Everlasting moment is a film that leaves an imprint in shores of soul of all who will watch it. It’s a film of deep love and rediscovering oneself through the lens of another person. The 131 minutes moving celluloid evokes greater sympathy and better understanding of humanity as the story is penned from heart and is based on a novel by Ulssater Troell. (more…)
Tokyo is a film in three segments. There are three directors giving you three reasons to move in Tokyo. What you need to do is watch this movie and then create your own visionary image about the megalopolis Tokyo where some eccentrics live in futuristic present. The film is a mixture of an earthquake, a weird goblin living in sewers and two young people in search of a place. The parts are some where connected through camera, light and acting. (more…)
John Malkovich is incomparable when it comes to taming one’s temper; he can hardly control it. John plays the character of Buck Howard and he topped the guest list of Johnny Carson and was eventually deleted from the list. But that does not stop him from executing his magic skills. He performs at small towns on a smaller stage with the same spirit and grandeur. (more…)
The movie Serbis is all about people who are aimlessly roaming around life’s maze. The movie revolves around characters that regularly visit the dirty porn movie theatre; it has spent lot of time literally chasing them through the corridors and staircase. Though we not get clear sneak-peek into the hall the auditorium looks congested. The concept of movie thus falls at place. (more…)
The movie Sunshine Cleaning lacks the sheen and it is actually meant to portray dark comedy but fails to bring even a smile on your face. Rose played by Amy Adams is a single parent who is stuck in a major financial crisis and has an affair with a high school boy friend who is already married to someone else. (more…)
The movie Shuttle has hardly any reason to smile about. It gets tough to understand the point behind watching such a movie; probably one would ask the basic question as to why he/she has to watch the movie or you will wonder what prompted the filmmaker to make such a gruesome and a bloody film. (more…)
One more wonderful movie that featured at Cannes 2008 is the film The Black Balloon. Directed by Elissa Down, The Black Balloon reflects true sentiments of a specially abled autistic child, family bonding in times of crises as well as sensitivity of relationships to cope with growing up and everyday living. (more…)
The movie ‘I’m All Good’ highlights the deep humor, which is so unique and characteristic of Czech comedies. The characters are peculiar whose main occupation to survive seems to be gulping beer, playing cards and trying their luck in romantic feats. To simply say, they are a happy-go-lucky group of jobless beer guzzlers. (more…)
Gomorrah, a film that reflects gruesome death in the most plaintive form begins with shots of killing and ends with being killed. Still, the movie pulsates around the characters that are foot soldiers of Camorra, which is one of the largest crime syndicates based in Naples, little known to many, with revenue income of $250 billion a year. On the celluloid, you will be taken on a ruthless trip to the stark and gruesome reality of Italian criminals killing one another with only one purpose and that is business. Camorra members hardly know the people who die for them each passing day, and for them there is nothing like friendship. (more…)
Colorful, hectic, frantic, “Slumdog Millonaire” multiplies the qualifiers to the world of Danny Boyle who signs easily his best film since “Trainspotting.” In two short hours, anyone want to take the first plane and visit India! Returns in the past, possibly the best friends of the directors. Somewhere in the realm of Gandhi is Jamal (Dev Patel) who is now being tortured by police. With a tape, he talks about his participation in the show “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire” and it is nice loot in the process of collecting. But how a young man from the street without a parent or education, is able to answer questions too difficult? (more…)
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