Movie Reviews
The angry young man returns
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Agneepath (U/A)
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Agneepath was always about sons and fathers. Amitabh Bachchan, under the guidance of Mukul Anand, strode determinedly to the incantation of his real father Harivansh Rai Bachchan’s poem, to extract revenge for his reel dad. This time too it’s about fathers and sons. But besides the screen Vijay Dinanath Chauhan avenging his dad, there’s an added dimension about Karan Johar and his father Yash Johar.
Tottering in first gear
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Chaalis Chauraasi
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If you have an email account, which you do, of course, there is no way you would have been spared those annoying, even embarrassing, emails suggesting that you suffer from erectile dy
No glitter, no gold
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Players
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Why make remakes? This question tortures me every time I watch a remake of any variety — official remake, inspired retelling, or a plain copy-paste job.
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
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Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
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Yes, we imagine, international espionage is probably pretty much like this. No thrilling car chases and no big action sections, but rather a series of weary men, smoking and drinking tea or whisky, in a series of conversations that circle an enigma. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy is about the search for a high-level Soviet spy within MI6, the British intelligence service. This mole is not to be found in an exotic location, but seems more than likely to be one of the men in the room.
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
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Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
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I suppose any hope of an authentic Sherlock Holmes movie is foolish at this epoch in movie history. No matter that a story is set in 1895 in Victorian London, it must be chockablock with explosions, gunfire, special effects and fights that bear no comparison to the “fisticuffs” of the period. As an Anglophile, I've luxuriated in the genial atmosphere of the Conan Doyle stories, where a step is heard on the stair, a client tells his tale, and (Dr Watson reports) Holmes withdraws to his rooms to consider his new case during a period of meditation (involving such study aids as opium).
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