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Movie 101: 2011 War Horse’s Heartfelt & Beautiful Pre-Credit Closing Scene

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Horse (2011) earned USD178 million worldwide in the box office worldwide, making it the 40th top-grossing at the domestic box office first released in 2011. War Horse was recognized as one of the ten best films of 2011 by the American Institute and the National Board of . It also received several award nominations, including Academy Award nominations for Best Picture, Best Cinematography, Best Art Direction, Best Original Score, Best Sound Editing, and Best Sound Mixing. Image source: IMDB

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Tamil Movie Review: Ghilli 2004: A Pioneering Unstoppable Force in Tamil Cinema

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‘Ghilli’ is a groundbreaking in the realm of , released 20 years ago in 2004. Helmed by renowned director Dharani, this action-packed drama features eminent stars such as in the lead role, supported by the talented Trisha Krishnan. The film follows the gripping tale of a daring kabaddi player named Velu, portrayed by Vijay, who becomes entangled in a high-stakes rescue mission. His journey involves saving a young woman, Dhanalakshmi (played by Trisha Krishnan), from the clutches of a merciless faction leader. Image source: Reddit

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Tamil Movie Review: Rajavukku Check 2020, Thriller Gripping Storyline

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Rajavukku Check means Check Mate in and I managed to catch up watching this action thriller Tamil starring recently. WARNING ahead – this is not a movie to watch with the whole family. Movie poster source: IndiaGlitz

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Tamil Movie Review: Why 3 Idiots 2009 is Better Than Nanban 2012?

It supposes to be a quick post on Shankar’s but I ended up writing more especially after yesterday I watched again the well made 3 Idiots

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(The guy on the far right – your right – seems better than the rest. Trust me, you will be safer watching the original than the “new” idiots in Nanban – they are nowhere close to the beauty of story-telling and acting in 3 Idiots. Poster source: Indiaglitz)

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Movie Review: The Next Three Days 2010

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(A must movie in your movie collection – Poster source: https://chesscomicsandcrosswords.blogspot.com/)

If you are looking out for a good to watch, remember this name – Paul Haggis

The twice award winning screenwriter & director has done it again with “The Next Three Days” (TNTD) and if you thought “Crash” was damn good, it gets even better in this movie.

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Tamil Movie Review – Yuddham Sei 2011

This was one of the most waited in my list for 2011!

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(I love the camera angles in this – sitting down at the spot where his sister was kidnapped, contemplating on how to find her. Image source: Indiaglitz)

Sometimes, we can determine a good movie upfront by seeing who is the director of the movie – throw some names like Alfred Hitchcock, Steven Spielberg, James Cameron and in Tamil movie scene, (although he screwed up his last movie), Mani Ratnam, Gautham Menon and many more up into the air and you can be assured that you going to see a movie that is not only entertaining but well made and with the right storyline.

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Tamil Movie Review: Enthiran 2010, Simply Dumb And Simply Illogical

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(I know there was trouble when I saw a “Borg cube” at the opening credit of the . Poster source: SYFY)

Before I start with the , let me tell you upfront that we have been duped, major time, by Shankar and the studio marketers with the whole hype before the movie was released.

I keep asking myself – is this the movie that been thinking for the last 10 years of doing? It was simply dumb and illogical.

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Tamil Movie Review: Lovable, Sensible Pasanga 2009

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(The main characters in the movie – Image source: http://nowrunning.com)

I used to hate , especially after the 1990s…

Ya, they had great and if you throw in Sivaji Ganesan and Kamalahasan, great acting too but one thing I hated the most was the storyline – dumb and illogical. There is no logical explanation on how one hero can take on 20 or so armed gangsters and still come out alive or how a very beautiful girl from a very rich family loves a hardcore gangster from the slum on the very first day.

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Hindi Movie Review: Rocket Singh: Salesman of the Year 2009

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(Downright honest – you can see it in his face but the reality of things is that it is a dog eating dog world out there. Can Harpreet and his no-nonsense company make the cut? Image source: IMDB)

Indiaglitz reports it as “uplifting and brilliantly performed”!

Along with the excellent 3 Idiots, this is another MUST have in your Hindi movie collections. The premise is so simple and yet brilliantly executed. I first saw this movie when I was cruising at 30,000 feet and at first dismissed it as boring but as the story started to develop, I thank God for keeping me to continue to watch the movie. Otherwise, I would have missed one heck of a movie which has interesting lessons intertwined within.

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World War 2 Movies: The Most Memorable Movies I Ever Seen

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(The last major war around the world at the same time was the World War 2 that happened between 1939 to 1945. For most of us who were not born then, we can understand the ultimate sacrifices that many gave from some of best movies ever made on this subject. Image source: http://www.buchanan.org)

was the last major conflict that we have faced and we all dread the start of World 3 (which could mean end of mankind or worse, the planet earth).

I like history and I have collection of books and magazines on the subject at home but nothing portrays the event better than seeing them on . Over the years, we have been “bombarded” with many types of war movies and mini-series ranging from ancient wars (like “300” and “Braveheart”), World Wars (both 1 & 2), Vietnam Wars (still remember “Platoon”, “Full Metal Jacket” or “Apocalypse Now”?) and all the way to galactic war in a galaxy, far, far away (my favourite – “Star Wars”)

If you are looking for World War 2 movies for your collection, I strongly recommend these (in no particular order):-

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Tamil Movie Review: Usual Confusing Mani Ratnam’s Raavanan 2010

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(The poster looks impressive and the trailer somehow entices us to go to the and get the whole “picture” but that is about it. Poster source: Wikipedia)

This has to be one of the most anticipated for the year 2010 but there is a big problem.

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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 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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