Another Earth is an interesting film where Earth is suddenly in the vicinity of another Earth. The story revolves around the lives of two people – Rhoda (played by a pretty Brit Marling) a young girl who’s received an admit to MIT and John (William Mapother, from Lost) who has been in an accident recently … Read more
This movie was directed by the guy who gave us Training Day and Equalizer. I’m not sure what happened in Southpaw though. The problem is not with the actors either. The cast Jake Gyllenhaal, Rachel McAdams and Forest Whitaker carry their scenes very well. Heck even 50 Cent does a decent job of his role. … Read more
I’m a huge fan of Stephen Chow. He’s one of those directors/actors who has a mad sense of humour. When I say mad, I think you need to be part mad to enjoy the kind of humour. No it’s not the “leave your brain at home” kind of comedy that Bollywood has decided to focus … Read more
14 Blades is a period movie based on ancient China, the Ming Dynasty. Given the movie stars Donnie Yen (from Ip Man), you can expect plenty of martial arts. The story is about the Jinyiwei, one of who is Qinglong (Donnie) who is given this box 14 blades that he can selectively use with his … Read more
The Thirteenth Floor released along with eXistenZ in the same year – 1999. Both were good movies, The Thirteenth Floor was better in many ways. They share a pretty similar concept, a world within another world. What also happened was that they both shared a similar concept with another movie which also released in the … Read more
Barry The Boss: I’m still on my journey of trying to understand the kind of music mixes that work in Pune. My first full show at The Funky Kona had a super cool blend of people from different parts of the country. The crowd went from being appreciative in the beginning to dancing on their … Read more
The Gift stars Jason Bateman (from Hancock), Rebecca Hall (from Vicky Cristina Barcelona ) and Joel Edgerton. This is also Joel’s directorial debut. It’s the story of Simon (Jason) and Robyn (Rebecca) who move into the suburbs of LA. As they are setting up they run into Simon’s old classmate from school – Gordon (Joel). … Read more
In short, Martian is a good film with no major pitfalls but also nothing that makes you go wow. Matt Damon (Mark) is the Martian by the way, in case the various posters didn’t make it quite clear already. He and his crew are on Mars for research purposes. The crew is captained by Jessica … Read more
Thoongavanam is a fantastic remake of the French Film – Nuit Blanche. It’s an Action Thriller that is incredibly terse and keeps you on the edge of your seat throughout the film. Kamal Hassan has produced, acted and written the screenplay for the film. Given the amount of involvement Kamal Hassan has in the movie, … Read more
Barry The Boss: It’s always fun to perform at the Za Palooza – the chilled out Arts and Music festival in Pune. The crowd was happy to get up and dance even at the very end of the day, sore feet or not! Quite the way to end the party! One of the tracks I … Read more