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Here's an efficiently tense thriller about a couple of young Mexican illegal immigrants whose lives dangerously intertwine on their arrival in Brooklyn. Quite deservedly, it won the Grand Jury dramatic prize at the 2007 Sundance film festival.

Padre Nuestro is a suspenseful drama about stolen identity where Pedro and Juan, both immigrants on their way to New York, have their identities irretrievably entwined. Juan impersonates Pedro to gain the trust and fortune of Pedro's estranged father, Diego. Christopher Zalla's celebrated debut film tackles issues of identity and morality in a world where nothing is what it appears to be.

Highly-strung stockbroker Joy (Cameron Diaz) is dumped by her fiance and easy-going carpenter Jack (Ashton Kutcher) loses his job. Both travel to Las Vegas, meet and have a quickie wedding, followed by a quicker decision to divorce. The decision is muddied by the fact that they've won a $3 million jackpot.

Inspired by Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne, the movie follows professor Trevor Anderson (Brendan Fraser), who teaches earth sciences at the university and heads the Center of Volcanic Activity.

Here's another animation gem from Pixar, the studio that pioneered computer-generated cartoons with Toy Story in 1995. Happily, its ninth opus, a largely dialogue-free saga set in the 28th century, is yet another digital winner. The spotlight is on a plucky robot (dubbed in burbles and bleeps by the Oscar-winning sound designer of Star Wars, Ben Burtt).

A down-at-heel accountant is inducted into an elite fraternity of assassins, goes through intense training and presto, here's a super-killer ready to go. Wanted is the kind of frenetic actioner that Michael Bay or Robert Rodrigues used to make, but it's confidently helmed by a little-known filmmaker from Kazakhstan.

Wanted tells the tale of an apathetic nobody's transformation into an unparalleled enforcer of justice. Wesley Gibson (James McAvoy) is the most disaffected, cube-dwelling, clock-punching drone on the planet.

Director Andrew Stanton on his sci-fi film, Wall E. You had the idea a few years ago...Yes, 1992, I think. We all suddenly realised that Toy Story would work and that we might get a chance to make another movie. A group of us from Pixar just threw out ideas.

In the 22nd century, humankind escapes an unbearably polluted Earth, leaving behind an army of robots, called WALL-E units, to clean up the planet. By 2815, only one WALL-E unit (voice by Ben Burtt) remains operational.

Carrying its Sundaze Music Fest 2008 forward - though at a slightly more laid-back pace - the F Bar and Lounge hosted Gautam Ghosh and RetroX recently.A tribute to music legends always strikes the right notes, especially with a mixed audience.

It's been seen, heard and suffered before. Almost three decades after the trendsetting Canadian slasher flick and its sequels, comes this scare-free update. Borrowing the title as well as a few plot elements from the 1980 original, Prom Night turns out to be a case against retreads which have long past their prime.

Here's truly adventurous filmmaking. Clearly, the British director of Indian origin, Asif Kapadia, and his cast and crew clearly had to struggle with climatic conditions while shooting this epic tale of passion and revenge.

The film starts at the Farnborough Airshow where a demo Mirage 2000-5 is stolen. Captains Antoine Walk'n Marchelli and Sébastien Fahrenheit Vallois are instructed to get it back. They find the rogue Mirage flying stealthy under an Airbus. They get the order to abort when the rogue Mirage is about to fire on Fahrenheit.

Today, as our country celebrates its 61st Independence day, one institution has a double cause to rejoice. The Parliament Museum of Democracy, inaugurated on August 14, 2006, by former President APJ Abdul Kalam, turns two today.

It appears that e-mails and SMSes have yet to invade the world of the Walled City. Lovers there are using kites instead to exchange love messages. It helps that this is the kite-flying season. The evening sky in Old Delhi is at present speckled with kites of all sizes and colours. And they are helping romance blossom.

We've heard all those horror stories of how files take three years to move from one table to the next in government offices. As with all horror stories, I thought they always happened to someone else - until I went for admission to a Masters course in DU.

The blockbuster global Mummy franchise takes a spellbinding turn as the action shifts to Asia for the next chapter in the adventure series, The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor.

Jabez Stone (Alec Baldwin) is a desperate, down-on-his luck writer who reaches rock bottom when his close friend, Julius Jensen (Dan Aykroyd), finds success. Thwarted in his attempts to get his work published, he meets a beautiful stranger (Jennifer Love Hewitt) who offers him a chance to get fame and fortune in exchange for his soul. Stone, having lost faith in himself, agrees to the offer.

The film is a dark thriller, murder mystery sprinkled with some quintessential romance. Judith Ralitzer (Fanny Ardant), a popular crime novel writer, is working on her new book and at the same time is under the French police scanner for her speculated affiliation with a serial killer.

After changing the face of Central Park, after changing the skyline of East Delhi, after changing the way we travel to Purani Dilli, Delhi Metro is now trying to change what many may feel is impossible: making Delhiwallas behave. Early this month, DMRC's flying squads nabbed 63 people in one single day.