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This town is full of men who deserve to die. – The Samurai to the inn-keeper in Akira Kurosawa’s masterpiece Yojimbo As we were watching Akira Kurosawa’s Yojimbo (1961), an eerie feeling of seeing one of Sergio Leone’s spaghetti westerns crept over us. You know, a stranger drifts into a small town where bad things […]
By Madmax673 President Benjamin Asher (played by Aaron Eckhart): “United States of America will not negotiate with terrorists”! It’s hard to understand Hollywood’s recent infatuation with Greek mythology. Even Zeus might contemplate a compromise with Prometheus, seeking his infinite wisdom to help him get rid of the carnal abuse. Let’s see. While Obama had been […]
The court system in Montgomery County, PA on Tuesday set September 9, 2013 as the start date for the trial of Andhra Pradesh native Raghunandan Yandamuri. Telugu bidda Raghunandan Yandamuri, 27, has been charged with the murders of his neighbors, 10-month-old Saanvi Venna and the baby’s 61-year-old grandmother Satyavathi Venna in their King of Prussia […]
Distressing! No, a catastrophe is the better way to describe India’s tryst with the Internet. We’re not talking of a looming catastrophe but one that’s already upon us. Save as a catastrophe, there’s no other way to describe Internet usage and penetration in India. Source: World Startup Report, March 19, 2013 Forget the unbridgeable chasm […]
UK Tamils have raised their middle finger to Bala’s latest movie Paradesi. Is this the beginning of the end for Bala whose reputation has rested on producing “realistic” films on the subalterns (people living on the margins of society)? Related Stories Paradesi Review – Bala Moons Yet Again