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 in an ordinary little seaside town of Seahaven Island where nothing really happens. Everything in Truman’s life is perfect and it is this perfection that becomes so repetitive for Truman that he’s raring to break the mould. Truman’s father died in a boat accident when Truman was a kid and Truman, a witness to the disaster is now mortally scared of the seas and the water. This also prevents him from finding the one woman he ever really loved (not his wife) who has long since left for the other side of the world, the side where he cannot go. A strange light falling from the sky, a man who reminds him of his dead father, a strange radio broadcast and the feeling that the world really stops when he shuts his eyes all combine to make him feel something is wrong – what happens when he tries to find out the ‘truth’? Or does ‘truth’ exist? Here begins his journey against his fears, against his life, against the world he lives in, a journey of a lifetime.

Climax Handling: The movie ends on a brave and emotional note, deserving a tearful applause.

Points: Jim Carrey at his best (without relying on his forte – comedy), this movie will leave you spellbound, with many lessons to learn for all of us. Made at the fag end of the 20^th century, this movie is most relevant in the present times. Watch it to experience it.!

Rating: 9.5/10

Comment: One of Jim Carrey’s best works ever, you’ll find a part of Truman in you. And you’ll love him more. Go, watch it.

Language: Silent movie

Genre: Comedy/Crime/Thriller

Cast: Kamal Hassan, Amala, Tinu Anand, Farida Jalal

Direction: Srinivasa Rao Singeetham

Music: The background score is enchanting and adds to the charm of the movie.

Reasons to watch: Amazing movie, simple and very humorous, brilliant acting and direction

Reasons not to: No song and dance show, no skin show, no car chases, in short – a purely entertaining movie.

Storyline: An educated unemployed young graduate male (Kamal Hassan) comes across a drunken male (Sameer Khakkar) with a lot of cash in a briefcase. Hassan, being a poor , educated-but-unemployed fellow, falls for the money. He keeps Khakkar in captivity, and steals his identity to enjoy life lavishly. He moves to the hotel where Khakkar was staying and enjoys the luxuries of his newly borrowed life, albeit he’s grossly misfit. Love eventually enters his life as he falls for the Hotel’s visiting magician’s daughter, head over heels. But with money, comes perils, and he discovers that someone is after his life, well, after his borrowed life that is.

As the burden of his deeds lands on his shoulders, he must now choose between love and truth, happiness or reality. Does he survive this test? Well that is the crux of the movie.

Climax Handling: The end of the movie is brilliantly filmed, touching yet didactic.

Points: No dialogues yet extremely captivating, symbolism and humor in its purest and best form, this movie has few of the most comic sequences ever shot.

Rating: 9.5/10

Comment: A worthy portrait of India in the eighties, this movie is a milestone in Indian Cinema. Don’t miss this movie for anything!

Language: English

Genre: Fantasy/Action/Advent

Cast: Ben Barnes, Georgie Henley, Skandar Keynes, William Moseley, Anna Popplewell

Direction: Andrew Adamson

Music: Harry Gregson-Williams

Reasons to watch: Better acting than the first part, nice action and battle scenes.

Reasons not to: Many deviations from the book and not much novelty from the first part, Poor character development.

Storyline: The Penvensie children - Peter, Edmund, Susan and Lucy- return to Narnia, only to discover that hundreds of years have passed since they ruled there, and the evil King Miraz has taken charge. Miraz is after the life of Prince Caspian, who while hiding in Narnia, manages to call the Pevensie children back using Lucy’s magical horn. The children, with the help of a heroic mouse called Reepicheep, Prince Caspian and the residents of Narnia, set out to overthrow the King, once again with Aslan’s help. The magic of Narnia unfolds yet again, with deeper mysteries unraveling, as betrayal and revenge come knocking.

Climax Handling: The climax is the most exciting part of the movie and thoroughly entertaining.

Points: The acting is definitely better this time, but the movie leaves a lot to be desired. Especially Aslan. who appears in the last 20 minutes. You might as well miss the White Witch too, who makes a blink-and-you’ll-miss-her appearance.

Rating: 8/10

Comment: The movie is tightly made and will keep you engaged for the entire 147 minutes. Watchable.

Language: English

Genre: Drama/Chick Flick

Cast: Michelle Trachtenberg, Joan Cusack, Kim Cattrall, Hayden Panettiere, Trevor Blumas

Direction: Bridget Jhonson

Music: Christophe Beck

Reasons to watch: Aesthetic figure skating, good collection of sound tracks.

Reasons not to: Not a very good plot, can become uninteresting to watch in between.

Storyline: Casie, a physics geek, wants to pursue a scholarship for which she does a physics project on Figure skating which she has secret interest for. In the process, she discovers her love for skating and becomes exceptionally good at it. She is now pressed between her school work and skating and is not able to figure out what she really wants to do. She participates in the regionals and gets selected in the sectionals of the figure skating competition as her friend Gennifer drops out of it as she has no interest in skating ans she used to skate as she was compelled by her Mother Tina. Casie’s mother really wants her to join Harvard University and hence does not like her skating.While applying for Harvard Casie realizes her actual passion and goal and rejects the scholarship. Finally, under the training of Tina she comes 2nd in the sectionals and makes it to the nationals.

Points: The figure skating in the entire flick is a treat for the eyes.

Climax Handling: Girl finally discovers her real passion in life. Excels in it. Yeah!!

Rating: 7/10

Comment: Watch when in a light mood.