I can’t say that Begin Again worked for me as a romantic musical, although there is … Continue reading →

Posted in 2014, film festival, hollywood, music, musical, romance | 1 Comment

Movie Preview : Khoobsurat (releases 19th September 2014)

Posted on September 2, 2014 by amodini

A rom-com courtesy Disney Pictures and Anil Kapoor Films, this one might be interesting if it does not get too juvenile/cheesy/nausea-inducing. Sonam Kapoor and Fawad Khan star.

Posted in 2014, bollywood, Previews, romance | 1 Comment

Movie Review : Mardaani (2014)

Posted on August 30, 2014 by amodini

Rating : Good (4/5) Genre : Drama Year : 2014 Running time : 1 hour 54 minutes Director : Pradeep Sarkar Cast : Rani Mukherjee, Tahir Raj Bhasin, Anil George, Jishu Sengupta Kidwise : PG-15 Shivani Shivaji Roy (Mukerji) is … Continue reading →

Posted in 2014, bollywood, crime, rating-PG15, recommended | 5 Comments

Movie Preview : Finding Fanny (releases 12th September)

Posted on August 26, 2014 by amodini

Remember Being Cyrus? Director Adajania returns with Deepika-Arjun starrer Finding Fanny:

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Movie Preview : Mary Kom (releases 5th September 2014)

Posted on August 19, 2014 by amodini

We’re seeing more and more films on legendary sports figures. There was “Bhaag Milkha Bhaag”, and now there is Mary Kom.

Posted in 2014, action, bio-pic, bollywood, drama, Previews, sports | 1 Comment

Movie Review : Kya Dilli Kya Lahore (2014)

Posted on August 15, 2014 by amodini

[amazon_link id=”B00LBYKL3A” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Rating : Average (3/5) Genre : Drama Year : 2014 Running time : 1 hour 38 minutes Director : Vijay Raaz Cast : Vijay Raaz, Manu Rishi, Raj Zutshi, Vishwajeet Pradhan Kidwise : PG I … Continue reading →