Scribbles and Ramblings

I often end up complaining about the low number of theatres in my city along with the lack of quality films playing in them. I have seen 6 ...

The Champions league is back and there are some mouth-watering ties to look forward to it. Interestingly 6 match-ups stack up evenly given...

One would think that the arrival of film where the villain is a bank would make for great timing. Surely the film would benefit from the p...

pic: Getty Images, www.soccernet.com What happens when one year of soccer related misery vanishes in a instant? Joy..Immense Joy..Absolute, ...

Cinema Verite, football style! And...errr..not coming to a cinema hall near you.. Underground football played on a Ship. A feature film vers...

Billu Barber (2009, Priyadarshan) So much for the controversy regarding the title. Even though the title has the word "barber" ...

I was looking forward to the Irrfan Khan starrer Billu Barber out this Friday. But it seems that the word "barber" won't be p...

I couldn't recall the first hearing but I did remember the beat. On a second hearing, I was interested. By the time I heard it a third t...

Stage One: Man to Man Combat In ancient times war was an accepted part of life. Be it over a matter of land or a girl, a man gathered his...

Well I was wrong as The Dark Knight didn't get a best film nod and Slumdog.. did. But the hype over Slumdog.. is quite puzzling. I f...

The 9 films short-listed for the Best Foreign film Oscar are: The Baader-Meinhof Complex (Germany, Uli Edel) The Class (France, Laurent C...

Total # of films seen in 2009: 339 The total number includes films (fiction & docs) over a length of 60 minutes. Film (Year, Countr...

David Carr perfectly captures the madness of Hollywood's december release schedules: But we should begin with the glut of movies that ...

10 Best new films, in order of preference Rachel Getting Married (USA, Jonathan Demme) A fascinating look at characters in their momen...

Back in Jan 2008, I anticipated the following regarding my 2008 film watching: 1) I would be watching significantly less films than the 386 ...