The Pianist

A true story of a famous Polish pianist, Szpilman, this film is a tale of a musician surviving the Nazi oppression in Warsaw. The movie mostly dwells on portraying the minute details of a man living on meagre or no supply of food and water, waiting for the Russians to liberate Warsaw from the clutches of the Nazis. I found the Nazi era movie "Life is beautiful" more appealing.

Eyes Wide Shut

Starring Nicole Kidman and Tom Cruise, it's a movie about sexual fantasies and how its takes a couple for a roller-coaster ride. The sex ceremony depicted in the movie reminded me of the Pagan ritual described in the book "The Da Vinci Code".Over flowing with nude scenes, I found it to be a slow-paced movie with each scene dragging forever.