puthukavithai is a tamil film is directed by sp . muthuraman .

the film is a remake of the 1976 hit kannada film naa ninna mareyalare starring rajkumar and famous tamil actress lakshmi in the lead .

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song title - vellai pura ondru ( duet ) movie – puthukavithai singer – k . j . yesudas & s . janaki music director – illaiyaraaja lyricist – vairamuthu cast – rajinikanth , jyoth
puthukavithai is a 1982 tamil romance , drama film , directed by sp . muthuraman and produced by kavithalayaa productions . this film stars rajinikanth , jyothi , sukumari , saritha , thengai srinivasan , delhi ganesh in the lead role . the films soundtrack and background score were composed by ilaiyaraaja with lyrics by vairamuthu .
movie title - - - puthukavithai unbelievable - - - director sp . muthuraman directs actor rajinikanth for 10th time . director sp . muthuraman directs actor rajinikanth for 10th time . director sp . muthuraman and music director ilaiyaraaja joins for 5th time . cast - - saritha as kalyani sukumari as thilakavathy thengai srinivasan as samynadha anands uncle below actors passed away - - poornam viswanathan died on 01 - oct - 2008 sukumari died on 26 - mar - 2013 thengai srinivasan died on 09 - nov - 1987 movie details - - directed by - sp . muthuraman music by - ilaiyaraaja produced by - rajam balachander
anand ( rajnikanth ) is the unbeaten motorcycle champion six years in a row . winning the championship brings him into contact with uma ( jyothi ) , the daughter of thilakavathy ( sukumari ) , a haughty , rich woman . uma hates him for his dark complexion but this naturally soon turns into love ( a forcible kiss is all it takes ! ) . but thilakavathy has more aces up her sleeve . she deceives anand and uma into thinking that she agrees to their wedding while secretly planning to get uma married off to a boy of her choice . she gets anand locked up on the day of the wedding . anand escapes but is unable to stop the wedding . the next time they meet , uma sees anand happily married to kalyani ( sarita ) and with a child while she informs him that she too is happily married with two children .
the movie starts off just like any other poorly handled rajnikanth movie . a rather long motorcycle race that tries but fails to be exciting , a sparkless love story that starts off with a quarrel before turning romantic and a confrontation with the haughty , landlady ( a la maappillai ) all give a sense of ' been there , seen that ' . the romance between rajni and jyothi is weak with no inkling of chemistry between them . her ploy of dismantling her car battery to get him to offer her a ride raises a few smiles .
things start to get better once sukumari ' s plan gets into action . there is genuine suspense as rajni ' s plans for marrying jyothi and sukumari ' s alternative plan for jyothi marrying a boy of her choice , proceed in parallel . the resolution of this is an even bigger surprise as sukumari wins this battle by getting jyothi married as per her wishes while rajni has to be a silent onlooker unable to do anything about it . at this point there is some real suspense about how the rest of the movie is going to unfold .
but the movie again sinks into predictability after a little while . poor handling of the sequences makes the truth apparent and so happenings on screen seem forced and an unnecessary postponement of the inevitable . the only suspense is how the truth is going to be revealed to the players . and there are not many thrills or surprises in this either . in fact , the sequence of events in the second half forget to address many of the issues from the first half . for instance , there is no mention of rajni ' s brother ' thengai ' srinivasan at all .
rajni fans must have been disappointed to see their hero in such an anti - trademark role . he never fits into the purely romantic mode needed for the hero in such a movie but the movie doesn ' t offer him much oppurtunity for comedy or action either . jyothi lacks both glamour and acting skills and naturally , was lost after this movie . sukumari makes a mark as the hard - hearted mother . ilaiyaraja does his turn with the melodious vellai puraa ondru . . . and vaa vaa vasanthame . . . .
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anand ( rajinikanth ) is motorcycle champion for six years in a row . winning the championship brings him the introduction of uma ( jyothi ) , the daughter of thilakavathy ( sukumari ) ; a haughty , rich woman . uma thinks anand has a too dark complexion but soon turns into love . but thilakavathy deceives anand and uma into thinking that she agrees to their wedding while secretly planning to get uma married someone else . she gets anand locked up on the day of the wedding and anand escapes but not too soon to stop the wedding . the next time they meet , uma sees anand happily married to kalyani ( saritha ) and with a child while she informs him that she too is happily married with two children . saritha invites uma to her house for diwali there reveals a secret . later what happens is the climax .
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anand ( rajinikanth ) is motorcycle champion for six years in a row . winning the championship brings him the introduction of uma ( jyothi ) , the daughter of thilakavathy ( sukumari ) ; a haughty , rich woman . uma thinks anand has a too dark complexion but soon turns into love . but thilakavathy deceives anand and uma into thinking that she agrees to their wedding while secretly planning to get uma married someone else . she gets anand locked up on the day of the wedding and anand escapes but not too soon to stop the wedding .
) and with a child while she informs him that she too is happily married with two children . saritha invites uma to her house for diwali there reveals a secret . later what happens is the climax .
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anand ( rajnikanth ) is motorcycle champion for six years in a row . winning the championship brings him the introduction of uma ( jyothi ) , the daughter of thilakavathy ( sukumari ) ; a haughty , rich woman . uma thinks anand has a too dark complexion but soon turns into love . but thilakavathy deceives anand and uma into thinking that she agrees to their wedding while secretly planning to get uma married someone else . she gets anand locked up on the day of the wedding and anand escapes but not too soon to stop the wedding .
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the movie wastes no time in introducing the hero of this film , played by rajini ( going to be a regular in retroreview , i guess ) . it’s motorbike racing . assembled are bikes that looked like they came straight from all - in - all - azhaguraja ( aiaa ) workshop .
rajini arrives in one wearing what looks like a swimming cap . or was it his helmet . then the race begins . the announcer narrates the entire proceeding as if he was telling the mahabaratha story over the radio .
it would hardly be justifying calling it a race . it was more like a stroll in the park . the racers looks more like rallying for some cause , maybe for better quality bikes .
rajini himself has to go through some turbulence like the bike not starting ( where’s aiaa when you need him ) . but the filmmaker , sensing that we would dismiss the race as non - race , had the racing bikers to overtake bullock carts . those speed demons !
anyway , rajini wins of course , and receives the price from the films heroine , jyothi an actress who’s achne spots are more than the number of films she did .
okay , here’s the thing i disliked about this film . the bike racing and the bike riding was what between a good film that this is and a great film which it could have been . i mean , it could have been okay if the bike was harley davidson or the chopper thingy raghuvaran was bumming about with in siva . the aiaa bike already looked too old and clumsy when the film first came out .
there’s a bit of formula that you know . girl dislikes boy , boy teachers her lesson , girl likes boy , boy likes girl , and the girl’s mother gets henchmen to beat the living daylights out of the boy’s uncle .
yeah , played by tenggai sreenivasan , he’s the girl’s family driver , and he overhears the part where the girl and her friends discuss how disgustingly black rajini was ( at the beginning , later she embraces black , literally ) . angered , he stopped the car he was ferrying them with , gets out , scolds them , and throws in the key , the cap , uniform and…
…thank god he doesn’t remove his pants . if there are still many guys out there in their thirties or forties , still scarred by something that happened in their childhood / youth , to the point that they became homophobic , i got two words : topless tenggai ( tt ) .
anyway , thanks to tt , a sight that also would horrify any decent acne - scarred girls , tt was punished with whipping to the point that he still got almost topless again due to torn shirt . hah ! you know what happens next , rajini , after finding out , tears into the rich lady’s bungalow in the aiaa bike , and gives the henchmen who whipped tt , his share of lashing ( rajini usually don’t lash whip , he goes apeshit insane with it ) .
so , the girl’s mother , played by veteran “please hate me” mother / mother - in - law , sukumari , harbours hatred towards him . you know , he’s dark - skinned , low - wage earning , aaia bike riding bloke who has more hair than the all of the three stooges combined * .
: sukumari was shown as evil by the filmmaker by focussing on her fierce looking face , then on the stuffed tiger head in the background , back to her , back to tiger , back to her , back to tiger , back to her , back to… . arrrr , i got it mr . director , she’s evil ! end of aside .
in the meantime , romance developed between rajini and “scarface” jyothi . they greet each other with yellow flag , and yell off a mountain to echo “i love you” , kinda 80s version of text messaging and facebook wall status . and off we go to a beautiful song , “vellai pura ondru” .
then , the song finishes and usually it’s rajini back whopping some bad guys’ ass . nooo…he was still romancing her . involuntarily i yelled , “hey , the duet finished already - lah” . and voluntarily , with some domestic violence included , my wife yelled , “let them - lah . what’s your bloody problem ? ” to those who are new to this blog , my wife is a hardcore fanatic terrorist fan of rajini and refers to him as “appa” ( dad ) .
and the romance goes on and on and on and on…and i bet the bad guys and henchmen were frustrated and retreated to the nearest tea stall .
of course the mother being evil , this time she stands next to a full taxidermy tiger , gets to know about this relationship . to summarise the plot at this point , she opposes , then she relents and of course you know she’ll be up to something . you know this not because we have a bit of thinking capability . no , it’s because she was looking fierce besides a stuffed tiger . thanks director .
blah , blah , blah , rajini gets tied up literally in a chair , and elsewhere jyothi was getting married . and this henchman , who was supposed to guard the tied up rajini , wanted something to read . i mean , what else can there be in that room ? bagavad geetha ? wall street journal . no , rajini’s diary of course . he reads it , becomes saddened by rajini’s plight , and actually releases him .
imagine if all the heroes carry diaries with them . in fact , vijayakanth’s films would be quarter its length .
vijayakanth : before we indulge in overlong fights , and do unrealistic stunts . would you like to read my diary ?
pakistani terrorist : sure dude . wait let me hang this ak47 . ( reads the diary and tears flows free from his eyes ) oh my god , what have i done . can i be an indian citizen ? pretty please ?
anyway , rajini’s too late ( it’s that bloody aaia bike , i tell you . he would have reached faster with a mountain bike ) and some junior artist ties thali around jyothi’s neck . too late , dude . as per the norm since the nageswararao days , he hits the bottle which immediately provides enough testosterone to give him beard overnight .
cut to present day . he is sulking , and he apparently has a kid , a girl , and wife . and some dude played by delhi ganesh fixing things in the house . by chance , jyothi would be in the same town as he is , working as a teacher . he’s married , she’s married . but he still yearns for her , and what happens ?
well , readers , this is the part where this review will get boring . not that the scenes are terrible , i have quoted the terrible ones . this is the part where the movie gets awesome . this is the part where you rajini fans can thump your chest and be proud to call yourselves his fan .
he is simply fantastic . there are long , quiet scenes later in the movie that would have made a hack actor awkward . but rajini pulls it off professionally ; the subtle change of expressions has to be seen to be believed . especially when both rajini and jyothi meet again after the aaia bike denied rajini of last minute ass kicking and eloping .
and the ones that catch me off - guard each time i revisit the film is the romance . you would never have seen or would probably never see rajini this romantic . wife suggested that he probably did homework by hanging out long hours with kamal . and the strength of this performance that convinces us on how he could not let her go even after she was married . the last half an hour will really tug your heart , thanks to his and her performance . yes , all my insults apart , she’s a pretty good actress . too bad she didn’t have the look to last longer in the industry .
add that to some nice songs , the sad version of the duet mentioned , ada vare vaa , where rajini and the girl demonstrates various yoga moves in fast forward , and the beautiful , vaa vaa vasanthame , this is a highly revisitable movie . and close your kids eyes when tt scenes occur .
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rajinikanth acted in more than 150 films , predominantly in tamil cinema . he started his film career by playing negative and supporting roles before graduating to a lead actor . rajinikanth has also worked in other film industries such as bollywood , telugu , kannada , malayalam , bengali , and other languages .
at the madras film institute institute , he was noticed by the tamil film director k . balachander , who signed him for four of his films . rajinkanth made his cinematic debut with the director’s 1975 tamil drama apoorva raagangal , in which he played a minor role of an abusive husband . he secured his first major role in balachander’s telugu drama film anthuleni katha ( 1976 ) . later that year , he was cast in a negative role in moondru mudichu , which marked his first full - fledged role in tamil . his style and mannerisms in the film earned recognition from the audience .
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it was nominated for numerous awards at the 2011 japan academy prize , including best film and best director ( which was director lee 's second nomination , after his 2006 win for hula girls ) , and won five , which included all four acting awards and for the score by joe hisaishi .

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who is the real villain ?
lee sang - il ' s film lasts 140 minutes and after 100 we all want to go home .
the rapper beat off stiff competition to be voted top villain ahead of the x factor ‘s simon cowell , liam and noel gallagher and lady gaga , who were also nominated .
excellent cinematography and performances make this tremendous real - life story worth a film worth seeing . [ full review in spanish ]
the next film in the spider - man series is taking on a distinctly british flavour . english actor andrew garfield was revealed in july as the man who will step into the famous red and blue costume , and yesterday it was announced that welshman rhys ifans would play the main villain in marc webb ' s forthcoming reboot .
the tamil nadu state government has announced film awards for six years , from 2009 to 2014 , in various categories including best picture , best actor , best actress , best villain , best comedian , best character artist ( male ) , best character artist ( female ) , best director , best scriptwriter and best dialogue writer .
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the film ' s theme tied together puberty with blood , sexual desire and metamorphic body changes ( including possession and infection ) .
people will appreciate how this film won awards for acting . however , slightly overcooked shots and inconsequential moments sometimes sap the control of a very solid drama ( running time 140 mins ) . nevertheless , as each tragedy unfolds , the film becomes gripping . ultimately ,
the villain in transformers 3 is “shockwave , the robot cyclops - turned - laser - cannon , who became dictator of their home world of cybertron after the other autobots and decepticons journeyed to earth . ” makes sense .
early in the movie , when roxanne is asking megamind where he gets the equipment for his super villain lair , minion ' s hand is sometimes on the back of her chair , and sometimes missing , between shots .
’s novel ' akunin ' ( ' villain ' ) . by the 2011 japanese academy awards , the movie won prizes in all four acting categories and was nominated for 11 others ( including best picture , best director and best score ) . understandably , expectation for a film of such sweeping recognition is high . by and large , it does not disappoint .
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the fast - paced wisecracks and ironic asides that are the studio ' s hallmark help to push the film past the lumpy , generic storytelling .
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lee has crafted a sparse , elegant portrait of loneliness , grief and desperation , with some brilliantly convincing performances adding to the film ' s appeal .
described the film as
an old - school , kick - ass action movie where people are fighting with knives and shooting at each other .
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“inside job , ” a sleek , briskly paced film whose title suggests a heist movie , is the story of a crime without punishment , of an outrage that has so far largely escaped legal sanction and societal stigma . the betrayal of public trust and collective values that mr . ferguson chronicles was far more brazen and damaging than the adultery in nathaniel hawthorne’s novel , which treated hester more as scapegoat than villain .
drew houpt is credited as
the new duke
, an apparent reference to john wayne ( ' the duke ' ) who starred in the original film .
for a film whose stock in trade are tongue - in - cheek reversals of comic - book cliché , it too often settles for trite audience - pleasing .
based on real events , this crime action film depicts a seoul detective ' s attempts to keep peace while two chinese - korean gangs battle over turf in the neighborhood .
in the hands of hilary swank , sam rockwell and a strong supporting cast , this earnest film manages to tug a few heartstrings and say something important in the process .
tim robbins is an academy award - winning actor as well as an accomplished film director , writer and activist . he had a 23 - year relationship with actress susan sarandon .
loved this film . definitely one of those stories that leave you feeling conflicted and melancholy about the whole . the acting was incredible and the chemistry between satoshi and eri was amazing .
the film works on multiple levels – as a supernatural thriller ( though explicit paranormal elements are limited to a hallucinatory dream sequence and the final shot of the baby ' s eyes ) , as a psychological thriller about a paranoid pregnant woman who imagines herself at the centre of a conspiracy , and as the last word in marital betrayal , since the most despicable villain here is surely guy , who allows his wife to be raped by the devil in exchange for an acting role .
during the beginning of his search ( conducted like the film blow - up ( 1966 ) ) , mikael became suspicious that he was being tracked and someone had hacked into his computer .
tim conway is an emmy award - winning actor and comic known for his stints on mchale ' s navy and the carol burnett show as well as many other television and film spots .
in 2010 , quotes from the 2004 history that the social network portrays were already supposed to be funny . they took their humor from the dramatic irony inherent in how quickly the life of the internet was moving along . there’s justin timberlake’s famous line as sean parker : “you know what’s cooler than a million dollars ? a billion dollars . ” by 2010 , audiences knew a billion dollars was cooler than a million dollars , though they didn’t know that in a matter of years , a billion dollars would sound like nearly nothing . there’s also what is supposed to be a very impressive , seductive moment when parker woos zuckerberg with fancy cocktails and beautiful women , telling him , “they’re scared of me , pal , and they’re going to be scared of you . ” he doesn’t specify who “they” are , but his words call up an idea that was en vogue in 2004 — the point of “disruption” being to piss people off , take names , and charge full steam ahead , without care for any of the un - fun consequences . it inadvertently dates 2010 as well before silicon valley’s very recent anti - bro backlash , the delayed side effect of a hyper - masculine culture of “break stuff , change the status quo , who cares what happens next as long as it’s different . ”
like early haneke without the intellectual rigour but enlivened with beautiful moments of realisation , it ' s a film that becomes harder to take the more it sides with its
sensitive
star .
film critics made the understandable mistake of identifying zuckerberg as powerful in only an antiquated sense of the term , but sorkin made the worse one of letting him off the hook as a kid who’d been hurt . ( all this supports the argument that , as zuckerberg wished , we shouldn’t have made a film about him while he was still alive . ) the social network is still a useful , enjoyable memento , but it’s clearly written with very little appreciation of its own stakes , and a lot of reverence for the brilliance of its central figure . in 2010 , it may have read as a searing portrait of the moment when , as dargis said in her review , zuckerberg turned “his life — and ours — into a series of zeroes and ones” but it only took that idea as far as a lonely dinner or a dark room .
a few lines from the film feel particularly hilarious seven years later . for one : “we don’t know what it is yet , we just know that it’s cool . ” facebook . . . cool ?
by the end of the film , the director desires the audience to have sympathy at arm’s length , but whether that is achieved is arguable . though not completely sentimentalising murder , we’re invited to consider the subtleties and complexities of evil conduct - spontaneity and premeditation , malice and regret . as a taxi driver innocuously remarks after the film’s climax , people who commit such awful deeds as murder must only be inhuman .
ben affleck ' s directorial debut film was an adaptation of dennis lehane ' s novel gone , baby , gone . in the film ' s opening voice - over narration during the credits , private investigator patrick kenzie ( casey affleck ) spoke about how his job was to find missing people because of his connections in the tough neighborhood where he grew up ( in the working class area of dorchester near boston ) :
a childhood acquaintance from simon ' s past , gordon moseley , was actually the victim of simon ' s bullying and torment - and simon was revealed as the real villain of the film . in high school , simon had spread the lie that gordon was gay and had been seen being molested by an older boy in a car . afterwards , the accusation ruined gordon ' s life . gordon set up an elaborate scheme to get payback revenge over 20 years later , including possibly impregnating simon ' s drugged - up wife robyn during an alleged rape
final confirmation that movie will be released in 3d . no word on if it will be shot in 3d or converted in post . knowing bay’s obsession with film , i’m assuming he agreed on a post process .
reversing the situation , bond held his enemy over the massive parabolic dish by his ankles , and they exchanged a final brief conversation before bond dropped him : (
for england , james ?
no . for me
) . after the villain fell to the ground , the massive satellite transmitter - antenna crashed down on him to end his life .
not the best work by the director sang - il lee , but overall , i was able to appreciate the film quite a bit , thanks to superb performances . wish it went a bit further . perhaps more oomph .
each performance is pitch - perfect , distracting the audience from the fact that this is ultimately lifetime tv movie fodder , and seducing them into believing that it really is a triumphant film about the enduring power of family loyalty .
great performance from mrs fukatsu , fantastic direction , but the movie seems to exist mostly for the final sequence . i liked a lot the sub - story of the father of the victim . flawed film , but with interesting touches .
i ' m surprised this movie didn ' t get more international attention though . or at least an oscar nomination for best foreign film and best actress for eri fukatsu who was painfully good . ok , i ' m done . lol
oman polanski ' s first hollywood feature was an adaptation of ira levin ' s bestseller , and its success launched a trend for devil - baby , evil - kiddy and satanic pregnancy movies that extended well into the 70s . the novel was first recognised as potential film material at proof stage by low - budget horror entrepreneur william castle , who ended up as the producer and had a fleeting cameo in the film as a man smoking a cigar outside a phone booth .
in 1999 , burton directed a freely adapted film version , sleepy hollow , of washington irving & apos ; s haunting tale the legend of sleepy hollow , in which johhny depp offered a notable performance as the heroic ichabod crane . in 2001 , burton took on an ambitious remake of the 1968 cult classic planet of the apes starring mark wahlberg and helena bonham carter . 2003 saw the release of the fantasy drama big fish , which stars ewan mcgregor and albert finney . the film earned four golden globe nominations . in 2005 , he released a remake of charlie and the chocolate factory starring johnny depp and a stop - motion animated feature called the corpse bride , which received an oscar nod for best animated feature film .
after super - villain megamind ( ferrell ) kills his good - guy nemesis , metro man ( pitt ) , he becomes bored since there is no one left to fight . he creates a new foe , tighten ( hill ) , who , instead of using his powers for good , sets out to destroy the world , positioning megamind to save the day for the first time in his life .
i want to watch this movie so bad ! i just finished reading the book and i really liked it . can ' t wait to see how it plays out on film . why must the dvd be released in march ? : - (
bay claims “one thing we’re getting rid of is what i call the dorky comedy” adding the the twins are “basically gone” but comic relief john turturro returns . bay’s “basically gone” comment seems to confirm that they have a short appearance in the film .
according to a ( probably spurious ) film - making legend , polanski , having never before adapted a novel , didn ' t realise he was allowed to make changes , with the result that his screenplay is remarkably faithful to levin ' s book .
the film’s visual design is a sometimes winning mix of styles , most clearly inspired by those of picasso and the illustrator pierre le - tan . ( the movie’s villain , called the broken face , could be an overly aggressive suitor of one of picasso’s demoiselles d’avignon . ) certain details are jarring , though : all the men wear wide - leg trousers , but seem to have unusually tiny feet , accentuated by weirdly pointed shoes . that my focus was drawn to this sort of detail strongly suggests that the movie doesn’t do its primary job : eliciting an affinity for its endangered young hero . instead of maintaining an effervescent fizzle , “phantom boy” too frequently sputters piffle .
the ' ghostwriter ' wrote the sentence on a piece of paper , passed through a number of hands to ruth , and shortly after , as he stepped outside with the original manuscript , he was run - down ( off - screen ) in the street ( the same thoroughfare in the film ' s opening ) . he was murdered like mcara , in order to silence him - or were both deaths just an accident ? his manuscript papers blew down the street in the wind as the film faded to white before the credits .
i guess i ' m a sucker for sappy tragic love stories when they ' re played out in a particular way . the asians typically know how to do it . villain appears slow - moving and sentimental , with a few scenes too heavy on melodrama and social commentary , but it ' s made with skill that transforms the material into a moving and rather powerful motion picture . ( i haven ' t read the acclaimed source novel . )
now , that closing scene — eisenberg hanging back in a conference room after his deposition , sending a facebook friend request to his ex - girlfriend , then endlessly refreshing his page to see if she’s responded , feels hollow . not only that , it feels stupid . whether mark zuckerberg is an asshole in the small - scale interpersonal sense belabored over in the movie doesn’t really matter — you could call him an asshole for a bunch of grander reasons , like assuming rich people are broadly benevolent enough to replace government safety nets , or calling it “crazy” to remove peter thiel from facebook’s board , and calling it “pretty crazy” to ask whether fake news on facebook helped trump win . zuckerberg isn’t a villain because he treated some people badly when he was 20 years old . if anything , he ' s a villain because he’s one of the most powerful people alive , and nobody asked him to be .
ifans , currently starring as drug smuggler howard marks in mr nice , joins a cast that also includes zombieland ' s emma stone . stone will play gwen stacy , the love interest for spider - man ' s alter ego , peter parker . the new film takes spidey back to his high school days , and does not focus on his usual girlfriend , mary jane watson . it may be that producers plump for an equally leftfield villain . studio sony has not revealed which character ifans will play . the webslinger ' s most famous enemies include the green goblin , the lizard , venom , the vulture and doc oc . of the above , all but the lizard and the vulture featured in the previous trilogy of films directed by sam raimi .
the general was court - martialed and found guilty for failing to report and concealing the west point gang - rape . he subsequently withdrew from public life . the film ' s ending title :
today , nearly 200 , 000 women serve on active duty in the military services .
there was only one twin - elias . the other identical twin lukas was killed in an
accident
( probably one that also disfigured the face of the mother ) before the events of the film . experiencing deep denial and guilt , elias was only imagining that lukas was alive .
more jarringly : “you know peter thiel ? no reason you should , he just runs a $ 2 billion hedge fund called clarium capital . ” in 2010 , americans generally didn ' t know who peter thiel was , a fact acknowledged in the script with parker lecturing early facebook cfo eduardo saverin . now thiel is an open wound for facebook . he remains on the board even after he buried a successful , popular news outlet over a personal vendetta , and even as he serves as an enthusiastic mouthpiece for various nightmarish political philosophies . his cinematically secretive data - analytics company palantir is poised to help donald trump make good on several of his most extreme campaign promises regarding immigration .
in 2012 , burton worked with depp on a film adaptation of the cult television series dark shadows . writer seth grahame - smith penned the script for this humorous look at a vampire living among his descendants . burton also mined his own childhood for the animated film frankenweenie that same year . the title character—a dog brought back to life after death—was inspired by one of his own pets . pepe
just had a good spirit , that dog ,
burton told entertainment weekly .
the frankenweenie character wasn’t meant to look like him . it was more just the memory and the spirit of him .
in the film ' s tense conclusion , the two agents engaged in a fight - to - the - death combat atop his destroyed control center - lair in cuba . bond raced to disarm the transmitter - antenna of a large satellite dish communicating with a second , deadly rogue goldeneye satellite nuclear - weapon .
after forming his own production company , burton directed the lavish production batman ( 1989 ) . with a cast that included jack nicholson , michael keaton , and kim basinger , the stylized feature became the first film to sell $ 100 million in the first 10 days of release . the following year , burton helmed the bizarre but touching film edward scissorhands . featuring notable performances by up - and - coming stars johnny depp and winona ryder ( as well as price & apos ; s final feature role as the eccentric inventor ) , edward scissorhands was acclaimed for being both a social satire and a simple tale of love and intolerance .
i went into villain ( akunin ) knowing nothing about the directors earlier work ( apart from the japanese remake unforgiven which was fantastic ) and what i watched was a profoundly powerful and beautiful experience and is now one of my favorite character studies . saying this , i can definitely see why some may not enjoy this at all due to the fact that some moments do unfortunately slightly to cross the fine line into the melodramatic zone ( which you kind of get used to after watching so many asian movies haha ) .
in the brilliant first two - thirds of the film , the focus was on the strange and random behavior of the mother ( a
bait - and - switch
directorial technique ) , not on what the twins were doing . they went to extremes to test and torment her - changing the film ' s mood to torture - porn . elias let a giant pet madagascar hissing cockroach squirm from his sleeping mother ' s chest into her mouth . in a ghastly and brutal torture sequence , the two twins tied their mother to her bed and demanded that she prove her identity , or tell them where their real mother was .
read between the lies
was the intriguing tagline for roman polanski ' s taut and increasingly - claustrophobic film about paranoia and power struggles . it had similarities to real - life political figures , including british prime minister tony blair and his wife claire , us sec . of state condoleeza rice , and the halliburton corporation .
as of the end of last year , the company’s own statistics claim it has 1 . 86 billion active users . it’s valued at around $ 400 billion . while that seven - year growth is staggering , what’s actually uncanny is how markedly the way we discuss facebook has changed since 2010 . when vanity fair put mark zuckerberg at the top of its annual list of 100 worldwide influencers that year ( affectionately named “the new establishment” ) , the publication apparently struggled to justify the choice . zuckerberg’s accomplishments , as listed : “facebook runs more banner advertisements than any other website” and “ [ facebook ] drives more us visitor traffic to some sites than even google . ” in other words , to the average reader : “you know , technical stuff . ”
though one could compare to the classic british comedy
the ladykillers ,
jae gon son ' s film
villain and widow
is quite a delight for korean movie lovers . it borrows elements from genres like comedy , romance , and drama to make a film that doesn ' t quite fit in any genre but is quite satisfying in the end . a cultural artifact smuggler tells his partner ( suk - kyu han ) that he obtains a very precious tea cup from china , but hides it in his home without his family knowing it . in a hilarious manner he passes away while his partner is hauled away to jail yet is the only one who knows the secret . few years pass , the widow ( hye - su kim ) and her teenage daughter are in desperate financial straits and want to rent out the now vacant room in their house to help pay their debts . in a deal with a rich person who wants the cup for his gallery , suk - kyu han moves in with an alias and proceeds to search for the tea cup . what happens next is quite surprising , with director jae gon son delving into serious themes like suicide , depression , and dysfunctional family relationships yet maintaining light - hearted elements . though the ending seems inevitable , i give credit to jae gon son for an ending that is not quite a happy ending and yet suitable for the smuggler and the widow . if you are reading this , then it is most likely you have an interest in this film and i say go see it now !
in the new film sam witwicky is “taking his first tenuous steps into adulthood while remaining a reluctant human ally of optimus prime . “shia has this great line : ‘you know , i’ve saved the world twice , but i can’t get a job . ' ” okay , so transformers is never gonna get a screenplay nomination at the academy awards .
the three main sections of the film were told from different viewpoints : first tully , then jake , and finally lena . jake was warned not to get involved by various competing interests , and clearly cautioned by american colonel muller ( beau bridges ) :
when i was at west point , we put a uniform on a mule .
in 1994 , burton cast johnny depp as the title character in ed wood —a black - and - white portrait of a middling filmmaker and his all - consuming passion to succeed . although critically praised ( martin landau won a best supporting actor oscar for his portrayal of a drug - addicted bela lugosi ) , the film failed to appeal to mass audiences . after producing the third installment batman forever ( 1995 ) and the animated feature james and the giant peach ( 1996 ) , burton directed the sci - fi spoof mars attacks ! the film flopped at the box office despite an all - star cast that included jack nicholson , glenn close , annette bening , and pierce brosnan .
good movie . very long , but doesn ' t drag . as another reviewer commented , the title really does make you think by the end who the villain actually is . for me , the young girl at the beginning and her fickle boyfriend are way worse characters ! yuichi is flawed and he does some awful things , but there is growth from him by the end . ( which also initially confused me until i realised what his motivation was ) . basically it ' s a doomed romance between him and a quiet girl who works in a menswear store .
megamind is a highly entertaining and inventive animated comedy that deserves far more praise than what it has received . i really thought that the film was one of those films that really exceeded expectations , and was quite good with the story , voice cast and 9of course animation . the film has plenty of good comedic bits , and to viewers who enjoy a fun , entertaining comedy that is engaging from start to finish , megamind is definitely worth your time . i thought that the idea here was very good , and of course simple , and while using that , the filmmakers were able to pull off something quite memorable in the process . for what it is , it ' s an impressive will ferrell vehicle , and here he does some very good work as the lead character , megamind . if you love animated features , megamind is a film for you . with some great on - screen gags , well crafted story , and good performances from the talent voicing the characters , megamind succeeds at being a wonderful animated comedy , one that uses the bare minimum to really grab your attention . i felt that this movie definitely deserved more praise than what it initially got , and it should belong among the most memorable genre films . megamind has great characters , a good idea that just grabs your attention . what megamind does so well is that it uses its cast to really elevate the film ' s material , and since the cast is comprised of some of today ' s funniest actors , it ' s what gives the film its edge to make it stand out among other animated features , that and it ' s visuals , effective direction and well thought out comedy . megamind is well worth seeing if you enjoy animated features and it ' s a movie that is well worth your time .
the as - yet - untitled fourth spider - man film is set to debut in cinemas on july 3 2012 and will be filmed in 3d . entertainment weekly has called james vanderbilt ' s screenplay
gritty
and
contemporary
, suggesting that it may be in the same vein as batman begins , christopher nolan ' s successful 2005 reimagining of the batman series .
it was both a complex serial - killer procedural and a neo - noir , with themes of generational sexual abuse , sadistic violence against women , revenge , family secrets , corporate corruption , and nazi racism . it was the first adaptation of the millennium trilogy , a series of books by stieg larsson . there were a number of questions to be answered in the film as it told its story .
writer / director joel edgerton ' s twisting vengeance - based thriller ( his directorial debut film ) had some elements of fatal attraction ( 1987 ) , the hand that rocks the cradle ( 1992 ) , and michael haneke ' s cache ( 2005 ) . a suburban la couple had just relocated from chicago due to a change in the husband ' s work ( and after robyn had lost a pregnancy ) :
this call to arms makes you wonder why anger of the kind so eloquently expressed in “inside job” has been so inchoate . and through no fault of its own , the film may leave you dispirited as well as enraged . its fate is likely to be that of other documentaries : praised in some quarters , nitpicked in others and shrugged off by those who need its message most . which is a shame .
directing an ensemble that included michelle pfeiffer , danny devito , and christopher walken , burton reteamed with keaton for the 1992 batman sequel , batman returns . the following year , he produced the animated musical tim burton & apos ; s the nightmare before christmas . created with the painstaking process of stop - motion animation , the film became a critical and commercial success , while burton was credited for his technical prowess .
anthony breznican has a new article on transformers 3 titled “next ‘transformers’ is due for a switch” which mostly consists of director michael bay and producer lorenzo di bonaventura explaining what went wrong with the previous installment , transformers : revenge of the fallen ( blamed mostly on the rushed schedule and writers strike ) . there are a few interesting bits about the newest film to be found in the article , here is a sample :
sony ' s matt tolmach said :
we have been very fortunate to attract some of the best actors working today to play the villains in the spider - man movies , and it is exciting to see that trend continue with rhys ifans . after seeing his performance in our upcoming film anonymous , we ' re in awe of his talent and think he ' s the perfect choice to take on this role .
in the film ' s conclusion , vengeful myra had been shot to death by lilly , and then myra ' s face - blasted and disfigured corpse was made to look like lilly ' s . roy was called upon , as next - of - kin , to identify his mother at the phoenix morgue - he concealed that he noticed lilly ' s right hand did not have its tell - tale cigar burn mark .
famed director , producer and screenwriter tim burton was born timothy walter burton on august 25 , 1958 , in burbank , california . as a child , burton was engrossed with the classic horror films of roger corman—many of which featured quintessential screen villain vincent price . burton also developed a penchant for drawing and enrolled at the california institute of arts , where he majored in animation . in 1980 , upon his graduation , he began working as an apprentice animator for walt disney studios . within a year , burton grew tired with his work at disney and decided to strike out on his own . in 1982 , he released the award - winning short vincent , which paid homage to the enduring work of his childhood idol .
set in a french - animation dream of new york city , it tells the story of leo , a plucky , kind little boy , very attached to his lovely family , and very ill . but his illness has given him a gift : he can leave his body for certain periods and spy unseen on others . conveniently , he can still speak through his physical body as he does so . and so leo finds himself assisting a bumbling cop who’s laid up on another floor in his hospital . together the two , with the help of the cop’s journalist friend ( and , of course , possible love interest ) , team up to take down a villain who’s blackmailing the city with a deadly … wait for it … computer virus .
conviction could have been a compelling , extremely moving , and heat - warming story , but the way tony goldwyn and the cast of conviction tell it , it ' s not so gripping ( boring even at parts ) and compelling , but it tries to manipulate the audience to care , to cry , to cheer . but to tell the truth , it got about half - way . there is almost no history to these characters , and there are a lot of people to remember the names of , and we are supposed to hate , or love these people , but we don ' t know much about them , nor have we seen much of them either . the performances by hilary swank , sam rockwell , melissa leo , minnie driver , juliette lewis , baliee madison , and tobias campbell are what keep this film above water . see this film for the extraordinary performances , if for nothing else .
in the pre - title credits sequence , nine years before the events of the film , british agent 007 james bond ( pierce brosnan ) was working alongside british secret agent 006 alec trevelyan ( sean bean ) . their assignment was to destroy a soviet nerve gas factory at the arkangel chemical weapons facility , but the mission went awry and trevelyan was executed . as he was shot by general ouromov ( gottfried john ) , trevelyan called out :
for england , james .
[ the film ' s plot twist hinged on the fact that lukas didn ' t exist , similar to m . night shyamalan ' s ending of the sixth sense ( 1999 ) , and numerous other films , such as carnival of souls ( 1962 ) , fight club ( 1999 ) , haute tension ( 2003 ) , identity ( 2003 ) , a tale of two sisters ( 2003 , s . korea ) , the machinist ( 2004 ) , and the uninvited ( 2009 ) . ]
outside , christine was getting in a taxi on her way to her next game ( or
gig
) assignment in australia ( with a small
walk - on
role ) . after she revealed her real name was claire (
you don ' t know anything about me
) , nicholas invited her to dinner . she counter - invited him to join her for coffee at the airport - the film ' s final line :
would you like to have a coffee with me at the airport ?
the same was true of mr . ferguson’s previous documentary , “no end in sight , ” which focused on catastrophic policies carried out in iraq by president george w . bush’s administration just after the overthrow of saddam hussein . but whereas that film concentrated on a narrow view of a complex subject — the conduct of the war rather than the at least equally controversial rationale for fighting it — “inside job” offers a sweeping synthesis , going as far back as the reagan administration and as far afield as iceland in its anatomy of the financial crisis .
film critics at the time seemed to be betting that the social network would serve as a major historical document . rolling stone ’s peter travers credited it as the film that would forever “define the dark irony of the past decade . ” jim emerson’s review at urltoken started with 300 words from erving goffman’s landmark 1959 essay “the presentation of self in everyday life . ” the new york times ’ manohla dargis called it a “resonant contemporary story about the new power elite , ” and linked out , on that line , to a summary of c . wright mills’ 1956 book about bureaucratic authority figures . it’s not really clear what emerson or dargis were saying , other than they believed zuckerberg would be pretty powerful , and that the moment seemed portentous enough to warrant tying their reviews to classics of contemporary sociology . it’s a handy , comforting way of trying to slot zuckerberg into power structures that had already been studied , rather than acknowledging the fact that upending those ( and replacing them with sweeter - faced but insidious new power structures ) was the dna - level goal of what he was building .
in 1984 , burton created a unique version of the frankenstein story with the live - action short frankenweenie . impressed with frankenweenie , paul reubens commissioned burton to direct the wildly inventive comedy pee - wee & apos ; s big adventure ( 1985 ) . the success of pee - wee & apos ; s big adventure brought about other opportunities , including the 1988 ghost story beetlejuice starring michael keaton , alec baldwin , and geena davis . often considered the prototypical burton film , beetlejuice was recognized for its visual flair and interwoven themes of fantasy and horror .
in a happy suburban neighborhood surrounded by white picket fences with flowering rose bushes , sits a black house with a dead lawn . unbeknownst to the neighbors , hidden beneath this home is a vast secret hideout . surrounded by a small army of minions , we discover gru , planning the biggest heist in the history of the world . he is going to steal the moon . ( yes , the moon ! ) gru delights in all things wicked . armed with his arsenal of shrink rays , freeze rays , and battle - ready vehicles for land and air , he vanquishes all who stand in his way . until the day he encounters the immense will of three little orphaned girls who look at him and see something that no one else has ever seen : a potential dad . the world ' s greatest villain has just met his greatest challenge : three little girls named margo , edith and agnes .
one of the major breaks in the case of harriet ' s disappearance was a set of intriguing multiple photographs taken during a children ' s day parade in 1966 in the town of hedestat , shot in rapid sequence and viewed as a film . the most important of the photos was the one seen from harriet ' s point - of - view - she was fearful of the startling sight of her teen brother martin vanger ( in a tell - tale blue striped sweater ) stalking her from across the street during the parade - after which she fled and disappeared .
but it is hard to imagine a movie more serious , and more urgent , than “inside job . ” there are a few avenues that might have been explored more thoroughly , in particular the effects of the crisis on ordinary , non - wall - street - connected workers and homeowners . the end of the film raises a disturbing question , as mr . damon exhorts viewers to demand changes in the status quo so that the trends associated with unchecked speculation of the kind that caused the last crisis — rising inequality , neglect of productive capacity , endless cycles of boom and bust — might be reversed .
the film concluded with ginger transformed into a monstrous ginger - wolf engaging in a killing spree , including a threatening showdown with her sister , who up until this point had attempted to rescue ginger from her animalistic urges . brigitte felt she no longer had a bond with her sister - she had a choice to either cure her sister with a syringe of
werewolf antidote
or to kill her with a knife , and chose the latter (
i ' m not dying in this room with you
) . she was intimately close to ginger - wolf , hugging her when she exhaled her last breath .
bruised and unrecognizable to them , she appeared quick to judge and punish , less loving , more erratic and jealous of her boys ' closeness . she required complete silence and peace in order to recuperate : no light in the house and no playing inside among other restrictions . the two frightened sons suspiciously believed that their radically - transformed mother who was now disciplining them more severely than usual , was an imposter . they also believed that she was refusing to acknowledge lukas - as a form of punishment - and not for the real reason - - lukas didn ' t exist - the film ' s obligatory spoiler twist .
with that in mind , i revisited fincher’s facebook film ( written by aaron sorkin , whose script won the best adapted screenplay oscar ) . the social network was and still is one of the sharpest movies i’ve ever seen — it’s the rare example where sorkin’s reflex for writing witty , whiny men with outsized intellect and poorly disguised narcissism serves as an advantage instead of a handicap . it’s paced with the precision of a metronome , it’s shot and edited like a daylight - hours horror movie , it’s a more seductive scene portrait than almost famous or annie hall , and it has at least four career - high cast performances ( andrew garfield , the quietly oscar - snubbed ! ) .
very multilayered tragedy features some beautiful performances from senior cast members , punctuated by a melancholy score by jo hisaishi . the central love story between lonely woman fukatsu and lonely youth turned murderer tsumabuki is good but runs a bit too long . however , what i really liked about this film is that it takes the time to fully explore all of it ' s subplots . the one of the father seeking solace , then revenge , over his daughters murder being particularly poignant . then , the young murderer ' s grandmother ' s stoicism in the face of adversity - just beautiful , but sad of course . no one does melodrama as well as the japanese , and i ' m a sucker for it . be warned . some moments will require kleenex .
dozens of interviews — along with news clips and arresting aerial shots of new york , iceland and other disaster areas — are folded into a clear and absorbing history , narrated by matt damon . the music ( an opening song , “big time , ” by peter gabriel , and a score by alex heffes ) and the clean wide - screen cinematography provide an aesthetic polish that is welcome for its own sake and also important to the movie’s themes . the handsomely lighted and appointed interiors convey a sense of the rarefied , privileged worlds in which the wall street operators and their political enablers flourished , and the elegance of the presentation also subliminally bolsters the film’s authority . this is not a piece of ragged muckraking or breathless advocacy . it rests its outrage on reason , research and careful argument .
just when we think we ' re dealing with a straight forward thriller , the story takes a sharp left turn and plunges us into a much more ambiguous space where good and evil seem to slowly merge , reflect each other , and then swap as the film gradually upends all our preconceptions . yet shimizu is given a temporary oasis from the implacable march of fate in the form of mitsuyo , a young naive woman who , unaware of his notoriety , falls in love with him . convinced that despite his dysfunctional behaviour , where everything , including their own sex , is commodified and stripped of emotion , mitsuyo believes they can find a way to be together . at lunch with her in a twee tourist trap shimizu blurts out his terrible secret . as her illusions about shimizu ' s character are shattered , she chooses to replace these with a delusional conviction that somehow their love can transcend the situation and remove them from the normal constraints of society .
, ” which has been the heavy favorite among critics this past year , picked up yet another victory by topping the magazine’s ranking of domestic films .
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