America and Bollywood are quite taken with each other these days. It started out as a flirtation many years ago, with occasional teases that seemed promising but failed to lead anywhere. And then a little movie called ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ came along, and even though it was not a product of Bollywood, it pitched America into a full-blown affair with India and its cinema.

The prospect of seeing a movie after James Cameron’s Avatar can be somewhat scary. It’s fairly true to say that this spectacular movie about spirituality, nature and the consequences of human greed has altered the movie landscape.
But what about the movies coming out in the next month or so, sure there is no Avatar sequel on the horizon but is there anything that can assuage a moviegoer’s desire for big entertainment without compromising a good story?
The first two films on the list both around Greek History and in fact they …