Mostly Martha - 2001

Mostly Martha, I believe is a feminist movie which is called as heroine-oriented films in india. The protaganist is Martha, a chef and her experiences when the daughter of her sister comes to live with her is the story.

For some reason, I am reminded of Cheenikum when I saw this movie.

Mamma Mia - 2008

Mamma Mia is a musical.

When even tamil films have done with the type of films where anyone and everyone sings every 5 minutes for decades, this is an english film which resembles a tamil film from the 50s. A song every 5 minutes.

The fact the music is good is a different matter altogether, which is why this movie has become famous. The music was good, the locations were good, the actors were good and dont even ask what is the story ...

In Bruges

In Bruges is one of the awesome film that I have seen in recent times.

In my view what made the filma awesome are the screen play, the background score, and the witty dialogue.

Someone must have liked the city of Bruges, in which the story of this film is set very much which comes across in the film.

Sunset Boulevard - English - 1950

Sunset boulevard is a tragic tale of a Cinema Super star who has faded into oblivion.

IMDB rates it 8.7. Must have been very successful when it got released.


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Postmen in the Mountains - China - 1999

Postmen in the mountains is a good addition to the films documenting the father son relationship.

This film is set in Interior china and is a good watch for its locales.

Though its not sentimental and wont make you cry, it has its fine moments.


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Roman Holiday - English - 1953

My Mom was able to understand and appreciate this film and liked it very much.


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Monty Python and the Holy Grail - 1975 - USA

If you are not familiar with the story of King arthur and his Knights of the round table, you can skip this movie.

This movie is a satire on the legend of King Arthur, Holy grail, his Knights of round table.


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The Lost Weekend - 1945 - USA

The Lost weekend is a 1945 film about an alcholic writer. His attempts to turn away from alcholism and his close ones' attempts to cure him
is the story of this film.

Anyone having a habit and trying to kick it off (which makes everyone in the world) will be able to relate to this film.

Lost Weekend in Wikipedia

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The Goonies - English - 1985

If you want to go back to your pre-teen days and wish to have times like what you had after reading Famous five, Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew,

The goonies is a nice bet.

The Goonies is a adventure film featuring kids about finding a lost treasure of a pirate hidden in a cliff.

This film was produced by Steven Spielberg, and I believe you cant go wrong with Spielberg.

Zorba The Greek - English - 1964

This movie was suggested by my friend Subbaraman here.

Zorba the greek is the story of a care-free and happy-go-lucky individual played by Anthony quinn.

This movie is set in the island of crete and some scenes were similar to the ones in the recent Italian film, Malena, which was also
set in Create.

Hrishikesh Mukherjees Anand starring Rajesh Khanna also had a overtly optimistic individual as the main character.

Though I liked Anthony quinns acting I did not like the ending and was not convinced of it.


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The Bands Visit - Israel - 2007

A Bands visit was the first oscar nominee from Israel for the year 2007. Israel later sent another movie instead.

The story is simple. An egyptian orchestra band arrives at Israel to perform. but they go to a different place due to
misunderstandings in communication and they are forced to stay the night at the wrong place. what each member experiences during
that single night of stay has been well told.

I liked the film a lot.

Before the Rains - India - 2007

Santosh Sivans Only for the festival film, "Before the rains" is a deliciously shot movie in kerala.

I havent seen any other movie which has captured the landscape of Kerala so beautifully.

Can be seen for the good visuals.

Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi - India - 2003

I heard about this film only when Mohsen Makhmalbaf came to chennai and said that he wanted the DVD of this movie.

Hmmm. Must have been a good movie.

A good watch.


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The Green Mile - English - 1999

The Green Mile is a fantastic film about an ordinary human with extraordianry powers.

A human who can take the evil things in men and release it back to nature.


A Must watch.



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