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[12 Apr 2013 | Comments Off | ]
Movie Review: The Reluctant Fundamentalist

Mira Nair’s The Reluctant Fundamentalist is an intriguing, international thriller and not much is removed from the core themes of its source.

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[21 Nov 2012 | Comments Off | ]
BFI Pays Tribute to Alfred Hitchcock

One of cinema’s greatest ever directors, Alfred Hitchcock was honoured like never before with the British Film Institute hosting a retrospective of his works in London earlier this year.

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[16 Nov 2012 | Comments Off | ]
Movie Review: Midnight’s Children

Deepa Mehta takes on the ‘unfilmable’ Rushdie novel Midnight’s Children and just manages to pull it off.

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[25 Oct 2012 | Comments Off | ]
Movie Review: ParaNorman

ParaNorman has zombies, witches and ghosts in abundance, and the filmmakers don’t shy away from portraying these creatures in their most frightening avatars.

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[23 Oct 2012 | Comments Off | ]
Movie Review: Anna Karenina

Joe Wright’s cinematic adaptation of the Tolstoy classic Anna Karenina is a work of art on its own.

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[15 Sep 2012 | Comments Off | ]
Movie Review: Ek Tha Tiger

Ek Tha Tiger borders on incredulity in the first half and, as the film progresses, things only get worse in the second.

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[12 Sep 2012 | Comments Off | ]
Movie Review: The Bourne Legacy

The Bourne Legacy may share themes with the previous three Bourne films but it is different beast altogether.

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[31 Aug 2012 | Comments Off | ]
Movie Review: Gangs of Wasseypur

Based on a true story, Gangs of Wasseypur is a five-hour long saga in which the characters live life according to their own unique rules.

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[4 Aug 2012 | Comments Off | ]
Movie Review: The Dark Knight Rises

Does the long-awaited The Dark Knight Rises meet expectations?

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[13 Jun 2012 | Comments Off | ]
Movie Review: Dark Shadows

When it comes to Tim Burton’s latest film, Dark Shadows, the word bizarre is an understatement.