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This is a really cool movie, a bit slow sometimes but all in all a very good story with a strong moral thread.
It starts with the the life of a man named Harry Krick (Will Farrel), who works for the IRS, is a slave to monotony in his life and one who lives in solitude. His life turns upside down when he starts to hear a woman’s voice in his head, a woman who is narrating his life just as it has come to pass. This greatly distrubs Harry, however most on the day when he hear “little does he know, but Harry’s life will end imminently”. Harry seeks counsel from a univeristy lecturer (Dustin Hoffman), who helps him understand this voice and teaches him to let go of his routine and really live life. Harry meets Anna (Maggie Gyllenhal) whom he falls in love with, and starts to really live. I wont spoil the end for those who havent seen this movie. All I can say, in a subtle way, this movie gently nudges us to examine our lives and encourages us to live as if we knew out death was imminent. A good rental for a quiet, contemplative evening.
Written by Smriti on February 10th, 2008 with 1 comment.
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I just saw the movie Juno by Jason Reitman. Canadian born actress Ellen Page plays the part of “Juno”, a 16 year old who finds out in the opening scene of the movie that she is pregnant. She decides to go get an abortion, but is scared away by the clinic. In the end Juno decides, with support from her parents and best friend that she will have the baby, however look for a suitable family to give it away for adoption. We follow Juno through her pregnancy and are tickled and drawn to tears by the situations and drama she faces. All in all a cute and funny movie. Good to rent on a friday night. Fellows, chances are, this might be a bit of a chick flick, so if you are not into that… you may wanna pass.
Written by Smriti on February 4th, 2008 with 1 comment.
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Directed by Steve Bendelack, this movie lacks both a punch or a storyline.
Rowan Atkinson, better known as “Mr. Bean” wins a church raffle to travel to Cannes by Eurostar via Paris. Along the way, he not only manges to lose his luggage, miss his train, misplace his passport and ticket, but also to make friends with a young Russian boy, and a pretty French girl. Together they have many an adventure, and finally he does make it to Cannes.
Rowan Atkinson is funny as usual, however the movie lacks direction, and seems like a bunch of his older tricks re-played and strung together with no relvence or connection.
Rent only if nothing else is available. I would even go as far as to say pass on this movie altogether.
Written by Smriti on January 1st, 2008 with no comments.
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An highly acclaimed 80’s film by Richard Attenborough, describes the life and times of Mahatma Gandhi, Indian political leader who managed to free his country from the British rule using non-violent means and thus giving hope and inspiration for generations to come.
When Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi first set foot in British India, he had already been to Britain and South Africa, and had created quite a stir for the betterment of the people. But in India, he realized that he had first to live the life of a peasant to understand what it is to be an Indian. This resolve will lead him to shed his westerners clothing, and don a simple loincloth, be subjected to racial slurs from none other than Winston Churchill (Half naked Indian Fakir); Mobilize awareness of local industry and less dependence on imported clothing and material; the historic stick march for withdrawal of the salt tax; a fast unto death to stop the virtual slaughter of British troops by irate Indian mobs; and be imprisoned several times. His resolve was to work with stalwarts such as Mohammed Ali Jinnah, Sardar Valabhbhai Patel, Professor Gokhale, J.B. Kripalani, Maulana Azad, and Pandit Jawarharlal Nehru to ensure first of all to get the British to quit India, and then run an Indian Government under the Congress party. Gandhi will soon realize that it is not enough to be just an Indian, for India has many facets - Muslim, Hindu, Sikh, Jewish, and Christian. The British relied on these many facets as an excuse for their continuance as they wanted to ensure that the minorities are not oppressed by the Hindu majority. Concerned over the inroads made by Gandhi to unite the Hindus, Muslims, and all others under a common umbrella, the British invited Jinnah for talks, and it is here that a seed was laid for a separate country called Pakistan. When Gandhi came to know about this, he pleaded with Jinnah to unite the Muslims, even take over as the first Prime Minister with his choice of Muslim candidates for Parliament, but separatist Jinnah had already made his mind. The World Wars of 1914 and 1944 having taken it’s toll on Europe and Britain in particular, the weary British finally decided to leave India in 1947 - not the India they had conquered - but an India that was ready to be divided in East Pakistan and West Pakistan. Now after the much awaited independence was the real test for Gandhi - a test that will make him or break him - as he started a fast unto death to try and stop the violence that was threatening to break out into a civil war, not realizing that he had indirectly fanned Hindu extremists, into taking the matter directly in their hands to ensure that Muslims are kept out of their India forever.
This must see film provides a gentle reminder that no matter how the world revolves, all can be conquered by peace and love for oneself and for all those around us.
Written by Smriti on January 1st, 2008 with no comments.
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Absoutely hilarous movie, that is if you like the Adam Sandler type of humour.
Directed by Dennis Dugan, this movie has a simple storyline. Two straight, single Brooklyn firefighters (Sandler, James) pretend to be a gay couple in order to receive domestic partner benefits. In this double life they live, they meet interesting people and run into famous adventures. They end up in court, where all is settled, and end up finding real love with beautiful women in the end. As usual Sandler has an message through the whole movie, which of course, is sent out in the typical Sandler-ish humour wrapped parcel.
A movie to rent or pick up in the bargain bin.
Written by Smriti on January 1st, 2008 with no comments.
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This recent movie directed by Francis Lawrence, promises big but doesnt really deliver.
Will Smith plays (as far as his character knows) the last man on earth, our hero, Robert Neville, a sole survivor of a world dominating virus created by man, that initially takes out 588 million people in 2009, and was originally created to somehow cure cancer. In 2012, Neville (a former scientist) dedicates his life to surviving for the sake of the human race, since he’s somehow immune to the virus and those who have been infected, and attempts to find a cure. In order to find a cure, he seeks out the infected beings at night, who seem to have completely forgotten how to act human, their instincts and survival skills have become non-existent, and either takes them out to survive, or in some cases, drags them to his underground lab for research purposes, in hopes of correcting humankind’s mistake.
Lots of questions go unanswered, and Will Smith in his own repetitive style plays the hero who single handedly saves the world. I would suggest renting this movie or picking it up in the bargain bin, not worth paying full price at the box office.
Written by Smriti on January 1st, 2008 with no comments.
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This book has become my number one favorite. ‘Into the Wild’ first came out in 1996, its written in first person by Jon Krakauer, a world renowned mountaineer, and ice-climber, and author of the well known book ‘Into thin air’. In this book Jon reiterates the life of Christopher J McCandless, a young man who hailed from an affluent family, however frustrated with his life for various reasons, decides to life off the wild. After donating all of his law school college funds to Oxfam, Chris assumes the name ‘Alex Supertramp’ and lives the life of a loner, a vagrant, and a vagabond. Finally, after burning all the cash he has in his pocket, and abandoning his car, Chris ‘walks into the wild’ when he goes to live off the land in Alaska. After 110 days that Chris took to the Stampede Trail, his starved, decomposed dead body is recovered by hunters in an abandoned Fairbanks Transit bus #142 in the deep woods. This book, is written tremendously well, Jon explains carefully and accurately the journies undertaken by Alex and recounts some of his own life experience to give insights into what may have caused Chris to give a perfectly normal life and choose this so called ‘death wish’.
A profound book, with immense wisdom, and deep silence. Now a major hollowood movie directed by Sean Penn, and music by Eddie Vedder from Pearl Jam.
Written by Smriti on November 4th, 2007 with no comments.
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If you like the TV show you will like the movie. We were not expecting much, usually when they make movies of Tv shows, the movies suck or are not very different from the TV show (X-files is a good example of this). However I must say I was pleasantly surprised, it was not the greatest movie and I wasnt blown away.. however there was enough there for it to be different from the TV show and funny at a whole new level.
Besides the fact that we finally got to see bart’s weenie.. and met spider pig! 
I highly recommend you see this movie.. although perhaps wait for it to come on video
Apparently if you look hard enough in the crowd.. you will see a certain “dictator” as well.. I guess I missed him!
Written by Smriti on August 9th, 2007 with no comments.
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This 5th book by J.K Rowlings was made into a movie, and came to the movie theaters on July 11th 2007.
If you are a Harry Potter fan, I can assure you that you will like this movie. Although lots of scene’s were cut from the book, the movie was packaged very well and the main themes and storyline made complete sense. Although if you are someone who hasnt read the last few books, may have some trouble understanding and knowing all the characters, not everyone was properly introduced (Tonks for instance). All in all a great HP movie, maybe even the best so far (I am biased to #3 however). The fight scene at the end is spectacular, evevn better in the movie than in the book, the special effects made it sensational. If you manage to catch this movie in an IMAX theater, the goggles make the characters come alive, although you might end up with motion sickness by the end of it Enjoy
Written by Smriti on July 23rd, 2007 with no comments.
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The Movie Super Size ME is all about fast food and the pro’s and Con’s about it. In this movie you see how Morgan Spurlock go’s on a 30 days diet of only Mc Donalds food and what that does to his body.
Of course before during and after the 30 days he is check regularly by 3 doctors and a dietitian. Is kinda scary to see what happened to some one when he lives on fast food for 30 days.
I would recommend everybody to see this movie. Order you copy of Super Size Me today and enjoy a fun evening whit your friends.
And if you want to know more after seeing this movie then try to get a copy of Morgan Spurlock’s book Don’t Eat This Book
in witch Morgan tells you much more about fast food and what it did to him.
Written by George on July 18th, 2007 with 1 comment.
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