During the last week, while browsing through my Newspaper Daily, the one particular advertisement that caught my attention repeatedly was a certain Danish Film festival that was taking place in Chennai. Strictly speaking, my knowledge about Nordic cinema was limited to Lars von Trier of the brilliant and moving ‘Dancer in the dark’ and Sweden’s…
A Poignant, inspired-from-real-life and most realistically told adventure drama is what Everest can be best described as. Even with its austere, toned down sentimentalities and a flat depiction of events focusing more on the characters than the unfolding drama itself, Everest directed by Baltasar Kormákur, still makes for a great cinematic experience. What sets Everest…
Many of his fans consider him, a living God; his film releases are nothing less than grand festivals replete with fanfare, celebrations and devout fans pouring liters of milk on his huge cut-outs (akin to the Hindu religious ritual known as ‘Abishekam’). The man is RajniKanth and the makers of his next film ‘Kabali’ had…
An aptly titled film that gives a hint early on about the nature of the main plot and the protagonist, Black Mass is a sober and gripping crime drama based on real life Irish-American mobster James ‘Whitey’ Bulger and his ’unholy alliance’– as called by the makers themselves, between Bulger and FBI. The film is…
The Mad Max formula is well explored and ridden…and this new film is an absolute treat for fans. The cast is formidable with Tom Hardy taking over from Mel Gibson as Max, together with Charlize Theron, Nicholas Hoult, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Zoe Kravitz, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Riley Keough, and Abbey Lee Kershaw. The story begins with a tyrannical…
An imaginative 3D children’s film directed by Robert Connolly which he co-wrote with Steve Worland, about a young Australian lad’s passion for flight and his challenge to compete in World Paper plane tournament. The film stars Sam Worthington, David Denham. Julian Dennison and Ed Oxenbould. Bully victim, eleven-year-old Dylan (Oxenbould) was having a hard time…
Tim Burton’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory will have a immersive transformation at the Science Museum on September 30th 2015. Part of the museum’s themed nights at the IMAX 3D cinema, the world’ s most impressive movie experience, which seats over 400 and boasts a 408m2 screen, and be first to watch the film and…
Phantom the Bollywood film which was released on 28th August 2015, is in danger of facing legal action from an International aid charity. The story of a aid worker who help a disgraced Indian Soldier to assassinate Pakistani extremists accused of orchestrating the horrific Mumbai bombings in 2008. The movie shows the aid worker firing pistols…
Mission Impossible Rogue Nation – the 5th M I Movie! Question:- What do people go to M I films for? Answer:- To see action, good looking people, drama, corruption and – of course, car and bike chases. I can guarantee there are plenty of all those things in Mission Impossible Rogue Nation but it does…