Sign In / Register
Make This My Home Page | Feedback |RSS
You are here: IE »   Columnist » Shalinilanger»
Discussion
Shalini Langer The Indian Express Group

Shalini Langer-

Discussion
Movie Review: The Brothers Bloom

Saturday 22 August '09

Writer-director Rian Johnson had a nice idea — a film about two brothers who are con artistes, where one con runs seamlessly into the other...
Movie review: Public Enemies

Saturday 8 August '09

When the film is a biographical sketch, this is a problem most directors run up against: where to draw the line between the person and the persona.
Movie review: RED CLIFF

Saturday 1 August '09

A ruthless prime minister subjugating warlords for supremacy, during the time of the Han dynasty, provides plenty of ground for action.
MOVIE REVIEWS

Sunday 26 July '09

What can you say? This is that kind of film where Amelia Earhart briefly returns to life to fall gleefully in the arms of a glum night guard...
Movie reviews

Saturday 25 July '09

What can you say? This is that kind of film where Amelia Earhart briefly returns to life to fall gleefully in the arms of a glum night guard; Albert Einstein is a bobble-headed toy; the Thinker can’t go past his biceps; and Kah-mun-rah is a Pharaoh with a clipped English accent.
Movie Reveiws

Sunday 19 July '09

Guitar-slinger Akash wants to be a star. And he sets out on his journey, aided and abetted by reluctant sister Nisha, and loyal girlfriend Sara.
MOVIE REVIEWS

Saturday 18 July '09

Guitar-slinger Akash wants to be a star. And he sets out on his journey, aided and abetted by reluctant sister Nisha, and loyal girlfriend Sara...
New Releases

Sunday 12 July '09

Sankat City is Mumbai, maximum city filtered and distilled via its minimum people.
MOVIE REVIEWS

Sunday 12 July '09

Revenge is a dish best served cold, not in cold metal. Yet machines which can transform themselves into gigantic beasts-and that doesn’t include mobiles of any kind, hmmm...
MOVIE REVIEWS

Saturday 11 July '09

Revenge is a dish best served cold, not in cold metal. Yet machines which can transform themselves into gigantic beasts...
MOVIE REVIEWS

Saturday 27 June '09

A stag night before the big wedding gone all wrong in Vegas — hmm, where have you heard that one before?
Don’t let them in

Sunday 21 June '09

The last time a couple of dashing Bollywood heroes couldn't find a house to rent, they turned into a gay couple: Abhishek and John hung out with pretty Priyanka in a fancy apartment in Miami, and their 'dostana' was all very cosy.
MOVIE REVIEWS

Sunday 21 June '09

Almost every superhero has spawned multiple sequels. Now, with Star Trek and X-Men Origins in theatres, and Terminator Salvation up next week, it seems to be the season for prequels.
New Releases

Sunday 21 June '09

Almost every superhero has spawned multiple sequels.
MOVIE REVIEWS

Saturday 20 June '09

Almost every superhero has spawned multiple sequels. Now, with Star Trek and X-Men Origins in theatres, and Terminator Salvation up next week...
MOVIE REVIEWS

Sunday 14 June '09

One of the highest-grossing Clint Eastwood films, which he has called his last as an actor, comes with a great load of expectations. All of which shows in Gran Torino’s every frame.
MOVIE REVIEWS

Saturday 13 June '09

One of the highest-grossing Clint Eastwood films, which he has called his last as an actor, comes with a great load of expectations...
Movie Reviews

Sunday 31 May '09

His ideas may be preposterous but as far as mysteries go, it doesn’t get bigger than the one Dan Brown went about solving in The Da Vinci Code.
MOVIE REVIEWS

Saturday 30 May '09

His ideas may be preposterous but as far as mysteries go, it doesn’t get bigger than the one Dan Brown went about solving in The Da Vinci Code...
Movie Reviews

Sunday 24 May '09

A film about a devoted father and husband who finds himself in love with another woman and helpless to stop himself, Silent Light tells half of its story through sounds.
Movie reviews

Saturday 23 May '09

A Film about a devoted father and husband who finds himself in love with another woman and helpless to stop himself, Silent Light tells half of its story through sounds.
Movie reviews

Saturday 16 May '09

Hollywood never tires of evil conspiracies to rule the world, and of weapons of mass destruction. With Igor, both enter animation...
Movie reviews

Saturday 2 May '09

Can one really quantify love in a marriage? Is reaching a certain comfort level all that inconsequential? Can one say having someone through thick, thin, illness...
MOVIE REVIEWS

Saturday 25 April '09

After 300, Zack Snyder adapts another graphic novel to the big screen. This time, though, the shoes he is trying to fill are much, much bigger.
Movie reviews

Saturday 18 April '09

When he asks her whether she would like to go with him to see a play he is reviewing, his friend is surprised. “You have the wife to talk the talk with,” the friend says. “When it’s just about sex, keep it just about sex.”
Most Read
Today's Paper