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The Lincoln Lawyer Quietly Became One of the Most Consistent Shows on Television

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The Lincoln Lawyer Seasons 1-4 Review Spoiler Warning: This article contains spoilers for Seasons 1 through 4 of The Lincoln Lawyer. In an era where television series either collapse under their own ambition or disappear after one good season, The Lincoln Lawyer has quietly done something impressive. It stayed consistently engaging across multiple seasons while maintaining the spirit of the original novels better than most modern adaptations. The series never tries to reinvent itself into prestige television. Instead, it understands exactly what it is supposed to be: intelligent legal drama with strong character chemistry, layered cases, and season long tension that keeps moving forward naturally. Across four seasons, that formula has worked remarkably well. One of the Better Book Adaptations in Recent Television One of the strongest aspects of The Lincoln Lawyer is its fidelity to the books by Michael Connelly....
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21 :: Rounders meets Good Will Hunting

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Kevin Spacey, Jim Sturgess and Kate Bosworth star in 21, where students of MIT alongside professor join in an extraordinary and daring adventure to beat Las Vegas casinos at Black Jack. Rounders had poker and here we have Black Jack. Matt Damon of Rounders and Good Will Hunting combined make the persona of Ben in 21. Even though the story of 21 is based on real life, but if one has seen both the movies one cant stop making the comparison. The movie is worse off in terms of creating the kind of aura Matt Damon did in both the Rounders and Good Will Hunting. This can be attributed to the role played by Jim Sturgess. Kevin Spacey however is at his usual best in fitting into the role. Kate also did a nice job. The movie is worth watching just till interval. Rest is all predictable. Even though a surprise twist is made at the end but that is not worth the time spent. Another thing that keeps in the head till the end is why would a student with brilliant Maths skills would end up doing...
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Shutter Island :: A good movie along the lines of Usual suspects

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Probably its been a long time since Usual Suspects or the movie is amazing. I believe the later is true. Shutter Island's story line is extremely complicated and the viewer is confused most of the time. Even if the movie is making sense it turns out later that the movie WAS not making sense. The actors fit into the roles assigned specially Dr.Cawley by Ben Kingsley is outclass. He fits into the role just like Patrick Stewart fit into Jean Luc Picard's role. I am not saying this because of the physical appearances but because of amazing acting. Rain scenes make the movie scary and the use of lightning and thunder storm adds to the mystery. Overall the movie is worth watching twice (once to get over with the story and second to understand the story).
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Fountain ::: Brilliant Movie

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Fountain staring Hugh Jackman and Rachel Weisz is an interesting story about three ages, love and death while the tag line says it all "Death frees every soul". The movie is nicely written and done well. However it could not get a lot of good response on box office because of the topic it deals with. Most importantly it takes the tree of life idea and moves onto attack on inquisition and subsequently dealing with such subjects as Mayan Religions and Buddhist ideas. Therefore the movie has very little appeal to people belonging to Abrahamic religions rather on the contrary they can find faults in it. The story's depth arises from the inability to discern what happened at the end of the story. One is left to wonder whether it was all fiction or it was reality? The three time lines are wonderfully wound up. On the whole the movie is good but to a very limited audience.
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Seven Pounds :: Retrieval of lost spirit

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Seven Pounds (2008) movie staring Will Smith is a captivating movie. For most part one keeps on thinking what is going on but as the movie proceeds the plot thickens so much so that at one stage its all very very murky.  Excellent acting by Smith and Dawson make the movie watchable. The title of the movie is reference to Merchant of Venice by Shakespeare where each debt is to be paid in pounds [reference IMDB]. Will Smith plays the tax man who hunts people in need and helps them recover from their problems. One keeps doubting the intentions of tax man and as the movie proceeds each doubt is justified but not in the manner one thinks. The portrayal of an engineer in the movie is typical of Hollywood movies (all knowing smart ass).  The retrieval of lost spirit is the ordeal and odyssey of a cast down man. The best thing about the movie is that it appeals to the emotional, philanthropic and humane feelings. One is engrossed at the sufferings of all members of the cast.
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Aisha :: Jane Austen's Emma comes to India

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Aisha's screen play is based on the story by Jane Austen so no problems there at all. The indianization of script was not only necessary but also increases the appeal. The only problem with the movie is its depiction of the new Indian elite. The movie seems largely influenced by TV series and in the process the shopping scenes look more like in a Hollywood movie than Bollywood. The songs are good and ring in the mind long time after the movie. Most of the actors in the movie were at ease with their characters. The reasons probably were that not much was demanded in terms of portraying the character except that of Abhay Deol. Deol did a wonderful job and seems destined to be a good actor if not greatness. Sonaam Kapoor's character was not very much demanding but she does well slipping into the character. The character's late scenes where the need to show acting prowess sonaam does an ok job. It wont be a character to remember nor would the movie. If one has not read the no...
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Pink Panther 2 :: Hilarious all the way

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Right from the first scene the movie grabs the attention of the viewers and keeps throwing in the regular dosage of humor and comedy. Steve Martin is all over the place and is ably assisted by the rest of the cast. My favorite scenes in the movie are the hamburger/ " We were being recorded scene " and " Deductions " scene. The movie possesses gripping storyline even though it kinda slips near the end. Aishwariya's role in the movie makes it more attractive not on account of her exceptional acting but mere presence. Her acting in the movie is OK and she although has a profound role but is overshadowed by much brilliant actors around her. Andy Garcia is at his usual best although the role is limited but still Andy places the part really really well. The movie's climax is very much unusual and seems a touch too much in the end.  Overall the movie is a good Sunday evening watch on TV.
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The Prestige :: Probably the prestige of Christian Bale

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Christian Bale's 2006 movie The Prestige brought back people's interest in magic (Harry Potter's magic was more childish I would say). This movie has it all. Thrill, Mystery, Fight, Science and top it all Magic. The Prestige being the third of the steps in performing a magical trick. The Pledge is the first part where the magicians shows something ordinary to the people, The Turn is making the ordinary thing do something extraordinary e.g., making it disappear and The Prestige part is where the extraordinary part has to be undone. The name is appropriate for the movie because in this we see all three stages being enacted in the real life of the magicians. Bale's performance is excellent although at times Hugh Jackmann upstages him on a number of occasions. The movie revolves around the life and times of two magicians Alfred Borden (Christian Bale) and Robert Angier (Hugh Jackmann). Their friendship turns into rivalry where they go as far as sabotaging the other magici...
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