A Wee Film Reveiw-ulet

Having won the BAFTA for best feature film not in English language "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" is a murder mystery convoluted in a maze of generations concocted by political views and religious anarchy which gets unwrapped slowly by inclemency of a descending journalist 'Micheal Nyquist' and acumen of a hacking wizard 'Noomi Rapace' who herself is traumatized by her haunting childhood. Even though the movie is Swedish, the production has an universal appeal. Spanning for over 2 hrs 30 minutes, majority of the scenes revolve around Noomi Rapace and Micheal Nyquist. Its Noomi Rapace who shines in her armor of goth look, heavy work out and a callous disposition seldom placid. I am against Hollywood trying to remake this classic even though a stalwart director like David Fincher is attempting a hand at to repackage for a global reach. I affirm with the director Niels Arden Oplev's conviction to vouch for his leading lady for the role instead of any le...

Only the brave Coen brothers (adapted screenplay and direction) can think of remaking an original Western classic 'True Grit'(1969) and name it the same. Grit is a gravel of sand symbolizing courage in times of danger. With 10 Academy nominations, True Grit boasts of this courage in the field of art direction,cinematography,costume design,directing,sound editing,sound mixing,best picture, supporting actress and best actor. As much I was in awe of Coen brothers for The Big Lebowski, I was also perplexed for the ending in 'No Country for Older Men'. True Grit has the right pace and keeps you immersed. Its a hunt for imposing redemption on a sinner. Hailee Steinfeld plays a stubborn brave farm girl who doesn’t flutter an eyelid and rather endeavors into a journey to avenge her fathers death. Jeff Bridges is a tough U.S.Marshal meandering in his own whimsical solitude is catapulted into this hunt by Hailee's adamant coaxing. Matt Damon is a Texas ranger who forays i...

Hail 'The King's Speech' - Colin Firth is impeccably a Royal stutter and the movie is a reverence to the morose task of 'kinging','queening','duking' and being a quack therapist cum aspiring actor cum a good friend of the Harley Street,London. I liked the geek sheet accompanied with the movie at the Glasgow Film Theater. Made my reviews look timid. And an applause in the end.

Once besotted in love, Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams endeavor to move ahead whilst emoting the trepidation caused due to a burden called 'love'. Its amazing to see them flesh out sereneness to a state of utter turmoil. Painful. Makes me reminiscent of Leo and Kate in 'Revolutionary Road' but more cathartic.

This film is about how one odd nuclear family is also one normal 'family' which survives the quest of the children to find their biological father, the momentary infidelity of the parenting partner and the anguish of a juvenile sperm donor who suddenly realizes the need for a 'ready made' family while years flew by in his penchant for promiscuity.

Salutes Christopher Nolan for churning out such a fantastic script and directing it even more crisply. It just shows how an idea in a script can speak volumes irrespective of an ensemble cast,minimal special effects and gyrating action sequences.A heist on the brain by planting a seed into one's dream and eventually control an individual. And icing on the cake would be to control ones dream through a fake dream. The labyrinth can't get more dense. Leonardo DiCaprio says and I quote " When Christopher Nolan calls you up and says 'Look, I want to do a film that delves into the dreamscape, that delves into four different stages of the human subconscious, that is existential at times, it’s cerebral, surreal, and I want to do it on a grand Hollywood scale', you say ‘Okay, where do I sign?'" The soundtrack of 'Inception' by Hans Zimmer keeps you transfixed !!! P.S.:  In retaliation to the review in the New Yorker When Christopher Nolan advocates...

A heart wrenching tale that exposes the hypocrisies of an oppressed society harrowed by archaic traditions and plagued by superstitions in the heart of rural India which traces one woman's inspiring journey to break free from the shackles of discrimination, sexual oppression and deity's servitude to find true happiness.( Would ask for better editing and a narrative but nevertheless its good )

  Sacha Baron Cohan, a historian from Cambridge University, creates characters with elance and roots around scatological humor, accidental humor, nudism, sexual phobia's and anti-Semitism. What an anthropologist .. a bland view of the mankind !!!

Director John Cameron Mitchell unearths subtle performances from Nicole Kidman and Aaron Eckhart, who are grieving for the loss of their young son in an accident. It tries to tackle individualistic opinions on understanding loss of a loved one. Although many movies have tread this subject before, Rabbit Hole seems a bit more complacent punched with the depth of sobriety.

From the directorial skills of David Fincher who has 'The Fight Club', 'Zodiac' and 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button' in his repertoire. This movie doesn't concentrate on how FaceBook originated but delves into relationships of coll aboration, trust and the zest to deserve for one's credibility in a cohort.    The Social Network' - technically succulent screenplay by 'Aaron Sorkin', deft direction by 'David Fincher' and an eloquent character resurrection of FaceBook megamind Mark Zuckerberg by 'Jesse Eisenberg'. The background 'industrial' score by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross gels in seamlessly with the plot.  P.S. : I was so immersed in the immaculately shot regatta sequence from the 'The Social Network' that I never noticed the 'POLAROID' advertise on one of the kayak. Nice work Mr. David Fincher !!

Beautifully adapted and innately directed by Debra Granik. A poignant yet hard-hitting tale of an Ozark mountain girl who relentlessly fights to take care of her ill mom and two siblings , trying to find her missing father who has run amok after a drug-bust and forlorn her to settle their house claim: the only ... survival shelter they have. Jennifer Lawrence in the role of Ree Dolly exudes maturity once portrayed by Ellen Page in Juno. Far more tacit and impeccable.