Category Archives: On the Small Screen at Home

We watch stuff not new. (Doesn’t mean it has to be good.)

The Informant!

Posted on November 9, 2009 by Faizan Rashid

The Informant Steven Soderbergh | USA | 2009 108 min With a misleading narrative, The Informant! serves up a seriocomic, tragic look at one man’s endeavour to bring down the organization he suspected of price fixing. Mark Whitacre, skilfully played … Continue reading →

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Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani

Posted on November 9, 2009 by Shariq Madani

Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani Rajkumar Santoshi | India | 2009 150 min There is a distinct difference in how Romantic-Comedies are interpreted by filmmakers and audiences in Hollywood and Bollywood. While American movies tend to be Romantic movies with a … Continue reading →

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Wake Up Sid

Posted on October 11, 2009 by Shariq Madani

Wake Up Sid Ayan Mukerji | India | 2009 138 min Wake Up Sid, the latest movie from Karan Johar‘s camp by yet another debutant director, has been strongly marketed as a movie for the present day youth, the slacker generation that … Continue reading →

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Wanted

Posted on September 28, 2009 by Shariq Madani

Wanted Prabhu Deva | India | 2009 155 min Well before the release of Wanted, the movie’s strong and evenly loud promotions made it abundantly clear what to expect from it — action bent towards exaggeration and characters that are wild caricatures. … Continue reading →

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