Nerve Endings Firing Away

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• February, 2012

• The Iron Lady (2011) 3/5

  2012-02-04 21:30

  

  Too much time spent on Thatcher's dementia and less on the odds she faced in becoming UK's first PM. As always, Meryl Streep is great.

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• Carnage (2011) 3.5/5

  2012-02-01 21:05

  

  A dark comedy about two couples that meet to settle their sons' fights and start off cordially only to denigrate into something much more ugly. The movie is more about disintegration of marriage than settling disputes of kids. Set only in one room, the movie is just over 1.5 hours long.

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• January, 2012

• Drive (2011) 4.5/5

  2012-01-28 22:00

  

  Has a surreal cool and hypnotic feel behind all that gore and action. Background score goes from absolute silence to thumping excitement. Ryan Gosling does an excellent job and is an epitome of cool.

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• The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011) 4/5

  2012-01-27 21:45

  

  Well paced, tense, and gritty. Could've have shaved off 20 minutes though. Rooney Mara impresses.

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• The Dirty Picture (2011) 3/5

  2012-01-21 21:30

  

  Vida Balan delivers a decent performance. The movie could've been easily edited down to two hours or less without losing any plot elements.

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• The Descendants (2011) 4/5

  2012-01-16 21:05

  

  An interesting tale of a father trying to connect with his two daughters after learning his now-comatose wife cheated on him while trying to hold on to his ancestral past.

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• Mere Brother Ki Dulhan (2011) 1.5/5

  2012-01-13 21:15

  

  Endless and mindless crap of a movie. Imran Khan provides couple of comedic moments that you might miss if you blink.

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• The Debt (2010) 3/5

  2012-01-07 21:00

  

  Three Mossad agents on a mission hide a deep secret that comes back to haunt them.

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• Shor in the City (2011) 3.5/5

  2012-01-06 20:30

  

  A fine narrative of loosely connected story lines of characters in Mumbai during Ganpati. Marked with dark humor, this movie might be the antithesis to returning NRIs and Anna Hazare supporters.

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• The Trip (2010) 2.5/5

  2012-01-01 20:00

  

  A tad slow for me but Coogan and Brydon's Michael Caine impressions are hilarious.

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• December, 2011

• Don 2 (2011) 3.5/5

  2011-12-30 14:30

  

  Action-packed but slows down toward the end. Akhtar needs to cut down his now-Mission-Impossible-like franchise movie lengths to 2 hours

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• Delhi Belly (2011) 4.5/5

  2011-12-29 21:00

  

  Hilarious and quirky. Doesn't waste much time in setting up the plot or characters' backgrounds. Recognizes the viewer's intelligence in understanding them.

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• Moneyball (2011) 3/5

  2011-12-28 22:00

  

  Wish they had focused more on the statistics that formed the core of the movie's narrative. Overall, a nice underdog baseball story.

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• Horrible Bosses (2011) 3.5/5

  2011-12-28 19:20

  

  Surprisingly very funny and moves along quickly without getting bogged down in irrelevant details.

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• Midnight in Paris (2011) 3.5/5

  2011-12-21 21:00

  

  A surprisingly good movie with an interesting premise that lends credence to the adage, nostalgia isn't what it used to be.

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• Margin Call (2011) 4/5

  2011-12-17 19:30

  

  Slow-paced nuanced drama on the 2008 financial crisis. Leaves you feeling extremely depressed about your financial future.

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• Contagion (2011) 5/5

  2011-12-15 20:15

  

  A tight and scientifically-accurate plot on a potential disease outbreak. This can hardly be classified as sci-fi compared to movies in its class. Plenty of stars with itsy-bitsy roles; Gwen Paltrow is patient zero.

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• 50/50 (2011) 4/5

  2011-12-02 20:00

  

  A true story that could happen to any of us. Joseph Gordon-Levitt does a great job.

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• November, 2011

• Shutter Island (2010) 3.5/5

  2011-11-27 19:30

  

  Tense taut thriller that keeps you guessing. Scorsese creates the perfect ambiance of the island complemented with a fitting background score.

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• Our Idiot Brother (2011) 4/5

  2011-11-26 21:30

  

  A lovely film about the poor innocent nice guy being made the fall guy. By his own family. Thankfully, the movie ends on a positive note.

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• Crazy, Stupid, Love. (2011) 4/5

  2011-11-23 20:15

  

  Although a tad sappy, a fun-filled romantic comedy. Steve Carrell and Jonah Bobo do a great job.

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• The Hangover Part II (2011) 4/5

  2011-11-19 20:00

  

  A rehash of the first edition's awesomely funny concept of a bachelor party gone bad but nevertheless funny in parts especially Zach G's lines.

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• Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011) 4.5/5

  2011-11-11 20:00

  

  A excellent movie that focuses entirely on the transition of its main character from a mere primate to a self-aware intellectual being.

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• October, 2011

• Captain America: The First Avenger (2011) 3.5/5

  2011-10-29 20:00

  

  The first in the Avenger series hence lack of backstory to many elements in the movie. Your regular action hero story but just a little more hands on action.

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• September, 2011

• Super 8 (2011) 4/5

  2011-09-02 15:30

  

  An ET for this generation.

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• August, 2011

• X-Men: First Class (2011) 4.5/5

  2011-08-25 20:30

  

  Very impressive prequel considering the trilogy had almost killed the franchise.

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• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011) 3/5

  2011-08-20 16:30

  

  Definitely not the fitting end this franchise deserved. The finale battle was hardly climactic.

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• June, 2011

• Too Big to Fail (TV 2011) 4/5

  2011-06-17 09:19

  

  An excellent retelling of the events leading up to the historic economic collapse in 2008. Too bad we haven't learned anything

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• May, 2011

• Bridesmaids (2011) - IMDb 3.5/5

  2011-05-15 14:30

  

  Funny but it's no Hangover.

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• I Love You Phillip Morris (2009) - IMDb 4/5

  2011-05-08 20:30

  

  Hilarious true story (no, really) of a gay con man. Just when you think Jim Carey is past his prime, he delivers a stellar performance.

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• April, 2011

• Hanna (2011) - IMDb 4/5

  2011-04-09 14:20

  

  A different kind of revenge tale; almost like a teen Bourne protagonist but handled very deftly. Excellent soundtrack by the Chemical Brothers

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• Source Code (2011) - IMDb 2.5/5

  2011-04-03 15:00

  

  Bites off more than it can chew. Tries to be a futuristic Groundhog Day but ends up being more of a romantic movie.

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• March, 2011

• The Expendables (2010) - IMDb 2/5

  2011-03-25 21:00

  

  Lousy plot and hardly a dangerous villain for an action movie.

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• Unstoppable (2010) - IMDb 3/5

  2011-03-05 19:00

  

  Think of Speed but just on a train. It has its moments but not really unpredictable.

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• February, 2011

• Band Baaja Baaraat (2010) - IMDb 4.5/5

  2011-02-05 21:00

  

  Enjoyable. Love the Delhi-Haryanavi accent.

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• The Tourist (2010) - IMDb 4/5

  2011-02-04 20:30

  

  Sold as a romantic but is a fine thriller although I guessed the plot twist halfway through the movie.

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• Due Date (2010) - IMDb 4/5

  2011-02-02 19:45

  

  Hilarious road trip movie. Zach Galifianakis plays the perfect tragic funny guy.

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• Exit Through the Gift Shop (2010) - IMDb 3.5/5

  2011-02-01 20:00

  

  A riveting look into the world of street art and how a French videographer fan ended up as a street artist himself while trying to meet the most famous of them all - Banksy

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• January, 2011

• Greenberg (2010) - IMDb 2/5

  2011-01-30 19:00

  

  I'm afraid I didn't get it. And depressed me no end. Including the awkward sex scenes.

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• Dabangg (2010) - IMDb 3/5

  2011-01-29 20:30

  

  I considered it a satire and enjoyed it. Or as they say in Bombay, full-to time-pass

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