I can see why this got an 8 minute standing ovation when it was screened at the Cannes Film Festival.  Wonderful, brilliantly written comedy-drama from Kevin Smith.  Dante is going to get married and leave NJ... but how will that impact his best friend, Randal?

Gorgeous looking film with Edward Norton as Eisenheim the Illusionist, who loves a Duchess, but she is about to be wed to the Crown Prince.

Very funny and outrageous comedy about Kazakhstani reporter Borat (Sacha Baron Cohen) coming to the US to film a documentary, falling in love with Pamela Anderson and deciding to marry her.  It's hard to believe that the filmmakers actually pulled off what they did, though I am not sure how much of the film was staged and how much was spontaneous reaction from the unsuspecting victims on the streets.

A bleak yet often funny look at a group of junkies in Scotland.  Excellent acting all around and some great dialogues.

Visually gorgeous adventure film set in the 1940s with the robot army of the mysterious Totenkopf invading several places around the world, and it's up to Sky Captain Joe (Jude Law) and reporter Polly Perkins (Gwyneth Paltrow) to save the day.

From Luc Besson, this movie is about a Marseilles cab driver who teams up with a cop to stop a gang of bank robbers who use high-speed Mercedes cars to make their getaways.  Not as fun & exciting as I thought it'd be.  Perhaps sequels will be better.

Entertaining sequel with cabbie Daniel getting involved in a police operation to save a visiting Japanese diplomat.

Cabbie Daniel and cop Emilien once again team up to catch a gang of criminals that commit crimes disguised as Santa Claus.

Well acted drama from director Mani Ratnam, depicting Gurukanth Desai's (Abhishek Bachchan) rise from villager to businessman.

Insightful documentary with lots of informative interviews and behind-the-scenes investigation by filmmaker Kirby Dick, about the ratings system of the MPAA and the filmmakers and films it has impacted.  Often very funny.

Entertaining comedy about a lobbyist for a cigarette conglomerate, who has the unenviable job of promoting cigarettes when virtually every human interest group is against them!  Movie has a terrific cast.

The original Chinese thriller that was remade as The Departed.  Classy movie, very well done.

Effective portrayal of the life of a gangster from director Martin Scorsese, adapting a book by Nicholas Pileggi.  Very nicely acted.

Sequel to Night Watch continues the story, with the forces of darkness trying to spark off a war between the "light" Others and the "dark" Others.  I can't claim to understand it 100% but it is certainly extremely imaginative and very stylish and entertaining.

Great movie from director Christopher Nolan, with fantastic acting from the two leads, Hugh Jackman and Christian Bale, as magicians involved in a bitter rivalry.

Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot is on a train with a diverse group of passengers, and when the train is halted due to snow one night, a murder takes place, and Poirot must solve it.  Well done.

Shoddy animation and a bad script ruin what might have been a great, dramatic adventure.

Intense thriller with ex-con Max Cady (Robert De Niro) stalking and terrorising Sam Bowden (Nick Nolte) and his family.  Sam suppressed evidence in Cady's rape trial that got him 14 years in prison — and now Cady wants revenge.  Well done.

The 1960s counterculture is explored through the character of Fritz the Cat in this X-rated animated comedy/satire, which is well done and has a great soundtrack.  Quite weird though.

The movie was better than I expected, but still not great compared to the first.

Stylish, fast action movie from writer-director Joe Carnahan, about a bunch of hitmen who want to kill Las Vegas showman/snitch Buddy "Aces" Israel, and the FBI agents who arrive at his hideout (a suite at the Nomad Hotel at Las Vegas) to keep him alive.

"Fetchez la vache!"  Excellent comedy about King Arthur and his knights, and their quest for the Holy Grail.

Snake Plissken (Kurt Russell) is sent into L A to retrieve a "black box" containing a doomsday device.  A rehash of the original, pretty entertaining movie, but brings nothing much new.  Some bad CG also in here.

A short film from director Sean Ellis, about supermarket clerks working the night shift.  Amusing and beautifully photographed.

David Cronenberg's SF film about a "war" between people with telepathic abilities called scanners.  Typical of Cronenberg, this movie is far from the usual fare and is brimming with interesting ideas.

London, 2027 — in a future where women are infertile, no children have been born for 18 years.  A former activist, Theo (Clive Owen) must escort Kee, a pregnant woman, to safety.  An amazing technical achievement, this also features a fantastic performance from Owen.  (Seen 1:30 AM to 3:30 AM).

Outrageous, gross-out stunts performed by a group of true "jackasses" — some are laugh-out-loud hilarious, some will make you cringe!  Entertaining nonetheless.  I watched this and the sequel back-to-back, from about midnight till 3 AM.

I watched Jackass: The Movie and this back-to-back between midnight and 3 AM... the sequel succeeded in grossing me out even more than the first one did... hard to believe some of the stuff that is shown on-screen!  This was the unrated version that I saw.

Good looking but overall average timewaster about a group of male witches.

Saw this one on TV long back but that was a censored version.  This time I saw the complete film and I really enjoyed it.

Undercover cop infiltrates a street racing gang to find out who's behind robberies where high-speed cars are used.  Not bad, but not as exciting as I thought it would be.

The Marcus Nispel directed 2003 remake of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre is a beautifully photographed horror-thriller about a psychopathic family that committed several murders in 1973.  The last third of the movie is where the tension kicks in, and that is really impressive.

Interesting thriller about a young man who follows instructions in an envelope, only to find himself involved with a mysterious ring of people who play games with others' lives.  Shot in black and white.

Wonderfully acted movie about a young businessman Charlie Babbitt (Tom Cruise) who ends up on a road trip with his autistic brother Raymond (Dustin Hoffman) and develops a bond with him.  Seen at TCS-BFS SC Auditorium, however I missed the first 15 minutes.

Very nicely photographed, atmospheric thriller about a man who becomes obsessed with the number 23 after reading a book that seems to mirror his own life.  Seen 00:30 AM to 2 AM.

Leonardo has been in Central America for more than a year, training to become a better leader, while life is not good for the other TMNT.  When industrialist Max Winters sends out stone statues to acquire 13 monsters, apparently preparing for something big, the TMNT have to save the day.  The animation is excellent, the music, characterisations and action scenes really make this one a blast to watch.  Superb stuff.

Stunning, gorgeous film with three parallel storylines — a scientist, Tommy (Hugh Jackman) tries to find a cure for his terminally-ill wife Izzi (Rachel Weisz), a Spanish conquistador (Jackman) is on a quest to find the tree of life for his queen (Weisz), and in a surreal reality, a bald man encapsulated in a bubble with a tree is floating upwards to Xibalba, a nebula that is believed to give life.  This is a film that leaves much to interpretation, and I obviously couldn't understand everything at first viewing, but it is an amazing film.

Seen at Sathyam Cinemas, first day, second show.  Awesome stuff.  King Leonidas leads the 300 Spartans against the thousand nations of the Persian Empire in this spectacular adaptation of the book by Frank Miller and Lynn Varley, by director Zack Snyder.

Well-photographed post-apocalyptic tale of Max helping out a group of people who have a supply of fuel, hence becoming the target of gangs led by the Humungus and Wez.

Big-budget SF fantasy film with Max (Mel Gibson) as the loner who is exiled to the desert from Bartertown and runs into a group of orphans that he has to save.  Extremely imaginative.

Worthy sequel to 2001: A Space Odyssey, about a joint mission between the US and the Soviet Union to Jupiter to find out what happened to the U S S Discovery.

Far superior to the first Hellboy Animated feature, this is a dark, scary horror film about Hellboy and the other BPRD agents facing Erzebet Ondrushko, a very powerful vampire.  Excellent.

Exciting SF-thriller from Tony Scott about ATF agent Doug Carlin (Denzel Washington) investigating an explosion that kills more than 500 people.

Two grindhouse-style films shown back to back with fake trailers in between... Robert Rodriguez's Planet Terror is a nonstop thrill and gore packed ride, while Quentin Tarantino's Death Proof takes time to get where it's going, but once it's there (the car chase scenes), is quite exciting.  Awesomeness all around!

OK horror movie about a group of college-going kids around whom creepy stuff starts happening.  Standard boo-scares aplenty, not all of them work.  But it's not all that bad, there are worse ways to spend two hours.

Gorgeously photographed (Jeff Cronenweth) film from director/writer Mark Romanek is about a lonely clerk at a photo developing outlet who becomes obsessed with a family through years of developing their family photos.  A drama/thriller with an excellent performance by Robin Williams.

Cheap movie about a gingerbread man possessed with the soul of a killer terrorising a group of people in a bakery.  Low-budget trash.  Watched from 2 AM - 3:20 AM.

Passable love/romance drama.  Music is awesome though.

I bought the DVD of this movie and watched from 2 AM till 4 AM.  San Te (Gordon Liu) is a rebel against the Manchus, and when the Manchus kill his father he joins the Shaolin temple and builds his kung fu skills, gradually crossing chamber after chamber in the temple.  Entertaining stuff.

Direct-to-DVD sequel with a group of grunts trapped in an abandoned outpost — only to discover that some amongst them have been taken over by a new breed of bug.  Low budget doesn't allow the film to have large scale battles but a more murky, claustrophobic atmosphere is present, and to his credit director Phil Tippett throws in quite a bit of icky gore in the second half.

Just when life is starting to look up for Peter Parker, villain the Sandman shows up, and so does an alien symbiote called Venom to cause trouble.  Awesome visual effects.  Seen at Sangeet theatre.

Awesome movie about the titular three characters looking for a hidden cache of gold worth $200,000.  Grand in scope and style, this is a true classic that I should have seen much earlier, but I'm glad I saw it on DVD in a proper widescreen presentation.

Fun movie about two rival cricket teams that want to win in a high-stakes tournament.

Telugu version seen on DVD - entertaining movie, but a bit long.

Crackling courtroom drama with excellent acting.

Gorgeously shot and very creepy horror film from the creators of Saw, with a young man returning to his home town of Raven's Fair to investigate his wife's murder — which might have been caused by the ghost of a ventriloquist who lost her voice.

Second big-screen outing with Mr Bean has him going on a holiday to France, inadvertently causing a father to be separated from his son at a railway station.  The rest of the movie is about how Bean helps the boy to get reunited with his father.  Decent movie, nothing special though.

An SF thriller about a group of astronauts whose mission is to reignite the sun.  Awesome visuals, fantastic music.  Great movie.

Excellent action comedy from the creators of Shaun of the Dead with Simon Pegg as a London supercop who arrives in the small town of Sandford where there is no crime, only to discover that not everything is as peaceful as it seems.

The movie definitely lived up to the hype, it is super stylish and technically very well done.  I enjoyed it, but when it comes to things like story/screenplay and all, there is pretty much nothing to be found here!

Scary, well-shot movie about a writer who specialises in the paranormal, checking into room 1408 of the Dolphin Hotel, and encountering evil there.  Great acting by John Cusack, who carries the film.

Saw at PVR Cinemas, very entertaining movie with some awesome action sequences.  Better than I thought it'd be, enjoyed Kevin Smith's appearance as well.

Detailed, meticulous look at the police investigation into the Zodiac serial killings, spanning close to 40 years.  Excellent.

Great sequel to 28 Days Later has the Rage virus reappearing in Britain after 6 months of quarantine and military unit patrolling of the area.

Entertaining action movie about a cop who goes undercover as a biker, with an aim to bring down a vicious gang.

Had a lot of fun.  A forgettable story (something about Chan and Tucker going to Paris to protect a woman who may have a list of all the bosses of the Chinese Triads), but lots of jokes and a fast pace.

Big budget SF action film with lots of things blowing up and incredible visual effects, but take away all that and there's not much of a movie.  I had a reasonably good time though and the best part was listening to Linkin Park's "What I've Done" at the end credits.

I'd seen most of the movie a couple of weeks earlier, completed on 25-Aug.  Very funny movie.

A black comedy with a wild sense of humour — a young man misses his 1:40 AM train one night, and in the 2.5 hours that pass between then and the next train, gets mixed up with a woman, some gangsters and some very weird individuals, and manages to get a lot of money in the bargain.

Bought DVD and watched over the course of 3 days.  Inferior remake of Kaakha Kaakha.  Must have been rushed into production and must have had a lower budget, and there must have been some interference from producers too in the way certain scenes were shot, all of which diminish the impact of the movie.  Venkatesh's acting can't compare to Surya's as well.

Rob Zombie's remake of the movie.  The early scenes, showing how Michael Myers became evil worked the best in my opinion.  [WP]

Efficient action thriller about sniper Mark Wahlberg being set up for an assassination, and retaliating against the culprits.

Taut suspense thriller about a couple who stay overnight at a motel, only to discover that there are attackers who like to kill people there and film the attacks.  Watched between 2 AM and 3:30 AM.

Creepy story about a girl who is kidnapped by a couple and locked in a basement, where she meets a young mute boy.  There is writing on the walls that says to beware the fair-haired child...  Directed by William Malone.  Watched: 12:30 AM to 1:30 AM.

Very different story about a female scientist who falls in love with an attractive young girl, only to have a strange insect threaten that relationship.  Directed by Lucky McKee.  Watched: 1:30 AM to 2:30 AM.

A tourbus breaks down near the woods and the travellers go off in different directions, and are menaced by two (or more?) killers.  Directed by Larry Cohen.  Watched: from 2:30 AM to 3:30 AM.

Finally got to see this on VCD, watched discs 1 and 2 a few days before, completed disc 3 now.  Very well done movie, the best elements are the acting, characterisation and the photography.

Appreciated this one better the second time around!  The story concerns Stuntman Mike (Kurt Russell) who is a slasher — but he uses his car to kill people.

Very well done movie from director Shimit Amin about Kabir Khan (Shah Rukh Khan) coaching the Indian Women's Hockey Team to win the World Championship.

Aliens live among us, keeping us pacified through subliminal messages and TV signals that keep us unaware of their existence.  When a homeless man obtains a pair of glasses that lets him see the world as it is, there'll be hell to pay.  Satirical fun, very imaginative John Carpenter movie.

Wow what an amazing film!  A canister of swirling green liquid is discovered in the basement of an abandoned church, which might be the essence of the Devil, an extradimensional entity.  A team of scientists is called in to investigate, and the demonic influence captures them one by one.  Awesome movie, a blend of physics SF and haunted-house horror from John Carpenter.  Watched between 2 AM and 3:30 AM.

Watched the extended cut after having seen the earlier version 3 times.  Great fun.

A group of strangers wake up in a warehouse with no recollection of who they are.  They soon realise that two of them may be kidnapped, and the others may be part of the kidnappers' gang, but must work together to escape.  The rest of the gang would arrive in the warehouse by sundown.  Well acted thriller but I didn't think it was exceptional.

Watched between 1 and 3 AM.  Jet Li plays a mysterious assassin called Rogue, who appears to be playing both the Triads and the Yakuza against each other, and has FBI agent Crawford (Jason Statham) tracking him down.  Good action scenes and an unexpectedly twisty story set this apart from the standard action thriller of its kind.

Man what a movie!  It's a two-hour chase with Jason Bourne searching for answers on the beginnings of the Treadstone project and his involvement in something called Operation Blackbriar.  Awesome acting, music, direction.

John Carpenter's first film is a science-fiction black comedy about a group of astronauts aboard the Dark Star, a ship with a mission to blow up planets.  Some very imaginative ideas done on a very low budget.

Watched the first half a couple of days before, finished watching today.  Interesting concept SF film with Robin Williams as a "cutter", a person who puts together edited footage of people's memories after they're dead.

A direct-to-DVD sequel done right!  A group of reality show contestants find themselves stranded in the woods, with the cannibalistic mutated inbreds hungry for their blood and flesh.  An energetic, fun, gore filled ride, not for the squeamish.

Alfred Hitchcock's classic about a photojournalist who is stuck at home after a leg injury.  Through his window, he is able to look into the houses of all his neighbours, and begins to suspect that one of them is a murderer.  Very well built suspense!

I first saw this on TV some 10 years ago but remembered little of it, so rewatched now.  The film has great impact and deserves its classic status.

Superior sequel widens the scope of the T-virus infection to the entire world, and it is up to Alice (Milla Jovovich), Claire Redfield (Ali Larter) and her convoy of survivors to find a place safe from the infection.  Meanwhile mad scientist Isaacs (Iain Glen) is pursuing Alice.  Stylish and interesting stuff.

Hmmm...  Saw III logically ended the series, so making a fourth entry would have been a difficult task for the filmmakers.  To their credit, they continued the story well enough, but it seems that they were desperately picking up plot threads to extend in this movie.  They also introduced many questions presumably to be answered in further sequels!

Watched between 2 AM to 4 AM.  Very nice comedy with two highschool students wanting to get alcohol for a pre-graduation party.

Nicely shot movie with some scares, but overall not very effective due to the drama and the story seeming entirely faked.  Underwhelming considering that this is directed by the Pang Brothers.

Energetic action/horror movie with a group of people stuck in a bar with hungry creatures outside.  Gore filled excitement, superbly executed on a low budget.  Watched between 1:30 AM and 3 AM.

Visually splendid story about a girl who enrolls in a German dance academy, realising that it may be run by a coven of witches.  The first Argento film I am seeing!  Very good.

Seen from 1 AM to 2:30 AM.  A group of bank robbers take hostages and make their way into a network of abandoned tunnels below Moscow, to escape... but now have to deal with the Trackman, a hulking killer who likes to remove the eyes off his victims.  Sounds like a great premise but the execution is not at all good.  Disappointing stuff.

Over the top action movie with a dark sense of humour and a bizarre plot, about the mysterious Mr Smith (Clive Owen) who teams up with a prostitute (Monica Bellucci) to keep a newborn baby safe from an assassin (Paul Giamatti) and his gang who want to kill the baby for some reason.  Great fun!

Watched between 1:30 AM and 3 AM.  For a straight-to-DVD low budget release the film looks pretty good and has decent acting and effects, but it isn't very exciting and some of the actions of the characters are questionable.  It's an adaptation of the Richard Matheson book "I Am Legend", with Mark Dacascos as a survivor of a virus that has turned most of the world into hideous mutants.

Sekhar Kammula's movie follows the lives of four Engineering college students and the girls they fall in love with through the four year course.  Simple but very nice movie, with great music too.  Watched at Prasad's Multiplex.

Crime thriller about five men who organise a deal to make Rs 2.5 cr, and the doublecross that ensues.  Nice movie from writer/director Sriram Raghavan.  Watched on DVD.

Watched between 2 AM and 3:30 AM.  Over the top horror movie about Drs Herbert West and Dan Cain building a woman from reanimated dead body parts.

Entertaining action movie with Mahesh Babu as an assassin Nandu, whose one job goes wrong and leaves him hunted by the cops.  On the run, he encounters a man who is returning to his village after 12 years.  When that man is shot dead, Nandu assumes his identity.  Watched on DVD.

Just finished watching this and didn't understand it (even after reading the prequel graphic novels), so going to see Wikipedia now and read about it.

A set of ten short stories based on the Ten Commandments.  It's nicely shot but I didn't find the stories all that funny.

Very atmospheric and creepy thriller about vampires invading the town of Barrow, Alaska, during 30 days of night.

Unevenly paced movie that I am unable to judge properly, having seen Red Dragon (which is a better movie in my opinion) and read the book.

Watched at Sangeet Theatre.  I think they messed up the movie at the beginning (a couple of minutes was missed out), so that hampered the enjoyment of the movie a little bit.  Otherwise a well made movie with Will Smith as the last man on Earth, three years after a virus has wiped out most of the planet's population, leaving a fraction as undead "darkseekers".

Watched between 1 AM and 3:30 AM.  Excellent SF movie about a SETI astronomer who receives an extraterrestrial signal.

Watched at Prasad's Multiplex.  A Tamil remake of a remake of Don (1978) with Ajith in the lead role.  Closer in spirit to the 2006 Don remake, but a more straightforward story.  Stylishly done.

Effective, fast paced film from James Wan about a father who targets the gang members who killed his son.

Watched on IMAX 3D.  The effect was awesome and worth watching the movie for that.  Set in 507 AD, Denmark, about the warrior Beowulf.

Watched between 1:30 AM and 3 AM.  Decent enough comedy with Dane Cook as dentist Chuck Logan, who was cursed when he was a kid — as a result of which any woman he falls in love with ends up marrying the next guy she meets!  When Chuck actually falls in love with Cam (Jessica Alba), is the relationship doomed?

A young couple elope and head to Goa and cross paths with the henchmen of a corrupt politician.  I saw a trailer for this film in 2006, the movie wasn't released until 2007, and that too had a very short run in theatres.  I watched on DVD.  Unremarkable.