Blow

Though I had seen this movie a while ago, I thought it was good to write about it. As I am planning to read my own blogs when I retire - it would be useful to have a record of what movies I would want to see again...

Blow (starring Johnny Depp, Penelope Cruz) is based on real life story of George Jung who commercialised cocaine in America in the 1970's. His operations were large scale enough to hire planes and professional pilots to bring in "stuff" from across the border. But all the money he made did not change one finality - it was illegal and the law eventually caught up with him. George is still in the prison and will be released in 2014.

*****+ This is probably Johnny Depp's best performance till date. A must-watch movie - a classic of our times.

Click here to see the teaser

All the technology....

Late last Friday night my wife and I decided to stay-in and watch a movie. After scrolling through all the Sky channels, we figured out that there wasn't anything worth seeing that we hadn't already seen. We browsed through our DVD collection – nothing worthwhile there too. The closet Blockbuster would have closed an hour ago. We've all heard about downloading movies so I thought I'd give it a try. The unlicensed P2P (Kazaa, Limeware) are hardly worth because of wrong cataloging, copyright laws, virus etc. and it can take a few hours for a movie to download (if you're lucky) and the iTunes store has limited titles.

So all the technology in the world could not help us get us a movie to watch. Shame.

I have heard of rental movies being delivered by post (www.lovefilm.com) but that needs advance planning too. I am not entirely sure if someone has looked into a way of delivering movies to consumers at the last minute.

How about a "hole in the wall" movie delivery system? There is no reason why movies have to be on DVDs. The movies can be recorded in excellent quality on SD/flash cards, which can be easily dispensed from the local movie points (just as cash points).

Someone from the industry needs to convince all television manufacturers to provide a memory card slot and reader in the televisions and presto – you've got what a consumer wants. Maybe someone is already working on the idea.

Apple, Sony – are you listening?

Inside Man

My wife & I picked up a great movie on Saturday...

Let me admit - I am a sucker for thrillers.

Four armed men take hostages in a bank in NY. As the police arrives and negotiations start, it seems like the captors are in no rush to escape. As the drama unfolds and the police bust the building - they cannot tell the hostages from the captors. What's more - there is no real robbery and no one can be convicted. Until, of course...

***** Must watch. Denzel & Clive are fantastic. Jodie Foster is amazing as usual...(I am biased towards Jodie Foster, though this is not a career defining role for her)

Click here to see the teaser