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Fading Gigolo
It is about people’s endless and never fully satisfying quest to find happiness through sex and love. (FADING GIGOLO - Movie Review) Fading Gigolo starring John Turturro as Fioravante is a poignant movie that touches upon the growing aspect of sadness resulting from loneliness amongst the aging elite and even ordinary simple people. Murray played by Woody Allen meets Dr. Parker an aging cosmetologist, played by Sharon Stone, and discovers that there is no jest in her and suggests that she should pep up her life. He gets a call from her asking him to arrange for a gigolo. Murray talks to his friend Fioravante, a middle aged man who is a florist to adopt this new profession and offers to become his manager. Fioravante first refuses arguing that he is not an Adonis nor have the film star looks or the body, besides he is over the hill. Murray tells him women look for matu ....
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Koyelaanchal
A film based on the coal mafia of Rajapur in Uttaranchal, directed by Asshu Trikha. (Koyelaanchal - Film Review) If coal is an important fuel of our Industrial development, Koyelaanchal (coal belt of India) brings to light the explosive story of the people who have kept our precious fuel station at ransom for centuries. Calling these people coal mafia would be an understatement. The film depicts the trials and tribulations of the poor innocent people living in the remote village of Rajapur and the atrocities inflicted upon them by Saryubhan Singh played by Vinod Khanna and his gang spearheaded by Karua played by Vippinno. Karua is completely dedicated to Saryubhan Singh who can not tolerate any rebellion against him. He brutally kills anyone who dare raises a voice against them. SuryaBhan is the undisputed king of Rajapur and goes around doing his shady deals with the help of ....
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Yeh Hai Bakrapur
A social satire set against the back-drop of rural India. A multi-layered film, Yeh Hai Bakrapur dwells, at the primary level, on the relationship between Shahrukh, the rockstar goat, his young human friend Zulfi Qureshi and Jaffer, the village barber. A multi-layered film, it is primarily a hilarious take on the complex belief systems in our society and the conflicts that ensue thereon. It dwells, at the primary level, on the relationship between eight year old Zulfi Qureshi and his pet goat Shahrukh. By a strange set of circumstances, the entire village soon starts believing that Shahrukh, the goat, has divine or magical powers. Central topic of this film is a goat, the kid Zulfi and his parents. His mother has to payback the loan, while his father doesn’t seem to earn enough to meet the household expenses. Zulfi has an older sister who is in love with the son of a barber’ ....
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Million Dollar Arm
The film portrays beautifully the Journey of two talented young players from a small town of Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh, India who later become the baseball players of a top league in America. 'Million Dollar Arm 'directed by Craig Gillespie and written by Tom McCarthy is an inspirational film based on the real life story of Sports agent J B Bernstein who discovered baseball pitchers from a remote village in India. The film opens with JB played by Jon Hamm and his Indian origin partner Ash played by Aasif Mandvi lamenting the loss of their big account Popo. Apart from being partners JB and Ash share a deep friendship. JB is a no-nonsensical guy whose romantic life is non existent. He has rented part of his house to a medical student Brenda played by Lake Bell. Ash jokingly tells JB that he would not be interested in her because she is intelligent so obviously not his type. Both ....
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Kya Dilli Kya Lahore
An emotional film  Kya Dilli Kya Lahore - that has an innocent story of the Indo – Pak Partition of 1948 which comes with the message that humanity is of utmost importance than any religion or any country.

 Kya Dilli Kya Lahore  - movie review

Kya Dilli Kya Lahore is an ironic story of pride and survival and it begins when - in an attempt to evade danger, they bump into each other. Presented by Gulzar Sahab, the film stars Vijay Raaz, Manu Rishi, Raj Zutshi and Vishwajeet Pradhan in the lead roles In 1948, a cross-fire erupts at an isolated stretch of Indo-Pak border, leaving only two soldiers alive. One is an Indian soldier of Pakistani origin while the other happens to be a Pakistani soldier of Indian origin. It is all throughout about the Pakistani foot soldier of Indian origin Rehmat Ali (Vijay Raaz) and an Indian soldier Ram Lal (Manu Rishi) who actually ....
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Kahin Hai Mera Pyar
The story of Adam and Eve is featured in a Bollywood film for the first time which ought to catch the youth's imagination. It is all in here - love, obsession, re-incarnation, love triangle, sacrifice, envy and it has a message at the end of the film. It is natural! Every youth yearns for true love and he keeps searching for his love through his entire life, and the girl is bound to meet him - thats what the core of this film is about. The reason of creation of this universe, the world is the quest for knowledge of love. Everyone's belief is their love exists somewhere and they feel - Kahin Hai Mera Pyar! Nature's own creation Adam and Eve, believed to be in heaven, were incited by a snake to eac the forbidden fruit. Eve couldn't resist the temptation and she had the fruit. She then urges Adam to have it. And then everyone knows what happened. They were forbidden to have the ....
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Purani Jeans
Friendship is like a pair of old jeans - the older it gets, the better it becomes - this is the belief that Purani Jeans is based on. Purani Jeans centres around Siddarth Ray (Tanuj Virwani) who learns this belief as he journeys from New York back to his hometown Kasauli, a small hill station in India, after 12 long years. The main hook of the film is friendship. Those unforgettable memories of old friends – somewhat similar to Rock On and Dil Chahta Hai, yet it appears fresh, courtesy the young, bubbly cast of this friendship flick. The film unfolds as a coming-of-age drama about a summer when Sidharth, his best friend Sam (Aditya Seal) and their gang of friends experience the agony & ecstasy of growing up, forming bonds of friendship, trust, jealousy, joy, envy & love. Though a bit unrealistic that the guy comes after 12 years from the US, to wind up everything in hi ....
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Mr. Joe B. Carvalho
A comedy of errors. It is the story of a detective Mr Joe B Carvalho who aspires to be like his father, who was a famous detective of his times. Detective Joe B Carvalho (Arshad Warsi) gets silly assignments and he is honest enough to accept the fact that an important case would be rarely coming his way. Detecting people misusing their cable connection or catching the milkman mixing water in the milk. He gets a call one day, and a rich man gives Joe the task of finding his daughter who has eloped with an elderly cook, The rich man pays him Rupees 20,000 and that’s a big amount for this petty detective. Joe is all set to accomplish his task that in the process, the Lady Inspector Shantipriya (Soha Ali Khan) mistakes him for the dreaded Henchman Carlos. This Lady Dabangg Inspector is just ready to romp around in skimpily clad dancer’s costume and shake her legs at the disco ....
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Ender's Game movie review
A military science fiction, based on Orson Scott Card’s best selling novel ENDER'S GAME, is an epic adventure which stars Asa Butterfield, Hailee Steinfeld, Ben Kingsley, Harrison Ford, Viola Davis and Abigail Breslin. Sometime in the future, an alien race attacks Earth and Mazer Rackham halts their advance by appearing to sacrifice himself during their attack. In the near future, a hostile alien race called the Formics have attacked Earth. If not for the legendary heroics of International Fleet Commander Mazer Rackham (Ben Kingsley), all would have been lost. In preparation for the next attack, the highly esteemed Colonel Hyrum Graff (Harrison Ford) and the International Military are training only the best young minds to find the future Mazer. Ender Wiggin (Asa Butterfield) is a young cadet, who beats fellow mate at a handheld virtual game while Colonel Graff and Major Gwen A ....
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The Frozen Ground movie review
The Frozen Ground is a thriller based on the real-life Alaskan hunt for serial killer Robert Hansen in the eighties. Written and directed by Scott Walker, it is based on the true story of a detective in Alaska, named as Sgt. Jack Halcome (Nicolas Cage) who is determined to end the killing of young women. The serial killer Hansen (John Cusack) stalked and murdered around 20 young girls and women. He first kidnapped them and then took them out to the Alaskan wilderness where he shot and buried them. The serial killer is a psychopath who has, since more than a decade, discreetly stalked the streets of Anchorage and picked up his victims. Sgt. Halcombe now takes it upon himself to go on a personal manhunt to find the killer, as the bodies of Anchorage women start to add up. It is only when a 17-year-old Cindy Paulson who had escaped Hansen’s unspeakable violence, and now she w ....
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