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Force Gets Poor Reviews

 Bollywood, Reviews  6 Responses »
Sep 302011
 
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Force, the Bollywood remake of Tamil film Kaakha Kaakha, has received poor reviews from a gaggle of critics.

Are we surprised?

Of course, not.

Because, Force’s hero John Abraham can’t act.

And its heroine Genelia D’Souza can’t even spell the word acting.

Here’s what a bunch of reviewers had to say on Force:

Rediff:

For a genre that works purely on moronic logic and one-note screenplay, Force never had much to accomplish in the first place. But its complete lack of individuality or snap makes it a boring, banal, blah and bleak experience.

India Today:

A perfectly good action film, shot interestingly, ruined by John Abraham’s casting. If muscles could speak, he’d be a great actor. But he’s not, whether he’s going after drug goons or flirting with a vivacious Genelia D’Souza. The result: the villain played by vidyut jamwal ends up looking heroic. This one has no force.

Reuters:

If only John Abraham’s muscles could act, “Force” would have been a good film. As it stands though, this is at best an average cop thriller. Watch at your own peril.

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Suriya+Jyothika=Not Bad;John Abraham+Genelia=Bad

 Bollywood, Tamil Movies  18 Responses »
Sep 292011
 
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Watch Suriya and Jyothika in the Uyirin Uyire song from the Tamil film Kaakha Kaakha (2003).

Sure, the song/picturization is no masterpiece but there’s some life in the song and the scene.

Now, watch the two Bollywood stars John Abraham and Genelia make monkeys of themselves (below) in the ‘same’ song Khwabon Khwabon in Force (the Bollywood remake of Kaakha Kaakha), which is releasing on Friday.

John Abraham and Genelia look like clowns, escapees from a circus.

Hey, is there a Reservation quota for Christians and Parsis in Bollywood?

Suriya and Jyothika are way better actors and dancers than the John Abraham and Genelia combo, at least as far as the above songs are concerned.

Compared to Jyothika, we must say that Genelia in the Hindi remake has ZERO sex appeal!

No question, the choreographer of Force must be hung, drawn and quartered! ;)

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Cell 211 Review – Gorgeous Spanish Prison Thriller

 Foreign Movies  5 Responses »
Sep 292011
 
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It’s been a while since we were completely held captive by a film.

So we trolled the eddies and gullies of Netflix’ vast DVD cornucopia until we stumbled upon a movie that was as far removed from a boring Indian romance as Mercury from Pluto.

And the movie we picked – Cell 211 (2009).

Directed by Daniel Monzón, Cell 211 is a Spanish prison film that has won the acclaim of critics, admiration of moviegoers and respect of film juries (it won a whole bunch of Goya Awards).

Cell 211 is a gritty drama about a new prison guard Juan (Alberto Ammann) accidentally caught in the midst of a violent prison uprising.

It’s not even Juan’s first day on the job. He’s supposed to start the next day but has just come to look at how things work in the prison.

As Juan is being shown around the prison, unbeknownst to him or his fellow guards, there’s an insurrection brewing.

The violent uprising is triggered by simmering resentment among inmates over their harsh treatment by the guards, denial of medical care and frequent resort to solitary confinement.

We realize the simmering resentment and the inmates’ anger only ex post facto (i.e. after the riots break out) but get hints that all might not be well with a suicide in the early moments of the film.

As Juan is being show around the prison, he’s injured in a freak accident and instead of being taken to the infirmary, the guards for some inexplicable reason take him to an empty cell – Cell 211.

Moments later, as the prison uprising begins in all its fury Juan’s fellow guards abandon him and scamper for safety.

And it gets even better and the tension rises.

What will Juan Do?

Juan is forced into making some desperate, extremely unusual moves to survive amongst the violent criminals led by the ruthless Malamadre (Luis Tosar).

There’s considerable suspense and the movie proceeds at a fast pace.

True to its prison setting, there’s brutal violence including the slashing of throats and beating of people to pulp.

We were greatly delighted that we couldn’t easily see which way things would go. After all, unpredictability is one of the great joys of a movie. Continue reading »

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SI Likes Domino’s New Artisans Spinach & Feta Pizza

 Food  5 Responses »
Sep 282011
 
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SI likes crappy pizzas.

That’s why we gobble up Domino’s pizza, gorge on Papa John’s mess and gormandize at the forlorn Pizza Hut buffet.

So, when we espied an ad for Domino’s new Artisans Pizza today it didn’t take us long to fire up our Firefox 7 browser and order a Spinach & Feta Artisans Pizza before you could say Sonam Kapoor.

By the time, we took a shower and went to the dying United States Post Office to drop off our Netflix DVD (Cell 211, a Spanish film that we may or may not review) our Artisans Pizza was ready.

$7.99 changed hands and we were handed a rectangular pizza box. Rather small compared to Domino’s regular square pizza box.

On the way back home, we made a quick stop at the local Gujju liquor store to pick up some good ol’ Guinness Extra Stout Beer ($2.99).

What’s a Pizza without some beer, eh?

Anon, we were home and crunching into our thin crust Domino’s Artisans Spinach & Feta Pizza.

Dominos Spinach & Feta Artisans Pizza - YummyDomino’s Artisans Spinach & Feta Pizza – Yummy

Hey, the Domino’s Spinach & Feta Artisans Pizza is a decent pizza.

None of that crappy, vomit-inducing cheese that you usually encounter on Domino’s pizzas.

If you believe the Domino’s web site, our pizza includes Alfredo sauce, feta and Parmesan-Asiago cheeses, fresh baby spinach and onion toppings on an artisan-style crust. Continue reading »

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Amazon Heeds SI’s Advice on Tablet Pricing

 Digital Media, Tablets  7 Responses »
Sep 282011
 
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No, you schmucks are not the only ones reading, and more importantly benefiting from, the nonpareil SI blog.

Y’all can pat your collective backs today that you’re in august company.

Obviously, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos is an avid reader of the SI blog because in August we recommended that the upcoming Kindle Tablet must be priced between $200-$250 if it intends to be a viable player in a market lorded over by the iPad.

This is what SI wrote on August 1, 2011:

With most consumers strongly fixated on the iPad, we don’t see how Amazon can gain quick traction unless it launches an entry-level 16GB model at $200-$250, a significantly lower price point compared to Apple’s $499 price for the 16GB iPad 2.

And as we all know by now, Bezos followed our sage counsel – Amazon came in at the low end of our suggested price, i.e. $199 for its Kindle Fire tablet launched today.

It’s heartening to note that good advice does not always fall on deaf ears. ;)

But it’s a bit disappointing that the Kindle Fire offers only 8GB storage instead of our recommended 16GB but Amazon is offering unlimited Cloud Storage.

Amazon Launches Kindle Fire

Kindle Fire ships on November 15.

By the way, you can pre-order the Kindle Fire tablet on Amazon’s web site now.

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Amazon Guns for iPad with $199 Kindle Fire Tablet

 Android, Digital Media, Tablets  10 Responses »
Sep 282011
 
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In hopes of riding the current tablet wave sweeping consumers, E-commerce behemoth Amazon.com today launched a $199 tablet it’s calling the Kindle Fire.

As expected, it’s a 7-inch touchscreen device running a custom version of Google’s Android software.

Amazon Debuts $199 Kindle FireCan Kindle Fire Catch Fire
with Consumers?

Key Features

* The dual-processor tablet weighs 14.6-oz, is WiFi only and does not support 3G connectivity.

* It comes with 8GB of internal storage (supposedly enough for 80 apps, plus either 10 movies or 800 songs or 6,000 books).

* As for battery life, Amazon is promising up to 8 hours of continuous reading or 7.5 hours of video playback, with wireless off.

* Kindle Fire includes a browser called Amazon Silk (yes, it supports Flash) and free cloud storage.

Amazon plans to start shipping the Kindle Fire from November 15, in time for the rich pickings of the holiday shopping season.

The Bad and the Good

Kindle Fire lacks a camera or a microphone.

Bad -  This means you can’t use the device to make Skype video calls the way you can with the iPad 2.

If even regular Skype (i.e. non-video version) does not work on the Kindle Fire a lot of folks are going to be disappointed.

Amazon’s main rival the Apple iPad has both WiFi and 3G versions and sports a 9.7-inch screen.

Bad – As we’ve said in some of our earlier posts, the 7-inch screen is rather small for a tablet. Continue reading »

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