Friday, July 31, 2009

Love Aaj Kal (2009)

Genre: Romance/Drama/Comedy Starring: Saif Ali Khan, Deepika Padukone, Rishi Kapoor, Giselle Monteiro, Rahul KhannaJai (Saif) and Meera (Deepika) are having an open relationship. They do everything that a normal couple does, but dont want to admit their love to each other. They think its not something that happens to the current generation....
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Wednesday, July 29, 2009

The Peacemaker (1997)

Genre: Crime/Action/Adventure Starring: George Clooney, Nicole KidmanA train in central Russia carrying a nuclear weapon crashes in what seems to be a freak accident which triggers a nuclear blast. Nuclear expert Dr. Julia Kelly (Kidman) and US Army Special Forces officer, Lt. Colonel Thomas Devoe (Clooney) are quite sure it was a well executed...
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The Interpreter (2005)

Genre: Action/CrimeStarring: Nicole Kidman, Sean Penn, Catherine KeenerSilvia Broome (Kidman) works at the United Nations General Assembly as an interpreter. While packing off from work one day, she hears whispers of an assassination plan of the President of Matobo, Africa, when he is due to make a speech at the General Assembly. Secret Service...
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Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Billy Elliot (2000)

Genre: DramaStarring: Jamie Bell, Jamie Draven, Gary LewisBilly Elliot (Bell) is a simple boy living in Northern England, whose father (Lewis) and brother (Draven) work as miners. The movie is set against the 1984 miners strike, wherein both of Billy's family members are taking part, which makes the household situation tense and reduces family...
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Il Buono, Il Brutto, Il Cattivo (1966)

Genre: Action/Adventure/WesternStarring: Clint Eastwood, Eli Wallach, Lee Van CleefEnglish title: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly. The god of all western movies is here. Blondie - The Good (Eastwood) and Tuco - The Ugly (Wallach) are two friends, or enemies, depending upon the situation, who make money off Tuco's bounty. As a routine, Blondie...
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Monday, July 20, 2009

Conspiracy Theory (1997)

Genre: Romance/Action/Drama/MysteryStarring: Julia Roberts, Mel GibsonConsidering the amount of dialogues Mel Gibson has to say in this movie, it must have cost us one whole forest to produce the paper used for making the script. Jerry Fletcher (Gibson) has partial mental instability and keeps cooking up 'Conspiracy Theories' from aliens...
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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)

Genre: Fantasy/Adventure/ThrillerStarring: Danielle Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Michael GambonHarry (Radcliffe), Ron (Grint) and Hermione (Watson) are starting their sixth year at Hogwarts. With Voldemorts Death Eaters at large, there is no safer place than Hogwarts, under the very person who Voldemort fears, Albus Dumbledore (Gambon)....
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Friday, July 17, 2009

What Women Want (2000)

Genre: Drama/Romance/ComedyStarring: Helen Hunt, Mel GibsonNick Marshall (Gibson) is an egoistic, chauvinistic and a very attractive advertising executive. His boss decides to hire Darcy McGuire (Hunt) for the very post that he was vying for. After a freak accident he obtains a super-power; the ability to hear what woman think. With this...
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The Kite Runner (2007)

Genre: DramaStarring: Khalid Abdalla, Atossa Leoni, Zekeria Ebrahimi, Ahmad Khan Mahmoodzada, Homayoun Ershadi, Shaun ToubBased on Khaled Hosseni's book with the same title, the movie narrates the story of two friends Amir (Ebrahimi) and Hassan (Mahmoodzada) living in Kabul, Afghanistan. Amir is the son of a rich man, Agha Sahib (Ershadi)...
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Thursday, July 16, 2009

The Longest Day (1962)

Genre: Action/WarStarring: (Various)The sole reason to watch this movie would only be for its historical significance. The Longest Day, is based on the night when the Allied army consisting of America, Britain and France, marched into continental Europe to gain back what they had lost in the hands of the Germans. The English Channel is facing...
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Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Kambakkht Ishq (2009)

Genre: Romance/Drama/Comedy/ActionStarring: Akshay Kumar, Kareena Kapoor, Amrita Arora, Aftab ShivdasaniWhat happens when you try to shoot a Bollywood film in Hollywood? you get Kambakkht Ishq! Two brothers Lucky (Aftab) and Viraj (Akshay) work as stuntmen in Hollywood films. Lucky finally decides to marry Kamini (Amrita) against the wishes...
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Monday, July 13, 2009

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)

Genre: Romance/Drama/FantasyStarring: Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Julia Ormond, Faune ChambersThomas Button's wife gives birth to a baby boy while sacrificing her life. The child is born with a host of abnormalities. Wrinkled skin, arthritis, blood pressure, blurred vision, all signs of old age. The doctors don't think the child would survive...
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Sunday, July 12, 2009

Transformers: Revenge of the Falllen (2009)

Genre: Science-fiction/Action/AdventureStarring: Shia LeBeouf, Megan Fox, Ramon RodriguezThe story of the movie doesn't quite continue from where it left in the previous movie. The characters remain but you don't need to watch the earlier movie to make head or tale of what is going on. It is revealed that thousand of years ago the transformers...
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Saturday, July 11, 2009

Transporter 2 (2005)

Genre: Action/CrimeStarring: Jason Statham, Alessandro Gassman, Hunter ClaryFrank Martin (Statham) continues his same profession as the earlier movie, transporting humans or goods and no questions asked. His current job requires him to fetch young Jack Billings (Clary) from school and drop him home. Very simple, until the time when Jack gets...
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Friday, July 10, 2009

Any Given Sunday (1999)

Genre: Drama/Romance/SportStarring: Al Pacino, Cameron Diaz, Dennis Quaid, Jamie FoxxWhen ace American Football quarterback of the Miami Sharks, Cap Rooney (Quaid) gets injured, amateur Willie Beamen (Foxx) is called in as a replacement. The Sharks losing streak needs to be abolished and team owner and manager Christina Pagniacci (Diaz) is...
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Tuesday, July 7, 2009

High Fidelity (2000)

Genre: Drama/Romance/ComedyStarring: John Cusack, Iben Hjejle, Jack Black, Todd LuisoRob (Cusack) is an ex-DJ who now runs a record store along with his friends Barry (Black) and Dick (Luiso). The movie revolves more on Rob's love life and his top 5 breakups and how his recent breakup just manages to feature in the top 5 list. What goes on...
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Monday, July 6, 2009

Goal II: Living the Dream (2007)

Genre: Drama/Sport/RomanceStarring: Kuno Becker, Anna Friel, Alessandro NivolaThe movie continues from where it left in part I. Ace footballer, Santiago Munez (Becker) leaves Newcastle United and becomes a part of the famed Real Madrid team along with his best friend Gavin Harris (Nivola). His wife Roz (Friel) do sent like the idea that she...
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Ice Age III: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009)

Genre: Animation/Adventure/Comedy/DramaStarring (voiceover): Queen Latifah, Denis Leary, John Leguizamo, Ray Romano, Simon PeggTaking off where Ice Age: The Meltdown left, each animal is busy doing their own thing. Manny (Romano) is getting paranoid about their baby that Elle (Latifah) is going to concede, Sid (Leguizamo) is desperate to...
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The Insider (1999)

Genre: DramaStarring : Al Pacino, Russel Crowe, Christopher PlummerBased on a true story, Dr. Jefferey Wigand (Crowe) is a scientist working at a tobacco company, Brown & Williamson. Lowell Bergman is the producer of a TV programme '60 Minutes' and who wants to do a show on the injurious nature of tobacco. When Wigand gets fired from...
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Sunday, July 5, 2009

Bolt (2008)

Genre: Animation/Comedy/Action/DramaStarring (Voiceovers): John Travolta, Miley Cyrus, Susie Essman, Mark WaltonSuperdog Bolt (Travolta) has all the powers, and can turn anything that comes in his way to dust. From fighting crime, to beating up bad guys, he does it all. However, he dosent know one thing, the life he's living is not for real....
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Friday, July 3, 2009

Zodiac (2007)

Genre: Crime/Thriller/MysteryStarring: Jake Gyllenhall, Robert Downey Jr., Mark RuffaloA true-life incident of mass murders taking place in San Fransisco in the 1970's. The press and police are stunned when the killer, calling himself 'The Zodiac', sends out cryptic messages and leaves absolutely no trail behind. Cartoonist for the San Fransisco...
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Thursday, July 2, 2009

Syriana (2005)

Genre: Crime/Action/ DramaStarring: George Clooney, Jeffrey Wright, Matt Damon, Alexander SiddigFour things in this world exist in tandem with each other. If any one is spoken of, the others follow. Oil, Middle-East, USA and terrorism. The movie uses the same backdrop and tells four different stories, with one ultimate end. The Lebonese foregin...
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Deception (2008)

Genre: Drama/Crime/RomanceStarring: Ewan McGregor, Hugh Jackman, Michelle WilliamsA bank executive Jonathan McQuarry (McGregor) is a simple man leading a simple life. He meets Wyatt Bose (Jackman) and soon they're best friends. One day when they accidentally swap their cellphones, McQuarry starts getting calls from women asking him if 'he...
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Goal! The Dream Begins (2005)

Genre: Drama/SportStarring: Kuno Becker, Stephen Dillaine, Alessandro NivolaAn illegal Mexican immingrant Santiago Munez (Becker) living in LA, harbours the dream of becoming a football star. His dream comes true when ex-Newcastle player Glen Foy (Dillaine) spots him playing in a park and gives him a chance to try out for Newcastle United....
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