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The only way to overcome one’s fears, Burke (Aaron Eckhart) learns, in Love Happens, is to face it. A famous motivational guru, he walks over hot coal and teaches his readers and audiences how to get over their grief and move on, but he himself hasn’t at all succeeded....
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We’ve all made a lot of mistakes in our past. Adding to that, some constantly blame others for their disposition, dragging them down too in the process. Who among us hasn’t at some point in time wondered, like the protagonist in 17 Again, what our lives would be like...
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Getting married at one of the most opulent places in the world is every girl’s childhood dream. In Bride Wars, a couple of inseparable girlfriends mistakenly have their respective weddings scheduled for the same date, time, and venue. Neither Emma (Anne Hathaway) nor Liv (Kate Hudson) is willing to...
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It is highly probable that there are giant inhabitants in a macro universe out there who view us in the same manner that we view amoeba under a microscope. When Horton (voice of Jim Carrey), hears a cry from a microscopic inhabitant (voice of Steve Carell) on a speck...
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One of two blood brothers, a “wealthy”, once-famous, Hollywood actor, who relies on make-up even in real life, returns home after decades for the funeral of the other, who, though a financial flop, is the model of a perfect person because “he had a knack for being content with...
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Gunfire, shattering glass, and a pulsating car chase in a mountain tunnel announce the arrival of Bond (Daniel Craig) in Quantum of Solace. This time, 007 finds himself being pulled into Bolivia at a time when a coup d’état is being planned and a businessman with a nefarious motive...
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The waste of society needs to be eliminated, some may like to believe. Thus, like Kamal Haasan, a ‘righteous’ citizen who makes it his mission in life to knock off corrupt bureaucrats in a famous Tamil film, an NYPD cop in Righteous Kill is out to clean the streets...
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What is it about the police force that many a time makes them seem worse than criminals? In Changeling, the Los Angeles Police Department is incompetent, corrupt, and ruthless. Five months after a nine-year-old disappears, they publically announce that he has been found. This is a partially true story...
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Why were we born and who are we living for: for ourselves, for our parents, or for other loved ones? Anna (Abigail Breslin) philosophizes in My Sister’s Keeper. She was born in vitro, a designer baby meant to be a spare-parts provider for her sickly elder sister. There is...
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Fantastic to be pulled out your seat and transported to another era and see a bunch of little boys and girls taking on an entire army of men with some help from sword-wielding mice, badgers, centaurs, a master magician, and other imaginary creatures, in The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince...
The only way to overcome one’s fears, Burke (Aaron Eckhart) learns, in Love Happens, is to face it. A famous motivational guru, he walks over hot coal and teaches his readers and audiences how to get over their grief and move on, but he himself hasn’t at all succeeded....
We’ve all made a lot of mistakes in our past. Adding to that, some constantly blame others for their disposition, dragging them down too in the process. Who among us hasn’t at some point in time wondered, like the protagonist in 17 Again, what our lives would be like...
Getting married at one of the most opulent places in the world is every girl’s childhood dream. In Bride Wars, a couple of inseparable girlfriends mistakenly have their respective weddings scheduled for the same date, time, and venue. Neither Emma (Anne Hathaway) nor Liv (Kate Hudson) is willing to...
It is highly probable that there are giant inhabitants in a macro universe out there who view us in the same manner that we view amoeba under a microscope. When Horton (voice of Jim Carrey), hears a cry from a microscopic inhabitant (voice of Steve Carell) on a speck...
One of two blood brothers, a “wealthy”, once-famous, Hollywood actor, who relies on make-up even in real life, returns home after decades for the funeral of the other, who, though a financial flop, is the model of a perfect person because “he had a knack for being content with...
Gunfire, shattering glass, and a pulsating car chase in a mountain tunnel announce the arrival of Bond (Daniel Craig) in Quantum of Solace. This time, 007 finds himself being pulled into Bolivia at a time when a coup d’état is being planned and a businessman with a nefarious motive...
The waste of society needs to be eliminated, some may like to believe. Thus, like Kamal Haasan, a ‘righteous’ citizen who makes it his mission in life to knock off corrupt bureaucrats in a famous Tamil film, an NYPD cop in Righteous Kill is out to clean the streets...
What is it about the police force that many a time makes them seem worse than criminals? In Changeling, the Los Angeles Police Department is incompetent, corrupt, and ruthless. Five months after a nine-year-old disappears, they publically announce that he has been found. This is a partially true story...
Why were we born and who are we living for: for ourselves, for our parents, or for other loved ones? Anna (Abigail Breslin) philosophizes in My Sister’s Keeper. She was born in vitro, a designer baby meant to be a spare-parts provider for her sickly elder sister. There is...
Fantastic to be pulled out your seat and transported to another era and see a bunch of little boys and girls taking on an entire army of men with some help from sword-wielding mice, badgers, centaurs, a master magician, and other imaginary creatures, in The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince...
