Director : Henry Koster
Cast : James Stewart, Josephine Hull, Peggy Dow, Charles Drake, Cecil Kellaway

Based on a very popular play, Harvey is of the fantasy comedy genre. The fantasy in this movie is a 6 feet 3 and a half inches tall rabbit(Harvey) of Celtic mythology who can be seen only by a selected few. The protagonist Elwood P. Dowd (Stewart) is one of the selected ones who not only can see this rabbit but also accompanies him everywhere and introduces him to all the town inhabitants. Obviously, whoever meets Elwood considers him a mentally inbalanced case which also becomes a thing of embarrassment for his family members which includes his sister and his niece. They think of getting rid of Elwood by transporting him to the mental sanatorium. Elwood, by nature is a very well-mannered, polite and pleasant gentleman. Anyone who meets him at the first instance is obviously charmed by his nature until he introduces his gigantic friend. The funny moments in the movie are not forced, but arise completely due to the out of hand situations. I will call this movie a fantasy comedy
with a human touch. There are situations when one feels pity for Elwood and consider his state of mind way better than the so called 'normal' humans who don't care for fellow humans, let alone animals.

Stewart has done a fine, fine job. He is my favorite actor of the B/W era. He has a certain cinematic charm which attracts the viewer. In this movie, I thought he had a very tough role to play, talking to an invisible object and giving the proper expressions is not an easy job. Josephine Hull plays the neurotic and eccentric middle aged sister to perfection. A very feel good movie which will surely leave a positive impression.

Rating : 8/10

Director : Michael Cimino
Cast : Robert DeNiro, Christopher Walken, Meryl Streep, John Savage, John Cazale

There are a lot of Hollywood movies created taking the Vietnam war as a backdrop. The Deer Hunter is one such movie but is different in the sense that it focuses more on character development than the actual war scenario. Based on a small town in America, the movie starts with the introduction of a group of town dwellers who are hard-working as well as hard-partying and whose favorite pass-time is hunting deer. Three people of the group are enlisted in the army and are bound to go to Vietnam. The war, their capture, the game of life - Russian Roulette, their escape, the consequences and the changes in their mentality and life as a whole is the movie. Each of the three men loose something valuable in the war and their happy -go-lucky attitude changes drastically into something which changes their way of life.

The story is good and the acting exceptional. But it did not appeal to me as a movie. The movie is very long in my opinion (3 hours). I do not have problem with long movies. But aimless long movies are the ones which I hate. The screen time is increased in the name of character development which was unnecessary IMO. (And the movie has got an Oscar for best editing.). This is not the only problem I have with the movie. It's treatment of the Vietnam war is completely one-sided, tilted towards America. I have a keen interest in history and I felt there was injustice against the Vietnamese. The acting in the movie perhaps is the thing that makes 3 hours endurable. DeNiro and Walken are the stand-out performers. Walken is a very under-rated actor IMO and this is perhaps his best acting stint. He overshadows Deniro in some scenes. Meryl Streep has done a fine job. John Savage is also noteworthy .This movie is rated very highly by movie lovers and I may hurt their sentiments by this review. But this is my honest opinion after one viewing and it may not change ever (Because I cannot give 3 hours of my life again for this movie)

Rating : 5/10

From the Criterion collection comes a highly recommended British film of the 90s. This is my first Mike Leigh's film and too stark and artsy ones to start with. But it was worth every 130 minutes of it.There's no real plot actually. Mostly everything was improvised. An intelligent, knowledgeable and an eloquent -- yet suffering from occasional bouts of mental depression and derangement -- man named Johnny rapes a woman in Manchester and to avoid a beating from her parents flees to London in a stolen car. There he meets his girlfriend Sophie and her flatmate Louise. While Sophie is not as beautiful or curvaceous as her flatmate is, she is a full-time employed person, and Louise remains at home, or is quite possibly a prostitute, judging by the type of clothes she wears. Johnny, as a man of profound knowledge and wit successfully seduces Louise and they consummate eventually, during which time we see a masochist side of Johnny -- pulling her hair, twisting her arm, etc -- perhaps his untreated derangement. Meanwhile, in some other part of London an attractive yet sexually frustrated yuppie, Jeremy, is seen chasing any female he gets an opportunity to talk with and making immediate sexual advances at them. He, too, turns out to be kinky.Johnny, mentally disturbed as he is, leaves the cozy confine of her girlfriend's apartment in cold December evening in pursuit of yet another sexual escapade(s). On his way out he meets a lot of atypical characters: a manner-less, eccentric Scot searching frantically for his girlfriend; a middle-aged man working for a security agency who is as philosophical and as lonely as Johnny is; an Irish woman who dances in her flat's bedroom without pulling the curtains on in her window, quite possibly to attract the attention of "peeping toms"; an attractive girl working in a diner, who had an uglier past of her own. Since the film, with duration of just over two hours, is rather slow, what the director and the co-scriptwriter, David Thewlis, who also portrayed Johnny in the film, should be given the credit for is the subtle humour and the witty, improvised dialogues and mannerisms that the main characters incorporated throughout much of the stark atmosphere in the movie. It could also be considered as a social commentary over the British people and their relationship conundrums. Mike Leigh is generally regarded for his films laced with social realism; Naked is perhaps one of his best in that regard, though I cannot be too sure of that. 8/10

Prison Break Season One.
i hv no words for this serial.....its easily the best tv serial i hv ever seen.....its infact an experience.......
classic direction........
kick ass story writing
and absolutely brilliant brilliant characters....

the characters who made a huge impact on my mind are

1.Michael Scofield (absolutely world class performance....deserve every single praise and award)
2. Tbag (a real sharp and dangerous character.....and he will force u to hate him)

besides these 2 characters every one is fantastic in their characters....
its a "Masterpiece"
im really addicted to this serial
the background music......everything is pheomenal....

over all
a perfect 10/10

Prison Break Season Two.
i had the best time to watch any type of movie or serial while watching prison break...
the team has done it again with season... ....remarkable is the word.....
a new character "Alex Mahone" was outstanding in this season......
im actually short of words to describe the class of this serial........
if u hv watched any episode then u would be obssessd to watch the next episode.....there are so many twists that would make u wonder think whats gonna happen next.......
its just a lil not as awesome as the season one......
top performers of this season according to me were
1.Michael Scofield
2.Alex Mahone
3.T Bag

never the less its also a masterpice...

overall
9.9/10


Vinnaithandi Varuvaya (2010) Kollywood
Romance | Drama

Its A Romantic Drama, Complete Family Entertainment
Its A Love Story Between Hindu Boy And Christian Girl
1st Half Was Going Well, But Last 45 Minutes Are Totally Tragedy
Technically Rich, Story Was Unnecessarily Stretched In 2nd Half
No One Knew In Theatre That The Movie Was Ended!! Its Funny Na!!
1st Time I Felt Bore In Goutham's Movie
Simbu Acting Were Great And Also Trisha Too
Lets Wait And See In Next Few Days About Response
Take Your Own Decision Whether To Watch Or Not!

Renigunta (2010) Kollywood
Crime | Action | Romance

A Good Movie With Strong Storyline
It Remembers "City of God" & "Pudhupettai"
Its Similar To That Both Movies Like Realism
Story Is About 5 Prisoners Who Escape From Jail
Picturization Is Not That Much Impressive
But Each Characters Executed Very Well
Its A Maiden Venture To Director Panneer Selvam
I Am Expecting His Reality Type Movie In His Next Project
One Time Watch Is Really Good