(Thanks to SI Blog reader rvasam who first alerted me to the lift) Let’s get to the big question right away. Is Bollywood film Highway a lift of the 1994 Hollywood movie The Chase? The short answer – Yes, to a significant, unignorable, inexcusable, unpardonable degree. There are far too many similarities between Highway and […]
Highway – Highway Robbery of The Chase I steered on to the Highway (Alia Bhatt, Randeep Hooda) with much trepidation this evening. This Alia Bhatt creature (heroine of Highway) was completely alien to me. And given my utter contempt for supremely untalented Indian ‘star children’ (Abhishek Bachchan, Zayed Khan, Fardeen Khan, Tusshar Kapoor, Salman Khan, […]
By MadMax673 There’s probably something about the number 3 that gives Kevin Costner an instant woody. Back then, it was 3000 Miles to Graceland. He should’ve taken its result as a hint. Lesson not learned, now we’re left to endure 3 Days to Kill. 🙁 Story Ethan Renner (Kevin Costner) is a CIA agent and an […]
It looks like Long Island Telugu native Purnachandra Reddy Aramalla, 65, is trying to cut a deal with federal prosecutors in the office of U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara of the Southern District of New York. Aramalla, who owns pharmacies in Queens and the Bronx in New York, was arrested on December 12, 2013 and charged […]
As the vast army of Indian movie directors extend their long-standing love affair with raw sewage, the tiny crop of Korean film-makers continue to make great strides. My uncontainable passion for all things Korean led me recently to two gangster movies, New World (original title: Sin-se-gae, 2013) and A Company Man (original title: Hoi-sa-won, 2012). […]
(Photo courtesy: Commander Selvam’s law web site) For several years, Tamil Samiar (godman) Annamalai Annamalai, a.k.a. Dr. Commander Selvam, a.k.a. Swamiji Sri Selvam Siddhar made a lucrative career out of helping fellow Indian-Americans tackle various obstacles – business, personal, legal, family, marriage, lottery numbers etc – by interceding with God (via pujas) for a fee. […]