tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4298762029141432171Thu, 16 Feb 2012 19:16:26 +0000HindiDocumentarySpanishEnglishReflectionsMovie reviews and reflections from a wannabe movie critic...<br>A spin-off from <a href="http://rooshi.blogspot.com">Quaestiones Quaedam Philosophicae</a>http://diwanflix.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Hrishikesh Diwan)Blogger7312542.881372-78.744661tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4298762029141432171.post-4341148013412054682Sat, 17 Jul 2010 04:54:00 +00002010-07-17T01:59:32.279-04:00EnglishYes, yes, let's start by addressing the obvious: this blog had died. I say had, because Inception made me write this movie reaction (a review of sorts - but not really)The movie is written/ directed by Christopher Nolan, in whose fine mind it reportedly gestated for over a decade. Looking at his filmography (Insomnia, Memento, Batman Begins, The Prestige, The Dark Knight) it is clear that this...http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/diwanflix/~3/3ttzIrsIc8Q/inception.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Hrishikesh Diwan)3<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=3ttzIrsIc8Q:WHExR1o_FL8:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=3ttzIrsIc8Q:WHExR1o_FL8:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=3ttzIrsIc8Q:WHExR1o_FL8:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?i=3ttzIrsIc8Q:WHExR1o_FL8:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=3ttzIrsIc8Q:WHExR1o_FL8:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?i=3ttzIrsIc8Q:WHExR1o_FL8:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=3ttzIrsIc8Q:WHExR1o_FL8:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=3ttzIrsIc8Q:WHExR1o_FL8:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=3ttzIrsIc8Q:WHExR1o_FL8:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?i=3ttzIrsIc8Q:WHExR1o_FL8:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div>http://diwanflix.blogspot.com/2010/07/inception.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4298762029141432171.post-7407073235691966715Sun, 20 Apr 2008 14:06:00 +00002008-04-20T10:12:16.608-04:00EnglishSo sue me for an unappreciative boor, but Louisa May Alcott gets on my nerves these days. So do Charles Dickens, E. M. Forster, Paul Scott, George Eliot, Somerset Maugham, Jane Austen, any of the Brontes, and now, Ian McEwan. Why? Because the stiff upper lip, afternoon tea-parties, wan looking gentlemen, and imperial undertones just aren't my cuppa, thank you very much.No surprise then that I http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/diwanflix/~3/Vsicv1MDeWA/atonement.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Hrishikesh Diwan)0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=Vsicv1MDeWA:ISGxker1fik:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=Vsicv1MDeWA:ISGxker1fik:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=Vsicv1MDeWA:ISGxker1fik:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?i=Vsicv1MDeWA:ISGxker1fik:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=Vsicv1MDeWA:ISGxker1fik:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?i=Vsicv1MDeWA:ISGxker1fik:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=Vsicv1MDeWA:ISGxker1fik:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=Vsicv1MDeWA:ISGxker1fik:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=Vsicv1MDeWA:ISGxker1fik:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?i=Vsicv1MDeWA:ISGxker1fik:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div>http://diwanflix.blogspot.com/2008/04/atonement.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4298762029141432171.post-1707843676238006244Tue, 01 Apr 2008 23:54:00 +00002008-04-01T20:05:52.739-04:00EnglishWith nothing better to do, and in spite of the bad experience with The Golden Compass, we found ourselves in an afternoon show of The Spiderwick Chronicles at the local multiplex - oh, about a month ago! I was pleasantly surprised!There are too many fantasy movies coming out of late. Amid the barrage of Harry Potter, Narnia, Compass, Eragon and so on, I feel almost tired these day when I see a http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/diwanflix/~3/1MYVhHEr_PQ/spiderwick-chronicles.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Hrishikesh Diwan)0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=1MYVhHEr_PQ:ej47O-7h4b8:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=1MYVhHEr_PQ:ej47O-7h4b8:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=1MYVhHEr_PQ:ej47O-7h4b8:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?i=1MYVhHEr_PQ:ej47O-7h4b8:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=1MYVhHEr_PQ:ej47O-7h4b8:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?i=1MYVhHEr_PQ:ej47O-7h4b8:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=1MYVhHEr_PQ:ej47O-7h4b8:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=1MYVhHEr_PQ:ej47O-7h4b8:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=1MYVhHEr_PQ:ej47O-7h4b8:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?i=1MYVhHEr_PQ:ej47O-7h4b8:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div>http://diwanflix.blogspot.com/2008/04/spiderwick-chronicles.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4298762029141432171.post-104122957811230464Mon, 31 Mar 2008 22:44:00 +00002008-03-31T19:10:57.271-04:00DocumentaryIn the age of Big Brother and The Bachelor it is a pleasant surprise when television features a documentary that is incisive, balanced, informative, and thought provoking. Maybe I've just been watching the wrong channels, but this week I found it very refreshing to watch Frontline: Bush's War, a two part special aired to mark the fifth anniversary of the Iraq invasion, being a documentary http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/diwanflix/~3/LKq5ljpBHMI/frontline-bushs-war.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Hrishikesh Diwan)0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=LKq5ljpBHMI:EJDOTe_MErY:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=LKq5ljpBHMI:EJDOTe_MErY:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=LKq5ljpBHMI:EJDOTe_MErY:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?i=LKq5ljpBHMI:EJDOTe_MErY:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=LKq5ljpBHMI:EJDOTe_MErY:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?i=LKq5ljpBHMI:EJDOTe_MErY:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=LKq5ljpBHMI:EJDOTe_MErY:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=LKq5ljpBHMI:EJDOTe_MErY:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=LKq5ljpBHMI:EJDOTe_MErY:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?i=LKq5ljpBHMI:EJDOTe_MErY:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div>http://diwanflix.blogspot.com/2008/03/frontline-bushs-war.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4298762029141432171.post-8602132196408206584Mon, 31 Mar 2008 21:57:00 +00002008-03-31T18:42:31.438-04:00EnglishThe world is not a simple place. Sometimes there are no clear right paths or wrong ones. Instead, the threads of our lives intertwine and the sum of our choices form the skein of the world. There can be no escape; the choices have to be made, often poorly.That, in a nutshell, was my take-away from Gone Baby Gone, the touching but ultimately flawed film based on the novel of the same name by http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/diwanflix/~3/yqmpRHl6_oI/gone-baby-gone.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Hrishikesh Diwan)0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=yqmpRHl6_oI:9CZ9PTiQi2Q:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=yqmpRHl6_oI:9CZ9PTiQi2Q:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=yqmpRHl6_oI:9CZ9PTiQi2Q:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?i=yqmpRHl6_oI:9CZ9PTiQi2Q:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=yqmpRHl6_oI:9CZ9PTiQi2Q:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?i=yqmpRHl6_oI:9CZ9PTiQi2Q:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=yqmpRHl6_oI:9CZ9PTiQi2Q:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=yqmpRHl6_oI:9CZ9PTiQi2Q:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=yqmpRHl6_oI:9CZ9PTiQi2Q:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?i=yqmpRHl6_oI:9CZ9PTiQi2Q:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div>http://diwanflix.blogspot.com/2008/03/gone-baby-gone.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4298762029141432171.post-5572322060525364667Sun, 30 Mar 2008 22:03:00 +00002008-03-30T18:27:20.623-04:00EnglishDum Dum Dum Dum... Dum Dum Dum DUM... Dum Dum Dum, Dum dum...I don't know you,But I want you,All the more for that.Words fall through meAnd always fool meAnd I can't react...I heard this song during the Academy Awards (it won the Oscar for Best Song) and right away the tune was lodged firmly in my brain. I went on Rotten Tomatoes to read some reviews (it has an unearthly rating of 97% on the http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/diwanflix/~3/dmysk3y4IMw/once.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Hrishikesh Diwan)0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=dmysk3y4IMw:N8zM-xrNMwo:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=dmysk3y4IMw:N8zM-xrNMwo:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=dmysk3y4IMw:N8zM-xrNMwo:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?i=dmysk3y4IMw:N8zM-xrNMwo:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=dmysk3y4IMw:N8zM-xrNMwo:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?i=dmysk3y4IMw:N8zM-xrNMwo:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=dmysk3y4IMw:N8zM-xrNMwo:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=dmysk3y4IMw:N8zM-xrNMwo:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=dmysk3y4IMw:N8zM-xrNMwo:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?i=dmysk3y4IMw:N8zM-xrNMwo:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div>http://diwanflix.blogspot.com/2008/03/once.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4298762029141432171.post-3668061704816824209Sun, 30 Mar 2008 21:40:00 +00002008-03-30T18:00:46.413-04:00EnglishAbout a month ago, still awash in the afterglow of the Academy Awards, K and I walked with some trepidation into a showing of Juno, often described as the 'little movie that could'. K was expecting a super-judgmental docu-movie on the evils of teen pregnancy, while I was afraid it would be a dark, unfunny piece pre-occupied with making fun of Bible belt America.Turns out, we were both wrong, and http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/diwanflix/~3/hnthcOnq0PA/juno.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Hrishikesh Diwan)0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=hnthcOnq0PA:w5wshL7F5EA:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=hnthcOnq0PA:w5wshL7F5EA:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=hnthcOnq0PA:w5wshL7F5EA:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?i=hnthcOnq0PA:w5wshL7F5EA:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=hnthcOnq0PA:w5wshL7F5EA:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?i=hnthcOnq0PA:w5wshL7F5EA:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=hnthcOnq0PA:w5wshL7F5EA:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=hnthcOnq0PA:w5wshL7F5EA:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=hnthcOnq0PA:w5wshL7F5EA:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?i=hnthcOnq0PA:w5wshL7F5EA:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div>http://diwanflix.blogspot.com/2008/03/juno.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4298762029141432171.post-6061993352983123794Sun, 30 Mar 2008 21:10:00 +00002008-03-30T17:37:56.271-04:00English I have been lazy about updating this blog for too long, and the list of movies I've watched and need to review here just keeps getting longer! So the idea today is to write six quick reviews so I catch up on all the memorable movies I've seen through late February/ all of March 2008.'No Country For Old Men' was a movie I was very excited to see on DVD, having missed it when it was playing in http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/diwanflix/~3/3_yYgJBxDyI/no-country-for-old-men.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Hrishikesh Diwan)0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=3_yYgJBxDyI:nfutJbCv340:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=3_yYgJBxDyI:nfutJbCv340:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=3_yYgJBxDyI:nfutJbCv340:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?i=3_yYgJBxDyI:nfutJbCv340:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=3_yYgJBxDyI:nfutJbCv340:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?i=3_yYgJBxDyI:nfutJbCv340:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=3_yYgJBxDyI:nfutJbCv340:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=3_yYgJBxDyI:nfutJbCv340:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=3_yYgJBxDyI:nfutJbCv340:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?i=3_yYgJBxDyI:nfutJbCv340:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div>http://diwanflix.blogspot.com/2008/03/no-country-for-old-men.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4298762029141432171.post-7693674413117453201Sun, 02 Mar 2008 12:21:00 +00002008-03-02T08:51:17.264-05:00HindiI am going to get skewered for saying it, but Jodhaa Akbar is a badly paced, horribly plotted, art-direction focussed endeavor that fails to impress as anything other than eye candy (and that with reservations). The attention to detail that has to go into any such movie is missing. The acting is mostly about par, the characterization monochromatic, and the 'message' ranges between the pedantic http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/diwanflix/~3/N9LnPkQQwO8/jodha-akbar.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Hrishikesh Diwan)2<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=N9LnPkQQwO8:__BjhVdiCtA:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=N9LnPkQQwO8:__BjhVdiCtA:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=N9LnPkQQwO8:__BjhVdiCtA:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?i=N9LnPkQQwO8:__BjhVdiCtA:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=N9LnPkQQwO8:__BjhVdiCtA:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?i=N9LnPkQQwO8:__BjhVdiCtA:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=N9LnPkQQwO8:__BjhVdiCtA:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=N9LnPkQQwO8:__BjhVdiCtA:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=N9LnPkQQwO8:__BjhVdiCtA:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?i=N9LnPkQQwO8:__BjhVdiCtA:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div>http://diwanflix.blogspot.com/2008/03/jodha-akbar.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4298762029141432171.post-2073772383557053462Sat, 23 Feb 2008 13:48:00 +00002008-02-23T10:05:11.425-05:00EnglishI am a sucker for a movie that plays with timeline and perspective. I get goosebumps when I watch a Back to the Future when the same set of events/ the same span of time is seen from different angles and revelation follows. So this admittedly Rashomon-esque flick was predestined to tickle me silly! It gets a rating of a solid 3 on my scale without debate.The somewhat cliched plot revolves around http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/diwanflix/~3/6BNH6C0M5Hs/vantage-point.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Hrishikesh Diwan)1<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=6BNH6C0M5Hs:QoHq1BtmNcA:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=6BNH6C0M5Hs:QoHq1BtmNcA:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=6BNH6C0M5Hs:QoHq1BtmNcA:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?i=6BNH6C0M5Hs:QoHq1BtmNcA:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=6BNH6C0M5Hs:QoHq1BtmNcA:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?i=6BNH6C0M5Hs:QoHq1BtmNcA:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=6BNH6C0M5Hs:QoHq1BtmNcA:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=6BNH6C0M5Hs:QoHq1BtmNcA:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=6BNH6C0M5Hs:QoHq1BtmNcA:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?i=6BNH6C0M5Hs:QoHq1BtmNcA:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div>http://diwanflix.blogspot.com/2008/02/vantage-point.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4298762029141432171.post-8588675143728202978Mon, 18 Feb 2008 22:44:00 +00002008-02-18T18:21:57.693-05:00EnglishFor a movie with the tag-line "Anywhere is possible" it is quite ironic that this adaptation of the Stephen Gould novel ends up so deep in the loo.I don't know where to begin when it comes to criticizing this movie. It is a travesty of a geek movie, something that had oodles of potential and could've been so much superior to what it ends up being. I could see the basic theme behind the movie http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/diwanflix/~3/SvgiOUnURTg/jumper.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Hrishikesh Diwan)0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=SvgiOUnURTg:ehkK6ZmSh-M:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=SvgiOUnURTg:ehkK6ZmSh-M:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=SvgiOUnURTg:ehkK6ZmSh-M:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?i=SvgiOUnURTg:ehkK6ZmSh-M:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=SvgiOUnURTg:ehkK6ZmSh-M:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?i=SvgiOUnURTg:ehkK6ZmSh-M:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=SvgiOUnURTg:ehkK6ZmSh-M:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=SvgiOUnURTg:ehkK6ZmSh-M:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=SvgiOUnURTg:ehkK6ZmSh-M:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?i=SvgiOUnURTg:ehkK6ZmSh-M:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div>http://diwanflix.blogspot.com/2008/02/jumper.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4298762029141432171.post-4456893796580032734Sun, 17 Feb 2008 18:49:00 +00002008-02-17T14:14:58.769-05:00EnglishI'm falling a little behind on my reviews... "2 Days in Paris" was the last of the three picks K made for watching last weekend. Better late than never, here's the review!I was really looking forward to this movie, given that it was written/ directed by Julie Delpy, who also plays one of two leading roles. Before Sunrise/ Before Sunset are some of my favorite movies of all time, and this movie http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/diwanflix/~3/BSLNzKZZo6E/2-days-in-paris.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Hrishikesh Diwan)0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=BSLNzKZZo6E:hSHjJRR9ATc:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=BSLNzKZZo6E:hSHjJRR9ATc:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=BSLNzKZZo6E:hSHjJRR9ATc:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?i=BSLNzKZZo6E:hSHjJRR9ATc:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=BSLNzKZZo6E:hSHjJRR9ATc:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?i=BSLNzKZZo6E:hSHjJRR9ATc:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=BSLNzKZZo6E:hSHjJRR9ATc:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=BSLNzKZZo6E:hSHjJRR9ATc:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=BSLNzKZZo6E:hSHjJRR9ATc:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?i=BSLNzKZZo6E:hSHjJRR9ATc:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div>http://diwanflix.blogspot.com/2008/02/2-days-in-paris.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4298762029141432171.post-625566523355159660Sun, 10 Feb 2008 23:36:00 +00002008-02-10T19:18:21.664-05:00EnglishPie is about as American as Americana can get. So's a highway diner with uniformed waitresses serving pie. Completing the loop is the odious cook of questionable hygiene, but the less said about that the better. American also are working class families eking out a living, and rationing what little happiness they can find in otherwise dreary lives.This little Indie film - one of three movies that http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/diwanflix/~3/39f4-vwug74/waitress.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Hrishikesh Diwan)1<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=39f4-vwug74:LUKYOSfp2h4:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=39f4-vwug74:LUKYOSfp2h4:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=39f4-vwug74:LUKYOSfp2h4:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?i=39f4-vwug74:LUKYOSfp2h4:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=39f4-vwug74:LUKYOSfp2h4:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?i=39f4-vwug74:LUKYOSfp2h4:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=39f4-vwug74:LUKYOSfp2h4:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=39f4-vwug74:LUKYOSfp2h4:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=39f4-vwug74:LUKYOSfp2h4:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?i=39f4-vwug74:LUKYOSfp2h4:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div>http://diwanflix.blogspot.com/2008/02/waitress.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4298762029141432171.post-5838170959858357120Sun, 10 Feb 2008 04:48:00 +00002008-02-10T00:42:27.113-05:00EnglishSteven Soderbergh's homage to the classics from the studio centric age of Hollywood, and in particular to Casablanca, left me impressed but a little unsatisfied. Not a must see, but a recommendation nonetheless.Technically it is a masterstroke; Soderbergh deployed 1950s style techniques for lighting, sound, lenswork, and background score, and acting. The noir element works as well; we didn't see http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/diwanflix/~3/85GnmQBgQuw/good-german.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Hrishikesh Diwan)0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=85GnmQBgQuw:jPu1dd0JQSo:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=85GnmQBgQuw:jPu1dd0JQSo:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=85GnmQBgQuw:jPu1dd0JQSo:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?i=85GnmQBgQuw:jPu1dd0JQSo:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=85GnmQBgQuw:jPu1dd0JQSo:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?i=85GnmQBgQuw:jPu1dd0JQSo:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=85GnmQBgQuw:jPu1dd0JQSo:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=85GnmQBgQuw:jPu1dd0JQSo:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=85GnmQBgQuw:jPu1dd0JQSo:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?i=85GnmQBgQuw:jPu1dd0JQSo:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div>http://diwanflix.blogspot.com/2008/02/good-german.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4298762029141432171.post-5899323659526485254Tue, 05 Feb 2008 22:07:00 +00002008-02-05T17:14:29.347-05:00EnglishI'm glad we caught this remake (from a 1957 original of the same name, in turn based on a short story). They say the Western is a dying genre, and this is perhaps the best one worthy of the brand that I've seen since Clint Eastwood's "Unforgiven".It is a poignant tale that is less about the action and more about nuanced characters and their personal story arcs. These are led by a desperately poorhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/diwanflix/~3/Pl-PJ4CMOOU/310-to-yuma.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Hrishikesh Diwan)0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=Pl-PJ4CMOOU:e2h9ONSlsmo:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=Pl-PJ4CMOOU:e2h9ONSlsmo:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=Pl-PJ4CMOOU:e2h9ONSlsmo:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?i=Pl-PJ4CMOOU:e2h9ONSlsmo:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=Pl-PJ4CMOOU:e2h9ONSlsmo:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?i=Pl-PJ4CMOOU:e2h9ONSlsmo:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=Pl-PJ4CMOOU:e2h9ONSlsmo:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=Pl-PJ4CMOOU:e2h9ONSlsmo:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=Pl-PJ4CMOOU:e2h9ONSlsmo:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?i=Pl-PJ4CMOOU:e2h9ONSlsmo:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div>http://diwanflix.blogspot.com/2008/02/310-to-yuma.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4298762029141432171.post-2787747928933416838Thu, 31 Jan 2008 23:57:00 +00002008-01-31T19:21:29.762-05:00HindiWe tried - honestly! We gave this flick every break a Hindi movie can expect. We suspended our disbelief, swallowed the tangential comic track, sat through a mockery of science and an obviously hesitant, fearful riff on faith; We ignored the lame dialogue, the hopeless pacing (or lack thereof)... We even ignored plot holes the size of a hippo. But what got us worked up in the end was the http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/diwanflix/~3/kz7vEFD-0C0/bhool-bhulaiya.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Hrishikesh Diwan)6<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=kz7vEFD-0C0:NjbBvoLSFDI:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=kz7vEFD-0C0:NjbBvoLSFDI:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=kz7vEFD-0C0:NjbBvoLSFDI:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?i=kz7vEFD-0C0:NjbBvoLSFDI:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=kz7vEFD-0C0:NjbBvoLSFDI:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?i=kz7vEFD-0C0:NjbBvoLSFDI:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=kz7vEFD-0C0:NjbBvoLSFDI:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=kz7vEFD-0C0:NjbBvoLSFDI:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=kz7vEFD-0C0:NjbBvoLSFDI:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?i=kz7vEFD-0C0:NjbBvoLSFDI:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div>http://diwanflix.blogspot.com/2008/01/bhool-bhulaiya.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4298762029141432171.post-7504091613782122150Tue, 29 Jan 2008 00:13:00 +00002008-01-28T19:46:16.961-05:00EnglishImagine Hell. Go ahead, I dare ya!Done imagining?Now come and see the Sylvester Stallone version - a prison camp for the Karen minority in Myanmar/ Burma (with some almost-incidental white missionaries). Prepare thyself to see a pig eating a (hopefully dead) strung up man's legs; see women being brutalized by lewd mobs (not that far from Mumbai, New Years Eve in my imagination); take in the http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/diwanflix/~3/q1sOpJVMymk/rambo.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Hrishikesh Diwan)2<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=q1sOpJVMymk:AHp_Zm7KGGo:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=q1sOpJVMymk:AHp_Zm7KGGo:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=q1sOpJVMymk:AHp_Zm7KGGo:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?i=q1sOpJVMymk:AHp_Zm7KGGo:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=q1sOpJVMymk:AHp_Zm7KGGo:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?i=q1sOpJVMymk:AHp_Zm7KGGo:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=q1sOpJVMymk:AHp_Zm7KGGo:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=q1sOpJVMymk:AHp_Zm7KGGo:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=q1sOpJVMymk:AHp_Zm7KGGo:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?i=q1sOpJVMymk:AHp_Zm7KGGo:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div>http://diwanflix.blogspot.com/2008/01/rambo.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4298762029141432171.post-4984574104063689640Sun, 27 Jan 2008 16:38:00 +00002008-01-27T12:07:01.340-05:00EnglishHow to make a romantic comedy in the 21st century?Take a good-looking pair of stars, give at least one of the lead pair a light and fluffy crisis that can be resolved with a punchline (and doesn't take much away from the goodie-goodie ambience), make sure you touch upon the conventions and hoopla surrounging at least one wedding/ family event, feature sit-commish supporting characters, set-pieceshttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/diwanflix/~3/XBdc5UhAk3o/27-dresses.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Hrishikesh Diwan)1<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=XBdc5UhAk3o:UTp-qYurZxI:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=XBdc5UhAk3o:UTp-qYurZxI:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=XBdc5UhAk3o:UTp-qYurZxI:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?i=XBdc5UhAk3o:UTp-qYurZxI:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=XBdc5UhAk3o:UTp-qYurZxI:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?i=XBdc5UhAk3o:UTp-qYurZxI:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=XBdc5UhAk3o:UTp-qYurZxI:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=XBdc5UhAk3o:UTp-qYurZxI:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=XBdc5UhAk3o:UTp-qYurZxI:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?i=XBdc5UhAk3o:UTp-qYurZxI:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div>http://diwanflix.blogspot.com/2008/01/27-dresses.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4298762029141432171.post-5998889933590929239Sat, 19 Jan 2008 18:58:00 +00002008-01-19T14:27:35.927-05:00EnglishStardust (the novella) by Neil Gaiman is one of my favorite 'fairy tales'. While this movie released quite some time ago, I hadn't managed to catch it in the theatre, so again, a big thank you to Netflix which shipped it to me dutifully. And what a movie it was!The story revolves around a denizen of the fictional village of Wall in England - so monikered and unique because it is near the wall http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/diwanflix/~3/ZbLa1UAsBiU/stardust.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Hrishikesh Diwan)0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=ZbLa1UAsBiU:bzV2DijjNR0:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=ZbLa1UAsBiU:bzV2DijjNR0:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=ZbLa1UAsBiU:bzV2DijjNR0:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?i=ZbLa1UAsBiU:bzV2DijjNR0:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=ZbLa1UAsBiU:bzV2DijjNR0:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?i=ZbLa1UAsBiU:bzV2DijjNR0:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=ZbLa1UAsBiU:bzV2DijjNR0:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=ZbLa1UAsBiU:bzV2DijjNR0:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=ZbLa1UAsBiU:bzV2DijjNR0:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?i=ZbLa1UAsBiU:bzV2DijjNR0:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div>http://diwanflix.blogspot.com/2008/01/stardust.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4298762029141432171.post-1881651318539146215Sat, 19 Jan 2008 18:41:00 +00002008-01-19T14:28:06.361-05:00EnglishWatched this movie via the very cool Wegman's Red Box scheme that allows us to rent a brand new DVD release for 24 hours for a measly $1. This is another movie I've been meaning to see for quite some time now. Based on the real life story of Eric O'Neill, an FBI operative who worked under Robert Hanssen, an agent eventually convicted of spying for the Soviet Union (and, after the collapse of the http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/diwanflix/~3/MYXLQdwgGpE/breach.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Hrishikesh Diwan)2<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=MYXLQdwgGpE:l9a5FMw_3zs:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=MYXLQdwgGpE:l9a5FMw_3zs:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=MYXLQdwgGpE:l9a5FMw_3zs:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?i=MYXLQdwgGpE:l9a5FMw_3zs:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=MYXLQdwgGpE:l9a5FMw_3zs:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?i=MYXLQdwgGpE:l9a5FMw_3zs:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=MYXLQdwgGpE:l9a5FMw_3zs:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=MYXLQdwgGpE:l9a5FMw_3zs:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=MYXLQdwgGpE:l9a5FMw_3zs:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?i=MYXLQdwgGpE:l9a5FMw_3zs:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div>http://diwanflix.blogspot.com/2008/01/breach.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4298762029141432171.post-4104514978367928678Sat, 19 Jan 2008 18:26:00 +00002008-01-19T14:28:38.745-05:00EnglishHaving seen K off on her California sojourn, I went and buried my loneliness in this feel-good Rob Reiner tale.Coming as it does from the man that made "When Harry Met Sally" and "The American President" I suppose it lived up to my expectations - it is a well told, sugary tale dealing with the questions we all must deal with at some point in our lives in a somewhat softball manner. The cherry on http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/diwanflix/~3/yo6likVtpE0/bucket-list.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Hrishikesh Diwan)0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=yo6likVtpE0:XgZ5FGLRS08:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=yo6likVtpE0:XgZ5FGLRS08:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=yo6likVtpE0:XgZ5FGLRS08:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?i=yo6likVtpE0:XgZ5FGLRS08:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=yo6likVtpE0:XgZ5FGLRS08:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?i=yo6likVtpE0:XgZ5FGLRS08:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=yo6likVtpE0:XgZ5FGLRS08:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=yo6likVtpE0:XgZ5FGLRS08:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=yo6likVtpE0:XgZ5FGLRS08:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?i=yo6likVtpE0:XgZ5FGLRS08:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div>http://diwanflix.blogspot.com/2008/01/bucket-list.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4298762029141432171.post-6329288428418024035Sat, 19 Jan 2008 18:01:00 +00002008-01-19T17:07:57.105-05:00HindiI didn't know what to expect from Aamir Khan's directorial debut. Sitting here in the US, one is deprived of all the hype that traditionally precedes a movie. This is exacerbated by the fact that I don't really bother staying in touch with movie/ TV news from India any more. That being said, I did know this was an Aamir Khan movie, and that it dealt with the story of a dyslexic child. I was in http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/diwanflix/~3/cg0LB2yKjBc/taare-zameen-par.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Hrishikesh Diwan)7<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=cg0LB2yKjBc:sYi7RPetedc:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=cg0LB2yKjBc:sYi7RPetedc:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=cg0LB2yKjBc:sYi7RPetedc:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?i=cg0LB2yKjBc:sYi7RPetedc:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=cg0LB2yKjBc:sYi7RPetedc:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?i=cg0LB2yKjBc:sYi7RPetedc:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=cg0LB2yKjBc:sYi7RPetedc:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=cg0LB2yKjBc:sYi7RPetedc:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=cg0LB2yKjBc:sYi7RPetedc:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?i=cg0LB2yKjBc:sYi7RPetedc:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div>http://diwanflix.blogspot.com/2008/01/taare-zameen-par.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4298762029141432171.post-2474747811363823908Sat, 19 Jan 2008 17:55:00 +00002008-01-19T14:32:07.321-05:00Spanish'El Laberinto del Fauno' was the first Spanish movie K and I saw. It was a wake up call because we couldn't understand any of the conversation beyond the most basic sentences, and had to rely on subtitles. But our misadventures aside, this was an intellectually refreshing and stunning movie. A 5 star flick all around.Same as with The Fountain I had been meaning to watch this movie for quite some http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/diwanflix/~3/CCXvuN3f82A/pans-labyrinth.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Hrishikesh Diwan)2<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=CCXvuN3f82A:KM2VyunPhBk:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=CCXvuN3f82A:KM2VyunPhBk:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=CCXvuN3f82A:KM2VyunPhBk:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?i=CCXvuN3f82A:KM2VyunPhBk:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=CCXvuN3f82A:KM2VyunPhBk:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?i=CCXvuN3f82A:KM2VyunPhBk:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=CCXvuN3f82A:KM2VyunPhBk:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=CCXvuN3f82A:KM2VyunPhBk:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=CCXvuN3f82A:KM2VyunPhBk:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?i=CCXvuN3f82A:KM2VyunPhBk:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div>http://diwanflix.blogspot.com/2008/01/pans-labyrinth.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4298762029141432171.post-541190004407950276Sat, 19 Jan 2008 17:16:00 +00002008-01-19T14:32:48.302-05:00EnglishI had been meaning to watch this movie for an incredibly long time - finally did thanks to Netflix - and it blew my mind away.It isn't often that one comes across the movie as intellectually challenging as this. The complex story is completely open to interpretation and deals with one of the deepest issues relating to the human condition - the fear of death and the resultant quest for immortalityhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/diwanflix/~3/h-EF0uplroY/fountain.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Hrishikesh Diwan)2<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=h-EF0uplroY:UNy7L_5DvdQ:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=h-EF0uplroY:UNy7L_5DvdQ:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=h-EF0uplroY:UNy7L_5DvdQ:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?i=h-EF0uplroY:UNy7L_5DvdQ:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=h-EF0uplroY:UNy7L_5DvdQ:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?i=h-EF0uplroY:UNy7L_5DvdQ:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=h-EF0uplroY:UNy7L_5DvdQ:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=h-EF0uplroY:UNy7L_5DvdQ:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=h-EF0uplroY:UNy7L_5DvdQ:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?i=h-EF0uplroY:UNy7L_5DvdQ:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div>http://diwanflix.blogspot.com/2008/01/fountain.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4298762029141432171.post-2350405579041288170Wed, 26 Dec 2007 02:28:00 +00002008-01-19T14:33:14.818-05:00ReflectionsOriginally Posted on Quaestiones Quaedam Philosophicae on December 25, 2007This is a followup to a similar post just about a year ago, also called My Year In Movies. 2007 was almost entirely a year in movies for me. I've seen at least 39 movies in the theatre this year, Hindi and English included. Add to that about 52 DVD rentals from Netflix and at least 20 movies caught on the Internet or on http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/diwanflix/~3/47A0WGOHMnk/my-year-in-movies-2007.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Hrishikesh Diwan)0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=47A0WGOHMnk:F1fYr2XCsW4:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=47A0WGOHMnk:F1fYr2XCsW4:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=47A0WGOHMnk:F1fYr2XCsW4:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?i=47A0WGOHMnk:F1fYr2XCsW4:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=47A0WGOHMnk:F1fYr2XCsW4:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?i=47A0WGOHMnk:F1fYr2XCsW4:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=47A0WGOHMnk:F1fYr2XCsW4:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=47A0WGOHMnk:F1fYr2XCsW4:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?a=47A0WGOHMnk:F1fYr2XCsW4:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/diwanflix?i=47A0WGOHMnk:F1fYr2XCsW4:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div>http://diwanflix.blogspot.com/2008/01/my-year-in-movies-2007.html