High School Musical 3

Final year at East High School is almost over. Separation with loved ones becomes a certainty. How will school basketball star Troy and his girlfriend, Gabriella; and his teammate and best friend Chad spent their lasts days together besides juggling the new opportunities that lie before them?Well, they...

Merry Christmas

Have you ever seen Germans and the Allied forces hanging up their rifles and chatting side by side in any world war movies? If not, this is the right time to get yourself a ticket to PVR Cinemas this week for one of the most moving story on humananity in a cumbersome situation.‘Merry Christmas’ (originally...

The Day The Earth Stood Still (Film Review)

This movie is a remake of the 1951 film The Day the Earth Stood Still, based on the short sci-fi story Farewell to the Master by Harry Bates. The film sticks to the original storyline about a humanoid alien coming to the earth to destroy human race for the sake of preserving other lives. However, there...

Transporter 3 (Review)

Transporter has become another iconic action flick series with actor Jason Statham taking the up role of ex-commando turned transporter Frank Martin again in this ‘threequel’.Frank (Jason) is now retired in Marseilles. But when a mysterious car crashes into his hut, he is drawn into a ‘game’ involving...

Max Payne

Based on the 2001-hit videogame Max Payne the film follows DEA agent Max’s (Mark Wahlberg) desperate attempt to find the killers of his wife and daughter.Max now working in the ‘Cold Case’ department of the NYPD discovers that the case involving his wife’s killing involves a much deeper conspiracy....

Killer English!!!

Enough scope for fun in English even when it is wrongly used. Here are some sentences which a friend of mine forwarded me today. Principal to student..." I saw u yesterday rotating near girls hostelpulling cigerette... ? " Class teacher once said: "pick up the paper and fall in the dustbin!!!" Once...

Death Race

The post-industrial economic crisis in the US provides ample ground for the business savvy woman-warden of the dreaded Terminal Island Prison to turn the place into a money minting place. She pitted inmates against each others in a deadly car race which is broadcasted as “Death Race” to the world via...

Embracing male sexuality

Gentlemen: A Lighter Look at the Male ViewpointAuthor: Anil Abraham, Unisun, 2008, pp 90, Rs 150Bangalore-based doctor Anil Abraham’s Gentlemen is a sidesplitting monologue on the Indian male psychic on sexual transformation. If you have seen the classic play of Eve Ensler’s The Vagina Monologues, you’ll...

Days of Glory

This French drama based on the lives of Algerian youths who enlisted themselves in the French Army during the World War II is a touching tale of defeat and hope, in the face of victory.In 1943, four Algerian ‘band of brothers’ join the French Army to fight against the Nazis. These ‘Arab’ soldiers were...

Shortcut to Happyness

English (U/A)Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Alec Baldwin, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Kim CattrallDirector: Harry Kirkpatrick Based on the classic adaptation of Stephen Vincent Benet and Archibald MacLeish's classic...

Are Dogs and Books man’s best friends?

"You just call-out my name and you know wherever I'm ,I'll come runni'n to see you again Winter, spring summer or fall…All you have to do is call and I'll be there …You got a friend…" All ye book...

Book Reviews Coming Soon...

Today, i received three books for reviewing. The books are:1. The Black Silk Road by Janet Wise2. Dearangements by Rajorshi Chakraborti3. Gentlemen-Alighter look at the male viewpoint by Anil AbrahamThe...

Flashbacks of a Fool

'Flashbacks of a Fool' could touch anybody’s heart with its good-simple storyline coupled with the stunning locations.This psycho-drama has Daniel Craig (the current James Bond) in the role of Joe Scott, a faded movie star in a sea of joyless sex and drugs.In the first half we have the flashbacks of...

Babylon AD

The future is bleak with wars and refugees. The world is fit only for hardened mercenary Toorop (Vin Diesel) who lives by a simple code; kill or be killed. The XXX star in this film meets a new challenge as he plans to smuggle a ‘parcel’- a young woman Aurora - from a convent in Kazakhstan to New York...

Hellboy - II: The Golden Army

English (U/A)Cast: Ron Perlman, Selma Blair, Doug Jones, Luke GossDirector: Guillermo del Toro Remember the gentleman from hell with horns who was trying to save mankind from wicked forces? Yes, that's the Hellboy we know since 2004 when he first makes his big screen debut in Hellboy. In this second...

Deception

A film with two hot male actors, Hugh Jackman and Ewan McGregor, plus hosts of sexy women is definitely equals to a racy melodrama-suspense thriller.In this film of cat-and-mouse game a bored accountant Jonathan (Ewan McGregor) meets a suave corporate lawyer Wyatt Bose (Hugh Jackman) who compels him...

A Wednesday

The message is loud and clear — the aam admi (common man) is angry with serial blasts. Debutant director Neeraj Pandey’s A Wednesday maybe fictitious but it draws inspiration from the realities of our...

Highway To Trouble

Among the many things not running smooth in Manipur, India's Jewel, are the roads. The transport system in this north-eastern state for more than a decade, has been a matter of concern for most Manipuris, especially the Hmar tribe living in Tipaimukh sub division of Churachandpur district. With the...

Righteous Kill

The promo of the film runs like this: ‘Most people respect the badge. Everybody respects the gun’. It should have been ‘Most people like to see big actors. Everybody prefers a good film.’In what could be a passable film of the year, two NYPD veterans confuse the department while trailing a serial killer.Turk...

Mamma Mia!

The storyline of Mamma Mia is simple: A daughter who is all set to marry feels she missing is a very important person in her life — a father who will give her away on her big day.So, she sends an invite...

You Don't Mess With The Zohan

This is the story of Israeli secret agent Zohan (Adam Sandler) who fakes his own death to pursue his dreams of becoming a hair stylist in the US of A. As Zohan makes out with his old women clients in the back room of his saloon, his cover is finally blown. So, he must protect his newfound career, yes;...

Three Monkeys

Servet (Ercan Kesal), a politician facing re-election, is involved in a hit-and-run case. Fearing an electoral debacle, he calls up his driver Eyup (Yavuz Bingol) and convinces him to take the blame...

The Secret Friend

Chris Mooney's The Secret Friend gives me a deja vu. The storyline of this book is strikingly similar to the Jodie Foster and Anthony Hopkins-starrer Silence of the Lamb in which a young FBI agent, Clarice...

Just Prof Mohamad!

During the two years course in Communication and Journalism we were assigned to bring out a daily campus journal. One day, one professor from the department of Sociology passed away leaving the faculty and friends in sorrow. As usual, the Communication students were busy trying to figure out how to...

Mush Musing Hard!

The General's Way Out.... ??? Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf efforts to cling onto power clearly shows that he is a desperate power-hungry dictator. Since his bloodless coup by toppling the democratically...

Pipi's Mango Tree

By NahaiWhat comes to your mind when someone mentions something that is superb, juicy, tasty and very colorful fruit? A tomato or jackfruits maybe close to the answer, but the answer will be definitely...

From Northeast to Southwest: Home Away From Home

Who cares about language these days as long as they are used for artistic things? Language issue is of secondary importance to music unlike in politics where language is a priority. This is why many...

Why I got a mobile,How I lost it, got a new one and err…someone’s call…

By NahaiHaving a mobile phone became a necessity once I sat foot on India’s IT capital- Bangalore. I had to receive calls from …er…you know. So, I got myself a new Nokia handset sometime back. But I...

Life: Never Stop Learning

Never be so stubborn about what you think you’ve learned about success.(Ad: Register domains for 1 year at Rs 365 Only!)My first work for Integrated Media Practice during my MA course in Mass Communication...

Crossed Tracks

You may have got your French kiss, but what about experiencing a real French suspense thriller which is totally based on realism cinema?Crossed Tracks by Academy Award winner director Claude Lelouch,...