Don 2 Review – Ishtylish but Hollow

Don 2 Box Office – Less than MNIK By Naveen Anyone who followed Indian movies in the late 70’s could not have escaped the “Don”. Amitabh Bachchan played Don in the original that was promptly copied as Billa starring Rajinikanth in the Tamil version. Such was the impact of Amitabh’s Don that it was re-made […]

Rajapattai Review – Height of Insanity

Rajapattai BO – How Will Vikram End it All? Tamil film star Vikram’s new movie Rajapattai is the latest infantile nonsense to emerge out of Kollywood. Rajapattai has nothing going for it. Zip. Zilch. Zero. Bizarre Story Sickles fly every three minutes, an old man in his 80s eagerly gives lessons to young men in […]

The Adventures of Tintin: A Delightful Outing

For fans of Tintin comics like yours truly, watching ace director Steven Spielberg’s animation debut The Adventures of Tintin turned out to be a rewarding experience. There was a time in a distant era and a far off continent when we devoured Tintin comics like there was no tomorrow. Blistering barnacles, we probably read the […]

Main Street, Page Eight – Decent Movies

Amid the endless sewage stream of trashy movies (both Indian and Ingleesh), it’s sometimes easy to miss the few good ones. Recently, we had the good sense, and the blessed good fortune, to watch two nice English movies – Main Street and Page Eight on DVD (both via Netflix). * Main Street – This well […]

MI 4 Ghost Protocol – Mindless Boob!

By Naveen Anil Kapoor’s eagerly anticipated Hollywood offering Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol released Thursday night in the U.S. exclusively at  IMAX theaters. Anil’s Hollywood fans could hardly contain their excitement and paraded to the nearest theaters in numbers that make the “Occupy Wall Street” crowd seem like Monday morning gathering at the local Hindu temple. […]