A Story Of Love And Freedom
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Romance knows no hurdles and nothing so powerful exists on this planet to raise barriers between loving minds. Not only the lavishly flowered gardens but the hell-hot deserts also may germinate few sprouts of romance. Thus there comes this heart melting love story from Afghanistan, the land of branded terrorism where even the breeze bears [...]
‘wall-E’ Turns Animation On Its Head
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Forget Isaac Asimov’s famous Laws of Robotics. WALL·E’s biggest accomplishment may be defying the Laws of Computer Animation.
In a medium that has become formulaic — mix furry critters with celebrity voices, add a dash of pop-culture snark — the Disney/Pixar film has been praised for taking new risks.
Much has been made already of the film’s [...]
Carrie And The Girls Take Tt By Storm
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The movie is a tale of sex, love, couture, friendship, forgiveness and the possibility of a modern- day fairytale ending, as told through the eyes of four NYC women. The Sex and the City movie is an adaptation of the HBO hit series which itself was based on the book by Candace Bushnell about real [...]
I Hope Audiences Will Like Love Story 2050
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Harry Baweja’s Love Story 2050 will launch his son, Harman, in a big way opposite Priyanka Chopra [Images]. A science fiction film, Baweja Sr has spent close to $12 million on it. He gives Nithya Ramani the details.
I had this concept in mind right from 1999. I wanted to do a film of this kind, [...]
Dolores Hydock Brings Eglamore And Cristobel From Page To Stage
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Dolores Hydock rummages in a storage bin and plops an important tool onto the patio table in her backyard.
SPECIAL Dolores Hydock says she hopes to record “Eglamore and Cristobel” on CD, as she did with 2004’s “Silence.” A few performances of the new story are necessary, Hydock says, before entering the studio.
It’s a bright yellow [...]
Novel Depicts Love In War Torn Iraq
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Summer, 1987. In the mountainous village of Bergalou, northern Iraq, it literally started raining birds. The poor animals dropped mid-flight when the Saddam Hussein administration dropped chemical bombs on the Kurds, a persecuted ethnic minority.
Temporarily blinded by the toxic attack, Joanna is saved by her husband Sarbast, a “peshmerga,” or Kurdish freedom fighter. The two [...]
Many lessons to be learnt from feel-good love story
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Director Seemaan attempts something quite different in R Madhavan’s latest film, Vaazhthugall, whose script and song lyrics contain only Tamil words — Runaway Love a rare and difficult achievement in today’s world.
Apart from that, Seemaan has striven to promote traditional values and morals.
It is a feel-good love story that tells of unadulterated love. But it [...]
Bodyguard Battles Bullies; Faithfull Sex Worker: Rick Warner
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March 21 (Bloomberg) — Did Judd Apatow break his funny bone? Has Seth Rogen lost his comic mojo?
If “Drillbit Taylor” is any indication, the answer is yes. Starring Owen Wilson as a homeless beach bum hired to protect three teenage nerds from a couple of school bullies, this mirthless concoction strives for laughs and pathos [...]
Oscar Win Casts Spotlight On Irish Band
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Forget about the suspense over who’d win the Oscar in the top categories like Best Picture or Best Actor. The only real moment of drama at this year’s Academy Awards ceremony a couple of weeks ago was the sight of pale, giddy, Irish singer-songwriters, Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova striding awestruck onto the stage to [...]
Fugitives boy kidnapped in Careys Self
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His Illegal Self
By Peter Carey
KNOPF; 272 PAGES; $24.95
With “His Illegal Self,” two-time Booker Prize-winning author Peter Carey once again proves himself to be a master of perspective. In his previous novel, “Theft,” Carey’s narrators were two brothers - one a crude, volatile art genius and the other his idiot savant brother. If “Theft’s” prose is [...]
