SI Thrilled – Ram Leela Scores Big at BO

I’m pleased as punch! So pleased and thrilled that I’ve opened a bottle of Soju to celebrate, my poor health notwithstanding. Bollywood director Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s lovely film Ram Leela has done remarkably well at the U.S. box office. Pssst, Ram Leela has done better than even the super-hero film Krrish 3. For the opening […]

Krrish 3 Review – Best Krrish

No, Krrish 3 is not swoonworthy fare. Merely, the best in the Krrish series of super-hero films and one of the rare endurable Bollywood movies. Super-Hero Meets Super-Villain Krrish 3 outclasses other Indian super-hero films like Krrish 2, Enthiran and Ra-One in four respects: * Super-villain Kaal (Vivek Oberoi) is an unusual character with an interesting […]

Boss Review – Undiluted Trash

To say I was surprised by the turnout for the opening show of Boss, Akshay Kumar’s latest putrid gift to his fans, would be an understatement. At AMC 25 in Times Square NYC, there were about 30 people for the 12:40PM opening show on a week day! And to my great dismay, several members of […]

Captain Phillips Review – Electrifying

$30,000? What am I? Do I look like a beggar? – Pirate captain Muse sneers at Captain Phillips’ offer to take $30,000 from the ship’s safe and disappear in the new Hollywood film Captain Phillips I seem to be enjoying a remarkable run of luck these days with Hollywood movies. Although in two minds whether […]

$45 CuBox-i Computer a Sure Dud with Masses

Forget low-cost Indian computing duds like Simputer and Aakash. Meet CuBox-i, a new low-cost computer starting at $45 that has no hope of success in the mass market. CuBox-i Features CuBox-i is a line of four small form factor computers from SolidRun, an Israeli startup. The computers are powered by Arm processors and run on […]