Wednesday, March 23, 2011

All Time Best English Movies(Western)


1. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)

Butch and Sundance are the two leaders of the Hole-in-the-Wall Gang. Butch is all ideas, Sundance is all action and skill. The west is becoming civilized and when Butch and Sundance rob a train once too often, a special posse begins trailing them no matter where they run. Over rock, through towns, across rivers, the group is always just behind them. When they finally escape through sheer luck, Butch has another idea, "Let's go to Bolivia". Based on the exploits of the historical characters.

Cast

  Paul Newman  ...  Butch Cassidy 
  Robert Redford  ...  The Sundance Kid 
  Katharine Ross  ...  Etta Place 
  Strother Martin  ...  Percy Garris 
  Henry Jones  ...  Bike Salesman 
  Jeff Corey  ...  Sheriff Bledsoe 
  George Furth  ...  Woodcock 
  Cloris Leachman  ...  Agnes 
  Ted Cassidy  ...  Harvey Logan 
  Kenneth Mars  ...  Marshal 
  Donnelly Rhodes  ...  Macon 
  Jody Gilbert  ...  Large Woman Train Passenger 
  Timothy Scott  ...  News Carver 
  Don Keefer  ...  Fireman 
  Charles Dierkop  ...  Flat Nose Curry 

Tuesday, March 22, 2011

All Time Best French Movies

1. Amélie (2001) Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain (original title)

Comedy

Amélie is a story about a girl named Amélie whose childhood was suppressed by her Father's mistaken concerns of a heart defect. With these concerns Amélie gets hardly any real life contact with other people. This leads Amélie to resort to her own fantastical world and dreams of love and beauty. She later on becomes a young woman and moves to the central part of Paris as a waitress. After finding a lost treasure belonging to the former occupant of her apartment, she decides to return it to him. After seeing his reaction and his new found perspective - she decides to devote her life to the people around her. Such as, her father who is obsessed with his garden-gnome, a failed writer, a hypochondriac, a man who stalks his ex girlfriends, the "ghost", a suppressed young soul, the love of her life and a man whose bones are as brittle as glass. But after consuming herself with these escapades - she finds out that she is disregarding her own life and damaging her quest for love...

Cast

  Audrey Tautou  ...  Amélie Poulain 
  Mathieu Kassovitz  ...  Nino Quincampoix 
  Rufus  ...  Raphaël Poulain 
  Lorella Cravotta  ...  Amandine Poulain 
  Serge Merlin  ...  Raymond Dufayel 
  Jamel Debbouze  ...  Lucien 
  Clotilde Mollet  ...  Gina 
  Claire Maurier  ...  Madame Suzanne - la patronne du café 
  Isabelle Nanty  ...  Georgette 
  Dominique Pinon  ...  Joseph 
  Artus de Penguern  ...  Hipolito 
  Yolande Moreau  ...  Madeleine Wallace 
  Urbain Cancelier  ...  Collignon 
  Maurice Bénichou  ...  Dominique Bretodeau 
  Michel Robin  ...  Mr. Collignon 

Monday, March 21, 2011

All Time Best English Movies(Horror & Mystery)

1. Hostel(2005)

3 backpackers are in Amsterdam where they get locked out of their youth hostel. They are invited into a man's house where he tells them of a hostel somewhere in eastern Europe where the women are all incredibly hot and have a taste for American men. When they get there, everything is too good to be true - the hostel is "to die for"

Cast

  Jay Hernandez  ...  Paxton 
  Derek Richardson  ...  Josh 
  Eythor Gudjonsson  ...  Oli 
  Barbara Nedeljakova  ...  Natalya 
  Jan Vlasák  ...  The Dutch Businessman 
  Jana Kaderabkova  ...  Svetlana 
  Jennifer Lim  ...  Kana 
  Keiko Seiko  ...  Yuki 
  Lubomir Bukovy  ...  Alex 
  Jana Havlickova  ...  Vala 
  Rick Hoffman  ...  The American Client 
  Petr Janis  ...  The German Surgeon 
  Takashi Miike  ...  Miike Takashi 
  Patrik Zigo  ...  Bubble Gum Gang Leader (as Zigo Patrik) 
  Milda Jedi Havlas  ...  Desk Clerk Jedi 

All Time Best Hindi Movies(Horror & Mystery)


1. Raat(1992)

The Sharma family re-locate to a semi-urban locality in a house that has a "reputation". The Sharma family consists of Mr. Sharma (Akash Khurana), his wife Shalini Sharma (Rohini Hattangadi), only daughter Manisha Sharma (Revathi) or "Mini" as they affectionately call her; and their grandchild Bunty (Master Ateet), as his parents had been killed in an accident. Strange things start happening, with a return of a dead kitten, and the brutal murder of Manisha's friend, Reshmi (Jaya Mathur); an attempt to kill Mr. Sharma and Manisha's boyfriend, Deepak (Kushant). What is the force behind these brutalities? Is it natural or supernatural?

Cast

  Revathy  ...  Manisha Sharma 
  Rohini Hattangadi  ...  Shalini Sharma 
  Om Puri  ...  Sharji the Tantrik 
  Anant Nag  ...  Shrink 
  Sushant   
  Jaya Mathur  ...  Rashmi 
  Master Atit  ...  Bunty (as Master Ateet) 
  Tej Sapru  ...  Police Inspector 
  C.V.L.   
  Nirmalamma  ...  Sharma's neighbour 
  Sunanda  ...  Dead woman 
  Vijayachander   
  Monto   
  Thotta Yadhu   
  Desai 


Tuesday, March 15, 2011

All Time Best Movies(Animated)

1. Rattatouille(2007)

A rat named Remy dreams of becoming a great French chef despite his family's wishes and the obvious problem of being a rat
in a decidedly rodent-phobic profession. When fate places Remy in the sewers of Paris, he finds himself ideally situated
beneath a restaurant made famous by his culinary hero, Auguste Gusteau. Despite the apparent dangers of being an unlikely -
and certainly unwanted - visitor in the kitchen of a fine French restaurant, Remy's passion for cooking soon sets into
motion a hilarious and exciting rat race that turns the culinary world of Paris upside down.
Cast
  Patton Oswalt  ...  Remy (voice) 
  Ian Holm  ...  Skinner (voice) 
  Lou Romano  ...  Linguini (voice) 
  Brian Dennehy  ...  Django (voice) 
  Peter Sohn  ...  Emile (voice) 
  Peter O'Toole  ...  Anton Ego (voice) 
  Brad Garrett  ...  Gusteau (voice) 
  Janeane Garofalo  ...  Colette (voice) 
  Will Arnett  ...  Horst (voice) 
  Julius Callahan  ...  Lalo / Francois (voice) 
  James Remar  ...  Larousse (voice) 
  John Ratzenberger  ...  Mustafa (voice) 
  Teddy Newton  ...  Lawyer (Talon Labarthe) (voice) 
  Tony Fucile  ...  Pompidou / Health Inspector (voice) 
  Jake Steinfeld  ...  Git (Lab Rat) (voice) 

All Time Best English Movies(Action & Thriller)

1. The Bourne Identity (2002)

Based very loosely on Robert Ludlum's novel, the Bourne Identity is the story of a man whose wounded body is discovered by
fishermen who nurse him back to health. He can remember nothing and begins to try to rebuild his memory based on clues such
as the Swiss bank account, the number of which, is implanted in his hip. He soon realizes that he is being hunted and takes
off with Marie on a search to find out who he is and why he is being hunted.
Cast
  Matt Damon  ...  Jason Bourne 
  Franka Potente  ...  Marie 
  Chris Cooper  ...  Conklin 
  Clive Owen  ...  The Professor 
  Brian Cox  ...  Ward Abbott 
  Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje  ...  Wombosi 
  Gabriel Mann  ...  Zorn 
  Walton Goggins  ...  Research Tech 
  Josh Hamilton  ...  Research Tech 
  Julia Stiles  ...  Nicolette 
  Orso Maria Guerrini  ...  Giancarlo (as Orso Maria-Guerrini) 
  Tim Dutton  ...  Eamon 
  Denis Braccini  ...  Picot 
  Nicky Naude  ...  Castel 
  David Selburg  ...  Marshall 

Monday, March 14, 2011

All Time Best Bengali Movies(Comedy)

1. Mohunbaganer Meye (1976)

B&W. 35mm.
Producers- Kalimata Productions
Story Writer- bahurupee
Script Writer- Salil Sen
Director- Manu Sen
Photography- Manish Dasgupta
Editor- Dulal Dutta
Lyrics- Pulak bandopadhyay, Shibdas Bandopadhyay Mus- Hemanta Mukhopadhyay
Playback- Hemanta Mukhopadhyay, Haimanti Shukla, Anup Ghoshal
Cast
Rajasree Bose,
Dipankar Dey,
Utpal Dutta,
Rabi Ghosh,
Sobha Sen,
Jahar Ray,
Tarun Kumar,
Chinmoy Ray,
Nripati Chattopadhyay,
Ruby Dutta,
Bhanu Bandopadhyay,
Madhumita,
Subrato Sensharma
Distributors- G.S. Film Distributors
Released on 16.4.76 at Sree, Indira
   

Thursday, March 10, 2011

All Time Best English Movies(Comedy)

1. Modern Times(1936)


Chaplins last 'silent' film, filled with sound effects, was made when everyone else was making talkies. Charlie turns against modern society, the machine age, (The use of sound in films ?) and progress. Firstly we see him frantically trying to keep up with a production line, tightening bolts. He is selected for an experiment with an automatic feeding machine, but various mishaps leads his boss to believe he has gone mad, and Charlie is sent to a mental hospital... When he gets out, he is mistaken for a communist while waving a red flag, sent to jail, foils a jailbreak, and is let out again. We follow Charlie through many more escapades before the film is out.

Cast

Charles Chaplin ... A Factory Worker (as Charlie Chaplin)
Paulette Goddard ... A Gamin
Henry Bergman ... Cafe Proprietor
Tiny Sandford ... Big Bill (as Stanley Sandford)
Chester Conklin ... Mechanic
Hank Mann ... Burglar
Stanley Blystone ... Gamin's Father
Al Ernest Garcia ... President of the Electro Steel Corp. (as Allan Garcia)
Richard Alexander ... Prison Cellmate (as Dick Alexander)
Cecil Reynolds ... Minister
Mira McKinney ... Minister's Wife (as Myra McKinney)
Murdock MacQuarrie ... J. Widdecombe Billows (as Murdoch McQuarrie)
Wilfred Lucas ... Juvenile Officer
Edward LeSaint ... Sheriff Couler (as Ed Le Sainte)
Fred Malatesta ... Cafe Head Waiter

Tuesday, March 8, 2011

All Time Best Indian Movies(Hindi Comedy)

1. Gol Maal


Ramprasad is a recent college graduate who finds a job with a finicky man, Bhavani Shankar, who believes that a man without a mustache is a man without a character. Bhavani Shankar is also against any of his employees indulging in recreation of any kind. When Ramprasad is caught by his boss at a soccer match, he has to invent a twin brother, the clean-shaven Laxman Prasad, to save his job. When Bhavani's daughter falls in love with the clean-shaven Laxman Prasad, and insists on marrying him, and Bhavani insists she should marry Ramprasad, things take a whacky turn. A fake mother and a hilarious chase are other enjoyable features involved in this comedy.

Cast

Amol Palekar - Ramprasad / Lakshmanprasad
Utpal Dutt - Bhawani Shankar
Bindiya Goswami - Urmila
David - Doctor Kedar Mama
Deven Verma - Self
Dina Pathak - Mrs. Srivastava
Om Prakash - Police Officer (Guest Appearance)
Anjan Srivastav - Police Officer Sharma
Keshto Mukherjee - Drunk
Manju Singh - Ratna Sharma (Ramprasad's sister)
Shubha Khote - Kalindi aka Buaji
Yunus Parvez - Bade Babu

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

All Time Best Indian Movies(Bengali Drama)

1. Saptapadi(1961)


Its a love story with a twist set in Bengal in pre independent India (early 1940); the time when young Indian students were competing equally with British 'goras' in all fields whether it be education or sports. This was the time when barefooted Bengali football team defeated the booted British team to win the national football shield; this was the time when the ambitious and educated Calcutta students were matching their prowess in different fields of education with the British - be it law or medicine. It is in this time of rising nationalistic sentiments (1942 was when Gandhiji started the non violent Quit India movement) that Krishnendu (Uttam Kumar), a bright, young, athletic and Hindu Bengali youth falls in love with an equally talented and attractive but Christian Rina Brown (Suchitra Sen). Both of them were students in the National Medical College and they come close during their interaction in multitude of sports and cultural events (there is an interesting rendition of Othello within the movie; that portion of the movie was directed by Utpal Dutt). However their marriage is not on the cards due to the differences in religion (particularly opposed by Krishnendu's dad, a staunch, conservative Hindu) and they move each other ways only to clash unexpectedly again, later in life. Most of the movie is shown in flashback mode; Krishnendu pondering over the past upon his sudden and unexpected interaction with a drunk and passed out Rina in a military hospital in rural Bengal.

Cast
• Chhabi Biswas ... Krishnendu's Father
• Chhaya Devi ... Rina's maid
• Utpal Dutt ... Othello (voice-over)
• Tarun Kumar ... Krishnendu's friend
• Uttam Kumar ... Krishnendu
• Padmadevi ... Krishnendu's mother
• Suchitra Sen ... Rina Brown
• Jeniffer Kapoor ... Desdemona (voice over)