Like the Visha Kanyas from Indian history, Trisha Krishnan is the kiss of death for a Tamil movie. Sarvam is the latest Tamil movie in which the young lady has injected her poisonous venom into the box office. But to lay the blame for the movie’s sorry fate on Trisha’s slender shoulders alone would be […]
Back when we used to live in India, credit cards were not a big thing. But in the U.S., credit cards are hard to live without. Of the three things that are almost impossible to live without in the U.S., credit card is perhaps the most required one (the other two are car and microwave). […]
Like many of you, we also believe things were always so much better in the old days. Ditto with old Tamil songs from the maestro Ilayaraja. A.R.Rahman may be the fashion of today but the fame of Ilayaraja is as tall as the Himalayas. And deservedly so considering the joy he’s provided to so many […]
I won’t be back. For sure, we won’t (for the next version of Terminator, that is). No Drama Folks, there’s no gripping drama in Terminator Salvation, the latest instalment of the Terminator franchise. Absolutely none. All there is to this movie is the thud, thump and screech of metal, guns blazing and frenetic, mindless and […]
In the fading hours, we can’t remember who recommended this documentary. But someone definitely did. A short while ago, as we were stalking the byways of Netflix’ cavernous film collection we stumbled on this documentary and added it to our Instant Play queue (for play via broadband directly to TV). Directed by Ross Kauffman and […]
Even as total mobile phone sales fell 9.4% in the first quarter, mobile phone sales were up 12.7% in the same period, according to market researcher Gartner. Worldwide mobile phone sales in the first quarter of 2009 are estimated at 269.1 million units, a 9.4% decrease from the first quarter of 2008. In the same […]