My Son the Fanatic (1997): Good drama movie

Posted by maneesh On November - 25 - 2010

Cast: Om Puri
Rachel Griffiths
Akbar Kurtha
Stellan Skarsgard

The movie is about a Pakistani staying in UK whose son becomes a fanatic.  The taxi driver carries a prostitute throughout the night to make extra bucks. Stellan Skarsgard, a German coming to UK for a trip. He takes the services from the taxi driver and the prostitute. The taxi driver falls in love with this prostitute and hence the drama starts.

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Cast: Jack Nicholson
Helen Hunt
Greg Kinnear
Cuba Gooding, Jr

This is a great drama movie. The movie is about a novelist who is suffering from obsessive-compulsive disorder. The movie goes around Jack Nicholson and he has acted brilliantly as usual. The movie won 2 academy awards: Best Actor in a Leading Role: Jack Nicholson and Best Actress in a Leading Role: Helen Hunt

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Cast: Matt Damon
Robin Williams
Ben Affleck
Stellan Skarsgard
Minnie Driver

The movie is about a janitor who has a great potential in mathematics. He gets in to trouble and a professor helps him out. The movie is good and it won 2 academy awards: Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor - Robin Williams and Academy Award for Writing Original Screenplay - Ben Affleck & Matt Damon.

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The Game (1997): Good thriller/drama movie

Posted by maneesh On August - 10 - 2010

Cast: Michael Douglas
Sean Penn
Deborah Kara Unger
James Rebhorn
Peter Donat
Armin Mueller-Stahl

The movie is about a successful investment banker who gets a birthday present from his brother about a game. The game is hosted by a company known as consumer recreation services. Well, the movie has got a great suspense which I will not disclose it over here. Enjoy the movie.

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Cast: Robert Carlyle
Mark Addy
William Snape
Steve Huison
Tom Wilkinson
Paul Barber
Hugo Speer

The movie is about six unemployed men, four of them former steel workers, who decide to form a male striptease act. It's a good comedy movie. The movie won an academy award for Best Music, Original Musical or Comedy Score: Anne Dudley.

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Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio
Kate Winslet
Billy Zane
Kathy Bates
Frances Fisher
Gloria Stuart
Bernard Hill
Victor Garber
Danny Nucci
Bill Paxton

The movie is about a big ship RMS Titanic which was considered unsinkable. The movie is a great romantic movie. The movie won a whopping 11 academy awards: Best Art Direction-Set Decoration Peter Lamont (art director), Michael Ford (set decorator), Best Cinematography: Russell Carpenter, Best Costume Design: Deborah Lynn Scott, Best Director: James Cameron, Best Effects, Sound Effects Editing: Tom Bellfort, Christopher Boyes, Best Effects, Visual Effects: Robert Legato, Mark A. Lasoff, Thomas L. Fisher, Michael Kanfer, Best Film Editing: Conrad Buff IV, James Cameron, Richard A.  Harris, Best Music, Original Dramatic Score: James Horner, Best Music, Original Song: James Horner (music), Will Jennings (lyrics), For the song "My Heart Will Go On", performed by Celine Dion,  Best Picture: James Cameron, Jon Landau, and Best Sound: Gary Rydstrom, Tom Johnson, Gary Summers, Mark Ulano.

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