$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 […]
Sure, Indian movies are mostly unwatchable horror shows but it’s also important to remember that not all fine movies emerge from Hollywood. Oftentimes, some of the finest movies have come from across the pond. Three foreign movies that have attracted a great deal of attention in recent months are Of Gods and Men, In a […]
Who doesn’t like the Made in China stuff? Bet all ye cheap desi chutias jump in glee, salivating like epileptic dogs upon seeing the price tags on all those low-priced iPods, jeans, cell phones, umbrellas, laptops and what-not-goods, all Made in China. It’s not often we watch a documentary given our hectic schedule and the […]
Folks, there’s no need for all those effusive thank-yous. Oh well, if you insist. You are welcome, ma’am. It was a pleasure, sir. Yes, we know that over the last couple of years we’ve overwhelmingly exceeded your highest expectations with our Hindi, Tamil, English, Kannada and Foreign Language movie reviews. But today is not the […]
If Akshay Kumar’s forthcoming Kambakkht Ishq is indeed a remake of the 2002 Kamal Haasan-Simran film Pammal K. Sambandam, it’s a harbinger of more crap for Akshay Kumar fans and Bollywood addicts. And a reflection of the utter poverty of ideas and the current comatose state of Bollywood. Because Pammal K. Sambandam is garbage, plain […]
After a heavy desi lunch buffet at the Palace of Asia and then a Heineken, we’re in no mood to plug away at the keyboard. So, we’re gonna read the latest issue of the New Yorker for a few minutes, take a siesta for a few hours and then watch two Hollywood movies back to […]