Movies

Continuing our trail on the Sci-Fi path, let’s talk today about yet another glimpse of a future dystopian world created by Korean – American animator Peter Chung, featuring a leather-clad heroin called Æon Flux. Movie : Æon Flux Director : Karyn Kusama Produced by : Gale Anne Hurd, David Gale, Gary Lucchesi, Greg Goodman Written by : Phil Hay, Matt ... Read More »

If you made the crowd who read Safari magazine through 1990’s when it was published only in Gujarati, you would remember the war stories edited by Nagendra Vijay, ranging from the missions of the Indian armed forces during the 1965 and 1971 wars with Pakistan to the exciting missions from the world wars. Movie : The Debt Director : John ... Read More »

Movie remaking should be allowed or not, is a million dollar question (literally:)). Let us talk only in the aspects of Indian films, specifically Bollywood movies. At one end we see some movie disasters like “Ram Gopal Verma Ki Aag” (remake of “Sholay”) and “Zanzeer” (remake of “Zanzeer” starring Amitabh Bachchan and Pran); on the other end there are films ... Read More »

The way Bollywood movies take inspiration from international films has been a running joke for decades. There was a positive campaign of spotting copied scenes and sequences in Bollywood films once Indian cinema fans acquired access to internet and therefore movies all over the world. Sajid Khan hosted some really funny TV shows (like Kehne Mein Kya Harz Hai) in ... Read More »

Directed by Bill Condon, Mr Holmes features Ian McKellen as 94 year old Sherlock Holmes striving to tie the loose ends and gather a sense of completion around him before death claims him. He is a man whose senses are going slowly, along with his memory. Movie : Mr. Holmes Director : Bill Condon Produced by : Anne Carey, Iain ... Read More »

It is not very often that a geeky concept proves equally appealing to the masses – but there is one exception that has fascinated humans for ages. Yes, we are talking about Time Travel. The countless ways it has been featured in works of fiction from H.G. Wells’ Time machine to Terminator to Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban ... Read More »