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Friday, January 28, 2011

127 Hours

10:26 PM Posted by Gautam Chintamani , , , 3 comments
127 Hours isn’t an easy film to explain and it’s surely not an easy watch as well but the true story of Aaron Ralston who cut his own arm that was stuck under a boulder with all its unsettling imagery is hard film to take your eyes off. Danny Boyle’s follow-up to Slumdog Millionaire is unequivocally...

Dil To Baccha Hai Ji

7:43 PM Posted by Gautam Chintamani , , 2 comments
Dil To Baccha Hai Ji (DTBHJ) isn’t a typical ‘Madhur Bhandarkar’ film. No, it’s not bereft of cardboard cutouts masquerading as characters, insensitive portrayals, cheap jokes or jarring background score threatening to tear your eardrums every time something dramatic needs to conveyed; DTBHJ is a full...

Sunday, January 9, 2011

Fair Game

9:08 AM Posted by Gautam Chintamani , , , , , No comments
What happens when one day fine day everyone gets to know that you are a spy? Based on the true story of Valerie Plame, a CIA operative whose cover was blown by the White House, Fair Game doesn’t really go in for the shock and awe but never falls short of engaging. Valerie Plame (Naomi Watts) is a CIA...