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Our favourite filmmaker is back with his new twisted thriller. Watch the trailer

Hitting theatres on October 11th .

Must Watch Movies - I

HUNGER  (*ing Michael Fassbender; Directed By Steve Mc Queen)

                In 1981, a deadly serious battle takes place in the infamous H-block of Belfast's Maze Prison. Republican inmates, led by Bobby Sands (Fassbender), refuse to eat until the British government acknowledges the IRA as a legitimate political organization. Steve McQueen's commanding direction captures the phsyical details of their struggle. Is it suicide or martyrdom?


 An Astounding Work Of Cinema

With Your Wishes I Go

I'm overwhelmed by all the support that my esteemed readers have showered on me for my quest to Kolkata for watching Chris Nolan's 'Dark Knight Rises'. So tomorrow I leave my hometown at 6 in the morning. The show is at 3.30 P.M. I've some duties to discharge in one of the places en route. Hope to God that I reach for the show on time (without of course any bad show by Indian Railways).

No Batman

I feel so helpless at this moment in time. I didn't think that it'd come down to this. I've waited with bated breath and dealt with zillions of imaginary flashes for a period of more than three years. And this is what it finally comes to. A classic anticlimax. I'm told that the "Batman - Dark Knight Rises" will not be released by any theater here in our city. I've never had any craze for multiplexes. All I need is a decent sound system where I can hear the dialogues alright and watch the pictures uninterruptedly. For the first time I wish my city had a multiplex.

Its heart breaking to miss Chris Nolan's masterpiece.


Disgusted. Yet can't stop hoping for some miracle.

Thank You For Smoking

Owing to my legal background people have often decided to vent out their anger and apathy towards the legal system of our country either in my presence or worse, at me. The hackneyed question which I was asked, till quite recently,  was about the trial and punishment of Kasab. I'm usually asked that what kind of a system is this where a man as ostensibly guilty as Kasab is also given the same space and facilities of defending himself in a Court as any other criminal. I reply that in a democracy every one should get a chance at a fair defense. It may not be quite pleasing at times, but trust me, the alternatives to this system are far worse.

It's basically on this premise that the film "Thank You For Smoking" hinges. Every man, organization or company, no matter how apparently bad they might be perceived to be, deserve a chance to put forth their points and arguments, which, they think, is why they do their job. Its war time between tobacco companies and the section of society comprising anti smoking crusaders. With popular sentiments against them the tobacco companies need the services of a genius who would spin words in a way that not only these companies will save themselves from hatred but also increase their customer base. The movie has a few notable actors like Aaron Eckhart, who plays the lead role of Nick Naylor, Robert Duvall who plays his boss and Katie Holmes who plays an opportunist journalist who beds Nick for eliciting secrets of his work. The film, however, entirely rests on the able shoulders of Eckhart. He flawlessly delivers his performance of a lobbyist -cum- spokesperson of the so called Academy for Tobacco Studies, run by tobacco conglomerates in order to establish that there is no relation between smoking and cancer. The interesting part about this movie is that the protagonist of this film is apparently an agent of the devil, but he's so intelligently portrayed that you'll come about to like him.  He has to say these words that are crazy, and yet do it with a smile on his face and have the audience like him. Now obviously in real life somebody doing such a thing would be the dump-yard of hatred but in this film his character is lovable, intelligent and witty.

The opening scene of the film will itself hook you to the movie. This is where Aaron is on a TV talk show accompanied by a mother who fights against a teenage smoking or something like that, an agent of a Senator who is lobbying hard to get deadly pictures of skulls and crossed bones on cigarette packets, a cancer diagnosed teenager who is receiving his chemo and an audience who is booing and hissing at him for the man that he is. It's really enjoyable the way he turns around the sentiments of that audience and gets them to approve of his job and even befriends the cancerous child. All with his smart talk. People get paid to do all kinds of things. Our protagonist is cajoled by a tobacco company with hefty salary and perks for the way he talks. He works to talk. In a democracy where dialogue, discussion and debates about issues are how matters are moved forward, talking well can be a priceless asset. The protagonist of Thank You For Smoking proves this fact.

 All he needs is a chance to talk and he can turn things around. Just like the Senate hearing in the end of the movie. The film is full of witty dialogues and some realistic performances. Our hero says that everyone is free to make their own choices. Its not like he's putting cigarettes into anyone's mouth. The choice is ultimately the person's. I know the responses that are popping up inside your head against this theory. Watch the film for near suitable answers.

Christopher Nolan - My Cinematic Idol

At times you come across such a phenomenally creative soul that you are perpetually left in awe of him. For me Christopher Nolan is one such flim maker. I'm a big fan of Christopher Nolan's works. My ultimate reverence for the greatest story teller of our times. His vision behind the camera and his stories, & screenplays are impeccable. Memento, The Prestige, Insomnia, Inception, Batman Begins, Batman - The Dark Knight & now the Dark Knight Rises. His films have left me absolutely spell bound and in awe of his cinematic genius. He is indisputably one of the best storytellers of our times. What I totally admire about his films, is the way he embeds deep rooted messages in them, even in supposed comic book adaptations.

Nolan spent his childhood in the United States and England, and later studied English literature at University College London, which he chose specifically for its film-making facilities. There he made a series of short films in the college film society, and met the friends with whom he would later make Following (1998), his independent début feature.   Doodlebug (1997) is a three minute film about a man chasing an insect with a shoe around a grotty flat, only to discover on killing it that it is a miniature of himself: seconds after he himself is crushed by a larger version of himself. Nolan wrote, directed, co-produced, photographed, and edited the film.  Watch it here.

The Dark Knight Rises is an upcoming superhero film directed by Christopher Nolan, who co-wrote the screenplay with his brother Jonathan Nolan and the story with David S. Goyer. Based on the DC Comics character Batman, the film is the third installment in Nolan's Batman film series, and is a sequel to Batman Begins (2005) and The Dark Knight (2008). The Dark Knight Rises is intended to be the conclusion of the series. Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Gary Oldman, and Morgan Freeman reprise their roles from Batman Begins and The Dark Knight. The film takes place eight years after the events of The Dark Knight and introduces the characters of Selina Kyle and Bane—portrayed by Anne Hathaway and Tom Hardy, respectively—two villains from the Batman mythology. In this final part, Batman confronts Bane, his most powerful nemesis. Bane has been one of Batman's more physically and intellectually powerful foes. A virtually unstoppable force, he is best known for breaking Batman's back in the story arc.

I share this post & these videos with you guys to do my bit as a fan of Chris Nolan. Here's the trailer of the epic conclusion for the Batman trilogy, Batman: The Dark Knight Rises. Its been out since quite some time now. Watch it here 

In case you haven't seen any of the previous Christopher Nolan's Batman movies, I'm giving you the trailers hoping that you'd watch them and then see the movies before Dark Knight Rises, so that it all makes sense to you.

Batman Begins

Batman - II (The Dark Knight )

Batman - III (The Dark Knight Rises) Trailer

Batman - III (The Dark Knight Rises) Latest Full Theatrical Trailer

I promise you that there's so much you're gonna take back from these movies than just the awesome action sequences and the sensational background music by Hans Zimmer.

Know what ? Batman : The Dark Knight Rises has already won the " Most Anticipated Movie " at Spike TV Scream Awards 2011 (Click for video of the award). 


Check out the local date for theatrical release & enjoy this masterpiece in a THEATRE.


Now before you leave just check out these terrific lines spoken by characters in the Batman:The Dark Knight. These are my personal favs. I apologize if I've left any other awesome lines from the film


Harvey Dent : "You either die a hero or you live long enough to see yourself  become the villain."

Harvey Dent: The world is cruel and the only morality in a cruel world is' chance'. Unbiased, unprejudiced, fair."

Alfred: "Some men aren't looking for anything logical, like money, ........they can't be bought, bullied, reasoned  or negotiated with. Some men just want to watch the world burn."


Bruce Wayne: People are dying Alfred, what would you have me do ?


Alfred: Endure Master Wayne. Take it. They'll hate you for it, but that's the point of Batman...he can be the outcast. He can make the choice no one else can face. The right choice.


Joker's lines:


(On people) "Their morals, their codes...its a bad joke. Dropped at the first sign of trouble.;They are only as good as the world allows them to be. You'll see..I'll show you, when the chips are down, these civilized people...they will eat each other."


 "I'm not a monster. I'm just ahead of the curve."


"Guns are too quick. You don't get to savor all the little emotions. See, in their last moments people show you who they really are...."


"I'm a man of simple taste. I like gunpowder, dynamite, ... gasoline. And you know what they have in common? They are cheap."


"All you care about is money. This city deserves a better class of criminals & I'm going to give it to 'em."

"Do I really look like a guy with plan, Harvey ?........... The mob has plans, the cops have plans.  I'm just a dog chasing cars. I wouldn't know what to do with one if I caught it ?"


"Nobody panics when the expected people get killed. Nobody panics if things go according to plan, even if the plan is horrifying."


"Introduce a little anarchy, you upset the established order and everything becomes chaos. ...And you know the thing about chaos, Harvey ?....It's fair."


"Madness is like gravity; all it takes is a little push" 


"This is what happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object"( intending to tell Batman that he's never gonna give up creating trouble and Batman is never gonna stop from trying to prevent him from doing so.)


Batman: "Sometimes truth isn't good enough. Sometimes people deserve more. They deserve to have their faith rewarded." (On conjuring up a lie, if that's the right thing to do).


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