Jacob's Ladder(1990)

This belong to the group of films that wanna play around with your mind.It wont do things as you expect. With films like unfaithful, Lolita, fatal attraction etc.. in hand, i would say this film is the odd entry(if am correct) in the director's carrier. Its psycho horror thriller.You can approach this film in two way. One; the film has a simple story line, but the director made it complex by tossing around the subject here and there and totally making you a fool at the end. Two; this is one form of brilliance story telling that makes you to the edge of your seat and at the end the director winks at you and you start scratching your head. In what way you gonna project this film, you must agree the thread and content are really good and i would add its really good. Into the story; Jacob was once in army and nowadays he is having some images flashing through his mind. The flashes reminds him of his past life in army and the image is making him feel panic. But he dont know what is happened to make him leave army. He fears army did something to him. May be some experiment. Now he finds some of his friends at a party and comes to know that they also having these weird feelings recently.Now he wants to know, what exactly is happening. The story progresses. A very good story that has the ability to shake your mind.

OneLine: Its surrealism and not everyone's cup of tea.

7/10

You've got a mail(1998)

" I turn on my computer. I wait patiently as it connects. I go online. My breath catches in my chest until I hear 3 little words, "You've got mail." I hear nothing, not a sound on the streets of New York. Just the beat of my own heart. I have mail...from you.'". Tom hanks and meg ryan gives some fantastic performances as joe fox and kathleen kelly. A very romantic film with lot of dialogues that would register into your memory. Into the story;Its about two persons contacting each other and developing friendship throught emails. Each day of their life starts by waiting to read the mail of the other person. The film also had some funny elements like tom hanks calling a 10 or less aged girl as his aunt, in fact she is his aunt, true but strange. If you are searching for a nice romantic film, this one will do the job for you. The film is really nice, you wont be disappointed.

OneLine: A heart warm romantic comedy film, but nothing special.

7/10

Shaun of the dead(2004)

A simple but elegant film.It is one of the most hilarious film i watched ever and for that reason i could put this along with my other favorites like eurotrip and sex is zero and in quality way ahead of both. Excellent humor worked throughout the film and at times i cant help stop laughing myself. The story is about some virus causing dead people to walk above the surface of earth. Each person in the town and nearest towns after death becomes zombie and starts attacking other living humans. If one gets bitten by a zombie they will soon die and become another zombie. Even though this is the basic thread other matters exposed in the film are also subtle. Like the break up of relationship between shaun and his lover,his friendship between his dearest friend(which causes other matters worse) and the affection shown by his parents(which he didn't realize). In short the story doesnt even matter to you once you are into the film, and you start laughing and laughing as zombies start walk on the surface. highly recommended humorous film.

Oneline: Laugh out loud.

8.5/10

Entre les murs aka The Class(2008)

It had won the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival. The story is completely concentrated inside a french school class room. The original title of the film is "Between the walls".The film depicts the attitude of different students and teachers, how different parents are concerned about their children going to school, how the culture differentiates a student's character from another etc. The standout thing about the film is the observation, and how it contributes to make a genuine film about a class that truly escape from being a documentary and becomes a thoroughly entertaining film. Most of the film is the discussion between the teacher Francois and his students where topic change from study to normal day to day things to social concerned matters. At one time the teacher bursts out and we see the students unite in protest.In one scene we can the Japanese student telling his teacher that he is ashamed of telling the private things here as his culture doesn't teach him to be shameless. The restless nature of the junior high school students make the film more of an entertainer. The one tiresome thing for me was to read through the subtitles. During discussions voices came from different subjects and were speedy so that subtitles changed fast from scene to scene. In short I thoroughly enjoyed the film.

Oneline: It is a real class room.

7/10

Let the right one in(2008)

Oskar: I don't kill people.Eli: Oskar, I do it because I have to.Eli: Be me, for a while.Please Oskar... Be me, for a little while. A story of friendship and affection between a vampire child girl Ele and a boy Oskar. The 12 year old boy always becomes a prey of some schoolchildren who always hit him and he never hits back. It was Eli who gave him the courage to fight back.She lives off blood and her reason for killing is that. And she tells him be me for a while.In today's world, one never think of another person. He thinks why one would do that, he shouldnt have done that, its disgusting...Hey be him/her. Think from his/her part. Now you know some things can only be explained from by becoming him/her. More than a basic thread, the movie relies on the art of story telling. The direction is excellent . The girl child artist perfectly fit into the shoes of vampire. The film wont disappoint you. It is silent at times,but the scenes will speak. Its slow at times, but wont let you notice that. Its one of the best films released in 2008, ah yes and you will recognise that.

OneLine: Dont miss this one.

8.5/10

Siworae aka Il Mare (2000)

A film from korea. The lake house(2006) starring keanu reaves is the english version of the film. English version is far too below the korean version. So see the original version. The film is slow. So please be patient for sometime, and you wont be disappointed. One of such films from korea that you must watch. Now about the story thread: In the year 1999 a girl ( acted by Gianna Jun, My sassy girl heroine) leaves a house and puts a letter in the mail box asking the new owner of the house to forward any letters coming to the house on her name to the new address she written.In 1997 a man named Sung-hyun moves to the same house and collects her letter. This was the house built for him by his uncle. So he naturally surprised by the letter and calls his aunty to confirm that the house and the plot are new. And assumes the letter would be a prank. Later on he realises that the letter is genuine and infact both of them realises that they are comminicating with a time difference of 2years.Il Mare is the house name which means the sea and the house is in fact located near the sea. Well now you know the thread. Its a beautiful nice movie and is highly romantic. Recommended.
>>Score 8.5/10<<

Das Experiment(2001)

The movie is based on the "Stanford Prison Experiment" conducted in 1971. Starts like a hollywood thriller with a decent background score and some humours to add with. Later on we get to see the character exposed by each and every person as they are forced to face different circumstances in a prison. A prison is set up in a research lab with minimum facilities to be given inside a real prison and surveilance cameras around study the behaviour of the subjects. People are hired by the scientists of which some will act as guards and others as prisoners. Each group are selected carefully based on the mental strength, the behaviour and using other procedures. Guards will set rules and prisoners will follow it strictly. Guards shouldnt use any violence to keep discipline among them. If everything goes as planned, each one will benefit with money offered to them and scientists will have the result. The experiment was for 14 days. First everything starts friendly then a bit of teasing, then not so harmful humiliation, and eventually violence. The situation seemed to be controllable and then one day everything collapse. The movie captures how one person's reaction or action cause change in strategies in another person and eventually making a shift of behaviour towards everyone he accompanies or involved with. Watch it. It is beautiful,funny and provocative. An excellent thriller that has got values
>>Score A<<

Hable con ella(2002)

A beautiful film from the acclaimed spanish director Pedro almodover, who always taken films where heroines have got substance . He always employs melodrama in his films and his films always depicted desire passion family matters etc. This film is no exception.The film tells a powerful love story which is purely unconventional. The story moves very slowly but i didnt feel boredom throughout the movie.Both leading characters's lovers are in deep comma. One male character is a journalist and other is a nurse. Thw two men first meets at a theatre and later they meet at this hospital where one work as the nurse and treats his lover. However her parents or anyone else other than the journalist knows that he is in love with the one he treats. When benigno,the nurse saw the grief in his companion's(the journalist) face, he tells him 'talk to her'. The subject is not so complex however the matter is folded and it unfolds only when the film is reaching its final scenes. And the climax can make you drop a bit of tear from your eyes and the pictures of each character will leave in your mind for sometime, and if it does then it is the success of the story telling medium,Cinema.

>>Score A-<<

Chinatown(1974)

Directed by Roman Polanski. The film is classified into neo noir type. 'Noir' corresponds to distinctive visual elements, plot devices and some common themes in the film. use of light and shadow, unusual camera placements etc can be scene. The film's characters were often conflicted antiheroes trapped in a difficult situation. The film qualifies with such lot of mechanisms used and is considered to be one of such kind. The film stars Jack Nicholson as a private investigator highered by a lady to spy his husband and eventually it turns out that the lady was a fake to the original character played by Faye Dunaway and the man was his husband. Later on the man he spied on dies and Dunaway appoints Jack as the private detective to find the cause of the death and eventually we came to notice a shocking truth, something we wont be expecting throughout the film. A genuine film that focuses on incidents happened in the year 1937. Some minute points shown in the film on the beginning comes into limelight as the film progresses. Overall the film excels in every department and each and every scenes and every scenes are perfect.
>>Score A-<<

2046(2004)

Directed by Wong-Kar Wai. This was the third movie i have seen from wong kar wai after ChungKing Express and In the mood for Love. It had shown me the magic the cinema has to offer. The colors. The shots. The selection of scenes. The story showcases a womanizer writer, who does writing for making money and lives an extravagant life. His life is very lonely where he finds his pleasure in company of women. In hong kong he lives in a room 2047 in a motel and looks to 2046 and imagines a story which later on he realises that it became his story, his story of loneliness, urge for love and passion. Through his story he tries to find the woman once he loved and tried to make his part of live. The movie mixes both his present and past through the story '2046' that he writes. In his story every once in a while a mysterious train leaves to the year 2046. People traveling in the train had only one ambition, to recapture their lost memories .Through the fictional world in his story he creates and projects the emotions of the women he noticed. This is essentially what the story of the film 2046. The film is unique in its features. And very nostalgic as well. Ah! i forgot one more thing, it is the background score. The background score is excellent and undoubtedly one of the best. Recommended if you are hardcore movie lover. And skip if you are a causal one.
>>Score A+<<