The Best Movies of 2012, and your Best Picture

Author : Satish Naidu      Blog : the review diary      Date : 2/23/2013 8:07:00 PM

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THE IMPOSSIBLE: CAPSULE

Author : Satish Naidu      Blog : the review diary      Date : 1/19/2013 7:04:00 AM

'Cast: Naomi Watts, Ewan McGregor, Tom Holland Director: Juan Antonio Bayona Runtime: 113 min. Verdict: As a document of real events, it is passable. As a case of a left boob, it has my attention. Genre: Drama, Action (?), Thriller (?)                 There’s a thin line between representing historical events and depicting historical events'

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SKYFALL: MOVIE REVIEW

Author : Satish Naidu      Blog : the review diary      Date : 12/11/2012 1:38:00 AM

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TALAASH: MOVIE REVIEW

Author : Satish Naidu      Blog : the review diary      Date : 12/4/2012 3:59:00 PM

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LOOPER: MOVIE REVIEW

Author : Satish Naidu      Blog : the review diary      Date : 10/17/2012 6:55:00 AM

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The Real RocknRolla

Author : Satish Naidu      Blog : the review diary      Date : 10/6/2012 12:41:00 PM

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GANGS OF WASSEYPUR: MOVIE REVIEW

Author : Satish Naidu      Blog : the review diary      Date : 8/21/2012 12:53:00 PM

'Cast: Manoj Bajpai, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Richa Chadda, Tigmanshu Dhulia, Zeishan Quadri, Pankaj Tripathi, Huma Qureshi, Piyush Mishra, Reemma Sen, Yashpal Sharma, Aditya Kumar Director: Anurag Kashyap Runtime: 320 min. Verdict: For the most part a squandered opportunity. But there are moments that give me hope. Genre: Drama, Crime, Comedy (Note: I lump together part 1 and part'

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THE BOURNE LEGACY: MOVIE REVIEW

Author : Satish Naidu      Blog : the review diary      Date : 8/18/2012 12:28:00 PM

'Cast: Jeremy Renner, Rachel Weisz, Edward Norton, Željko Ivanek Director: Tony Gilroy Runtime: 135 min. Verdict: Outside of an egregious filmmaking choice, it is about its own lack of personality and its attempts to find one.    Genre: Action, Thriller                 Michael Clayton had a conscience. He was a janitor, but still, there was an ideology that sprang into action once'

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My Movies Today

Author : Satish Naidu      Blog : the review diary      Date : 8/2/2012 2:06:00 PM

'Because I’m a bit of a reactionary, because I don’t really get the point of burdening a film with as meaningless a status as the “greatest film of all time”, because I really despise the exercise of aggregating the mostly personal choices of several critics and reducing it to a case of mere votes just like our good friend here, because I don’t want to bore you with another piece on why a'

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THE DARK KNIGHT RISES: MOVIE REVIEW

Author : Satish Naidu      Blog : the review diary      Date : 7/25/2012 3:11:00 AM

'Cast: Christian Bale, Sir Michael Caine, Anne Hathway, Tom Hardy, Gary Oldman, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Marion Cotillard Director: Christopher Nolan Runtime: 164 min. Verdict: I suppose the definitive take on the whole Batman thing. And I suppose its blows its predecessors to pieces.    Genre: Action, Superhero                 Of all the unenviable aspects of taking up the'

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OSLO, 31st AUGUST: CAPSULE

Author : Satish Naidu      Blog : the review diary      Date : 7/7/2012 8:40:00 AM

'Cast: Anders Danielsen Lie, Hans Olav Brenner, Tone B. Mostraum Director: Joachim Trier Runtime: 95 min. Verdict: A plea for voyeurism. Language: Norwegian Country: Norway Genre: Drama        Mr. Trier’s film might make for a rather heart-wrenching double-bill with Mr. Guerin’s In the City of Sylvia. Here’s a film, at last I guess, that understands voyeurism not as a perverse'

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PROMETHEUS: MOVIE REVIEW

Author : Satish Naidu      Blog : the review diary      Date : 6/10/2012 6:41:00 AM

'Cast: Noomi Rapace, Michael Fassbender, Charlize Theron, Idris Elba, Guy Pearce, Logan Marshall-Green Director: Ridley Scott Runtime: 124 min. Verdict: Virtually a criticism of parent/child, i.e. Alien, and its methods. The underlying message might be tad rehashed, but then there’s David. And it looks like mortality will be the dominant theme this year. Genre: Sci-fi, Thriller'

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ISHAQZAADE: CAPSULE

Author : Satish Naidu      Blog : the review diary      Date : 6/2/2012 2:10:00 PM

'The lesson to be learnt from Mr. Faisal’s landscape might have been somewhat acceptable had it been a straight-out schematic extrapolation of “no country for gender fusion”.  Instead, what he starts with here is a “men are from hell, women are from a trashcan” routine, where, well, for obvious reasons being/possessing/representing a symbol of masculinity is the desirable'

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THE AVENGERS: MOVIE REVIEW

Author : Satish Naidu      Blog : the review diary      Date : 5/1/2012 11:46:00 AM

'Cast: Robert Downey Jr., Mark Ruffalo, Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Samuel L. Jackson, Chris Hemsworth, Jeremy Renner Director: Joss Whedon Runtime: 143 min. Verdict: An excuse for a privileged few to have a nice indulgent outing. Which makes it a commendable juggling act giving all of them a significant personality in a feature length narrative. Genre: Action, Fantasy, Superhero'

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CAFÉ DE FLORE: MOVIE REVIEW

Author : Satish Naidu      Blog : the review diary      Date : 4/9/2012 6:55:00 AM

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