Comments on: Incredible Movies http://varnachitram.com A Blog on Cinema Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:26:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: James http://varnachitram.com/incredible-movies/comment-page-3/#comment-203712 James Sat, 14 Jan 2012 08:19:19 +0000 http://varnachitram.com/incredible-movies/#comment-203712 Drive (2011) Country: United States/Language: English Directed by Nicolas Winding Ref Screenplay by Hossein Amini Based on 'Drive' by James Sallis Starring Ryan Gosling, Carey Mulligan, Bryan Cranston, Christina Hendricks, Ron Perlman, Oscar Isaac, Albert Brooks Music by Cliff Martinez Cinematography by Newton Thomas Sigel Editing by Matthew Newman One of the best films of 2011! Great cinematography of LA by Newton Thomas Sigel. A thrilling film that spins your heart every minute. Gosling was excellent in his role. He has come a long way since the early 2000s when he was just a TV actor in a kids show. Nicolas Winding Ref has done an excellent job. Drive (2011)
Country: United States/Language: English
Directed by Nicolas Winding Ref
Screenplay by Hossein Amini
Based on ‘Drive’ by James Sallis
Starring Ryan Gosling, Carey Mulligan, Bryan Cranston, Christina Hendricks, Ron Perlman, Oscar Isaac, Albert Brooks
Music by Cliff Martinez
Cinematography by Newton Thomas Sigel
Editing by Matthew Newman

One of the best films of 2011! Great cinematography of LA by Newton Thomas Sigel. A thrilling film that spins your heart every minute. Gosling was excellent in his role. He has come a long way since the early 2000s when he was just a TV actor in a kids show.
Nicolas Winding Ref has done an excellent job.

]]> By: Jason Marovich http://varnachitram.com/incredible-movies/comment-page-3/#comment-199170 Jason Marovich Sun, 13 Nov 2011 22:07:54 +0000 http://varnachitram.com/incredible-movies/#comment-199170 Cast Away with Tom Hanks. Studio: ImageMovers, Playtone Distributed by: USA/Canada 20th Century Fox International Distribution: DreamWorks Release date(s): December 7, 2000 Running time: 143 minutes Country: United States Language: English This is an incredible, and primarily, solo performance by Tom Hanks. What would it be like to be stranded all alone on a deserted island? Mr. Hanks is very believable in his role, as are the conditions that lead him to be stranded there. Cast Away with Tom Hanks.

Studio: ImageMovers, Playtone

Distributed by: USA/Canada
20th Century Fox International Distribution: DreamWorks

Release date(s): December 7, 2000

Running time: 143 minutes

Country: United States

Language: English

This is an incredible, and primarily, solo performance by Tom Hanks. What would it be like to be stranded all alone on a deserted island? Mr. Hanks is very believable in his role, as are the conditions that lead him to be stranded there.

]]> By: gopi http://varnachitram.com/incredible-movies/comment-page-3/#comment-198793 gopi Tue, 08 Nov 2011 04:42:46 +0000 http://varnachitram.com/incredible-movies/#comment-198793 Oru vadakkan veeragadha Written by MT Vasudevan Nair Directed by Hariharan For its super dialogues and unmatching acting of Mammootty and unexpected performance of Captain Raju. Oru vadakkan veeragadha

Written by MT Vasudevan Nair
Directed by Hariharan

For its super dialogues and unmatching acting of Mammootty and unexpected performance of Captain Raju.

]]> By: James http://varnachitram.com/incredible-movies/comment-page-3/#comment-198635 James Sat, 05 Nov 2011 05:42:40 +0000 http://varnachitram.com/incredible-movies/#comment-198635 City of God (2011) Country: India/ Language: Malayalam Directed by Lijo Jose Pellissery Written by Babu Janardhanan Starring Indrajith, Prithviraj, Rajeev Pillai, Rohini, Parvathi, Rima Kallingal Swetha Menon. Music by Prashant Pillai Cinematography Sujith Vasudev Editing by Manoj I haven't seen another visually gorgeous and raw film in Malayalam cinema. It's an excellent film along with great performances with everyone in the cast. It's sad to hear that this film wasn't so successful at the BO. Of course it had a bit too "R" rated material in it so its not exactly for the family audience, though it was a nice piece of work. City of God (2011)
Country: India/ Language: Malayalam
Directed by Lijo Jose Pellissery
Written by Babu Janardhanan
Starring Indrajith, Prithviraj, Rajeev Pillai, Rohini, Parvathi, Rima Kallingal Swetha Menon.
Music by Prashant Pillai
Cinematography Sujith Vasudev
Editing by Manoj

I haven’t seen another visually gorgeous and raw film in Malayalam cinema. It’s an excellent film along with great performances with everyone in the cast. It’s sad to hear that this film wasn’t so successful at the BO. Of course it had a bit too “R” rated material in it so its not exactly for the family audience, though it was a nice piece of work.

]]> By: Rahul Krishna http://varnachitram.com/incredible-movies/comment-page-3/#comment-198607 Rahul Krishna Fri, 04 Nov 2011 17:48:18 +0000 http://varnachitram.com/incredible-movies/#comment-198607 The Man from Nowhere The Man from Nowhere (2010) Country: South Korea/Language:Korean Directed by Lee Jeong-beom Written by Lee Jeong-beom Starring Won Bin Kim Sae-ron Music by Shim Hyun-jeong Cinematography Lee Tae-yoon Editing by Kim Sang-beom Watch it for Won Bin! A mix of a martial arts film + Taken. South Korean cinema proves again that they're among the best in the world. The highest grossing S Korean film of 2010. The Man from Nowhere

The Man from Nowhere (2010)
Country: South Korea/Language:Korean
Directed by Lee Jeong-beom
Written by Lee Jeong-beom
Starring Won Bin
Kim Sae-ron
Music by Shim Hyun-jeong
Cinematography Lee Tae-yoon
Editing by Kim Sang-beom

Watch it for Won Bin! A mix of a martial arts film + Taken.
South Korean cinema proves again that they’re among the best in the world. The highest grossing S Korean film of 2010.

]]> By: James http://varnachitram.com/incredible-movies/comment-page-3/#comment-186080 James Fri, 08 Apr 2011 21:08:23 +0000 http://varnachitram.com/incredible-movies/#comment-186080 Ishqiya (2010) Country: India/Language: Hindi Directed by Abhishek Chaubey Screenplay by Vishal Bharadwaj, Abhishek Chaubey, and Sabrina Dhawan Starring Naseeruddin Shah, Vidya Balan, Arshad Warsi, and Salman Shahid Music by Vishal Bharadwaj Cinematography Mohana Krishna Agapu Editing by Namrata Rao One of the best Indian films in recent times. Even though people have a lot of blame to put on the Hindi cinema in terms of quality, movies such as this are an example that good films are being churned out as well. Vishal Bharadwaj is involved in the screenplay and music, and its also produced by him. It's directed by Abhishek Chaubey, his debut film. Ishqiya (2010)
Country: India/Language: Hindi
Directed by Abhishek Chaubey
Screenplay by Vishal Bharadwaj, Abhishek Chaubey, and Sabrina Dhawan
Starring Naseeruddin Shah, Vidya Balan, Arshad Warsi, and Salman Shahid
Music by Vishal Bharadwaj
Cinematography Mohana Krishna Agapu
Editing by Namrata Rao

One of the best Indian films in recent times. Even though people have a lot of blame to put on the Hindi cinema in terms of quality, movies such as this are an example that good films are being churned out as well. Vishal Bharadwaj is involved in the screenplay and music, and its also produced by him. It’s directed by Abhishek Chaubey, his debut film.

]]> By: James http://varnachitram.com/incredible-movies/comment-page-3/#comment-185153 James Wed, 23 Mar 2011 15:22:37 +0000 http://varnachitram.com/incredible-movies/#comment-185153 Yojimbo (1961) Country: Japan/Language: Japanese Directed by Akira Kurosawa Written by Ryuzo Kikushima and Akira Kurosawa Starring Toshiro Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai, Yôko Tsukasa, Isuzu Yamada, Daisuke Kato, and Takashi Shimura Music by Masaru Sato Cinematography by Kazuo Miyagawa and Takao Saito Editing by Akira Kurosawa It’s a “masterpiece”, that’s all I can say. Since its March 23rd, Kurosawa’s 101th birthday, I thought about putting this here. Although its a Japanese film, the film is highly influenced of Dashiell Hammett’s novel Red Harvest, a western work. It went on to be remade by Sergio Leone as A Fistful of Dollars starring Clint Eastwood consolidating his stardom. Yojimbo (1961)
Country: Japan/Language: Japanese
Directed by Akira Kurosawa
Written by Ryuzo Kikushima and Akira Kurosawa
Starring Toshiro Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai, Yôko Tsukasa, Isuzu Yamada, Daisuke Kato, and Takashi Shimura
Music by Masaru Sato
Cinematography by Kazuo Miyagawa and Takao Saito
Editing by Akira Kurosawa

It’s a “masterpiece”, that’s all I can say.

Since its March 23rd, Kurosawa’s 101th birthday, I thought about putting this here. Although its a Japanese film, the film is highly influenced of Dashiell Hammett’s novel Red Harvest, a western work. It went on to be remade by Sergio Leone as A Fistful of Dollars starring Clint Eastwood consolidating his stardom.

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