Did he sign too many films too early?
I watched this movie and wondered: how the hell did Amitabh Bachchan ever become a megastar?
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Amitabh Bachchan Retrospective: Parwana, 1971
Amitabh is the bad guy in this love triangle gone deadly bad
It may seem strange for someone aiming to be hero of Bollywood movies to play a baddie so early in his career – this was only the fourth film starring Amitabh Bachchan to be released (June 1971).
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Continuing my retrospective on Amitabh Bachchan’s classic movies
Three out of three? Nah. After two great first outings on screen (see my review of Saat Hindustani and Anand here), Amitabh stepped into the wrong shoes with this one.
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Starring Amitabh Bachchan and Rajesh Khanna.
Now I know those names should be the other way around, but this is the second in my series of reviews of Big B’s old movies, so AB before RK it is
Amitabh’s second outing (for his first movie click here) on the big screen and he bagged two awards out of two already – this time for best supporting actor in the Filmfare Awards for the movie Anand (released March 1971). Watch it here!
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My look back at Amitabh Bachchan’s debut film from 48 years ago.
I don’t watch much Bollywood these days, but in the 80s, I was a huge fan of Big B, as India’s biggest movie star, Amitabh Bachchan, is often called.
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How was it? Exactly as you would expect it to be.
I would say ‘spoilers ahead’, but if you’ve seen the five previous films then you’ll already know what happens in this movie:
Top Gear Season 24 Episode 1 Review
Don’t say it, don’t say it, don’t say it… oh dear – I’m gonna say, aren’t I?
I just watched the first episode of new, new Top Gear (although that should probably be new, new, new, new, new… for me, since I’ve been watching it from way back when good old William Wollard presented it – who else remembers him?).
Anyway I’m feeling right smug, innit?
What an intelligent Superhero movie looks like
2008’s The Dark Knight is the superhero movie we need, not the one we deserve
I’ve just been rewatching 2008’s The Dark Knight, the middle one of the Christopher Nolan/Christian Bale Batman trilogy and featuring Heath Ledger as The Joker. And in the context of the last few superhero movies I’ve seen (Suicide Squad, Batman V Superman and yes even Civil War) all crude eye-popping popcorn-fodder, The Dark Knight is Citizen Kane meets The Godfather.
Let me explain.
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My kids’ cover version of Stitches by Shawn Mendes
Here’s my kids’ first YouTube video and their cover version of a song called ‘Stitches’ by some kid called Shawn Mendes who is actually old enough to be driving a Camaro around, but doesn’t appear able to walk very far in a straight line without falling over
Star Trek Beyond Review
This is new Star Trek – but it’s back to doing what it does best: Boldly Going!
