Articles by Radheyan Simonpillai
Hancock
Peter Berg
PUBLISHED Jul 2, 2008
Will Smiths alcoholic, potty-mouthed high-flyer Hancock barrels right through freeways and skyscrapers, destroying much of downtown Los An...
Charlie Wilson's War
Mike Nichols
PUBLISHED Dec 21, 2007
A more cruel and treacherous war can be found in Mike Nichols last outing, the four-way relationship drama Closer. Charlie Wilsons War, o...
The Kite Runner
Marc Forster
PUBLISHED Dec 14, 2007
It seems almost too easy to shower praise on director Marc Forsters Afghani-migrant melodrama The Kite Runner; in adapting Khaled Hosseini...
Offside
Jafar Panahi
PUBLISHED Aug 27, 2007
At once a critique against an oppressive regime and a celebration of humanity, Offside is a small, bittersweet gem of a movie about Iranian...
Frank Sinatra MGM Movie Legends Collection
PUBLISHED Aug 17, 2007
If this MGM Movie Legends Collection were testament to the career of Frank Sinatra, "Ol Blue Eyes would only be remembered for his one-no...
Talk To Me
Kasi Lemmons
PUBLISHED Jul 26, 2007
Talk To Me begins with the same old promise of a fresh (albeit smoky) new voice with vitality ready to shake up the establishment but ends...
John Grisham's The Rainmaker
Francis Ford Coppola
PUBLISHED Jul 19, 2007
The Rainmaker boasts a peculiar restraint in comparison to the previous works of novelist John Grisham. Its the same David and Goliath sto...
Joshua
George Ratliff
PUBLISHED Jul 13, 2007
With the B-movie premise and gaps in logic aside, Joshua is a chilling exercise in upper-class familial strife. Religious pressure, post-pa...