Great story, but not breathtaking
JACKREACHEREnglish U/ADirector: Christopher McQuarrieCast: Tom Cruise, Rosamund Pike, Richard Jenkins Jack Reacher is an action thriller movie that does justice to the genre. Although, it is not as...
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NANDEESHAKannada (U/A)Director: Om Sai PrakashCast: Komal Kumar, Malavika, Srinivasamurthy, Ramesh Bhat and Parul YadavSwamake or remake-it's a toss up between the two in Gandhinagar. With fresh talent...
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Been there, experienced that
Indian tourists are no longer content with popular and must-see attractions. They have become restless, seeking out new experiences, write Gustasp & Jeroo Irani, suggesting a few such...
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Music that ruled the roost
1. Emeli SandeOur Version of Events It's mostly the voice — clarion clear and full of judiciously doled-out power. This British soul singer's unerringly beautiful debut album is all bright...
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Stars' year to rock 'n' write
In 2012, books about lives of acts like Fleetwood Mac and Rod Stewart have increased the canon of music bios and memoirs, writes Janet MaslinNeil Young said it best — Writing books is a great...
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Runaway hits of 2012
The passage of powerRobert A CaroIn the latest installment of his magisterial, multivolume biography, Caro uses wondrous narrative gifts to tell the dramatic story of how Johnson was catapulted to the...
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Time to check your book quotient
1 This quickly became the fastest selling book in three years in the UK in 2012, and had the second bestselling opening week there since Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol. Released in September 2012, the...
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The year 2012 was definitely a year for book lovers as the number of published books, including translations, increased massively, notes Shreekumar VarmaLike a child squatting on a cluttered floor and...
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When 10 are not enough...
If you spent a lot of time this year reading and writing about movies — as opposed to watching them, which is more fun — you might have detected recurrent notes of anxiety,...
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Year of mixed fortunes
Looking back at the Hollywood movies in 2012, pradeep sebastian finds it difficult to come up with a single favourite among the box-office heavies. For the lushest, most enchanting first few minutes of...
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Happy notes to cheer...
A big, significant trend was the widespread use of social media by a large section of classical dancers and musicians — from budding talents to acknowledged maestros. Whether it was to avoid...
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Creative streaks
The Indian art scene continued to witness diverse activities despite low-key performance in the art market, writes Giridhar KhasnisThe fourth edition of the India Art Fair (IAF) in New Delhi in January...
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A few hits, many misses
South Indian cinema continued to soar high in terms of the number of films released in 2012, prodding on, unmindful of the abysmal lack of quality in many of the films that made it to the silver...
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Bouquet of surprises
Awards, triumphs, successful experiments, and outstanding creativity. Also, loss and sadness as great artistes left us. Some banality. Needless controversy. The Bollywood scene had them all in 2012,...
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Only time will tell
2012 has been a year of ongoing conflicts, economic recessions and slowdowns. It definitely was a case of India not shining. Colin Todhunter offers a glimpse of the highlights of the year just drawing...
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A team from paradise, a striker from heaven
Spain's glorious third successive triumph in a major tournament and individual goalscoring brilliance from Argentine Lionel Messi will be remembered as soccer's golden hallmarks of 2012.But the year...
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Doping issues continued to haunt Indian athletics in a season in which expected results failed to arrive.The case of six quartermilers caught for doping reached a conclusion with the Court of...
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Birth of a true legend
Usain Bolt and David Rudisha lit up the Olympics while British athletes, led by Jessica Ennis, thrived at homeThree days before the start of the biggest sporting spectacle of the year, Usain Bolt made...
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Rajasthan successfully defending their Ranji Trophy title and another tumultuous Indian Premier League season marked the domestic cricket scene this year, while a clutch of changes were introduced in...
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Caribbean song and dance
A number of high-profile retirements, a couple of major controversies involving two influential batsmen, South Africa's rise to the top of Test rankings at the cost of England and Michael Clarke's...
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