Directed by : Sidney Lumet Written by : Reginald Rose Starring : Henry Fonda, Lee J. Cobb and Martin Balsam For a director who cut his teeth on television it is no surprise that Lumet chose this movie, adapted from a teleplay, as his debut. The writer Rose was also a seasoned television writer and [...]
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12 Angry Men – Movie Review (1957)
July 21st, 2011 
Manikandan 
Posted in Classic, Drama, Mystery 
Tags: Best Screenplay Movies, Classic Movies, Drama Movies, IMDB Top 250 List, Mystery Movies 
2 Comments »A Few Good Men Movie Review (1992)
July 1st, 2011 Manikandan Directed by : Rob Reiner Written by : Aaron Sorkin (play), Aaron Sorkin (screenplay) Starring : Tom Cruise, Jack Nicholson, Demi Moore and Kevin Bacon. The story set in the American military base in Guantanamo Bay in Cuba concerns the trial of two stubborn marines accused of the murder of a colleague. A navy lawyer [...]
Inception Movie Review (2010)
June 16th, 2011 Manikandan Directed by : Christopher Nolan Written by : Christopher Nolan Starring : Leonardo DiCaprio, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Ellen Page In a slow-burning career and such a youthful director it may be too early to suggest that Christopher Nolan has reached his apogee in cinematic terms. In all his films up to this (Memento, Insomnia, Batman [...]
Death Note 2: The Last Name Review (2006)
May 30th, 2011 Manikandan Directed by : Shusuke Kaneko Written by : Tetsuya Oishi, Tsugumi Ohba (comic), Takeshi Obata (comic) Starring : Tatsuya Fujiwara, Takeshi Kaga and Shidô Nakamura Death Note 2 : The Last Name begins where the previous movie Death Note finished, so therefore I would not read any further without having seen the first movie. Both [...]
Posted in Adventure, Crime, Drama, Foreign Films, Japan, Mystery, Thriller Tags: Best Japanese Movies, Crime Movies, Foreign Films, Movies Released in 2006, Thriller Movies No Comments »Limitless Movie Review (2011)
April 19th, 2011 Manikandan Directed by: Neil Burger Written by: Leslie Dixon Starring: Bradley Cooper, Robert De Niro, Abbie Cornish From the director of the quirky ‘The Illusionist’ comes a tale of an addictive performance enhancing drug, mind rather than body. Based on an original novel by Alan Glynn (The Dark Fields) Leslie Dixon’s script is as sharp and [...]
Posted in Mystery, Thriller Tags: Best Movies released in 2011, Bradley Cooper, Mystery Movies, Thriller Movies 4 Comments »