A most un-Godfatherly Mafia film, The Sicilian Girl is inspired by the real-life tragic account of a 17-year-old Sicilian girl Rita Atria and anti-Mafia judge Paolo Borsellino. Directed by Marco Amenta, the Italian film is the gripping account of a gutsy young Sicilian girl Rita who goes to the prosecutor after her father and brother […]
You schmucks can scream Mera Bharat Mahaan and India Shining till you are hoarse but India stands tall on the global stage only for all the wrong things. Like for instance, travel diarrhea, rape, frequent random violence, treatment of minorities, extra-judicial murders by the police (encounters) et al. In this post, we intend to examine […]
There is no doubt that corruption at all levels has become a disease spreading throughout our society. – Sonia Gandhi, Leader of India’s Congress party, quoted in the New York Times piece Indian Party’s Leader Stands by Singh, December 20, 2010 Ha ha ha ha. Folks, we haven’t stopped laughing. Hey Sonia, if you’re so […]
We just watched the trailer of Kaavalan and were stunned at the bold step the Tamil film industry has taken. Folks, Kaavalan has two clowns, not one as is usually the norm in Tamil movies. Voila, two comedians in a Tamil movie. So nice, yaa. Of course, the movie features Vadivelu with a weird mustache […]
Tees Maar Khan Review – Insufferable Trash A short while ago, we switched on our TV, then the Roku set-top box and started streaming the Peter Sellers movie After the Fox (1966) via Netflix Instant Play. The first 15 or 20 minutes of the movie were endurable but then the so called comedy went so […]
We’re having our first proper snow this year today (had some flurries the other day but that doesn’t count). Since it’s only December, we have to endure another three months of this nonsense. As we get on in years and the grim reaper waits impatiently, it’s becoming increasingly hard to weather the cold weather.