Skyfall - Silhouettes of the bygone
“Where are we going?” asks an unconventionally tired and submissive M as they board a vintage grey Aston Martin DB5 having just changed the rides from a more contemporary MI6 statement vehicle –...
11 Years Ago
Looper - At the edge of an endless loop
Imagine you are living in a world where time travel was possible. How would time travel be? Would it be a muse of the masses or a thrill for the elite? Will it be a precise science or an uncontroll…...
11 Years Ago
The Amazing Spider-Man - Dusting off the cobwebs
Why would you remake a movie and why would you remake it in just 10 years time? The answer may be in the might of 3D. When you have the opportunity to make people pay 30% more for the same ticket …...
11 Years Ago
Prometheus - Who art thou?
Ridley shall solve the riddle The year was 1977. The screenwriters Dan O’Bannon and Ronald Shusett, flush with enthusiasm for the Hollywood’s growing love of science fiction movies, wanted to crea...
11 Years Ago
Shanghai - The Gotham of India
Never before the disclaimer that “this is a fictional story” seemed so apt. In a period where the ‘real’ life Indian government seems unfazed by the decelerating GDP growth, it was like a drea...
11 Years Ago
Vicky Donor - A Celebration of Stereotypes
Dibakar Bannerjee gave two big gifts to Indian cinema. One – a faith that Indie movies with low budgets, little known star-casts and offbeat storylines can be as popular as any of the Khan-Bachhan-...
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