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Jane Eyre Michael O’Connor won an Academy Award for costumes in the 2009 film The Duchess. He received his second nomination this year for another period drama, Jane Eyre, directed...

Nuances of Close’s acting are easy to missAdapted from a George Moore story by Glenn Close, the lead actress, and John Banville, Albert Nobbs deals with the relationships around the...

Oldman excels as the anti-BondGary Oldman’s performance in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy is a thing of beauty. As British intelligence officer George Smiley he speaks his first words...

McCarthy’s comedy can exist only in an ensembleBridesmaids has been described by some as Hangover for women. But the film, an acerbic look at female friendships, love and hate — deserves...

Mara plays the role of a serial hacker to a faultIisbeth Salander, a disturbed 26-year-old computer hacker, with piercings on her lip and eyebrow, a dragon tattooed on her back and...

Bichir in the big league nowThere’s a beautiful moment in A Better Life, where the teenager Luis goes to meet his father, Carlos (played by Demian Bichir) in prison. The two have...

Oscars will be televised live on Star Movies on Monday at 6am. Repeat telecast at 8pmAngus Wall, Kirk BaxterHugo (2011/II): ThelmaSchoonmakerMoneyball: Christopher TellefsenBest Achievement...

Normal 0 and the nominees are... Best Motion Picture of the Year The Artist: Thomas Langmann The Descendants: Jim Burke, Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor Extremely...

Plummer gets out of his comfort zoneBeginners is a sweetheart of a film. That doesn’t mean it’s fluff. It’s a cheery, bright-eyed jaunt through the much-plumbed depths of love, loneliness...

A role close to Nolte’s real life Warrior is story of two estranged brothers, Tommy (Tom Hardy) and Brendan (Joel Edgerton) who enter a mixed martial arts tournament...

The saving grace of The Iron LadyHow good is Meryl Streep in The Iron Lady? Streep, as the frontrunner for the Oscar for Best Actress, has been called the redeeming feature of this...

Marilyn: drugged, insecure and lostMy Week with Marilyn is a biographical film about one of the most fascinating icons of our time. The film fascinates by focusing on merely a week,...

A battle of unlikely heroesRango and Kung Fu Panda 2 are the frontrunners for the best animated feature. But Chico And Rita may well spoil their party, What if toys could talk? Do...

Mind over matterPina carries a powerful message and it may score over more visceral films like If A Tree Falls and Undefeated, Choreography’ is a word that conjures up images of...

The puzzling web of truthA strong story, good casting, tight editing. Asghar Farhadi has the perfect recipe for fantastic cinema with A Separation, Post revolution, there came a phase...

FOR EMOTIONAL DRAMA LOVERSWar Horse is a sappy, melodramatic film about the relationship between a farmboy and his horse — perfect material for a tearjerker. And a tearjerker it is....

Puzzling ChoiceEXTREMELY LOUD & INCREDIBLY CLOSEThe selection of Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close among the Best Picture nominees is the kind of ridiculous move that makes...

Sorkin-Zallian combo works MoneyballBennett Miller’s Moneyball benefits greatly from the presence of two of Hollywood’s most talented writers, Steven Zallian and Aaron Sorkin, collaborating...

WOODY ALLEN SCRIPTS ONE OF HIS BEST Midnight In ParisMidnight In Paris is what you call a ‘Woody Allen special’. Beautifully shot in hues of red (Allen says the idea was to emanate...

Not everyone’s cup of teaTHE TREE OF LIFETerrence Malick’s The Tree Of Life is a visceral experience, the film’s narrative interspersed with visuals of the origin of the universe...

Voila! She’s better than MerylThe HelpThe Help has everyhing o please Academy members: racial discriminaion heme, period seing, moving soryeal. The real riumph for he film, hough,...

This time for Clooney?The Descendants is one of three films nominated in the Best Film category that revolves around the theme of death (the other two being The Tree Of Life and Extremely...

The kids will love it tooHugo is a technical marvel. Martin Scorsese, the godfather of American crime films, tries his hand at a family film with a fantastical element this time,...

Odes to top cinema are top contenders...Of the nine films that made the cut for Best Picture, two doff their hats to motion pictures, while three deal with the theme of death. Throw...

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Musical feast alert! Music lovers in the city are in for a treat. Gear up for an enthralling evening dedicated to music, and some smashing performances by some of the most popular...

‘It was fantastic to perform in front of Sridevi’ …says Parichay from popular band RDB on remixing the classic song Chandni oh meri Chandni You guys remixed the classic song Chandni...

‘I was never close to Ekta Kapoor!’ Actor Aman Verma who has been juggling a rather successful TV career with films, was most recently seen play an all out negative character in...

That dishoom dishoom moment! Brawlgate’s on the upswing in B-town now more than ever. Trade talk explores the recent scuffles that rocked Bollywood and why While there’s no dearth...

‘Always wanted to visit India’ …says Grammy award-winning international DJ David Guetta of his first India tour next month French music sensation David Guetta rocked at the Grammys...

Why Vivek got lucky, Not Saif Unlike actor Saif Ali Khan, a brawl involving actor Vivek Oberoi went unnoticed. After Hrs explores the anatomy of star brawls Actor Saif Ali...