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Shobdo (Bengali) (Sound,2013)
Dir.:Kaushik Ganguly Nobody knows the name of Jack Donovan Foley and nobody will know Tarak’s either.But Tarak is happy to do his work, he is a Foley artist working in the Bengali film industry, he adds sounds like the eerie… Read More ›
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Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani(2013)
Dir.:Ayan Mukherjee Ayan Mukherjee made an atypical debut film, Wake Up Sid(2009) in which its dishy protagonist Ranbir Kapoor, played an overprivileged youngster coming of age.That movie was a success thanks entirely to a brilliant performance by Konkona Sen and… Read More ›
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Hangover Part III (2013)
Dir.:Todd Phillips They should have left the Wolfpack alone! But they did not and we have this positive spoiler of an outrageously funny first film. Everybody is a victim here, the cast, the director and most of all the audience.But… Read More ›
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Ek Ghar (Kannada Title “Mane”)(1991)
Dir.:Girish Kasaravalli Rajanna (Naseeruddin Shah) has just moved to the city with his wife Gauri (Deepti Naval) and is looking for a house.He has dreams of living a life of marital bliss away from the prying eyes of his relatives.Like… Read More ›
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The Great Gatsby(2013)
Dir.:Baz Luhrmann If you have seen how Mr Baz Luhrmann looks in the publicity photos you will get a clue as to how this film is likely to turn out.He looks like he just walked out of Gatsby’s party, not… Read More ›
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Aurangzeb (2013)
Dir.:Atul Sabharwal Seeta aur Geeta meets Ram aur Shyam meets Don with shades of Karan Arjun for the final garnish, directed of course by that giant of a movie director who understood the need for escape in a cinema hall… Read More ›
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Star Trek Into Darkness (2013)
Dir.:J.J.Abrams JJ Abrams had wisely declined to direct this film initially, having delivered a critically acclaimed blockbuster reboot of the hallowed franchise in 2009.He however relented and we have on our hands another edition of the series which already appears… Read More ›
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Go Goa Gone (2013)
Dir.:Raj and D.K. Finally a Bollywood flick that beats Hollywood at its own game.Yes read that again if you wish,I mean it.While Zombie movies are struggling in Hollywood this film takes the Zombie premise and spins it into a very… Read More ›
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Evil Dead (2013)
Dir.: Fede Alvarez It comes billed as “The Most Terrifying Film You Will Ever See”, but it’s not one even by a long margin.The only moments of shock and horror are at the stupidity of the characters but then its… Read More ›
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Spring Breakers(2013)
Dir.: Harmony Korine We already know that America has a dangerous gun culture, two days back a 5 year old boy shot dead his 2 year old sister with a real gun designed for children.We already know that entire countries… Read More ›