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Sunday, June 29, 2014

I couldn’t stop smiling, nor the tears from falling

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by Amira  Kai Po Che (meaning a triumphant yell in Gujarati) is simply beautiful, down to earth and beautiful, sensational and beautiful,...
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Comics, sci-fi, fantasy... childish stuff?

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by Hilath I have quite a few friends who are turned off by comics, science fiction and fantasy. Though I am not a hardcore comic fan (my f...
Wednesday, April 9, 2014

NOAH – blasphemy or Aronofsky’s ultimate consciousness-raiser on derangement?

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REVIEW by Ilyasau Ismail / Oevaru  ( Read review in Dhivehi ) OMG. Aronofsky’s ‪#‎Noah‬ (3 out of 5 stars) indeed is better than the boo...
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Sunday, April 6, 2014

After “Titanic”, “Pompeii”?

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REVIEW by Mariyam Raina As Bollywood lovers, we found “Titanic” quite “Hindi” and wondered back then whether this was the reason why the...

After Earth: What makes a movie bad?

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REVIEW by Ilyasau Ismail I have to seriously wonder about it as I watched ‘After Earth’ today, three days after it won three Razzie awar...
Friday, March 21, 2014

Ingenuity makes all 'entertaining' difference between WHITE HOUSE DOWN and OLYMPUS HAS FALLEN

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REVIEW by Hilath Not surprisingly, Fuqua has even outdone Emmerich in staging action more dramatically; the way the black hawks fall ar...
Tuesday, February 18, 2014

A psychological re-awakening

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REVIEW BY HILATH The unfilmable finally filmed. You can count on only auteurs like Oscar-winning director Ang Lee to make a film out of...

Interesting introduction to astral projection...

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REVIEW BY HILATH INSIDIOUS was an interesting introduction to the concept of astral projection but predictably, perhaps because the fil...
Friday, February 14, 2014

What exactly it takes to get there

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REVIEW BY ADEEL SAEED The story of the legendary athlete, ‘Milkha Singh’, ‘the flying Sikh’, demonstrated in the movie ‘Bhaag Milkha Bhaag...

So it snowed

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REVIEW BY HILATH The visually elaborate SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNTSMAN, in re-telling the story, seems to have lost more than its way in th...

Saving grace

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REVIEW BY HILATH CONAN THE (latest) BARBARIAN film had only one grace: the scene where little Conan holds onto the iron hot chains to sa...
Tuesday, December 10, 2013

'Riddick' - a masterpiece of ridicule

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REVIEW BY HILATH  Even before Paul Walker died, 'Fast and Furious 6' was screened twice at Majestic City cinema in Colombo's B...
Saturday, November 16, 2013

Savoy "3D"...misleading marketing?

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Krrish 3 's poster at "Savoy 3D" cinema in Colombo, Sri Lanka, has that "3D and Real D" written in small letters at ...
Sunday, August 25, 2013

MADRAS CAFÉ: A rare engaging political thriller from Bollywood

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REVIEW by Hilath It’s not every day that you come across from Bollywood what could be called a political thriller. But MADRAS CAFÉ , wh...
Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Let's talk about Hitchcock

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This post was originally posted on Nuances . Shall we? Well, if I really must have a reason to talk about Hitchcock  I'm going to ha...
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Monday, June 13, 2011

Winter is coming… brrrr

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REVIEW BY HILATH This is one time where I cannot reveal anything lest I spoil this one damned gem I recently found from among the thousands...
Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Tangled: Deconstructing a realistic fantasy

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REVIEW BY HILATH What is a "realistic fantasy"? My friends mean it in different ways but my general understanding is that though t...
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Tuesday, March 9, 2010

5 recent movies worth catching

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REVIEWS by Hilath I should mention my views on some movies, including Avatar in 3D , which I saw in Bangalore, India, last week: THE PRINCE...
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REVIEW: Enter the 3D world of “Avatar”

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by Hilath On MG Road in Bangalore, India, there is a traditional single-cinema theater, complete with Gold Class. It offers the opportunity ...
Friday, January 8, 2010

The Hurt Locker: realism cinema at peak art form

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REVIEW BY HILATH NOTE: Though I haven’t described any scenes in detail, some references I made hint at some shocking incidences which it’s ...
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

5 Recent movies worth a watch

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Reviewed by Island Chic Here are some movies on my ‘Recommended watch list’ of random movies I have recently seen. These are not of any spec...

The Wrestler

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REVIEW by Yusuf Abdulla Shunan I am not much of a fan of Wrestling, or more importantly tear-jerky movies. And by the title, "The Wrest...
Sunday, September 20, 2009

The Man from Earth

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Review by SIMON SHAREEF It is seldom that movie is able to intrigue me in such a way as to wish it all to be true. The Man from Earth had me...
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Wednesday, September 9, 2009

“District 9” – the best film of the year so far

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Review by Hilath Racism, in all its forms, is something all humans have to overcome if we are to ensure the survival of our species and othe...
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Wednesday, August 19, 2009

“Twilight”: abstinence from eating your food/lover

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The above YouTube “trailer” titled “Twilight with Cheeseburgers” for me sums up the cheesy conceptual silliness of the premise on which Step...
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Saturday, August 1, 2009

Where we all call ‘Home’ …

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REVIEW BY SUBCORPUS Hello … Few days back … on recommendation from some of my friends … I downloaded and watched a documentary called ‘Home’...
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Monday, July 20, 2009

Transform this … transform that …

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REVIEW BY SUBCORPUS Hello … I was in KL a few days back … I had the chance to watch Transformers 2 on big screen … I was all excited waiting...
Saturday, July 11, 2009

Warped hilarity in Will Ferrell's "Land of the Lost"

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REVIEW BY HILATH It may not be as smart as Anchor Man but Will Ferrell’s Land of the Lost , based on the 1974 TV series, has its own origin...
Monday, July 6, 2009

Stiller has more fun with history in “Battle of the Smithsonian”

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REVIEW BY HILATH It’s difficult to compare Night at the Museum with its sequel Battle of the Smithsonian because while the former was more...
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Saturday, July 4, 2009

The Hell with Martyrs

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REVIEW BY SIMON Would you believe it I am actually writing this 2 weeks after watching the movie and still my heart starts a heavy pounding ...
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