Monday, January 31, 2011

DOGTOOTH



Year: 2009
Genre: Drama/Black Comedy
Language: Greek
Runtime: 1 hour 34 minutes

A delirious family drama that is bizarre, ridiculously gibberish, demented, perverse, dysfunctional, and weirdly humorous in the truest sense. Go experience this exhilaratingly heady mindfuck of a movie!

Rating: 4/5

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Sunday, January 30, 2011

NEVER LET ME GO



Year: 2010
Genre: Sci-Fi/Drama/Romance
Language: English
Runtime: 1 hour 44 minutes

A triangular relationship having layers of romance, jealousy, heartbreak, and death set in a dystopian future, which is atmospherically picturized with a sense of poignancy throughout.

Rating: 3.5/5

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Sunday, January 23, 2011

127 HOURS



Year: 2010
Genre: Adventure/Thriller/Memoir/Handycam
Language: English
Runtime: 1 hour 33 minutes

A delusional nightmare that is visceral, surrealistic, gut-wrenching, and absolutely poignant with an underlying sense of hope & conviction. A special mention to the impeccable screenplay, direction, acting, and above all the breathtaking cinematography.


Rating: 4.5/5

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Monday, January 17, 2011

BLACK SWAN



Year: 2010
Genre: Horror/Musical/Drama/Thriller
Language: English
Runtime: 1 hour 47 minutes

A phantasmagorical fairytale that is dark, erotic, hallucinating, thrilling, twisted, schizophrenic and unequivocally enchanting. A special mention to Natalie Portman for her very earnest performance and Darren Aronofsky for his impeccable direction.

Rating: 4/5

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Thursday, January 13, 2011

LAST TRAIN HOME


Year: 2009
Genre: Documentary/Drama
Language: Mandarin Chinese
Runtime: 1 hour 30 minutes

An exceptional documentary about a long distant family relationship & their efforts to sustain it. Lixin Fan, the director & cinematographer of the film creates a spellbinding panorama & imagery, which is breathtakingly absorbing, natural, earthy, intense, moving, heart-aching, and mesmerizing. Highly recommended.

Rating: 4.5/5

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Monday, January 3, 2011

SCOTT PILGRIM V/S THE WORLD



Year: 2010
Genre: Action/Romance
Language: English
Runtime: 1 hour 53 minutes

A ridiculously tantalizing cocktail of sugarcoated romance and mind-blastingly stylized arcade videogame like action. Here style is miles ahead of substance, but it is awesomely done nonetheless!

Rating: 3.5/5

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