Vishwaroopam Review – A Daring Attempt If the majority of terrorists and suicide bombers currently are Muslims, is it wrong to depict the terrorists as Muslims in movies and literature? In the latest disturbing incident in Incredible India, some Muslims in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu have applied pressure on the state government […]
It’s no secret that India, like countries everywhere else, has increased its snooping on citizens’ online activities. The snooping is often justified on the national interest grounds of keeping the citizenry safe from the bad guys, i.e. the terrorists. Privacy Issues Whether all this Internet snooping on citizens is helping to thwart the bad guys […]
Say what you will, but I think the crazies are running the show at Microsoft while Bill Gates is off trying to rid the world of Malaria, Cholera, Diptheria and other deadly diseases. This morning, Microsoft announced pricing for the Surface Pro tablet. When I heard that pricing starts at $899 (64GB version), I fell […]
Dileep-ukku Dillu Indha address-ukku poi nillu En paera sollu – Advice from Boss (Thengai Srinivasan) to Dileep (Kamal Haasan) on having fun with a hooker In an unfortunately far too long career, Ulaga Madayan a.k.a. Kamal Haasan has time and again inflicted agony on discerning Tamil movie fans. The 1981 film Tik Tik Tik furnishes […]
OMG, what a lavish, bewitching spectacle! These tired, misty eyes have never before been held captive by such a celestial cast come together in a single movie. Robert De Niro, Jennifer Lawrence, Anupam Kher, Jackie Weaver, Chris Tucker and Bradley Cooper, all in one movie? Eight Oscar nominations, four Golden Globe nominations (one win) and […]
By Naveen Arnold Schwarzenegger – the Terminator, the Governator, the maid-Impregnator, and one of the most famous action heroes of 80’s and 90’s, is back in the Kim Ji-woon directed The Last Stand. After doing a couple of guest appearances in the moronic Expendables 1 & 2, Arnold returns in a lead role after nearly […]