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Film Review: Gangster Squad is 2013's first big fat disappointment
Gangster Squad spells something between “OMGISTHISREALLYHAPPENING” and “OMGHOWCOULDTHEYDOTHIS”. It has so many things going for it, and yet, it somehow botches it all up.
The 20 best films you have NOT seen in 2012
Here's the "best of" list you must bookmark. Nikhil Taneja has seen all the films so you don't have to. And he's come up with the 20 best indie films, from India and beyond, that you've probably missed.
2012 in Indie cinema: Wayne Blair on 'The Sapphires'
Australian actor-director Wayne Blair’s first full length feature film, The Sapphires is about four talented indigenous Australian girls who form a music group and travel to Vietnam to sing for troops in the year 1968, when racism was still rampant in Australia.
Movie Review: Moonrise Kingdom's spell makes even Bruce Willis adorable
In his simplest film to date, Wes Anderson has let his heart take over his head and that makes his Moonrise Kingdom the rarest romantic comedy - romantic and a comedy. And Bruce Willis is adorable!
Movie Review: Dredd(3D) is just Dreddful
The only difference between Raid: Redemption and Dredd (3D) is that Dredd is about 45-times more expensive, and about a 100-times less interesting.
Movie Review: Too much commentary brings Killing Them Softly to a Pitt stop
Killing Them Softly has all the ingredients of a classic and the star power of Brad Pitt. But this heist thriller set in New Orleans just tries a little too hard with its in-your-face social commentary.
Movie review: Looper's true hero is its awesome script
You don’t need to be a sci-fi buff to love Looper, you just need to be a fan of great storytelling, although the sci-fi, action, comedy, suspense and horror can only help! And Bruce Willis kicks serious butt.
Movie Review: Argo is a stunning achievement
Affleck’s third feature film as a director, Argo, presents this unbelievable hostage rescue mission on screen as a taut, well-paced suspense thriller with so much palpable tension throughout that along with you and the entire audience, even the seats, the popcorn, the soft drinks and other inanimate objects are on edge.
Mumbai film festival: The writers of Tron: Legacy on their directing debut
Brian Klugman and Lee Sternthal are an American writer-director duo. They wrote 2010’s Tron: Legacy and have recently written and directed their first movie, The Words, about a writer who has to deal with the consequences of plagiarising someone’s work
Movie Review: Skyfall is the very best and very worst of Bond
Skyfall has all the classic Bond ingredients - breath-taking beauties, dizzying action, crackling dialogue, a terrific villain, and a man’s man in Daniel Craig. But if that was enough Agent Vinod would be the best film ever.
Movie Review: Ang Lee infuses life into Life of Pi
Ang Lee infuses ‘life’ into Life of Pi, a novel largely about a young man in the sea with a tiger for company, and one that has largely been considered unfilmable. And for once, the 3D actually helps.
Discovery and Jab Tak Hai Jaan: A match made in heaven? Not!
What was Discovery thinking when it lent its name to Jab Tak Hai Jaan? Did it realise it was getting Anushka Sharma as the Discovery intern who steps on a bomb while listening to her iPod?
'Stolen' is stolen from 'Taken'
Stolen is such an uninteresting, uninspiring and unnecessary rehash of Taken that even the makers felt guilty enough to admit the truth about the movie’s origins in its name – the film is literally stolen from Taken.
Mumbai Film Festival: Director Marshall Lewy on 'California Solo'
The director of independent film 'California Solo' speaks about film making and making political statements through films.
Movie Review: 'Cloud Atlas' is long but exhilarating
Cloud Atlas does what so few movies can claim to do these days – it dares. It attempts to go beyond conventional techniques of storytelling and screenplay.
Mumbai Film Festival: Brazilian director Luciano Moura talks about 'Father’s Chair'
The director talks about his latest film which is about the tricky relationships between fathers and sons, working with Wagner Moura and the challenges the Brazilian film industry faces.
Movie Review: Premium Rush is the Fast and Furious of bikes
Our blogger Nikhil Taneja says if there were only one reason to watch Premium Rush, it would be Levitt, although the movie’s the Fast and Furious of bikes, so that’s a great hard sell.
Yash Chopra defined romance, drama in all its wonderful glory
Nothing has ever mesmerised the collective consciousness of Bollywood fans than a movie by Yash Chopra, says our blogger Nikhil Taneja.
Mumbai Film Festival: In conversation with writer-director, Kirsten Sheridan
Kirsten Sheridan is an Irish writer-director whose new film, Dollhouse, which screens at the Mumbai Film Festival, is an independent film about a night in the lives of a group of street teens from Dublin’s inner city, who break into a house in an upper class suburb.
Mumbai Film Festival: In conversation with Sundance winner James Ponsoldt
James Ponsoldt's new film, Smashed, won the US Dramatic Special Jury Prize for Excellence in Independent Film Producing at 2012 Sundance Film Festival. Smashed, which is premiering at the Mumbai Film Festival.
Mumbai Film Festival: In conversation with Oscar winner James Marsh
Academy Award-winnning British film director, James Marsh, best known for his documentary film, Man On Wire, is out with a new movie, Shadow Dancer, that will premiere in India at the 2012 Mumbai Film Festival this week.
Movie Review: Taken 2 and the 5 rules of making a Hollywood sequel
Here are five commandments to making big-budget hit Hollywood film sequel. But where Taken 2 is concerned, plot or no plot, watching Liam Neeson kick butt is always going to be worth it!
What makes Amitabh Bachchan such an everlasting icon?
To an extent, a lot of Amitabh Bachchan’s success can be attributed to the manner in which he adjusted to the changing times, something other superstars like Rajesh Khanna failed to do and paid the price for.
Movie review: The good, the bad, and the Resident Evil - Retribution
Think of Resident Evil as a video game, not a movie. And then you can enjoy kick-ass Milla Jovovich sizzle in latex. But one wishes director Paul WS Anderson didn't suffer from acute Himesh Reshammiyatis.
Thirty and fabulous: How Priyanka, Vidya and Kareena redefined aging
Actresses are making the decision to transform their appearance to do new kinds of roles, be it a plump sex siren, autistic woman, or falling Bollywood star.
Everything I wanted to know but Vijay Amritraj didn't ask Hugh Hefner
What happens when a tennis pro meets the Playboy-in-chief? It's love-all says Rajyasree Sen about Vijay Amritraj's new interview show. Her rec? More spice, less vanilla especially with a guest like Hugh Hefner.
Arbitrage: Richard Gere's best work since kissing Shilpa Shetty
Gere steals each scene he is in, and makes you both love him and hate him, makes you both despise him and pity him, makes you want to see him both punished and saved.
Need your self-esteem shredded? Come on a makeover show in India
Makeover shows in India don't just make you over, they run you over. At least What Not to Wear India isn't quite as cruel as Band Baaja Bride where a guest will probably kill the host with her stiletto someday.
Sridevi’s English-vinglish can thank Chennai
When baby Tamilians learn the Tamil alphabet from their ammas, they find that one particular letter pronounced ‘pa’, could well be ‘pa’ or ‘ba’ or even ‘fa’.
It's Sunday. It's Sagar. It's time for the Ramayan.
The Ramayan has returned and from the house of Sagar, no less. Here's the good news - finally there's something the whole family can watch together. Here's the bad news - the special effects look the same.