Director Kathryn Bigelow returns to wield the megaphone after a gap of 7 years. Her previous movie K-19: The Widowmaker was released way back in 2002 and this time around she has treaded into an unfamiliar territory that women directors dare not to experiment with. “The Hurt Locker” deals with the life and struggles [...]
Love stories are generally meant to be light hearted with dose of sentiments and loads of entertainment. Yathumagi which had a tag line “Love Story 2010” was supposed to fall into the above mentioned category but unfortunately it falls short on many counts. With a debutant in hero Sachin and two-film old actress Sunaina [...]
Films with a rural flavor have been the most sought after subject for film makers in Kollywood after spate of city based subjects ruled the box-office thanks to the stupendous success of “Subramaniyapuram”. Meera Kathiravan who has written and directed this movie decided to stick with the rural theme to provide a story which [...]
Walt Disney’s “The Princess and The Frog” is a revelation when compared to other features from the animation major. The main factor that distinguishes this film to others is that for the first time Walt Disney has used a black heroine in the main cast. The character of Tiana is also constructed in such [...]
When politics and big business intersect they generally tend to be thrilling due to the innumerous twists involved in it. Mel Gibson starrer “Edge of Darkness” is a crime thriller set in the background of one such intersection. The movie written by William Monahan with the company of Andrew Bovell and directed by Martin [...]
Madhavan who has not been seen in Tamil films for quite some time due to his commitments with Hindi films is ready to be back with a bang and this time around he will be sharing screen space with his favorite star Kamal Hassan. The untitled movie which has Trisha as the female lead [...]
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After a revolutionary film “Juno” which dealt with issues on teenage pregnancy its director Jason Reitman presents a stylish adaptation of a novel written by Walter Kirn where the main character travels around US firing people on behalf of companies and as the nature of the job demands most of the time is spent [...]
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Gautham Vasudev Menon post his successful “Vaaranam Aayiram” had embarked on this simple love story titled “Vinnaithaandi Varuvayaa”. Gautham Menon had first approached Surya for this role but due to other commitments of Surya he was unable to make it and it was started with Silambarasan in the lead. The pre-release hype for “Vinnaithaandi [...]
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When you go to a restaurant and have a sumptuous meal and in the end you decide to have a dessert to make it complete the desert turns out to be a spoiler and as a result all that you bring back is the bad taste of the desert which was a spoiler to [...]
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