Eagerly Awaiting Alice in Wonderland in 3D

Ever since we read the lengthy piece in last Sunday’s New York Times on the upcoming movie Alice in Wonderland, we’ve grown impatient at how slowly the days go by. Directed by Tim Burton, Alice in Wonderland is a 3D extravaganza, albeit not one on the Avatar scale. Apparently, the movie was made using 2D […]

Incredible India 42: Hindu God Goes on Ram-page

Ram, the Hindu God beloved of a billion stupid Indians, seems to be in an angry mood. So angry that the ‘God’ went on a RAMpage that took the lives of 65 of his devotees today in a stampede at the Ram Janaki temple in Kunda town of Pratapgarh district in the North Indian state […]

UK Moviegoers Pee on Amitabh Bachchan, Again

As best as we can tell, Amitabh Bachchan doesn’t look like a fire hydrant, a tree or a public urinal. Or, does he? Like dogs lifting their hind legs and letting go on a fire hydrant, UK moviegoers seem to have a Pavlovian urge to unzip and empty their fire-hoses on Amitabh Bachchan films these […]

Quote of the Day – O. Henry

‘Tis easy to be a friend to the prosperous, for it pays; ’tis not hard to be a friend to the poor, for ye get puffed up by gratitude and have your picture printed standing in front of a tenement with a scuttle of coal and an orphan in each hand. But it strains the […]