Thanks to a recent issue of the New Yorker, I stumbled upon Nell Zink. After reading the New Yorker piece, I figured that if Jonathan Franzen had high regard for Nell Zink there must be something to this American writer (now living in Germany). That’s how I got to Zink’s new book Mislaid. The book […]
Hello, did we hear someone say that Fashion – Priyanka Chopra’s Ugly Movie About Beautiful People – has had a great box office response. Bullshit. Just look at Fashion’s box office numbers in the U.S. – the movie is a frigging disaster. In its opening weekend (October 31-November 2, 2008), Fashion grossed a piffling $105,812. […]
Which Idiot Said Priyanka’s Fashion is a Hit? Bullshit We survived Fashion. Never before has there been such an ugly movie about beautiful people as Madhur Bhandarkar’s crap show Fashion. The simple fact of the matter is Madhur Bhandarkar does not know how to tell a compelling story. And that’s all too apparent in his […]
The Mumbai attacks of November 26, 2008 remains a dark chapter in recent Indian history for two reasons. First, for the lax security that allowed 10 Pakistani terrorists to casually saunter into Mumbai one late evening and unleash havoc for the next three days. Second, for India’s abject failure to retaliate against the murderous attacks […]
A few Good, mostly Bad and some Rotten. Hey, no one can fault our local library for not stocking an eclectic collection of movies. But hidden among the vast miasma of junk littering the DVD shelves lurk some real gems, both foreign and Hollywood. The other day as my fingers traipsed over the DVD cases […]
Update (Dec.3, 2014) – No Charges Against Eric Garner’s Killer They (NYPD) harassed him until they killed him. – Esaw Garner on the Murder of her Husband Eric Garner by the NYPD Thursday in Staten Island First and foremost, Eric Garner is an American tragedy! No, a human tragedy! No man deserves to die the […]