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Turtles didn't fly

January 27, 2005
Nominations for the 77th Academy Awards were announced 2 days ago and unfortunately there wasn't Iran's entry - Turtles can fly - among them. Turtles... is the first movie to come out of Iraq since last year's Iraq war. Bahman Ghobadi is an Iranian director that made his 3rd movie...More

Oh, my dear Uma!

January 19, 2005
The 23rd Fajr Film Festival will begin in 2 weeks in Tehran, and yesterday the official website of festival announced the movies that will be took part in Festival of festivals section and Kill Bill vol.2 was the best film among them. Kill Bill is a 3 hour movie in...More

The Incredibles

January 10, 2005
Yesterday I watched The Incredibles and as I guessed before it was so better than Shark Tale and Shrek2 :D Pixar's animations and characters are so better and more interesting than the DreamWorks's ones and I think Pixar will certainly get Oscar prize again, after their last year prize for...More

Lars is here!

January 5, 2005
4-5 months ago, I met a journalist from Denmark who had come Iran to write some articles about Iranians, culture and society. We talked about films and movies too and she asked me that I know Lars VonTrier or not, and I answered her yes, he is one of my...More

Ladies and gentlemen; we are the assassins

January 3, 2005
Few weeks ago I watched the trailer of 'Mr. and Mrs. Smith' starring Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, directed by Doug Liman (The Bourne Identity). The story is about an assassin couple (Mr. and Mrs. Smith) that their identities are a secret even from each other! 5-6 months ago I...More

We all lose 21 grams

January 2, 2005
Some days ago, I bought '21 Grams' original soundtrack composed by Gustavo Santaolalla. It's very fantastic, like the movie (directed by Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu and starring Sean Penn, Benicio del Toro and Naomi Watts). I suggest you to watch the movie and then find the soundtrack and listen to it....More