Who Needs PCs When We Can Have Tablets

If you’re planning on buying a PC or laptop in the U.S., may I suggest you hold off for a while. Given the slumping sales of desktop and notebook computers and growth in popularity of tablets and smartphones, there’s considerable pricing pressure on PCs. I expect that in the coming months there will be further […]

The Story of My Assassins – Masterpiece

Remember, son, the final seat of all achievement is neither the head nor the heart nor the muscles. It is the ass. Courage and determination lives in the ass! When the odds stack up against men, when the challenges mount, it is the ass that gives way first! All my life I have seen it. […]

Nagaya Shinshiroku Review – Timeless

Although set in a distant era in a far-off country with an incomprehensible language, Nagaya Shinshiroku (a.k.a. Record of a Tenement Gentleman) is completely timeless in its appeal. The cast, the producers and director of this Japanese film have long departed to the theatre in the sky but the images endure to delight new generations […]

Watch Criterion Classics Free This Weekend

Movie streaming service Hulu is making available the Criterion Collection of great movies for free this long, President’s Day weekend. These are movies made by renowned directors, legends like Francois Truffaut, Charlie Chaplin, Jean-Luc Godard, Ingmar Bergman, Nagisa Oshima, Andrei Tarkovsky, Akira Kurosawa and David Lynch.