When Indian filmmakers like Priyadarshan are not pissing out mindless comedies, they’re pimping out nonsensical ‘action’ outrages like Tezz that are loosely based on decades-old foreign films (the 1975 Japanese film Bullet Train, in this instance). Tezz made us want to yelp in agony – Do one thing for me, Sredni Vashtar. Bet you schmucks […]
Our first thought after watching the Hindi film 9 Eleven was that it’s a pity everyone and his brother is making movies these days. Bozos with a few coins jingling in their pockets get an irresistible, uncontrollable itch that won’t abate until they see their name in the Produced by [Insert Bozo’s Name Here] credits. […]
We got to do something about these Asians coming in and opening up businesses and dirty shops … They ought to go. I’m going to say that right now. But we need African-American businesspeople to be able to take their places, too. – Former Washington DC Mayor, former Crack Cocaine User, former Prisoner, Current member […]
A friend recently visiting from India told us that fast-food restaurants in India serving Pizzas, Burgers, Croissants etc had mushroomed there and are now wildly popular with the younger generation, particularly in the cities (food courts, malls and even residential neighborhoods). Our friend’s remark on Indian fast-food places came to mind when we stumbled upon […]
I can assure you that in a 100 years our work will still be rejected. Columbus, you know, had no idea what country he’d discovered. Like him, I’m in the dark. All I know is that I’ve set foot on the shore and the country exists. – Viggo Mortensen’s Sigmund Freud describing the then nascent […]
Jennifer Lawrence is a fine actress, and mark our words carefully now, one about whom y’all will be hearing and talking a lot in the coming years and decades. – The Wise SI in the review of Winter’s Bone, June 2010 As we were driving home through the dense mid-Atlantic fog, we couldn’t help thinking […]