by Sujoy on January 9, 2012
January will be the month when I will be rolling out plenty of lists of the best movies of 2011, and also probably looking forward to the great movies to be hitting screens in 2012. First up on the list is my favourite genre, unsurprisingly, SciFi. 2011 was a great year for SciFi, as we saw plenty of offerings – from the alien comedy Paul, which involved a lot of swearing and pot smoking, to the lovey dovey Adjustment Bureau chemistry of Matt Damon and Emily Blunt. We saw Justin Timberlake getting all barcoded, and even Bollywood had its fair share of spandex. And yes, the Thing prequel came and went. It is easier to just point out the garbage ones, as these keep hitting the screens with an alarming regularity. But at 9e3k, only the best make it through. So behold, as we announce the..
TOP 5 SciFi Movies of 2011.
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by Sujoy on December 30, 2011
Tom Cruise’s action man prowess as the international spy Ethan Hunt continues with his next IMF mission. In an almost continuation of events from the previous one, which involved hunting down the “Rabbit’s foot”, this one has Pixar man Brad Bird on the director’s chair. With locales set in Dubai, Mumbai and Moscow, and action sequences like you’ve never seen before, does the new Mission Impossible deliver?
Yes and No.
It certainly manages to place all its cards and pull off all its tricks in terms of action and thrills, and even has Simon Pegg doing the comic honours. But there is certainly something missing. That something is a menacing villain. Hit the jump as we discuss the Ghost Protocol. SPOILERS ALERT!
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by Sujoy on October 24, 2011
Steven Spielberg is no stranger to the world of the larger than life movies. The man brought us dino-DNAs wrapped in amber, and T-Rexes chasing down jeeps. He also introduced us to Dr. Jones and melted our heart with the gleam in E.T.’s eyes. But somewhere during the noughties, his formula for blockbusters transformed into tamed affairs. Was it because we were seeing bigger explosions and better effects elsewhere? The last time we saw him in his fullest potential was when futuristic cop Tom Cruise had an eye transplant and was dodging precrime cops. That was the year 2002. Almost 9 years later, Steven Spielberg is back with a big bang! And it gives me immense pleasure to say, that the wait was well worth it. Teamed with co-producer Peter Jackson, and loaded with the technical brilliance of WETA, The Adventures Of Tintin is this year’s biggest movie by all means.
And before you can debate that, let me put forward my points.
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by Sujoy on July 12, 2011
Apart from the cosplay and the celeb spotting that we have covered so far, the last vertex of the triangle of awesome things that I look for in comic con, is the array of coll stuff that collectors, traders and other passionate geeks bring under one roof. Be it from rare posters to Issue#1 original DC Comics, or exclusive and official movie collectibles, Comic Con, as usual is filled to the brim with such awesomeness, and as we are committed to bring all this awesomeness to you, we have listed down some of the best ones below.
Earls Court Two – the venue of London Comic Con 2011 ( and it was in 2010 as well).
The original Batmobile.
More awesome pics after the jump
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