A few days back, we were blessed enough to watch the lovely Japanese film Kikujiro (1999). As if writing and directing this jewel was not a generous enough gift to viewers, Takeshi Kitano also donned the greasepaint for a key role in the film. Even if you’ve not seen Kikujiro, surely you are aware of […]
Most Tamil films skid into one of two categories – Real Bad (usually featuring Surya, Karthi, Vijay, Simbhu, Vombhu, Kombhu et al) and the Disgustingly, Hopelessly, Offensively, Obscenely Bad (buffoons like Ajith, Trisha and Vishal are fixtures in this genre). Since some of my readers have been lately wetting their jetties over a 17-year-old film […]
Thanks to remarkable marketing, New York City received 11 million foreign visitors in 2012. Let’s not kid ourselves here about the so-called attractions of New York City. Other than the Broadway shows, a bunch of good museums and Ellis Island (Statue of Liberty), New York City does not really have much to boast of. Unlike […]
It takes an Indian to nail an Indian. U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Preet Bharara (a Punjabi of Indian origin) has gotten Tamil crook Anand Sekaran to plead guilty to a ponzi scheme that defrauded investors. Anand Sekaran, President and Director of Miami based Wasson Capital Ltd pled guilty Friday in […]
By Naveen English Vinglish (2012) Story, Screenplay, Direction: Gauri Shinde Cast: Sridevi, Mehdi Nebbou, Priya Anand, Adil Hussain From the Bollywood cesspool emerges another hideous junk called English Ving… What?? Oh No! Wait a second. That is how I habitually start the reviews of Indian films. But every once in a while there comes a […]
(For Zarboan) Five decades from now when SI is long under the ground and all you schmucks have turned into senile dotards donning adult diapers and living in seniors’ centers, the Spanish film The Motorcycle Diaries will continue to delight moviegoers. For dos reasons, sweeties. Che Mystique – Burns Bright First, the flame of the […]