The Hunt Review – Kids are Far From Innocent

Do your kids have headaches or nightmares? Question posed to all parents at a kindergarten school meeting in a small Danish community after one child alleges inappropriate behavior by a school worker in the Danish film The Hunt Much as we are loath to admit it, a lot of kids wear the devil’s cloak and […]

Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit – Unconvincing, Unremarkable, Unfulfilling

Does the action genre of films require the least imagination, least talent, and the least intelligent/least demanding audience? Yes, to all of the above. To borrow a phrase from Bollywood jackass Akshay Kumar, I’d say most action films belong to the ‘leave your brains at home‘ category. Be it Kollywood, Tollywood or even Hollywood, action […]

American Hustle Review – Insanely Awesome

Bulging eyes, mouth agape, jaws dropping and a delightful trance. Well, that sums up my euphoric state as I sat through the sizzling Oscar favorite American Hustle this evening. Showcasing powerful visual appeal and sterling acting enriched by a gripping story, American Hustle is worthy of all the praise lavished on it since the film […]

Jai Ho Review! Oops, Pay It Forward Review

Think of an idea to change the world and put it into action. – Writing in chalk on the green board in Trevor’s 7th-grade classroom in the Hollywood film Pay It Forward Bollywood’s murderous thug Salman Khan has gotten out of its pen and is busy promoting its new movie Jai Ho. Directed by Salman’s […]

HP Dumps 2 Slate Duds on Chutiyas

If I hadn’t gotten myself an iPhone 5S a few months back, I might have been tempted to take a look at HP’s new  phablets, the Slate 6 VoiceTab (6-inch) and Slate 7 VoiceTab (7-inch), launching soon in India. After all, I’ve been considering buying an Android device for a long, long time. HP Slate […]