After waiting for what seems like a double eternity, I finally attained nirvana a few days back. The much acclaimed French film The Intouchables (2011) has at long last landed at Netflix (DVD but not streaming), RedBox ($1.22 for DVD) and Amazon ($3.99 for streaming). Deserving of all the accolades and awards bestowed on it, Intouchables […]
I’m the Motherfucker that found this place, sir. – CIA operative Maya tells her boss, the agency’s director after Osama bin Laden’s hideout is traced to a compound in Abbottabad (Pakistan) It was the longest decade in American history. Also the most painful, humiliating, frustrating decade. The time between the 9/11 attacks and the early […]
Salman Khan is a name synonymous with all that’s repulsive in Indian society. The man murders people, beats his girlfriends and kills endangered animals in real life. And in the reel world, Salman puts out one trashy film after another. Given the unbounded love Indians pack for lowlifes, the tawdry and trashy, it’s no surprise […]
James Bond: Everybody Needs a Hobby. Silva (Villain): So, what’s Yours? James Bond: Resurrection I Loved Skyfall. Loved it. Loved it. Double-O-7 is back, charging fast and hard. Navigating a terrain of hazards that would easily fell a lesser intelligence agent. But never Bond, James Bond of Her Majesty’s Secret Service with a license to […]
Hooray, Barfi Crushes Heroine at U.S. BO Heroine (2012) Director: Madhur Bhandarkar Cast: Kareena Kapoor, Arjun Rampal, Randeep Hooda, Helen Repeated boob shows, self-made porn tapes, multiple bedroom scenes, lesbian acts, itsy-bitsy costumes that cover little and leave little to the imagination and pimping out men to get film roles, all punctuated by screams of […]
Kareena Kapoor’s much ballyhooed film Heroine is getting whipped by critics. Directed by Madhur Bhandarkar, Heroine is the roller-coaster life story of a movie star played by Kareena, one of Bollywood’s most mediocre actresses. Here are excerpts from a few unflattering reviews of Heroine. * Rediff The first half of the film passes swiftly enough, […]