The counterfeiters - 2007 - Austria

The counterfeiters is a 2007 film that won the best foreign language film awards in oscar for that year.

Its a WW2 movie and tells the story of a group of talented jews who are used by the germans for the war.

The Germans try to illegally print the British pound and American dollar and they use the jewish fraudster for this purpose.

Was the jews able to successfully produce counterfeit pounds and dollars and whether they escape alive is the story.

A good movie.

The counterfeiters

The Counterfeiters

Where Eagles Dare - English - 1968

Where Eagles dare is a War film set amidst world war 2.

A good war movie.

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Poi Solla Porom - Tamil - 2008

Poi solla Porom is the remake of Khosla ka Ghosla and this is the second remake from the director Vijay, the first one being Krieedom.

Poi solla porom was advertised as an out and out comedy film, but I didnot find anything comic in it.

the movie is clearly targeted at the multiplex crowd bcos it had no fights, no senti etc... And for a change, Karthik appears as a person wanting to go to America instead of being the America Return :-)

If you would like to see a movie about the hardships faced during construction of a house , you can just watch "veedu" from Balu Mahendra

Ok ... can be skipped.

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Saroja - Tamil - 2008

With the release of Saroja, Venkat Prabhu proves that the success of Chennai-600028 was not a fluke.

I havent seen many movies from the road movie genre in Tamil and saroja I believe would fall into the genre of road movies.

Saroja is a slickly made film and the best element of the film is its comedy, music and the camera work.

Worth seeing.


Cheer

Gabbeh - Iran - 1996

Gabbeh - Iran - 1996



Gabbeh in IMDB

Gabbeh means "rug" or "carpet" in persian.

Iran or persia is well known for the rugs it produces and this film tells one such story about a rug.

An elderly couple wash a carpet and out comes a young girl, like genie. She then tells that she is the girl depicted in the rug and she
had weaved that rug. The rest of the film is the story of her.

Can be seen for the colors and Mohsen makhmalbaf.

V For Vendetta - English - 2005

This movie had screenplay by the Wachowski brothers, the ones who created the Matrix trilogy.

Apart from that, the movie is a story of how in the england of future, an experiment on humans goes wrong and how the totalitarian

government is brought to an end.

The Kite Runner - English - 2007

You will be able to relate to the movie ONLY if you have read the novel earlier.
Hence make sure that you read the book before you see the movie.

The movie doesnt bring anything new but after reading the book I was so fascinated by the book that I was compelled to see the movie.

Kungfu Panda - English - 2008

A good animation movie with a nice story.

Heard that this movie created a furore in china because the chinese have a soft corner for their national animal panda and
they would never try to make a movie with a Panda as a sloppy, lazy, fat character.

Spiderwick Chronicles - English - 2008

A good timepass Fantasy Movie.

Lives of Others - Germany - 2006

Lives of Others - German - 2006




I got to know about "Lives of Others" because Satyam theatres in Chennai screened it.
This film portrays the state of political affairs in Germany when it was under communist rule.
the Govt was so powerful that it listened to important peoples phone conversations to track their activities and to check whether
they were involved in anti-govt activities. Creative persons were the most hit by this. And this film portrays the story of
one such creative couple.

A good watch ..

Lives Of Others

IMDB has a rating of 8.5 for this movie, which means it has got very good reviews.

Lives of Others in IMDB

Treasure of Sierra Madre - 1948

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre - 1948



This film is a black and White Adventure story about Gold hunters in Mexico.

A pair of Americans without money and better life decide to try their luck and go on gold digging in the mountains of mexico.


The film tells the story of how they go with treasure search and whether they find their treasure or not and how mans nature changes so easily.


IMDB link : Treasure of Sierra Madre

A slow one but OK.

City of Gods - Brazil

City of Gods

City of Gods is One of the best movies that I have seen till now. And it also figures in the Time list of 100 movies.

City of Gods is the name of a slum in Rio De Janeiro. The film tells the story of the slum and its teens and their violent lawless ways.

A must see.

The IMDB link for the movie is here.

City Of Gods