Hooray, Barfi Crushes Heroine at U.S. BO Heroine (2012) Director: Madhur Bhandarkar Cast: Kareena Kapoor, Arjun Rampal, Randeep Hooda, Helen Repeated boob shows, self-made porn tapes, multiple bedroom scenes, lesbian acts, itsy-bitsy costumes that cover little and leave little to the imagination and pimping out men to get film roles, all punctuated by screams of […]
Kareena Kapoor’s much ballyhooed film Heroine is getting whipped by critics. Directed by Madhur Bhandarkar, Heroine is the roller-coaster life story of a movie star played by Kareena, one of Bollywood’s most mediocre actresses. Here are excerpts from a few unflattering reviews of Heroine. * Rediff The first half of the film passes swiftly enough, […]
Le hérisson a.k.a. The Hedgehog (2009) Director: Mona Achache Cast: Garance Le Guillermic, Josiane Balasko, Togo Igawa Writers: Mona Achache and Muriel Barbery Language: French The Hedgehog is not a movie as much as a beautiful painting that you can gaze at endlessly. Tired of waiting for the Hedgehog DVD on Netflix (‘very long wait’), […]
For all you putzheads who think Bollywood represents the acme of dancing, I submit the nonpareil Riverdance below: On sunny days and in dark hours, the Riverdance is a great solace.
Der Mensch kann was er will; er kann aber nicht wollen was er will. – Arthur Schopenhauer cited in Free Will by Sam Harris p.75 Of the countless ‘great’ quotes I’ve stumbled upon in a long life, the above line by Schopenhauer is extraordinary for its simplicity and insight. For it strikes at the heart […]
Hooray, Barfi Crushes Heroine at U.S. BO Ranbir Kapoor is moving into the big league. His latest film Barfi, in which he plays a deaf and dumb character, has done remarkably well at the U.S. box office. Directed by Anurag Basu, Barfi also features Ileana D’Cruz, Rupa Ganguly and Saurabh Shukla. In the opening September […]