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Movie review: Fifth go-round of 'Final Destination' doesn't ...

There was a scene, lo those many (OK, 11) years ago, in the original “Final Destination.” One of the characters who inadvertently “cheated death” and ruined “death’s grand design” had holed up in [...]

Posted On : Aug, 11 2011 | Comments : 0

Movie Review: 'The Help'

It’s 1963 in Jackson, Mississippi and Eugenia “Skeeter” Phelan has just returned from college. To the chagrin of her mother and friends, Skeeter forsakes the Jackson feminine ideal of marriage and homemaking for a career [...]

Posted On : Aug, 10 2011 | Comments : 0

Movie Review: The Help

They answer doors, cook and serve meals, change diapers and raise children for parents who are, supposedly, too busy to bother. They do all this with an air of invisibility, ignored except when they’re being snapped at. And thr [...]

Posted On : Aug, 09 2011 | Comments : 0

Movie review: Red Dog (PG) (Watch Movie Trailer)

THE curse with Australian cinema and film production is that often the movies can be very hit-or-miss. It is worth wondering what we need in our film industry to start to compete with the types of blockbusters that come out of the US and [...]

Posted On : Aug, 08 2011 | Comments : 0

Movie Review: Apes Reboot Gets a Rise Out of Us

Review in a Hurry: After all of the feel-good, comic-book heroics of summer, Rise of the Planet of the Apes is a surprisingly nasty (in a good way) franchise reboot that comes closer than any prior POTA film to being a full-on horror movi [...]

Posted On : Aug, 06 2011 | Comments : 0

NY1 Movie Review: The Change Up

”The Change Up” is a pleasant surprise with a comedic edge. NY1’s Neil Rosen filed the following review. Audiences have seen body switching comedies before, most notably “Freaky Friday.” A new movie called & [...]

Posted On : Aug, 04 2011 | Comments : 0

Movie Review – Captain America

As the people who follow my reviews will know I’m a big comic book fan and have been since I was a kid. Sadly, with money being a bit tight at the moment, I’ve had to forgo my love of buying the comics this last year, but inst [...]

Posted On : Aug, 03 2011 | Comments : 0

Hare Rama Hare Krishna: Movie Review

Film: Hare Rama Hare Krishna Cast: Srimurali, Pooja Gandhi, Roopasri, Padma Vasanthi, Siddaraja Kalyankar, Achyuthkumar, Kote Prabhakar and Mico Nagaraj Producer: Shivakumar and Vinod Sindhia Writer-Director: Ashok Kumar Music Directo [...]

Posted On : Aug, 02 2011 | Comments : 0

Iti Mrinalini (2011)-Bengali Movie Review

It is a bit tough to write a review of a film that has already been written about extensively much before its Indian release. But that is routine for any film directed by Aparna Sen. Iti Mrinalini is no different. The difference lies in t [...]

Posted On : Aug, 01 2011 | Comments : 0

The Devil's Double: Movie Review

At this moment Dominic Cooper is the talk of Hollywood for his dual role in The Devil's Double, a film which has him playing both Saddam Hussein's reckless son, Uday, and his reluctant body double Latif Yahia. And all the hype is [...]

Posted On : Jul, 31 2011 | Comments : 0

Khap: Movie Review

Khap based on the theme of honour killings starts with a customary prologue where a couple is burnt to death by villagers for marrying within the same gotra (clan). The flame in this undemanding scene is morphed using computer graphics an [...]

Posted On : Jul, 28 2011 | Comments : 0

Movie Review: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2

If your kids have gotten you unavoidably addicted to the Harry Potter series, whether it was voluntary or not, you must check out the final installment, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2. Bringing audiences back to the magical [...]

Posted On : Jul, 25 2011 | Comments : 0

Singham Movie Review

In an action scene from SINGHAM, Bajirao Singham (Ajay Devgn) jumps and hits a baddie on his forehead with his palm. The guy spins, falls on the ground face first, bounces up a few feet in the air like a ball, and again falls on his back. [...]

Posted On : Jul, 23 2011 | Comments : 0

Delhi Belly movie review: belly-laugh or bellyache?

Movie reviews often inform us that we are about to be dragged kicking and screaming into the ‘reality.’ So ‘Dev D’ was praised for being ‘realistic,’ and ‘Delhi Belly’ is being dubbed as THE [...]