Category: Movies

09
Mar
2015

‘Gone Girl’ Review

When courting, with honesty gone, it will be untrue. When marrying, with trust gone, it will be unreal, When married,…

28
Feb
2015

Moral Control

Learnt from ‘The Two Faces Of January’: Make one moral mistake with ease and it becomes easier to make another…

28
Feb
2015

I Didn’t Mean…

From the movie ‘Tammy’… Tammy: Yeah, thanks a lot. Curtis: You’re welcome. Tammy: I didn’t mean ‘thank you.’ Curtis: And…

15
Jun
2014

How To Take Better Pictures

From ‘The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty’… Walter Mitty: When are you gonna take it? [the picture] Sean O’Conner: Sometimes…

14
Jun
2014

Yourself

From the movie ‘Better Living Through Chemistry’, You can’t help everyone, but everyone can help someone. And sometimes, that someone…

13
Apr
2014

‘The Counsellor’ Seeks Counsel

‘The Counsellor’, as in the titular character in the movie, is a lawyer, supposedly one who gives legal counsel. Yet,…

13
Apr
2014

Windoor

In the movie ‘The World’s End’, Gary muses over a glass office ‘door’, ‘Is it a door? It doesn’t have…

22
Mar
2014

Is Power Control?

From the movie ‘Man of Tai Chi’:  Master: You must meditate. Tiger: Why? Master: To clear your mind, guide your…

08
Mar
2014

Insidious

Watching ‘Insidious 1 & 2’, I tried to figure out who are what are really the insidious ones. The malevolent…

08
Mar
2014

Time To Meet The Devil?

The tagline of the movie ‘Only God Forgives’ says ‘Time to meet the devil’. It features a moody underworld sub-chief,…

01
Mar
2014

Bizarre ‘Byzantium’

In the movie ‘Byzantium’, there was the suggestion that ‘sometimes death releases people’. Well, that’s the way a vampire seemingly…

15
Feb
2014

The Reluctant Fundamentalist

From the movie ‘The Reluctant Fundamentalist’, the screenplay (based on the novel) plays with the audience’s perception. Is the Pakistani…

05
Dec
2013

‘The Grandmaster’ Regrets?

Here are some extended snippets from a chat on the movie ‘The Grandmaster’ with a friend on the nature of…

29
Nov
2013

A Tense ‘Drug War’

‘Drug War’ features probable mechanics behind the elusive workings of the drug industry, of how all parties involved are kept…

29
Nov
2013

Now You See Me?

‘The closer you look, the less you see.’ This is the counter-intuitive tagline from the movie on the art of…

29
Nov
2013

Moral ‘Tales From The Dark 1 & 2’

The best supernatural horror stories are actually, even if unknowingly so, excellent vehicles for conveying moral messages for the living,…

29
Nov
2013

A Bodhisattva ‘Man Of Steel’?

Like a skilful transcendental Bodhisattva whom, as instructed by the Buddha, does not reveal his identity – so as to…

14
Nov
2013

‘Before Midnight’, Before Life Is Gone

It has been 18 years since the first movie in the series – Before Sunrise. Love that movie because it…

14
Nov
2013

The Great Gasp

From my title, you probably guess that I’m not a fan of the movie ‘The Great Gatsby’. I’m not sure…

23
Oct
2013

Unbearable Weight Of ‘Gravity’

The movie ‘Gravity’ to me is about the cosmic existential drama of… 1. Being ready for ‘one helluva ride’ that…