I’m not the right person to review The Myth of the American Sleepover. The thing is, I had already fallen in love with this movie the minute I heard the comparisons to Richard Linklater’s Dazed and Confused, Greg Mottola’s Adventureland,  and George Lucas’ American Graffiti. Any film that can be spoken of in the same breath as these three beauties already has my appreciation and admiration. But regardless of...

I saw The Lion King 3D alone. When I say “alone”, I mean it literally. I was alone in the entire auditorium. So yeah, this will probably go down as one of my most memorable theatrical experiences… ever. I’ve never seen the film in theaters; heck, I hadn’t even seen it at home in years. The opportunity to see it on the big screen (with an added dimension, no less) made me salivate. The only hiccup at the...

There was quite the flutter this weekend when a red-band trailer for David Fincher’s The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo leaked online. Not only was it our first look at the highly-anticipated movie, the very nature of its release soon became suspicious. The image quality was surprisingly good for something shot in a theater, the audio was pristine and in stereo, the trailer wasn’t taken down on Youtube despite getting over 1.5...

This is not a review of the new Marvel superhero film, Thor. This article is not about the charismatic performances Chris Hemsworth & Tom Hiddleton give in the movie. It’s not about how generic & predictable the film’s plot is. It’s not about the clunky allusions to the upcoming superhero teamup, The Avengers (or Marvel’s The Avengers – its official, even clunkier title). I am clarifying all this before...

As far as pedigree goes, The Adventures of Tintin is certainly at the higher end of the spectrum. Steven Spielberg is directing and producing (along with Peter Jackson). Edgard Wright (Scott Pilgrim vs the World), Joe Cornish (Attack the Block) and Steven Moffat (Sherlock) have written the script. WETA (arguably the best visual effects house in the world) is behind the performance-capture. The voice-cast is absolutely insane. So, yeah, it...

Wow. Where’d this come from? I find the Fast & Furious franchise to be dumb, yes, but ripe with potential for success. The cars are fast, the boys are furious, the girls are sexy and the plots are stupid. This formula might seem simple enough, but none of the films have actually stuck the landing. None of them until this one, that is. The latest Fast & Furious film is immensely well-made, highly entertaining and – save...

Source Code comes within touching distance of being great. Frustratingly, it doesn’t reach that mark – just because of a few flaws. But I am getting ahead of myself. What you need to know is that Duncan Jones’ follow-up to the awesome Moon is good, a smart & entertaining film that can be successfully billed under the Thriller genre as well as the Science-Fiction one. Jake Gyllenhaal plays Colter Stevens, an Army helicopter...

Here’s an assignment for you: Ask anyone what’s the first thing that comes to mind on hearing “Bollywood”. 9 times out of 10, the answer will be “the colourful song-and-dance numbers.” Songs are usually the identifying characteristic of our films. And, on a certain level, the practice makes sense. There’s a reason why almost all Bollywood films are musicals. The same reason is why most of our films were 3 hours long and why...