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		<title>300 (2006) - NO GUTS NO  GLORY! - ****/*****</title>
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	“Go tell the Spartans, thou that passest by, That here, obedient to their laws, we lie.” – William Lisle Bowels (Epitaph of Simonides)
	 
	
	Historical accuracy be damned! A glossy and hypnotic transmogrification of the historic Battle of Thermopylae between the Spartans and the Persians, 300 is a visually stunning blood [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://funzter.criticalblogs.com/2007/03/25/no-guts-no-glory/</link>
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		<title>Eklavya (2006) - A royal drag - **/*****</title>
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	&#8220;Royal scandal, murder and mayhem, and much more on the show,Makers promise a splendid epic, but deliver only a shadow&#8221;
	
	
	Director-writer Vidhu Vinod Chopra disappoints in one of the year&#8217;s most eagerly awaited film. With a storyline that plays out like an epic Greek tragedy rife with scandal, deceit, murder, mayhem, vengeance, and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://funzter.criticalblogs.com/2007/03/05/a-royal-drag/</link>
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		<title>Severance (2006) - &#8216;Bloody&#8217; Good Fun! - ****/*****</title>
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	&#8220;Belly full of laughs, awash in a bloody tide, Tensions create knots, but what a sweet ride!&#8221;
	
	 
	Severance is gory, funny, and clever by half. It is what SLITHER was aiming to be, and what HOSTEL should have been. Balancing comedy and horror is not an easy task, but the director does it effortlessly and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://funzter.criticalblogs.com/2007/03/04/bloody-good-fun/</link>
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		<title>Ghost Rider (2006) - Flame Off&#8230; - **/*****</title>
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	&#8220;Drool worthy bike, and a flaming skull,   looks cool in the trailers, but emerges dull&#8221;
	
	Blazing promos don&#8217;t necessarily translate into a memorable film - something that holds true for this long delayed super hero production. Problem lays in the scripting and pacing department - a blame that can be squarely laid at [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://funzter.criticalblogs.com/2007/02/19/flame-off/</link>
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		<title>Dai si gein (2004) - Hold on to your seats! - ****/*****</title>
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	&#8220;Cops and robbers, and killers too, Magnificent actioner, helmed by Johnnie To&#8221;
	
	A timely statement on the role that the media plays in our lives, and how it can be used/abused if you just know how to play them. As the title suggests, the breaking news that rankles the police department involves some heavily [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://funzter.criticalblogs.com/2007/02/02/hold-on-to-your-seats/</link>
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		<title>Apocalypto (2006) - Excellent fare marred by excessive bloodletting - ****/*****</title>
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	&#8220;Excessive violence, dulls an otherwise terrific show, But you should simply not, miss up on Apolcalypto&#8221;
	
	Whatever he may do/say off camera, there&#8217;s no denying that Mel Gibson is a master of his craft, and it is a damn shame that he has been overlooked for his brilliant efforts twice in a row for the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://funzter.criticalblogs.com/2007/01/30/excellent-fare-marred-by-excessive-bloodletting/</link>
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		<title>El Laberinto del Fauno (2006) - Haunting Fable - ****/*****</title>
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	&#8220;Del Toro&#8217;s labyrinth, is a phantasmogrically dark trip,reality vs fantasy, with nary a foolish slip&#8221;.
	 
	[d3 update: apologies are in order since I have been vacationing in Melbourne, and have not been able to commission time - till now - to plug in my reviews]
	Mexican film maker Guillermo Del Toro (Hellboy, Blade 2, Devil&#8217;s backbone)  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://funzter.criticalblogs.com/2007/01/24/haunting-fable/</link>
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		<title>Dhoom 2 (2006) - Much Dhoom About Nothing! - **/*****</title>
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	&#8220;Dhoom again but it&#8217;s not so hot, Hritik&#8217;s cool, the rest is rot&#8221;.
	 
	The two male leads (Abhishek &#38; Uday) from the first instalment return for the sequel, only to be cast as bystanders as current heart throb Hritik Roshan blazes across the screen and steals their thunder. D2 is Hritik&#8217;s show all the way and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://funzter.criticalblogs.com/2006/12/06/much-dhoom-about-nothing/</link>
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		<title>Shallow Ground (2004) - Intriguing And Interesting Stuff. - ***/*****</title>
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	&#8220;A twist in tale, and the genre too, Entertaining stuff, for me and you&#8221;
	Immensely watchable flick keeps the proceedings intriguing enough, but falls a bit short of a whopee! Better than &#8216;Headspace&#8217; but less masterful than Neil Marshall&#8217;s &#8216;The Descent&#8217;.
	Writer-director &#38; SFX-supervisor, Sheldon Wilson, spins a mysterious tale of a small town whose long-time inhabitants [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://funzter.criticalblogs.com/2006/12/05/intriguing-and-interesting-stuff/</link>
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		<title>Don (2006) - Remake Does Original Proud - **/*****</title>
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	&#8220;SRK may go over the top, but &#8216;DON&#8217; remains cool, Style over substance, is the operative rule.&#8221;
	
	DON begins, 007 style, with a deal set-up in Paris where an unarmed Don turns the tables on his opponents in a stylishly choreographed action sequence, subsequent to which the titles flash to a thumping score. And so the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://funzter.criticalblogs.com/2006/11/20/remake-does-original-proud/</link>
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