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Lady & the Tramp vs Hot Shots 2 (Part Deux)
Remember the classic restaurant scene from Lady and the Tramp set to the track of “Bella Notte”? And here’s the “inspired” scene from Hot Shots 2: Things do seem very easy to compare & contrast...
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A cynical engineering take on 3 Idiots (movie)
It’s not everyday that I board a moving bus to reach the movie theatre. Then again, neither do I get to watch movies like 3 Idiots daily. Ever since I watched the movie on 29th Dec, there’s been...
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Always read the fine print with Reliance: Case BIG Cinemas
I had the fortune to get hold of a couple of free ticket vouchers (3+1 offer) when a bunch of us went for the Avatar 3D show at IMAX (Wadala, Mumbai) in December. They were valid till 31st March 2010...
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Mere Brother Ki Dulhan
Saw the movie last night. Some thoughts: One of the better, or at least entertaining yrf movies in recent times (watching a movie in the night show definitely lets you gauge its entertainment value) It...
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Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara
Might as well post about the movie that I ended up watching 3 times in the absence of better alternatives: “Bagwati” actually is credited on screen – it’s the last one in the actor list and credited to...
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Percy Jackson and the Olympians, the tech discontinuity & more
Have you found it odd that the first book (The Lightning Thief) in the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series is bereft of cell phone references? I certainly did, and found a likely explanation in the...
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Ra.One
Managed to watch Ra.One this evening on the IMAX screen (the picture was quite grainy at times, so not sure if it was actually meant for IMAX), and it was definitely a unique experience for a Bollywood...
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Ek tha Tiger – mini review
Yes, I watched the movie – and don’t ask why: The story is by Aditya Chopra, and there’s a DDLJ tribute(?) in the climax. Imagine the climax train sequence of DDLJ & replace the platform with an...
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What has The Dark Knight got in common with the Heroine?
Thoughts on the Heroine movie: The background score has an uncanny resemblance to the Batman score Follows the Madhur Bhandarkar movie template to a t, and makes it extra boring and predictable. On the...
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Reflecting on Special Chhabbis (26)
Finally watched Special Chabbis. Good work on the props & effects to get the 1987 look: - Old currency notes - Old vehicles including the old ambassador models and Maruti 800 - Got the number plate...
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Google Play Movies finally in India
It launched last week in fact, but missed it somehow. Prices seem pretty competitive with the India iTunes store, though HD seems to be missing from many for now. Rental is also available for the...
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Chashme Baddoor past and present
I was pretty disappointed that I was not as disappointed by the Chashme Baddoor remake as I had anticipated from the promos. In fact, I had planned on skipping the movie altogether, but ended up...
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Mr. Smith Never Made it to Washington
I guess the US Senate hasn’t changed all that much in over 70 years: In Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, however, the decent common man is surrounded by the most venal, petty, and thuggish group of yahoos...
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Iron Man 3 in 4DX
4DX is an interesting concept: 4DX allows a motion picture presentation to be augmented with environmental effects, such as motion, odours and humidity, outside the standard video and audio. However, I...
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Returning to Jurassic Park in 3D
You know that the raptor is going to jump and just miss her, but that doesn’t really help your heart when you’re watching the IMAX 3D version even though you’ve watched the movie umpteen times since...
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Before the Logo Flipped
Was watching “What women want” on TV and noticed Mel Gibson working on a PowerBook that had the logo upside down. The movie is from 2000, and we’ve come a long way in terms of product placements, and...
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[Quora] The Dark Knight Rises through the plot holes
Time for a revisit to the concluding part Q: What was the biggest problem with The Dark Knight Rises? Answer by Rohan Pawale: Lack of attention to detail! When bane leaves Gotham stock exchange it is...
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Soul Mates, DTPH & Statistics
Going by the numbers on the What-if blog, Shah Rukh Khan and Madhuri Dixit sure had it easy in Dil To Pagal Hai: The odds of running into your soul mate are incredibly small. The number of strangers...
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The Star Wars logo
A really close look at the evolution of the Star Wars logo and typography. Tenth Letter of the Alphabet: Anatomy of a Logo: Star Wars. Tagged: Evolution, Logo, Movies, Star Wars, typography
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The earliest Cadbury ad in Hindi?
Those were real big bars of chocolates back in the 1960s (the movie is Dev Anand starrer Gambler). Also, this was before the Dairy Milk branding and the all purple look. Full song video below: Filed...
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