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Sunday, February 15, 2009

SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE... BEST MOVIE OF 2009!





I saw Slumdog Millionaire the other day -- and what an impressive film it was. It is brilliantly directed, wonderfully written and sees delightful actors bring what was written on the pages to life beautifully well.

Slumdog Millionaire is so superior to all the other contenders selected for the Oscars this year in every imaginable way -- so much so that I foresee it will win all the Oscars in all the categories it has been nominated in: Best Cinematography; Directing; Film Editing; Music Score; Music Song; Best Picture; Sound Editing; Sound Mixing; Writing (Adapted Screenplay)!

Through the ages, it is not for no reason that people who have visited India have a renewed outlook on life after visiting that vast land where the cycles of life and death, sadness and laughter do a hypnotic jive -- and the film manages to transfer a bit of that Indian je ne sais quoi onto the silverscreen quite impressively.

Go see this Danny Boyle film if you have not seen it yet. Slumdog Millionaire is going to change the face of the world of cinema!

Wednesday, February 11, 2009

MOVIE TRAILER REVIEW: CRANK 2






HAHAHAHAHAHA! One of my favorite movies, Crank -- has now got a sequel, Crank 2. The first Crank was the best in the genre of preposterous actioners (yes, a sense of humour on the part of the filmmakers, the actors and the audience is crucial for the film to work!) with the brilliantly demented and funny Jason Statham and now Crank 2 looks set to up the ante in the amount of mayhem that Statham's action hero can cause! Talk about an adrenaline rush! Yahoo!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh, and the film has the funkiest soundtrack -- just go to Facebook or the Crank 2 website proper at http://www.crank2.com/

MOVIE TRAILER REVIEW: THE SOLOIST


Wow! It is quite an experince indeed to be able to just watch bit and parts of a movie and be totally blown away! I just saw the trailer to the upcoming film, The Soloist, which stars two of my favourite (and very talented!) actors: Robert Downey Jr and Jamie Foxx. It is a profound tale of friendship and life that is rich and, as a drama, it is going to be the best film to be released this year.
Photo is from New York Times.

Friday, February 06, 2009

TRAILER REVIEWS -- A VERITABLE TRAILER PARK, FOLKS!





















YUM... What can I say except YUM! indeed after watching a collection of movie trailers for upcoming movies. These trailers have appeared thanks to the American Super Bowl -- that annual mother of all American games -- when the best commercials and movie trailers are shown. We in this neck of the third world woods (which is being fast burnt down by illegal logging!) get to see this trailers thanks to the wonders of the Internet, of course.

Here's a quick verdict of the new movies....


STAR TREK.... This J.J. Abrams vehicle looks promising. The trailer is speed edited to look sumptuous -- the effects looks good, all the actors and actresses are hotties and the cinematography looks inspired. Can't wait for this to open!

G.I. JOE... Inspired by toys, this super-slick actioner looks like it has enough jaw-dropping moments to keep action lovers drooling in delight in the cinemas. Yes, we want our action fast 'n' furious -- and PUHLEASEEEEE spare us all the melodramas and just give us the goddam firepower and stunts to keep us happy! Oh, the scriptwriters and director obviously heard us, by the looks of things! Yay!!!!!

FAST AND FURIOUS... The new chapter with Vin Diesel back in the driver's seat is looking sizzling hot. Again, it is all about stunts, stunts and stunts (forget about that LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION drivel!). The trailer simply says, just sit back, fasten the seat belts and rev the engines boys! (and girls)

LAND OF THE LOST... That Will Ferrell is possibly the funniest man in movies (after Adam Sandler, of course!). Will Ferrell plays the most delicious overgrown immature types so well -- and he is no different here. He looks like he is a mentally stunted and slightly imbecilic scientist in this new sci-fi special effects movie and his over-the-top antics look set to bring out the laughter! The trailers has aliens, giant crabs and dinosaurs aplenty and excellent cinematography. The comedic timing also looks spot on. Bring it on Will Ferrell!

TRANSFORMERS: REVENGE OF THE FALLEN... Good grief -- the trailer is so awesome that all you can do is sit and watch and hit the replay button over and over again. The trailer is so good you can eat it! More of the evil Transformers crash land (onto the mighty ocean faring carriers, no less!) on planet Earth to save their leader and the good robots look like they really do have their hands full this time around! That Shia LaBeouf looks all primed to carry this film -- and him being such a likable lad, this movie would do well on his very own drawing power alone! And if you add those majestic robots -- there's no way this Michael Bay film can do any wrong!

Wednesday, February 04, 2009

TRAILER REVIEW: TRANSFORMERS: REVENGE OF THE FALLEN


Good Lord! The first Transformers film already totally had me hook, line and sinkers.

Now, having seen the trailer for the second Transformers film, I must say that the first thing I did was see the trailer over and over again more than 30 times straight! It gives such a satisfying fix. I am completely sold on the trailer for Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, the sequel to the most excellent Transformers film -- both films star the likable Shia Labeouf.

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen looks impressive, the action looks bigger and the direction looks superb. The sequel's trailer is simply Excellent!!!!!
And c'mon, admit it -- the tagline for the sequel, "Revenge of the Fallen", is so very very VERY cool and classy!