Category: Romance
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Classic: Monsoon Wedding lets it rain down
Monsoon Wedding Directed by Mira Nair Starring: Naseeruddin Shah, Lillete Dubey, Shefali Shah, Vasundhara Das, Vijay Raaz, Tillotama Shome Written by Sabrina Dhawan Mira Nair has made a career out of beautiful films that empower women and men in most unusual ways. Her female characters, seemingly entrenched in tradition, make strides in their lives within the…
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Kutcher and Heigl have their moments in Killers
Killers Directed by Robert Luketic Starring Ashton Kutcher, Katherine Heigl, Tom Selleck, Catherine O’Hara, Martin Mull, Rob Riggle Written by Bob DeRosa and Ted Griffin Everyone has an opinion about Ashton Kutcher. If you are honest, when you saw that name, I am pretty sure some feelings (maybe positive, most likely negative) ran through your…
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Amanda Seyfried answers Vanessa Redgrave’s call in Letters To Juliet
Letters to Juliet Directed by Gary Winick Starring Amanda Seyfried, Vanessa Redgrave, Chris Egan, Gael García Bernal, Franco Nero Written by José Rivera, Tim Sullivan based on the book by Suzzane Harper Juliet’s Wall has been a place for forlorn lovers since the 1930’s. People (over 3/4’s women) have written letters to Juliet, explaining their situation,…
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Gervais and the Ghost Town citizens are quite charming
Ghost Town Directed by David Koepp Starring Ricky Gervais, Téa Leoni, Greg Kinnear, Billy Campbell, Kristen Wiig, Dana Ivey, Aasif Mandvi, Alan Ruck Written by David Koepp and John Kamps David Koepp has had part in very many blockbusters. The writer of great movies like Jurassic Park, Spiderman, Carlito’s Way and Men in Black, good…
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Forgotten Gems: Outsourced shows that even India has its pride
Outsourced Directed by John Jeffcoat Starring Josh Hamilton, Ayesha Dharker, Asif Basra, Arjun Mathur, Siddarth Jadhav Written by George Wing, John Jeffcoat It’s almost impossible to go through any working space these days without finding someone who has been laid off. It happened to me in 2004, and although I eventually landed on my feet,…
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Forgotten Gems: August Rush
August Rush Directed by Kirsten Sheridan Starring Freddie Highmore, Keri Russell, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Terence Howard, Robin Williams Written by Nick Castle, James V. Hart, Paul Castro There is an amazing moment toward the end of August Rush, when our wayward protagonist, August Rush, plays a guitar duo with his father. Neither is aware of…
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Duhamel makes When In Rome a fun trip…almost
When In Rome Directed By Mark Steven Johnson Starring Kristen Bell, Josh Duhamel, Anjelica Houston, Bobby Moynihan, John Heder, Danny DeVito When In Rome spends most of its time in New York. I have to say this, because I felt a little ripped off by this. Of course, the Guggenheim provides some memorable moments, but…
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Amy Adams helps differentiate Leap Year from all of the others
Leap Year Directed by Anand Tucker Starring – Amy Adams, Matthew Goode, Adam Scott, John Lithgow This is an incredibly tough field to cover in a movie. There are so many bad ones, you find yourself in a rut, waiting for the next Nora Ephron, Nancy Meyers, Judd Apatow or Rob Reiner effort and hoping…
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Twilight: New Moon serves up a heaping helping…for the ladies.
Starring: Kristen Stewart, Taylor Lautner, Robert Pattison Director: Chris Weitz Halfway through watching “Twilight Saga: New Moon” (TSNM), it occurred to me that I had not thought of “Interview With A Vampire” (IWAV)since about a year after it came out. IWAV made big waves before it came out, mainly due to the choice of Tom…
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