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Friday, January 15th, 2010
In the 90s Ken Ghosh made Indian music videos that didn’t suck. In the Noughties he delivered one fun film and one not so good one. Let’s see what he has in store for the new decade.
Friday, December 25th, 2009
Robert Downey Jr. is Sherlock Holmes. Jude Law is Dr. Watson. Guy Ritchie is behind the camera. What more do you need to know about the wittiest romp of the year?
Friday, December 18th, 2009
The biggest movie of the year, and possible the rapidly ending decade. But is James Cameron’s alien epic a worthwhile trip to another world, or should you just stay put at home?
Sunday, November 22nd, 2009
The three tenets of the Modern American Guy Movie — a car, Las Vegas, and a night of drunken debauchery — combine in delightful proportions in Todd Phillips film that will have you saying ‘Vegas, baby!’ more than ‘Dude, Where’s My Car?’
Friday, October 23rd, 2009
Mistaken identities, vicious killers, dogged cops and a femme fatale. It takes a deft hand to make even the most simple and tired plot new again. Such is the case in Jérôme Salle’s thriller — but, as always, there is a twist.
Friday, October 2nd, 2009
Bollywood made the slacker rich man’s son an icon. So what happens when one of them has to grow up?
Monday, September 28th, 2009
The normal and the paranormal intertwine in Michael Winterbottom’s spellbinding tale of loss, love and a new, old city.
Monday, August 10th, 2009
Michael Mann takes digital cameras & Johnny Depp to the 1930s in this interesting movie that tries to be both classic gangter romp and reinventive art film. But is it more like Collateral and less like Miami Vice?
Tuesday, August 4th, 2009
It’s Love modern style versus Love 1965 style in this romantic comedy/drama from the director of Socha Na Tha & Jab We Met. But is twice the romance enough to live up to the director’s previous juggernauts, or does it leave you heartbroken?
Friday, July 3rd, 2009
Can a frenzied blockbuster sequel about giant robots beating the scrap out of each other possibly be one of the most important movies of our times?