Posts Tagged ‘movie’

Khuda Kay Liye Movie Night at UC Berkeley

Sunday, October 5, 2008 12:17 No Comments

Recently UC Berkeley’s PakSA (Pakistani Student Association) has become quite active and they have decided to have a movie night coming Wednesday, October 8th, to screen the best Pakistani movie ever made (in my opinion).
Khuda Kay Liye is about the turmoil currently rampant in Pakistan where the seculars are up against the Talibanization [...]

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Towelhead – The movie, not the religious slur!

Friday, August 29, 2008 20:21 No Comments

Just before the Ramadan starts, CAIR wants to divert some attention to it… but the problem is, this time it has nothing to do with Islam.
There is a movie coming out on September 12th, 2008 titled “Towelhead”. The movie is about a young Arab-American girl who struggles with her sexual obsession, a bigoted Army reservist [...]

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It’s All About JUNO

Saturday, February 16, 2008 13:04 No Comments

Lately the movie JUNO has been receiving quite a bit of air time almost everywhere you look. I watched this movie few days ago and thought that no one would even remember its name after it is out of the theaters but I guess I totally missed it.
The movie has now been nominated for Oscars [...]

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I watched The Kite Runner

Tuesday, January 8, 2008 22:51 31 Comments

I finally got to see The Kite Runner last night. AMC wasn’t showing it any place when I first checked in November but now they definitely are after the two golden globe nominations the movie has received.
Let me start by saying that the movie is not exactly the book, which means, it’s not word by [...]

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Benazir Movie – Bollywood vs. Hollywood

Monday, January 7, 2008 15:18 5 Comments

Anila Khan, a Pakistani producer, approached Mahesh Bhatt to direct a film on Benazir Bhutto after Bhutto’s Assassination. Mahesh Bhatt of course agreed and Shabana Azmi was considered for the role of Benazir. Mahesh Bhatt was willing to go through all the hurdles to get this indo-pak collaboration off the ground but life has its [...]

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