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Rebel with a pout

Saturday 21 November '09

When you watch James Dean now — cigarette stuck on the lower lip that is nearly as red as his pretty co-star’s, cowl and scowl firmly in place...
Kurbaan

Friday 20 November '09

'Kurbaan' raises the near-defunct issue-based cinema in Bollywood to the next level.
Big B’s late style

Friday 20 November '09

When you think of Amitabh Bachchan today, what is the first thing you see? It is the parcel. And the packaging. A Harlequin jacket.
Akin to Incandescence

Saturday 14 November '09

Films by the young German Fatih Akin....
Aao Wish Karein

Friday 13 November '09

A twelve year old wishes with all his might that he becomes big. A shooting star passes by overhead, and presto, miserable Mickey becomes a six-footer.
Tum Mile

Friday 13 November '09

An airplane heading back to Mumbai is where they meet again, six years down the line, only to land smack in the middle of the worst floods that Mumbai has witnessed.
Golden Jubilee

Saturday 7 November '09

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Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani

Friday 6 November '09

When Prem and Jenny are not going la, la, la, they are circling around the l word—he loves her, she knows not that she loves him.
Jail

Friday 6 November '09

'Jail’ is grim, gritty and stark, and, despite a saggy middle, very watchable.
Three is Glorious Company

Saturday 31 October '09

It was immediately dubbed The Brando Show, even if A Streetcar Named Desire was much more than the sum of its...
Aladdin

Friday 30 October '09

‘Aladdin’ proves just one thing: Indian filmmakers should stay strictly away from the fantasy genre.
London Dreams

Friday 30 October '09

With his latest film, Vipul Amrutlal Shah goes back to familiar territory : Punjabi ‘munda’ in London town, all set to conquer the world.
Blood Splatters on Dark Reels

Saturday 24 October '09

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Bal Ganesh 2 (animation)

Friday 23 October '09

Even children with no access to cable or satellite TV get enough slick animation through the day, and most of these cartoon characters are pure, unbridled fun.
Fruit and Nut

Friday 23 October '09

By rights, ‘Fruit and Nut’ should have been Comedy Central. After all, Boman can be a complete fruitcake, and a bigger nut than Cyrus is hard to find.
Best F.R.I.E.N.D.S Forever

Saturday 17 October '09

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Blue

Friday 16 October '09

Everything about `Blue’ promises to be a crackerjack underwater adventure, but it’s hard to keep your eyes open while it’s on.
Main Aur Mrs Khanna

Friday 16 October '09

When a film try bravely to go down the uncharted path of post-marriage blues, like in ‘Main Aur Mrs Khanna’, it flounders.
All The Best

Friday 16 October '09

Rohit Shetty discovered his winning formula with ‘Golmaal’, kept it up with last year’s Diwali hit, ‘Golmaal Returns’, and is back with ‘All The Best'.
Imagine The Purple Haze

Saturday 10 October '09

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Acid Factory

Friday 9 October '09

A group of men regain consciousness in a vast shed with no memory of how they got there. They don’t remember a thing.
Coppola Overflows

Saturday 3 October '09

And to think The Godfather almost didn’t get made. Paramount had the rights cheap and was willing to turn Mario Puzo’s bestseller...
Do Knot Disturb

Friday 2 October '09

Govinda is well past his sell-by date. This is immediately evident when he first appears on screen, plunging headlong into a situation.
Wake Up Sid

Friday 2 October '09

Siddharth Mehra is a good-looking, rich lay-about. He drives his father’s expensive cars, flashes plastic at designer stores, and works very hard at partying.
Sight to behold

Friday 25 September '09

Bilal is three, and he can see. So can his younger brother Hamza. His parents Shamim and Jharna are blind....
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