I am addicted to Movies & TV! Here is the proof

by Ankit Agarwal on April 11, 2013

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I love watching movies, TV shows and reading books! Well, that’s the very reason i started www.bookmyreviews.com While the school has severely impacted my ability to discover and read new books (well, I have a hard time catching up with the course readings itself) I do catch up on movies and some TV shows now [...]

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Movie Review: Jolly LLB

by Ankit Agarwal on March 31, 2013

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Jolly LLB tries to be overtly funny and dramatically serious at the same time but fails miserably at both With a great theatrical trailer and two great comic actors with a backdrop set in a courtroom, it is safe to say that the release of Jolly LLB was highly anticipated. But just like one should [...]

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Movie Trailer: The Wolverine

March 29, 2013
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The wolverine is coming back and this time he is more vunerable than he has ever been Hugh Jackman is coming back in what happens to be one of the best characters he has every played on the big screen- Wolverine. After vowing audiences with roles in X-Men series and then later in a solo [...]

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Shahrukh Khan-The Versatile Lover

March 24, 2013

Shahrukh Khan a.k.a SRK is a bollywood star and girls of all ages go weak in knees seeing him. Over the years, Shahrukh Khan has developed the quintessential romantic lover image in the Indian cinema after starting his career in a negative role. I personally have never taken a liking to Shahrukh’s acting prowess (or [...]

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Movie Review: Playing For Keeps

February 20, 2013
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Playing for Keeps is a pleasant watch but fails to do justice to the amazing star studded cast Playing for Keeps is your typical rekindling romance movie and it just works. However, for a movie that has vast ensemble of beautiful ladies who also happen to be all talented actresses as well as Gerard Butler [...]

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The Most Honest Three and a Half Minutes Of Television [Video]

February 7, 2013

For the amount of TV shows I watch, I often wonder why I could never come up with interesting insights such as The Recipe For Creating a Superhit TV Show . I felt the same way when I realized  a particular video going viral talking about the most honest three and a half minutes of [...]

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Movie Trailer: Fast & Furious 6

February 4, 2013

*Holy Cow*! That’s all i have to say Just when i thought Fast & Furious 5 raised the bar a few notches, in comes this insane mindboggling trailer of Fast & Furious 6 and the anticipation for watching Fast & Furious 6 just grows everytime i watch the trailer Before I keep on rambling, please [...]

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The Recipe For Creating a Superhit TV Show

February 2, 2013
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While I love watching movies and writing movie reviews, I also enjoy thinking about common patterns in movies and their scripts, characters and so on. It was the same thought process that promoted me to write The ‘Rohit Shetty’ Recipe For Creating A Bollywood Blockbuster. While I am not a fan of Rohit Shetty movies [...]

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Movie Review: The Goods-Live Hard, Sell Hard

January 20, 2013
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The Goods-Live Hard, Sell Hard is a great sales movie with Jeremy Piven at his best The Goods-Live Hard, Sell Hard is undoubtedly one of the best sales movie and for good reason. For one, virtually all great sales movies involve selling cars and even though I have no experience something tells me selling real [...]

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Movie Review: The Waterboy

January 19, 2013
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The Waterboy is not your typical sports movie but a great watch none the less Who doesn’t like sportsmovies which prominently features underdog teams making it to the top. Well, The Waterboy is in the same category of sports movies but has its own twist. For starters, it features Adam Sandler as the main character. [...]

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Why Matthew McConaughey Cannot Stand up By Himself

January 15, 2013
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Just the other day, I posted about  bollywood movie posters which are copied from Hollywood and today i stumbled upon another creative observation by someone on movie posters. It’s evident that patterns emerge everywhere but this particular one had me in splits. I am sure no poster creator would have consciously thought of potraying Matthew [...]

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Bollywood Movie Posters Lifted Straight From Hollywood Movies

January 4, 2013
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It is no surprise that bollywood is often in the news for “stealing” or “lifting” stories, music etc. from their hollywood counterparts. However, this blatant copying is euphemized as “inspired by” as the people involved tout their own creative and artistic prowess. Well, when there have been entire storylines lifted from hollywood movies then I [...]

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