RIJU GANGULY

3G!, 16 April 2013

Now what exactly did I mean while entering a title for my review? Nothing to do with mobile telephony, let me assure you. It's because the first three words that came to me, as I did a mini-rewind of the movie and the associated thoughts that were flashing inside my mind at that time, were: Gritty, Grim and Gory. Hence,.... But I must state that the movie is exactly that sort of adrenaline-rush which you need from time-to-time, after all those aesthetically pleasing and thought-provoking movies are over and you are afraid of waking up tomorrow to face the same old ****. Highly recommended, with a small sigh full of thoughts about how the Dredd-Anderson relationship (if any!) might have… Read more

Alien-meets-solaris!, 1 April 2013

Seriously! "A film that appears to be a science-fiction extravaganza suddenly becoming a horror movie" was epitomised by Alien [DVD] [1979]. But the concept of a person's inner fears, doubts and love coming back in material form to haunt that person was beautifully realised in Solaris [2003] [DVD]. This film, depite many of its shortcomings, tries to bridge these two cult classics, and in the process provides us with quite a few macabre delights, esp. involving the ever-intriguing question: what is there beyond a black hole? Scientific vessel returning with something after… Read more

Blood, leather, bullets and sex!, 28 Mar 2013

This trilogy (which has already taken the shape of quadrilogy, courtesy the latest movie) deals with stuff which have been enumerated in the so-called title of my review. However, dismissing the films as sombre loners' "Transformers" or "Twilight" (gasp!) would be extremely uncharitable, since the films, esp. at the time of their release on screens, had packed a lot more punch than can be felt now. The first movie was ground-breaking in its way. The second movie was complex, adult (pretentiously) and faster-paced. The third movie, despite being the strongest in terms of emotional impact, acting and characterisation, suffers since we already knew how things are going to (seemingly) end… Read more