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Plywood, the Titanic and some End of the Year Ramblings.
I was watching 2 movies back to back on TV, couple of weeks back, and while both were not too great movies, two things struck me immediately. One was Madhur...
Up-Soaring high into the skies
In one of the best scenes in UP, the 78 year old protagonist, Carl Frederciksen( Ed Asner), is sitting alone in his home, ...
Why i still love Lagaan?
It has been close to a decade since i watched Lagaan, way back in 2001. It was at a Chennai theater, and i remember the entire ...
David Cronenberg-The Brood
Putting a post on David Cronenberg was never going to be an easy task. This is a movie maker who means different things to different generations, ...
The Vistor- Illegal Immigration in a post 9/11 New York
Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed...
Retro Jam -Dosti(1964)
Apart from movies, my other biggest passion in life has been music. While i generally listen to all kind, i have a special love ...
Looking Back at the 80′s(1980-84).
While the 70′s has often been classified as one of the best decades in Cinema History, to many people the 80′s represented ...
Random Ramblings of an Insomniac#2
Ok here again i continue with my series of ramblings out here, nothing really connected up, just some thoughts of mine. Don’t...
Pirates of the New Age
Been off writing for quite some time, personal reasons, professional ones( having to deal with crazy deadlines at work), and of course ...
Annie Hall-When Alvy Met Annie
What is the movie about?- You could basically call it Woody Allen’s Valentine to New York, Diane Keaton and Himself in no particular...
Down Memory Lane-The 50's
It is quite an irony that what was to be one of the most conservative decade in the 20th century, would also be the period where ...
The Manchurian Candidate(1962)-Cold War, Conspiracy Theories
It is, I think, an indisputable fact that Americans are, as Americans, the most self-conscious people in the world, and the most addicted to the belief that the...
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