by SI blog reader Racer44 (Readers: SI’s comments follow this essay) Having completed over 92 years since its inception (the first silent Tamil movie Keechaka Vadham was released in 1917), it is only obvious that we ask ourselves, where is Tamil Cinema headed? (ignoring, of course, naysayers like SI who say that it’s headed from […]
(For SI blog readers Mallukuttan, Shadowfax_Arbit, Gandhiji et al) Ever since we watched Oscar winner Jeff Bridges’ old comedy The Big Lebowski, we’ve been dying to try out the White Russian. If you remember the movie, that’s The Dude’s favorite drink. As a matter of fact, White Russian’s popularity in recent years owes to The […]
(For SI Blog reader Kreacher) Kreacher, did we need the Pig, Dip in the Pool and The Landlady in these short winter days of our life. Whatever possessed you to recommend Roald Dahl’s stories to us. Well, we won’t hold you completely responsible. You see our appetite for Dahl’s short stories was also whetted by […]
Ajay Devgan’s Atithi Tum Kab Jaoge has fared rather badly at the UK box office. The comedy, which also featured Paresh Rawal and Konkona Sen Sharma, is about a guest who overstays his welcome. Here’s how Atithi Tum Kab Jaoge has fared at the UK box office compared to a few other prominent Bollywood films:
(For SI blog readers Shadowfax Arbit, Gandhiji and Mallukuttan) Now that Jeff Bridges has won the Best actor Oscar, it’s time for a deko at some of his movies. We’ve watched his Arlington Road back in the days when Blockbuster used to stock mostly video cassettes. So when two three SI blog readers recently suggested […]
Statutory Warning: All Religions are Equally Stupid The Wall Street Journal on Saturday featured an interview with Hamas traitor Mosab Hassan Yousef, a confessed spy for Israeli security agency Shin Bet, a convert to Christianity and also oldest son of a Hamas founder Sheikh Hassan Yousef. In the interview, here’s what the Hamas traitor Mosab […]