Archive for October, 2010

Cast: Henry Thomas
Dee Wallace
Robert MacNaughton
Drew Barrymore
Peter Coyote

The movie is about a school boy who founds an alien and made friends with him. Watch out for Drew Barrymore who is a cute kid in this movie :) The movie won 4 academy awards: Best Original Music Score, Sound, Sound Effects Editing, and Visual Effects.

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Ed Wood (1994): 2 academy (oscar) award winner

Posted by maneesh On October - 8 - 2010

Cast: Johnny Depp
Martin Landau
Patricia Arquette
Sarah Jessica Parker
Jeffrey Jones
Bill Murray

The movie is about a film maker who signs up a horror movie star and makes movie. I did not like this movie. Kind of boring. Martin Landau won academy award for Best Supporting Actor.

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Cast: Cate Blanchett
Geoffrey Rush
Christopher Eccleston
Joseph Fiennes
Richard Attenborough
Kathy Burke
Daniel Craig
Vincent Cassel
John Gielgud

The movie is good one showing the life of Queen Elizabeth I of England. Cate Blanchett and Geoffrey Rush performed brilliantly. The movie depicts how the princess gets transformed in to a mighty ruler. The movie won an academy award for Best Makeup (Jenny Shircore).

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Cast: Cate Blanchett
Geoffrey Rush
Clive Owen

The movie is a sequel to the 1998 Elizabeth movie. The movie shows the second part of the life of Queen Elizabeth I of England. Alexandra Byrne won an Academy Award for Best Costume Design.

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Cast: Julia Roberts
Albert Finney
Aaron Eckhart

This is a great motivator movie. It is about a woman with 3 kids struggling to make a career in the law company. Just show this movie to the person who his depressed, he/she will rush to work. Wonderful acting by Julia Roberts and Albert Finney. Julia Roberts won the Academy Award for this movie.

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Escape to Victory (1981): Great drama/sports movie

Posted by maneesh On October - 8 - 2010

Cast: Sylvester Stallone
Michael Caine
Max Von Sydow
Pele
Bobby Moore

The movie is a great one about the POW's in German camp. They play a football match against Germany and plan to escape during this this match. Great movie.

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Cast: Jim Carrey
Kate Winslet
Kirsten Dunst
Mark Ruffalo
Elijah Wood
Tom Wilkinson

The movie has a nice concept of falling in love again. It is about erasing memory and stuffs like that. I don't want to break your suspense, just watch the movie. Kaufman, Gondry, and Bismuth won the 2004 Academy Award for best original screenplay.

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Evita (1996): Do Not Watch: 1 academy (oscar) award winner

Posted by maneesh On October - 8 - 2010

Cast: Madonna
Antonio Banderas
Jonathan Pryce
Jimmy Nail

The movie is purely musical and it is about an Argentinian lady leader. Oh! I had a terrible time watching the movie, the movie is very slow and boring. The movie won an Academy Award for Best Original Song ("You Must Love Me")

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Voices: Albert Brooks
Ellen DeGeneres
Alexander Gould
Willem Dafoe
Brad Garrett

The movie is about a small fish Nemo who likes adventure but gets caught. His father works his way out to find his son. Great comedy and dialogues. It won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.

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Finding Neverland (2004): Quite boring

Posted by maneesh On October - 8 - 2010

Cast: Johnny Depp
Kate Winslet
Radha Mitchell
Julie Christie
Dustin Hoffman

The movie was quite boring, It's about a play writer. I will recommend it not to watch. The movie won an Academy Award for Original Music Score (Jan A. P. Kaczmarek).

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