Premium Rush – A Brakeless Entertainer

Brakes are death. I hate brakes. – Bicycle messenger Wilee to his girlfriend Vanessa in Premium Rush Wow, who’d have thought a movie involving car bicycle chases would be this entertaining. Man, this is one scorcher of a film. Sometimes in movies even if the story is wafer-thin or almost non-existent the fun is still […]

No, I Haven’t Been Here; I Swear!

Bet you schmucks will believe anything! If someone were to tell you that the Sun revolves around the Earth, I won’t be surprised if you most of you putzheads say ‘Amen.’ 😉 Oh well, much as I love candy, liquor is quicker. Hey, it’s Friday! If you chutiyas happen to be on 8th Ave in […]

See Something, Say Something

These are challenging times in New York City. After the 9/11 attack on the twin towers and the Pakistani terrorist’s failed car-bomb attack in Times Square, the NYC cops have their hands full in thwarting another attack on the city. As always, one of the best defenses of any city or nation is an alert […]

Paradise Biryani Jackson Heights – Awful

Greater crimes are being committed on New Yorkers in the name of Biryani than by all the sleeper-cell jihadists supposedly holed up in Queens and Jersey City. No sooner did I hear that the Paradise Biryani Pointe chain had opened an outpost in the same location as the closed Mehfil on 37th Avenue in Jackson […]

Aval Oru Thodar Kathai – A Tamil Classic

Kavitha oru kavithai. Aval adhu kathai oru thodar kathai (Kavitha is a poem. Her story/struggle/sacrifice is never-ending) Aval Oru Thodar Kathai Cast – Sujatha, Jaiganesh, Kamal Hassan, Fatafat Jayalakshmi, Sripriya, Vijaykumar Music: M.S.Viswanathan Director: K.Balachandar In some respects, the 1974 Tamil film Aval Oru Thodar Kathai is junk. The story is wildly implausible, the acting […]