Movie Review: The Proposal

Sandra Bullock & Ryan Reynolds star in this romantic comedy. She is his boss and he , her assistant. She is Canadian and he American. Betty White acts as the smart and cute granny. I loved it...the perfect movie to watch at night....

The Jokes are more subtle and not the kind which have you in splits...but makes you smile all the same.

Watch it, I say.

Movie Review: What Happens in Vegas

Cameron Diaz and Ashton get married and before you know they are heading for splitsville. the scene where they meet each other is sooo hilarious. I laughed so much. Cameron does comedy really well. In between all this they get a lottery for 3 million us$/...Well I don't want to tell you the whole plot. Suffice to know that it's really worth a " dekho" ( a favourite word of the Hindu paper)!!!!

It's light and worth the time. Value for money if yr looking for laughs.

Movie Review: We Are Family

This is another one from Karan Jos' stable. It's a remake of the Hollywood flick" step mom". K Jo gives due credit in the beginning. Bollywood is aware that viewers can generally make out if it's a remake of a Holly wood pic. Anyway, so the plot's generally the same. Arjun Rampal is the father of 3 kids and Kajol his first wife. Kareena is his GF. That's how the movie begins. Finally he gets hitched to his GF. and even his daughter gets married. Now the ending was funny. Coz you can see that time has flown and the kids have grown up, even Arjun has a beard. But Kareena, glamorous as ever:) I ain't complaining ok...I like a movie which makes me laugh. Now some people may feel sad-especailly if u relate to the movie and understand each and every word of Hindi. But otherwise it's ok. Nothing bad and nothing especailly good either. Time pass!!

Movie Review: Salt

Salt starring Angelina Jolie is a fast paced action movie which has espionage as the main theme. Jolie changes her looks throughout the movie. She effortlessly jumps from one truck top to the other, scales multi storey buildings and jumps off a helicopter a la Bond. Infact the beginning and ending of the movie reminded me of one of Pierce Brosnan's Bond movies...think it's "the World is not enough". But when you watch the movie you really don't get much time to think about all this. The editing is excellent and the story moves fast. When I saw all the jumping she was doing. Couldn't help think it was a body double. But impressive all the same. The CIA is very fit. They must have recruited sprinters. Now the story is complicated enough that you don't get a chance to think much about the why's while watching it. Later on you may ponder as to why that happened or this happened and you may not get an answer. For that you may need to watch Salt -2 which I believe is already in the making. The way they have ended the movie gives scope for that. You see her running into the woods- think it's Russia...All in all entertainment.

Rin- Sakura Sakura

I am listening to some Japanese music. I am not an authority on this subject, but it seems to be an amalgamation of traditional and modern. Anyone know more about this please enlighten with a comment.

Whatever it is, it is very soothing and relaxing. Enjoy!!!

Book Review: It's Not About the Bike

Although I had heard about Lance Armstrong, truth is I din know much about him until my friend Pinky thrust his autobiography into my hands. I found the book very inspirational. The best part is, it's not fiction. It's the true story of one man's fight against all odds. U gotta read it to know all the nitty gritty. Anyhow he is a world famous cyclist who won the Tour De France a record 7 times. Towards the second half of the book he describes his first major win. At one point I felt some muscle movement and looked down. My feet were pedalling and I was climbing the Pyrenees!!!
His mom has been a pillar of support and goes to prove that behind every successful man there is a woman....:) She sorta raised him alone. well I ain't giving out too many details. You go read it...

Kerala Cafe

There are 10 or 12 shot movies here...all connected by the Kerala cafe. I found 3 of the stories memorable. The one with Jagathy is the funniest. He plays the role to a hilt. Jagathy is a person who travels by public transport daily.

The story starring Siddique had an interesting twist which was also good.

Now all these stories have small names which I just can't seem to remember.. You can see Salim Kumar in a serious role which he does very well.. another story with an unusual plot....