| History of The World - Part I |
1983 |
Comedy |
Brooks, Mel |
The most comical portrayal of the history of the world from the common era. |
| Intolerable Cruelty |
2003 |
Comedy |
Coen, Ethan & Joel |
Top divorce attorney, Miles Massey who never loses a case, gets mushy with Mrs.Rexroth, loses a case and finally ends with a fairtytale ending |
| Page 3 |
2004 |
Comedy |
Bhandarkar, Mudhur |
NYW |
| A Man For All Seasons |
1966 |
Drama |
Zinnemann, Fred |
The Abdication, political manipulation over the divorce law. |
| Choker Bali |
2003 |
Drama |
Ghosh, Rituparno |
To Do: Learn Bengali |
| Elizabeth |
1998 |
Drama |
Kapur, Shekar |
The ascent of Queen Elizabeth I, into monarch of Great Britain and the subsequent formation of the virgin queen myth, where she amassed great naval powers as a preclude to colonization. Nicely done movie, got eclipsed by "Shakespeare in love" being released in the same year. |
| Hound of the Baskervilles, The |
2004 |
Drama |
Attwood, David |
A good portrayal of the Hound of the Baskervilles, ignoring the book that the hound was black and covered in flourescent paint when they first met it. This one more looks like a coyote and less scary. |
| Mr. and Mrs. Iyer |
2004 |
Drama |
Sen, Aparna |
en passe, through communal riot territory. |
| Raincoat |
2004 |
Drama |
Ghosh, Rituparno |
An O.Henry touch, with better film-making, filmed within 16 days |
| Tequila Sunrise |
1992 |
Drama |
Towne, Robert |
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| Veronica Guerin |
2004 |
Drama |
Schumacher, Joel |
An irish journalist who risks her life to fight drugs and drug related crimes in Ireland and succeeds in bringing the crime rate down to 15% because of sheer guts. She had too loose her life "veronica guerin", (1996), but what she had managed to achieve would have at least made fewere drug addicts and fewer criminals,. |
| Lord of the Rings, The |
2002 |
Fantasy |
Jackson, Peter |
Read "Hobbit", "The Lord of the Rings' in that order |
| Last Samurai, The |
2004 |
Historical |
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Read the Illiiad (about Illyum) |
| Troy |
2004 |
Historical |
Peterson, Wolfgang |
A deviation from the original Illium, but reccommended for Brad Pitt's performance as Achilles. |
| Julie |
2004 |
Romance |
Pachisia, N R |
None |
| Prince of Tides, The |
2004 |
Romance |
Streisand, Barbara |
Unknown |
| Rog |
2004 |
Romance |
Brahmbhatt, Himanshu |
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| Sweet November |
2001 |
Romance |
O'Connor, Pat |
partially insane ad mogul gets a break, and a break |
| X Files - Special Edition, The |
2000 |
Science Fiction |
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Alien contaminant to be eliminiated, something that happened 150K years ago. |
| Basic Instinct |
1992 |
Thriller |
Voerheven, Paul |
"Basic Instinct", what more does though want |
| Bourne Identity, The |
2003 |
Thriller |
Liman, Doug |
read the novel |
| Cat People |
1994 |
Thriller |
Schaeder, Paul |
cat is to wolf, as wolf is to man, that sums it up completely. Plus it has unnecessary nudity and bondage scenes. |
| Deception |
2000 |
Thriller |
Fischer, Max |
crap |
| License to Kill |
2002 |
Thriller |
Glen, John |
007 loses his license for the first time, and then takes on a personal vendetta (not too unlike die another day) except there are fewer gadgets, lesser poise and style as you would expect. |
| Specialist, The |
1994 |
Thriller |
Llosa, Lius |
Former explosive expert is hired by a mysterious woman seeking revenge on her parent's murdererrs. After some double crossing and triple crossing with some steamy scenes, the movie is qutie watchable. |
| Swimfan |
2003 |
Thriller |
Polson, John |
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