'Chicks on Flicks' reviews the best Hollywood movies of 2008

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Mumbai, January 02, 2009

Hollywood movie reviewing gets better each day with India's first Hollywood movie review show Chicks on Flicks, on PIX - the premium English movie channel from Multi Screen Media Pvt Ltd. Here comes the moment you’ve been waiting for this Friday Ira and Neha present their respective Best’s of 2008. The duo take you back to the year 2008 and will share their impression and verdicts on their favorite and some of the best films released in 2008: The Dark Night, Wall E, Kung FU Panda, Edge of the heaven, Persepolis, caramel, Burn after reading, Juno and Iron man

Ira and Neha, who both possess a distinctive journalistic approach and critical knowledge of Hollywood movies, will disclose their reviews, and verdicts on new film and DVD releases. In addition, they will discuss and debate for the viewers each film's merits and shortcomings. Neha and Ira will also share views on their picks in the year 2008 individually, while Neha’s best picks of 2008 are Burn after reading, Juno and Iron man and Ira’s best pick of the year 2008 are Persopolis, caramel and Edge of the Heaven.

Tune in to "Chicks on Flicks" the best of 2008 episode and find out, as Neha Sareen and Ira Dubey present their respective Best’s of 2008, this Friday, January 3rd, 2008 at 7.30 pm only on Pix.

Persepolis: Persepolis is an animated film based on Marjane Satrapi's autobiographical graphic novel of the same name. The film was written and directed by Satrapi with Vincent Paronnaud. The story follows a young girl as she comes of age against the backdrop of the Iranian Revolution, which goes horribly wrong with Islamic fundamentalists taking power and creating a new theocratic tyranny themselves; the story ends with Marjane as a 21 year old expatriate. The title is a reference to the historic city of Persepolis.

Iron Man: Tony Stark is the complete playboy who also happens to be an engineering genius. While in Afghanistan demonstrating a new missile he's captured and wounded. His captors want him to assemble a missile for them but instead he creates an armored suit and a means to prevent his death from the shrapnel left in his chest by the attack.

Burn After Reading: Is a theatrical / comedy movie about a CIA analyst who quits his job at the agency after being demoted ostensibly because of his drinking problem. He then decides to write a memoir about his life in the CIA.

WALL E : Is an animated movie based on a distant future, a small waste collecting robot inadvertently embarks on a space journey that will ultimately decide the fate of mankind

Kung Fu Panda: It is a 2008 American animated comedy film. It was directed by John Stevenson and Mark Osborne and produced by Melissa Cobb. Set in ancient China, the plot revolves around a bumbling panda who aspires to be a kung fu master.

The Dark Knight: is a American superhero film directed and co-written by Christopher Nolan. Based on the DC Comics character Batman, the film is part of Nolan's Batman film series and a sequel to 2005's Batman Begins. The film follows Bruce Wayne/Batman (Bale), District Attorney Harvey Dent (Aaron Eckhart), Assistant D.A. Rachel Dawes (Maggie Gyllenhaal), and Police Commissioner James Gordon (Gary Oldman) and their struggles and journey in combating the new threat of the Joker (Heath Ledger).

Edge of the Heaven: is a Turkish-German film written and directed by Fatih Akın. The film won the Prix du scénario at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival. It was selected for Germany's entry to contest at the 2007 Oscar but didn't make the selection of five nominated films.

Juno: is an American comedy-drama film directed by Jason Reitman and written by Diablo Cody. Ellen Page stars as the title character, an independent-minded teenager confronting an unplanned pregnancy and the subsequent events that put pressures of adult life onto her.

Caramel : the first feature film by Lebanese director/actress Nadine Labaki, and it’s a Lebanese film .Its a story of five Lebanese women tackling forbidden love, binding traditions, repressed sexuality, the struggle to accept the natural process of age, and duty vs. desire.

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Hanmer MS&L Communications Pvt. Limited

Pritu Hait, Associate Consultant

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