Language: Tamil
Genre: Satire
Cast: Shiva, Disha Pandey, Vennira Aadai Murthy, MS Baskar, Manobala, Paravai Muniamma
Director: C.S. Amudhan
Music: Kannan
Reasons to watch: First full length satirical (spoof) movie in tamil. And of course it is hilarious!
Reasons not to watch: Irritating and boring in patches which is expected of any spoof movie.
Storyline: Shiva is born in a town called [...]
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On February - 5 - 2010
On January - 16 - 2010
Language: English
Genre: Comedy, Satire
Cast: Rowan Atkinson, John Malkovich, Natalie Imbruglia, Tasha de Vasconcelos, Ben Miller
Director: Peter Howitt
Music: John Powell
Reasons to watch: Rowan Atkinson aka Mr. Bean shines in this movie.
Reasons not to watch: Not for those who hate Rowan’s satirical facial expressions.
Storyline: Fear looms large in the highly secure Tower of London as a plan is hatched [...]
On June - 25 - 2008
Language: French
Cast: Audrey Tautou
Direction: Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Music: GOD! the French Accordions. Yann Tiersen IS GOD.
Reasons to watch: Watch for its screenplay. Watch it for its simplicity. Watch it for its shocking smoothening of cultural boundaries. Watch it to find a little bit of Amelie for yourself. This is a rare case where the movie is not [...]
On June - 10 - 2008
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Satire
Cast: Jim Carrey, Laura Linney, Ed Harris
Direction: Peter Weir
Music:Burkhard Dallwitz, Philip Glass(This movie has some amazing soundtracks on the piano.)
Reasons to watch: Stellar performances by Jim Carrey and Ed Harris, Extremely simple yet infinitely thought provoking
Reasons not to: NONE other than if you have peas for brains
Storyoline: Truman Burbank is an ordinary guy [...]
