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And the Oscar goes to… “Slumdog Millionaire”

Sunday, February 22, 2009

“Slumdog Millionaire,” the little film about a poverty-raised teaboy who goes on a game show as a way to find his lost love, leads all films at the Oscars with eight Oscars at the 81st annual Academy Awards. VN:F [1.3.0_631]please wait...Rating: 3.8/5 (5 votes cast)

Slumdog Millionaire wins 4 Golden Globes

Sunday, January 11, 2009

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The prestigious Golden Globe Awards ceremony to honour the best in the world cinema began in Los Angeles. India-based story of an underdog, the Danny Boyle-directed Slumdog Millionaire in on a winning spree, first bagging the award for the Best Director (Danny Boyle), Best Screenplay category (Simon Beaufoy), the Best Original Score (A R Rahman), [...]

Slumdog Millionaire Wins an Oscar/Academy Award

Monday, December 29, 2008

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The title might be a bit exaggerated at this moment but judging by the critics, Slumdog Millionaire will win an Academy Award in the best film category. After watching the movie, I was so impressed by Danny Boyle’s direction and the script of the movie that I decided to do a bit of research on [...]

Slumdog Millionaire Review

Saturday, December 27, 2008

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I am normally skeptical of raving movie reviews. I’m also wary of European or American filmmakers who set their stories in the shantytowns of the developing world because they tend to romanticize backwardness and peddle stereotypes. And I am suspicious of soap opera themes because they can be too syrupy. All of which made me [...]