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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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The Intern, Review: Good turn • Sep 27, 2015 at 11:28 AM
by Siraj Syed

The Intern, Review: Good turn A 30-something Internet start-up founder finds a soul-mate in a 70-something company ‘intern’. So, what does she do? Get involved with him romantically? Banish the...

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Nancy Meyers
Robert De Niro
Anne Hathaway
mushy
warm
tender
comedy
Anders Holm
Rene Russo
Christina Scherer
Adam Devine
Andrew Rannells
Katahrine Hepburn
Tina Fey
Micahel Caine
septuagenarian
Dr. Seuss
Nat Wolff
Jo Jo Kushner
Zack Pearlman
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(Maze Runner II)-The Scorch Trials, Review: Trial and terror • Sep 27, 2015 at 11:34 AM
by Siraj Syed

(Maze Runner II)-The Scorch Trials, Review: Trial and terror                                                                  Titles can mislead. Read in standalone mode, The Scorch Trials can...

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Aidan Gillen
Alan Tudyk
Alexander Flores
Barry Pepper
Dexter Darden
disaster
Dylan O'Brien
Giancarlo Esposito
Gladers
Grant Pierce Myers
Jacob Lofland
James Dashner
Kay Scoledario
Ki Hong Li
Maze Runner
Noah Oppenheim
Patrcicia Clarkson
Rosa Salazar
sci-fi
T.S. Nowlin
The Right Arm
Thomas Brodie-Sangster
WCKD
Wes Ball
zombie
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Kis Kisko Pyar Karoon, Review: Odd Kapils • Sep 27, 2015 at 11:35 AM
by Siraj Syed

Kis Kisko Pyaar Karoon, Review: Odd Kapils                                                                                        What is Kis Kisko Pyaar Karoon (KKPK)? A remake of the Kannada film...

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Abbas-Mustan
Anukalp Goswami
Boeing Boeing
Dheeraj Sarna
Elli Avram
Hemanth Hegde
Jamie Lever
Johnny Lever
Kannada
Kapil Sharma
Maharastrian
maid
Manjari Phadnis
Manoj Joshi
Miss India
Miss Universe
Newton's Laws
Nimbe Huli
Sai Lokur
Sharat Saxena
Simran Kaur Mundi
Subhash Ghai
Supriya Pathak
three wives
Varun Sharma
Venus
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Pawn Sacrifice, Review: Check this out, Mate • Sep 21, 2015 at 08:53 AM
by Siraj Syed

In the only Urdu/Hindi film he ever made, Indian cinema’s Bengali language grandmaster Satyajit Ray used chess as a metaphor, setting it against the backdrop of the crumbling Navabi rule over Avadh...

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anti-Semitism
Arabs
Avadh
biography
biopic
Bobby Fischer
Boris Spassky
Brooklyn
checkmate
Chess
Christopher Wilkinson
CIA
cold-war
communists
Ed Zwick
Evelyne Brochu
Henry Kissinger
Iceland
jewish
Liev Schreiber
Lily Rabe
Liz Garbus
Lucknow
Michael Stuhlbarg
Navabi
paranoia
Peter Saarsgard
Reykjavik
Satyajit Ray
Sophie Nélisse
Spiderman
stalemate
Stephen J. Rivele
Steven Knight
Tobey Maguire
true-life
USSR
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Black Mass, Review: Whitey’s black deeds and the FBI’s blind eye • Sep 26, 2015 at 03:53 PM
by Siraj Syed

Black Mass, Review: Whitey’s black deeds and the FBI’s blind eye Black Mass is a term used to indicate a reverse Christian mass, the inversion of the traditional Latin Mass celebrated by the Roman...

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Aerosmith
Benedict Cumberbatch
Boston
busing
Corey Stoll
Dakota Johnson
Dick Lehr
Gerard O'Neill
Jez Butterworth
Jimmy Bulger
Joe Perry
Joel Edgerton
John Connolly
Johnny Depp
Juno Temple
Kevin Bacon
La Cosa Nostra
Mad Max
Mafia
Mark Mallouk
Music Junkie XL
Peter Saarsgard
Rory Cochrane
Scott Cooper
Tom Horkenborg
Whitey
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