Ruby Sparks is the story of Calvin (played by Paul Dano from Prisoners), a book writer with a creative block, who happens to dream about a pretty girl (don’t we all?). He decides to write about this girl and creates a personality for her. He falls in love with this imaginary girl and names her … Read more
Deadpool is funny! Now that would be an understatement. Deadpool combines elements of a witty script, good acting, neat action sequences and an awesome extraction of a comic book character. Deadpool movie vs comic book comparison is pretty damn close. What made the film so anticipated? Brilliant marketing. They went up against Valentine’s Day which … Read more
When this movie came out, the novel was already a cult classic but few knew about it. The comic was set in the 90s. The movie chose to smartly create an alternate universe set in the future, that way they didn’t have to take flack for destroying the parliament building. Hugo Weaving (Agent Smith from … Read more
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
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
Triangle is one of those movies that went without notice. I don’t remember any noise about the film in 2009 when it released. It’s not rated very well on IMDB, not sure why. The film has well executed time-loops and solid reasoning behind the nature of the loops. A lady takes a boat trip with … Read more
Superman Returns was one of the most awaited superhero movies of that decade. It wasn’t just any superhero, it was Superman. Kevin Spacy was playing Lex Luthor. Some guy Brandon Routh was playing Super-goody-goody-man. Kate Bosworth (from 21) was playing Lois Lane, Lois Lane who is now married to a Mr. Richard played by James … Read more
Red Lights is directed by Rodrigo Cortés and stars Cillian Murphy (Scare Crow), Sigourney Weaver (Aliens’ chick) and Robert De Niro (Robert De Niro). This is the first movie of Rodrigo Cortés’ that I’ve watched. He’s only done a hand full of movies so far, another one being – Buried. The story revolves around Tom … Read more
I got to know about the Death Note movies sometime in 2009, a good three years after the first film came out. The only other Japanese film I had seen at that time was perhaps Ringu (the original version of The Ring) and Ju-on (the original version of The Grudge). This is an explanation of … Read more