Words can be fatal in China. Zhang Zhixin, a young Chinese woman, was executed in 1975 for “opposing the Great Helmsman Chairman Mao, opposing Mao Zedong thought, opposing the revolutionary proletarian line and piling offense upon offense.” To ensure that Zhang could not cry out at her execution, her vocal cords were cut. Jonathan Mirsky […]
Man, you got to watch this Oriental Western made by South Korean film-maker Kim Ji-woon to understand the difference between the Indian bilge and the films made in the small corners of the world. As even you schmucks would realize, the South Korean film The Good, the Bad and the Weird is inspired by Sergio […]
Hey, hey, we’re back again with a new edition of Incredible India, those only in India blood-curdling stories. * It’s no secret that India’s policemen are notoriously corrupt scoundrels, rapists, thieves, encounter specialists a.k.a murderers and big-time crooks. In the past, some Indian policemen were even known to pour acid into the eyes of arrested […]
Fasten your seat-belts, folks. Your favorite vigilante hero Batman is coming. Again. As in The Dark Knight Rises. Yes, the third installment in the popular Batman series is scheduled to hit the screens July 20, 2012. As with the earlier Batman films, this one too will be directed by Christopher Nolan. Apparently, the movie will […]
Hundreds of millions of dollars seems destined to go down the drain in the great Table rush of 2010 and 2011. It seems every little digital media twit has got his knickers/her panties wet over the Tablet phenomenon. We can’t scour over a publication without reading another gushing, drooling piece on these cool new Tablets. […]
Folks, it’s no secret that we’re great fans of the actor and director Clint Eastwood and went into acute depression after his 2008 film Gran Torino failed to snag even a single Oscar nomination (goddamn it, JFK was right about life being unfair). For some unfathomable reason, we did not see Eastwood’s subsequent film Invictus. […]