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Siraj Syed

Siraj Syed is the India Correspondent for FilmFestivals.com and a member of FIPRESCI, the International Federation of Film Critics. He is a Film Festival Correspondent since 1976, Film-critic since 1969 and a Feature-writer since 1970. He is also an acting and dialogue coach. 

 
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Iconic horror film-maker, of the Living Dead fame, Romero dies at 77 • Jul 19, 2017 at 11:29 PM
by Siraj Syed

Iconic horror film-maker, of the Living Dead fame, Romero dies at 77 Often called the father or progenitor of the modern zombie movie, American film director George A. Romero has died of lung...

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8 mm
amy adams
Brett Ratner
brian de palma
Bronx
Bruiser
cannibal
Carnegie-Mellon Institute
Chris Pratt
Creepshow
Cuban
david cronenberg
Dawn of the Living Dead
Day of The Dead
Diary of the Dead
Duane Jones
Dwayne Johnson
Eli Roth
emile zola
Goldie Hawn
Hollywood Walk of Fame
Hostel
Jason Bateman
Land of the Dead
Lithuanian
mark ruffalo
Monkey Shines
Night of the Living Dead
Rita Wilson
Robert Kirkman
ryan reynolds
Silence of the Lambs
stephen king
Survival of the Dead
Suzanna Desrocher Romero
The Cinema of George A. Romero: Knight of the Living Dead
The Dark Half
The Quiet Man
The Walking Dead
Tina Romero
Tony Williams
Wes Craven
Zack Snyder
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Actor Martin Landau, Oscar-winner at 66, dies, aged 89 • Jul 19, 2017 at 11:28 PM
by Siraj Syed

Actor Martin Landau, Oscar-winner at 66, dies, aged 89 Martin Landau, who landed his first and only Oscar in 1994, at age 66, playing Bela Lugosi in the Ed Wood biopic, has died, aged 89. He is also...

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20th Century Fox
Academy Award
Actors Studio
Alfred Hitchcock
Anjelica Huston
Barabara Bain
Bela Lugosi
Cleopatra
Darryl F. Zanuck
Ed Wood
Elia Kazan
Frankenweenie
Harold Clurman
Jack Nicholson
James Dean
James Madison High School
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Juliet
Lee Strasberg
Leonard Nimoy
Meteor
Middle of the Night
Mission: Impossible
Mr. Spock
Nate & Al
Nevada Smith
New York Daily News
North by Northwest
Pork Chop Hill
Remember
Rollin Hand
Sleepy Hollow
Star Trek
Steve McQueen
Susan
The Greatest Story Ever Told
The Gumps
The Last Poker Game
They Call Me Mister Tibbs
Tim Burton
Without Ward
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War for the Planet of the Apes, Review: Ape-o-calypse now • Jul 14, 2017 at 02:39 PM
by Siraj Syed

War for the Planet of the Apes, Review: Ape-o-calypse now Apes riding horses, wielding rifles, and their leader being an English speaking specimen called Caesar is not enough for the makers of this...

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Alex Paunovic
Amanda Silver
Amiah Miller
Andy Serkis
Apocalypse Now
Bridge on the River Kwai
Davis Lean
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Devyn Dalton
Francis Ford Coppola
French Resistance
Gabriel Chavarria
Judy Greer
Karin Konoval
Mark Bombach
Marlon Brando
Matt Reeves
Michael Adamthwaite
Pierre Boulle
Planet of the Apes
Rick Jaffa
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Sara Cunning
Steve Zahn
Terry Notary
The Bridge Over the River Kwai
Tobey Kebbell
woody harrelson
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The Black Prince who walked the Red Carpet at Cannes • Jul 10, 2017 at 11:15 AM
by Siraj Syed

The Black Prince who walked the Red Carpet at Cannes Very little is known about Maharaja Duleep Singh, the last Maharaja of Punjab with his capital at Lahore, who is said to have gifted the...

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Anurag Basu
Barfi
brad pitt
cannes
Drew Barrymore
Faiz Ahmed 'Faiz'
Firdausi
Gal Gadot
General Jean Francois Allard
Grasse
Gulzar
Javed Akhtar
Kavi Raaz
Koh-i-Noor
lahore
Maharaja Dalip Singh
Maharaja Duleep Singh
Maharaja Ranjit Singh
MILA KUNIS
paris
persian
Punjab
Queen Victoria
Satinder Singh Saini Sartaaj
Shabana Azmi
Shah-Nama
Sher-e-Punjab
Steven Spielberg
Sufi
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
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Spiderman: Homecoming, Review by Siraj Syed: The Age of Coming • Jul 10, 2017 at 11:13 AM
by Siraj Syed

Spiderman: Homecoming, Review by Siraj Syed: The Age of Coming This tale of and by (the opening credits say so) Peter Parker is just a shade slower than Transformers 5, which means it is crack-neck,...

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Chitauri
Chris McKenna (TV) and Erik SommersJon Watts
Christopher Ford
Department of Damage Control (D.O.D.C.)
Gwyneth Paltrow)?
Jacob Batalon
John Francis Daley
Jonathan Goldstein
Laura Harrier
Marisa Tomei
Michael Keaton
Robert Downey Jr.
Stan Lee
Steve Ditko
Tom Holland
Tony Revolori
Zendaya
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