Man on Fire
Movie:Man on Fire Language: English Genre: Action / Crime / Drama / Thriller Directors: Tony Scott Year: 2004 Watched on: 28 May 2006 Rating: ***1/2 (3.5/5) Review:
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Murder in Mesopotamia
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Movie: Murder in Mesopotamia Language: English Genre: Crime / Drama / Mystery Director: Tom Clegg Year: 2001 Watched on: 12 May 2006 Rating: ***1/2 (3.5/5) Review: This is the celluloid version of Agatha Christie’s Novel featuring legendary fictional detective Hercule Poirot (David Suchet). Poirit lands in Iraq on request of Countess Vera Rosakoff but after reaching Baghdad, he finds her missing and joins his friend Hastings (Hugh Fraser) at an excavation site instead. Erik Leidner (Ron Berglas) is the Chief archaeologist at the site with a charming wife Louise (Barbara Barnes) and team of fellow archeologists. Louise finds herself terrorized and traumatized by a person from her past that eventually results in her murder and reluctantly Poirot picks up the threads of investigation. David Suchet as the immaculate Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot is outstanding. This whodunit murder mystery is high on entertainment quotient.
Yi Yi
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Movie: Yi Yi Language: Mandarin / English Genre: Drama Director: Edward Yang Year: 2000 Watched on: 07 May 2006 Rating: **** (4/5) Review: “Yi Yi” by Edward Yang is a drama that portrays the life of three generations of Taiwanese family. NJ (Nien-Jen Wu) is a partner in a somewhat successful but presently loss making firm dealing in electronics and computers. He lives with his wife Min-Min, mother-in-law, (Elaine Jin), daughter Tin-Tin (Kelly Lee) and son Yan-Yan (Jonathan Chang). NJ accidentally runs into his ex lover Sherry (Su-Yun Ko) during the wedding of his brother-in-law. The same day his mother in law meets with an accident and gets into a coma. This incident has tremendous affect on each of the family members. The movie explores the world of ensemble of characters and beautifully depicts their struggles, worries, triumphs and failures. It is a profound, thoughtful and realistic movie with life as theme. Edward Yang has skillfully directed and the performances add on to that. ...
Nine Queens
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Movie: Nine Queens (Nueve reinas) Language: Spanish Genre: Crime / Drama / Mystery Director: Fabián Bielinsky Year: 2000 Watched on: 06 May 2006 Rating: ***1/2 (3.5/5) Review: Nine Queens is an interesting con movie from Argentina where nothing is the way it appears on surface. Marcos a con saves another con Juan from a possible trouble. Marcos reveals his true identity and invites Juan to be his partner in crime for a day. As the day progresses they get into a once in a lifetime con job opportunity which can bring in a fortune. They have to pull off a big con job of selling fake stamps to a millionaire philatelist. While taking job to its end, the duo has to negotiate with suspicious characters, maneuver through tricky situations, avoid being conned more importantly trust each other. As the plot thickens one wonders who is duping whom? This is a well written and lively paced entertainer.
Shaun of the Dead
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Movie: Shaun of the Dead Language: English Genre: Comedy / Horror / Romance Director: Edgar Wright Year: 2004 Watched on: 05 May 2006 Rating: *** (3/5) Review: Shaun of the Dead is a British horror comedy. Shaun (Simon Pegg) is a 29 year old electronics shop sales man whose life is going nowhere. He has no real goals and ambitions and he just amuses himself by making daily trip to his favorite pub Winchester, playing console games and watching TV with his childhood lazy bum friend Ed (Nick Frost). His girlfriend of many years Liz (Kate Ashfield) who is somewhat ambitious and sane decides to dump him after realizing Shaun’s hopeless condition. At this juncture, the city of London is under Zombie attack. As the dead wake up, Shaun too wakes up and realizes that he has to race against the time and save his mother and girlfriend. With his childhood pal Ed by his side, Shaun makes the expedition of his life to his favorite pub Winchester, but with his loved ones. Despite gore and blood the...