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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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Batman v Superman - Dawn of Justice, Review: Bruced ego and the krypTonite show • Mar 24, 2016 at 06:43 PM
by Siraj Syed

Is there no justice in this world? Lex Luthor argues that since God takes sides, he cannot be a just hero, and likewise Superman, who is revered as God’s agent on earth. What if Superman went rogue,...

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Ben Affleck
Bruce Wayne
Chris Terrio
Clark Kent
David Goyer
Diane Lane
Do Aankhen Baarah Haath
Gal Gadot
Holly Hunter
Jeremy irons
jesse eisenberg
Kevin Costner
krypton
Laurence Fishburne
Lex Luthor
Martha
shahrukh khan
V. Shantaram
Zack Snyder
Zod
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Eye in the Sky, Review: Mor(t)al blows • Mar 17, 2016 at 06:08 PM
by Siraj Syed

Eye in the Sky, Review: Mor(t)al blows Collateral damage has been an emotion charged topic for debates world-wide, ever since the USA began bombing foreign locations, where, it believed, wanted...

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Aaron Paul
Al Shabab
Alan Rickman
Babou Ceesay
Barkhad Abdi
CDE
Collateral Damage Estimate
drone
Ed Suter
Gavin Hood
Guy Hibbert
Helen Mirren
Iain Glen
Kenya
Lex King
Monica Dolan
Nairobi
Phoebe Fox
Richard McCabe
Somalia
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Race, Review: Giving racists a run for their money • Mar 11, 2016 at 06:48 PM
by Siraj Syed

Race, Review: Giving racists a run for their money How long does it take for an Olympic champion to run 100 metres? Less than 10 seconds. Jesse Owens (1913-1980) was the first American in the...

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‘In Black and White: The Untold Story of Joe Louis and Jesse Owens’ by Donald McRae
Joe Louis
Barnaby Metschurat
Joseph Goebbels
Larry Snyder
Avery Brundage
Jeremiah Mahoney
Jason Sudeikis
Stephen Hopkins
William Hurt
Leni Riefenstahl
Carice van HoutenJeremy Irons
Stephan James
Jesse Owens
Adolf Hitler
cleveland
Ohio
berlin
canada
montréal
Olympiastadion
Fest der Völker
Fest der Schönheit
IOC
Anna Waterhouse
Joe Shrapnel
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The Program, Review: Enhanced performances • Mar 11, 2016 at 10:44 AM
by Siraj Syed

The Program, Review: Enhanced performances First, there was a musician called Louis Armstrong. Then most of earth and all of moon heard about Neil Armstrong. Much later, we read and saw the exploits...

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Ben Foster
Chris O'Dowd
cycling
David Walsh
Denis Ménochet
doping
drugs
Dustin Hoffman
Edward Hogg
Elaine Cassidy
EPO
Jesse Plemons
Johan Bruyneel
John Hodge
Lance Armstrong
Laura Donnelly
Lee Pace
performance enhancing
Peter Wight
Stephen Frears
Tour de France
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Triple 9, Review: 9 pins • Mar 11, 2016 at 10:44 AM
by Siraj Syed

Triple 9, Review: 9 pins If bodies count in a crime drama, the body count in Triple 9 is very high. In fact, hardly anybody is left alive in the end. So that makes it morbid. Decapitation and gore...

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Anthony Mackie
Atticus Ross
Casey Affleck
Chiwetel Ejiofor
Clifton Collins Jr. Kate Winslet
drugs
Gal Gadot
Jeffrey Allen
John Hillcoat
Mafia
Matt Cook
mexican
Michael K. Williams
noire
Norman Reedus
woody harrelson
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