Tiger? Ha ha ha In less than 36-hours, Salman ‘Murderer‘ Khan’s Ek Tha Tiger will debut on movie screens worldwide. Unless there’s a meteor strike on Planet Earth, Ek Tha Tiger will rewrite the box office books in India. It doesn’t matter one whit whether the movie is a work of art or a numbing […]
(For Dr.Logu) Tamil cinema’s ace thief Vikram Kennedy is a desperate man. The schlockmeister of Kollywood has not had a decent hit in a million years. His recent movies like Bheema, Rajapattai and Deiva Thirumagal were either plain awful or outright theft. The audience is giving him the cold shoulder. He’s seething with rage seeing […]
On the few occasions I’ve watched Fareed Zakaria’s show on CNN, I’ve hated the bozo. His weekly shows on CNN are awful, even for those like yours truly who love to watch an Indian face on TV in America. Unlike my favorite yesteryear ABC journalist and TV host Sam Donaldson, Fareed Zakaria behaves like a […]
Hey schmuck, yes, I’m talkin to you – Jason Bourne is not indispensable in Bourne Legacy. Nor are Matt Damon and director Paul Greengrass must-haves. Jeremy Renner, Rachel Weisz and director Tony Gilroy will do just fine. I must confess that after scanning all the negative reviews, I did harbor some trepidation before entering the […]
(For Zarboan) Five decades from now when SI is long under the ground and all you schmucks have turned into senile dotards donning adult diapers and living in seniors’ centers, the Spanish film The Motorcycle Diaries will continue to delight moviegoers. For dos reasons, sweeties. Che Mystique – Burns Bright First, the flame of the […]
Screw Blockbuster! Screw Netflix Instant! Screw RedBox! I’m back on the Netflix DVD train, the only place where you can reliably depend on an eclectic collection of movies in the U.S. This afternoon with a glass of Chocolate Gin cocktail in my hand and fried peanuts seasoned with curry leaves, grated ginger and coriander perched […]