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Movie Review 101: Star Wars: Rogue One – Brilliant Side Story of Star Wars

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‘Rogue One: A Star Wars Story’ is a pivotal standalone film that enriches the Star Wars saga by exploring the rebellion’s mission to steal the Death Star plans. Directed by Gareth Edwards, it introduces compelling characters like Jyn Erso and Cassian Andor, weaving themes of hope, sacrifice, and moral complexities within a gripping narrative. With stunning visuals and a powerful score, the film has received critical acclaim and commercial success, solidifying its place in the Star Wars universe. This post analyzes the film’s storyline, character development, cinematography, and its significant ties to ‘A New Hope’, exploring what makes ‘Rogue One’ a memorable entry in the franchise. Image source: Hollywood Reporter

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Tamil Movie Review: Mani Ratnam’s Ponniyin Selvan Part 1 – Historical, Epic and Concise

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One of the biggest challenges in making a movie that is based on epic bestselling novels like JRR Tolkien’s The Lord of The Rings and now Kalki’s Ponniyin Selvan is in bringing the movie’s storyline as close to the actual event or the novel and yet taking care to make it as excited as possible despite the storyline is predictable. Image source: JFW

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Movie Review 101: Love It!! Star Wars The Force Awaken – 5 Stars!!

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(The first of the 3 under Disney – the world of Star Wars have moved on and rebooted with a mix of old and new characters and some dose of the old movies. Poster source: http://www.starwars.com)

“A long time ago in a galaxy far far away…”

Those iconic words alone had my heart pumping hard and left me in a trance. The new Star Wars movie is THE movie that both me and my son have been waiting for ever since the rumours of a new Star Wars movie first started on the net a few years ago.

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Indian Cinema 101: Shocked Seeing Double Roles On Screen

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(Seeing Sivaji Ganesan in action is one thing but seeing the two of them could be a double whammy. Both interacted well on screen but still, there are some limitations as to how both characters blended in on-screen in the old movies when the special effects were still in it’s infant. Image source: Business Line)

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Movie Review: Funny, Joyful Toy Story 3 (2010)

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(Can you identify the new toys in this latest sequel of the Toy Story series? There are evil ones in the bunch now. Poster source: Wikipedia)

When Toy Story 3 was first mentioned on TV, one of the very first people to take note of it was my son.

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