Bourne Legacy Review – Paisa Vasool

Hey schmuck, yes, I’m talkin to you – Jason Bourne is not indispensable in Bourne Legacy. Nor are Matt Damon and director Paul Greengrass must-haves. Jeremy Renner, Rachel Weisz and director Tony Gilroy will do just fine. I must confess that after scanning all the negative reviews, I did harbor some trepidation before entering the […]

The Motorcycle Diaries – Remarkable

(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 […]

The Women on the 6th Floor – Delightful

Screw Blockbuster! Screw Netflix Instant! Screw RedBox! I’m back on the Netflix DVD train, the only place where you can reliably depend on an eclectic collection of movies in the U.S. This afternoon with a glass of Chocolate Gin cocktail in my hand and fried peanuts seasoned with curry leaves, grated ginger and coriander perched […]

Critics Hammer Bourne Legacy

I’ve always been ambivalent about a Bourne movie without Matt Damon. It’s like embarking on a mission to make a bad Indian movie without Abhishek Bachchan or Ajith. No Abhishek Bachchan or No Ajith, no guarantee of a bad-ass Indian film. Mission Impossible. 😉 Ditto with the Bourne films. No Damon or No Paul Greengrass […]

Incredible India’s Pride – First Rabid Dog

India has very little to be proud of. No gold medals in the Olympics. No good movies. No good leaders. No good people. But one thing India has lots of – Rabid Dogs! Oh, I mean of the quadruped kind (we’ll deal with the biped rabid curs on another occasion). 😉 My favorite newspaper, the […]