The Chessboard That Thought It Was A Dancefloor The outdoor chess giant chess pieces are finally completed dispelling forever the rumour that the chequered floor outside was a dancefloor! For ants maybe.
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Verdict ★★★★★★★★★★ 8.2/10 At The Incredibly Strange Cinema Club for Halloween, 1999 Blair Witch Project, The (1999) Cast: Heather Donahue, Joshua Leonard, Micheal Williams Directors: Eduardo Sanchez and Daniel Myrick Synopsis: Low-budget shocker. Innovative, different, a breath of fresh air! “it creeps up on you”,…
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The Hot Spot’s 1st Horror Film Festival in Islamabad 1999 The Hot Spot Islamabad Horror Film Festival – a landmark in Islamabad’s “culturally” emaciated calendar manages to notch on a few thousand more rupees to the Edhi Fund. The event is organized as a fitting…
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Movies For A Cause Edhi’s Animal Welfare The Hot Spot’s Movie screenings had collected small amounts over the months, and once in a while, we dropped by their main Edhi Welfare Centre office in Islamabad to donate the collected funds. The money was specially earmarked…
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Experiment Caramel Almond Crunch The Hot Spot “Think Tank”, after days of scrutiny, testing and analysis, deem the Caramel Almond Crunch a worthy “Flavour of the Month”. It proves to be an instant success, and thus from being a one-off, it is made a permanent…
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No Publicity, No Media, No Cameras, No Politicians, Movie Stars, Generals, Fanfare, Advertising, Ribbon Cutting – The Hot Spot opens quietly in sleepy T Block on a chilly February Evening on the 2nd of February, 1999.
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Rating ☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆ 9.1/10 Psycho (1960)Reviewed by Shaharyar M. Khan Psycho (1960)Cast: Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Martin Balsam, Vera MilesDirector: Alfred HitchcockSynopsis: Arguably the greatest-ever horror filmReviewed by: Shaharyar M. Khan, Former Foreign Secretary & PCB Chairman & Lifetime Hitchcock fan. If Vertigo was Hitchcock’s masterpiece,…
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Verdict ★★★★★★★★★★ 2.9/10 Exorcist 2: The Heretic (1977) Cast: Richard Burton, Linda Blair, Louise Fletcher Director: John Boorman Synopsis: Heady mix of imagery, diabolical demonic dabblings, locusts, and Richard Button chewing up the scenery in one of the most despised films ever produced. “an absolute fiasco…
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Verdict ★★★★★★★★★★ 4/10 Mother’s Day (1980) Cast: Tiana Pierce, Nancy Hendrickson, Deborah Luce, Tiana Pierce, Holden McGuire, Martin McCleery, Beatrice Pons Director: Charles Kaufman Synopsis: Splattery, demented misogynistic, gleeful splatter fare. Good, violent 80s splatter indie shocker “a clever and unjustly maligned splatter movie” Splatter…
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The Herald on The Hot Spot The Herald’s Ali F. Zaidi writes on The Hot Spot just a few months after we opened our first official outlet in Islamabad. Apologies for using the flag mentioned in the write-up. It was brainless and insensitive to use,…