Eega – Better than Usual Telugu Film Dung

(For SI Blog reader  Araj) By the criminally low standards of the steaming pile of Telugu dung like Nuvve Na Rakshasi, Nenae Nee Pisachi, Pitchee Donga, Dongana Koduka etc,  Eega is a watchable film but certainly not a great one. Unless you’re hiding under a rock in Timbuktu, you know that Eega has been a […]

Ajith’s Billa 2 Opens to Poor Reviews

Billa 2 UK BO Report – Disaster, Worse than Kuruvi, Mankatha etc Ajith Kumar’s Billa II has opened to bad reviews. Besides the poor reviews, the movie’s producers also have to reckon with a dull box office response at some theaters in the U.S. The opening show of Billa II at a theater in Chicago […]

Billa II Review – Frustratingly Bad

By Naveen Based on past experience, watching Tamil star Ajith’s movies require lots of tolerance and very limited cognitive skills. The latter is available in abundance among Tamil movie fans. I was greeted with unusually empty roads all the way to the theater and even more surprised to see no lines at all! Was it […]

Dark Knight Rises Looms Over Gotham

Dark Knight Rises Review – Disappointing With just 10-days to go for the release of Dark Knight Rises in the U.S., the publicity machine for the newest film in the Batman series is in full gear. This morning as I was walking around Midtown Manhattan my eyes repeatedly fell upon huge posters and ads for […]

Sit Longer, Die Sooner

A new research study has concluded that the longer Americans sit, the sooner they die. The study published by Peter T Katzmarzyk1 and I-Min Lee in BMJ Open examined the impact of sitting and watching TV on life expectancy in the U.S. And the findings are scary. Sitting Kills The authors conclude that life expectancy […]

Bol Bachchan – Absurdity’s New Last Name

By Naveen Being one who’s cognizant of the supremely low standards of Bollywood and the limited acting skills of its favorite star child Abhishek Bachchan, I should have thought thrice before walking into the cinemas after a few weeks of sabbatical to watch the perilously inane Bol Bachchan. Bol Bachchan is the latest turd-pile from […]