THE SOCIAL NETWORK movie review

English (U/A) Cast: Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield, Justin Timberlake Director: David Fincher Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg dubbed Ben Ben Mezrich’s non-fictional novel, “The Accidental Billionaries”...

The Best Western Movies

Here are some of the best western movies I’ve seen in years. Enjoy!   The Good, Bad and Ugly The Big Country Broken Trail (this is a mini-series) Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee...

DESPICABLE ME film review

English (U/A) Cast: Jason Segel, Kristen Wigg, Miranda Cosgrove, Steve Carell Director: Chris Renaud, Pierre Coffin There’s a new villain Vector (voiced by Jason Segel) in town and self-proclaimed ‘king...

PREDATORS film review

English (A) Cast: Sadrien Brody, Alice Braga, Laurence Fishburne Director: Nimrod Antal The “Predator” series that began in 1987 has come a long way after several glitches with the sequels. Now in “Predators”...

CATS & DOGS: THE REVENGE OF KATTY GALORE

The 2001 hit sequel of “Cats & Dogs” features live action animal talking and involving in hi-tech action adventure. The inter-species battle flick brings out all the silly side jokes that will...

RESIDENT EVIL: AFTERLIFE (3D) film review

English (U/A)  Cast: Milla Jovovich, Ali Larter, Kim Coates, Shawn Roberts, Sienna Guillory, Spencer Locke Director: Paul WS Anderson The fourth edition of ‘Resident Evil’ series is literally an...

THE LAST AIRBENDER film review

“The Last Airbender” is the story of airbender Aang (Noah Ringer), the avatar who helps maintain the balance of life among Fire, Water, Earth and Air nations. When Aang disappears for a 100 years, all...

THE OTHER GUYS film review

English (A) Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Will Ferrell Director: Adam McKay Allen (Will), a NYPD forensic accountant contented with paperwork, is persuaded by his frustrated partner Terry (Mark) to fill in...

The American film review

English (A)  Cast: George Clooney, Violante Placido, Thekla Reuten, Paolo Bonacelli Director: Anton Corbijn George Clooney plays “The American”, involved in supplying guns to assassins and sometimes...

DEVIL film review

English (A)  Cast: Bojana Novakovic, Bokeem Woodbine, Chris Messina, Logan Marshall-Green Director: John Erick Dowdle, Drew Dowdle Promoted as M Night Shyamalan’s baby, Devil is a film where you get to see toned-down version of a horror flick. It tells a story of an event during a normal day in...

Grown ups: Keeping up with the past

Brought back together by the death of their favourite college basketball coach, ex-buddies Lenny (Sandler), Eric (James), Kurt (Rock), Marcus (Spade), and Rob (Schneider) try to rekindle their childhood...

The Expendables Review: Little room for too many cooks

There are times when too many and too much are simply not good. “The Expendables” is one film that has too many stars and too much action that they kill the thrill out of this mega-budget star-studded...

The Sorcerer’s Apprentice Review with Trailer

The film is another addition to the super-hero fantasy genre. It centres around a simple story about sorcerer Balthazar’s (Cage) attempts to find a person who could defeat Morgana (Alice Krige) who had...

INCEPTION (U/A)

Mind games can be quite entertaining onscreen when presented in a straight forward manner and with most of the players masters in their respective roles. In this sci-fi thriller Dom (DiCaprio), an expert...

‘Zoram Khawvel’ eBook release on July 15

New Delhi: The 1991 Mizo Academy of Letters ‘Book of the Year’ ZORAM KHAWVEL (PART I) which took Mizo literary world by storm is all set to be released in an eBook) format on July 15, 2010. The day also...

The Last Airbender

Cast: Noah Ringer, Cliff Curtis, Dev Patel, Jackson Rathbone, Nicola Peltz , Director: M Night Shyamalan Based on Nickelodeon’s TV hit cartoon series “The Last Airbender” is the story of airbender Aang...

Knight and Day: Love and spies are unpredictable

Cast: Tom Cruise, Cameron Diaz, Peter Sarsgaard , Director: James Mangold June (Diaz) is an ordinary woman who is set to fly to her sister’s wedding until she ‘accidentally’ gets entangled in a web...

Iron Man 2 Film Review

Rating: Good English (U/A) Cast: Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle, Jon Favreau, Mickey Rourke, Sam Rockwell, Samuel L Jackson, Scarlett Johansson Director: Jon Favreau Multi-millionaire...

Watch Youtube’s first video

The first YouTube video was uploaded at 8:27PM on Saturday April 23rd, 2005 and was shot by Yakov Lapitsky at the San Diego Zoo. Youtube recently celebrated it fifth birthday. Watch the video… nothing...

Tips on writing press releases

Guest writer Mr. Eric. Press releases have been a method of marketing since before the internet was ever used for marketing. The benefits of a good press release are numerous when done well. Benefits...

Hot tub time machine

  English(A) Cast: John Cusack, Clark Duke, Craig Robinson, Rob Corddry Director: Steve Pink Three friends, Adam (Cusack), Nick (Robinson), and Lou (Corddry), to escape from their bored adult...

Manipur CM apprises PC on Churachandpur ADC polls

Imphal, April 28 2010: Chief Minister O Ibobi Singh called on Union Home Minister P Chidambaram today evening and apprised the latter of the preparations being made by the State Government for the election to the Autonomous District Councils. The Chief Minister also reportedly urged the Union Minister...

MoU signed for Tipaimukh dam project

Silchar, April 28: The 1,500MW Tipaimukh hydroelectric project in Manipur may finally see the light of the day. A memorandum of understanding was signed in New Delhi today by Sutlej Jal Vidyut Nigam...

IAS officer’s surprise visit to Parbung sub-division gets people talk development again

  *Hmar students want link-bridge over Tuivai river to facilitate links with Mizoram during monsoon By Lalmalsawm  Sungte April 24, 2010: Churachandpur district commissioner Ms Jacintha...

Mumbai thrash Bangalore to enter IPL final

Kieron Pollard produced a splendid all-round display as Mumbai Indians thumped Royal Challengers Bangalore by 35 runs to storm into their maiden Indian Premier League final on Wednesday. Pollard struck...

Children’s Stories on Reliance Communications’ Voice Portal

Bangalore: Enter the world of imagination with Reliance Communications’ latest offering of Children’s stories on its voice portal. Making another fantastic addition to its bouquet of VAS service, India’s...

Sex tainted Swami Nithyananda arrested

Shimla, April 22, 2010: Swami Nithyananda — who faces charges of rape, criminal intimidation and cheating and has been absconding for over a month — was on Wednesday arrested along with four others from...

Over 30 houses destroyed in Manipur

Senvon, April 21, 2010: More than 30 houses were damaged by heavy rain and storm yesterday night in Senvon village situated along the Mizoram-Manipur border, villagers said over mobile phone which was cut off intermittently due to inclement weather conditions. As mobile phone connectivity could not...

Way2SMS now crosses 10 million mark users

As of April 14, 2010, Way2SMS now serves 10 million people across the country. Just 8 months ago the company served less than half as many people and it is trying to reach every corner of the country...

IPL popularity undented though MPs want it banned

New Delhi, April 19 (IANS) The fast paced Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket tournament h as its popularity quotient undented, even though several MPs Monday demanded it should be banned and probed following...

3G auction brings 66% of target in 7 days

Anandita Singh Mankotia Within seven days of 3G spectrum auction, the government has netted Rs 23,000 crore, with one provisional bid for pan-India spectrum touching Rs 5,710.36 crore on Saturday. In...

Shashi Tharoor innings end

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has accepted the resignation of Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor, as per reports. His meeting with the Prime Minister lasted for over thirty minutes....

IBN Live in a new avatar! Also introduces Blaze

Mumbai, Maharashtra, April 12, 2010: IBNLive.com part of Web 18 Group, one of India's most popular/ leading online sources for general news and information launches path-breaking and technologically...

Massive rally against proposed Tipaimukh dam in Ukhrul

Imphal, April 16, 2010: A huge protest rally was taken out in Manipur’s Ukhrul district on Friday demanding scraping of Mapithel and Tipaimukh dam projects in Manipur and other mega dams in the north...

Cop Out review

Cast: Bruce Willis, Tracy Morgan, Guillermo Diaz, Ana de la Reguera Director: Kevin Smith. If there is one thing audience loves about comedy based on cops, it’s usually the unmatched spirit of friendship...

India has more mobile phones than toilets

Far more Indians have access to cell phones than to toilet and basic sanitation, a new United Nations report has said. "It is a tragic irony to think that in India, a country now wealthy enough that...