Recently watched movies

Monday · 19 May 03 · 11:21 PM IST | Posted by Karthik | Category: Movies

Since the last update, I've watched several movies, both old and new - some I'm seeing for the first time and the rest I've seen before.  Here's the (long) list!

  • Gone in 60 Seconds - This was May 9th's Friday Premiere on STAR Movies.  Nicolas Cage is an ex-car thief who gets back into the business to save his brother.  He and his team must steal 50 cars in 4 days.
  • Murder at 1600 - Wesley Snipes investigates the titular Murder at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue (the White House).  Nice movie.
  • Catch Me If You Can - Steven Spielberg's latest, a very enjoyable movie made with lots of flair.  Tom Hanks is FBI Agent Handratty who chases Leonardo DiCaprio's Frank Abagnale, Jr.  Excellent acting, music.  Watched it last Sunday (May 11).
  • Wings of Hope - Watched it last Sunday, soon after coming home from the theatre.  Part of STAR Movies's "Made in India" series, this movie is a melodrama about Ravi Khanna (Ismail Bashey) and Kaajal (Sheetal Seth) who both make mistakes in their lives and separate - but finally re-unite at the end.  Written and directed by Raj Basu.
  • The Rock - One of my favourite action movies.  Sean Connery and Nicolas Cage must enter Alcatraz island and stop Ed Harris, who wants to send poison gas rockets into San Fransisco.
  • Ransom - Superior action thriller with Mel Gibson as a millionaire whose son is kidnapped.
  • Cradle 2 the Grave - Watched this yesterday in the theatre.  Jet Li and DMX make a nice team as they try to find some missing black diamonds.  The movie is stylish and the hip-hop/rap soundtrack is great (I expected nothing less, it's from Romeo Must Die and Exit Wounds director Andrzej Bartkowiak), but the story is extremely generic.
  • The Twin Dragons - Tsui Hark and Ringo Lam directed this very funny action comedy featuring Jackie Chan as twins.  Finally recorded it from STAR Movies (9 PM), after being stuck with a bad quality tape for a few years!  I watched it last night at around 11 PM.
  • Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult - This movie got over just about a half hour ago on STAR Movies.  Leslie Nielsen is back as Lt. Frank Drebin, who must foil a criminal's plot to blow up the Oscars!

Aside from these, I also got to see two episodes of South Park recently ("Li'l Crimestoppers" and "The Return of the Fellowship of the Ring to the Two Towers") thanks to a friend.  And also, four episodes of The Animatrix ("Program", "A Detective Story" and Part I and II of "The Second Renaissance").  I watched the trailer for The Matrix Reloaded also, and I can't wait to see it!

Yesterday I attended the party organised by TIME for all the students who were successful in getting selected into the top management institutes in India!  I got to meet and thank many of the faculty members and also met many friends.

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