Der Spiegel: You could have started a company in Silicon Valley and lived in a home in Palo Alto with a swimming pool. Why did you decide to do the WikiLeaks project instead? WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange: We all only live once. So we are obligated to make good use of the time that we […]
The English word rabies is said to derive from the Sanskrit term rabbas meaning to do violence. Source: Rant: An Oral Biography of Buster Casey by Chuck Palahniuk P.81 Here’s a short excerpt from Palahniuk’s fine book: As I understand it, you have two types of rabies. There’s your “dumb” type, where you never go […]
Some SI blog readers came in their jetties at the mere mention of Madrasapattinam and hailed it as an exceptional, classy film and in the same breath damned Thillalangadi as a piece of shit. Well, the makkal theerpu (people’s verdict) is different. Folks, the Tamil makkal have spoken and spoken decisively in favor of Thillalangadi. […]
No surprise. No surprise. Khatta Meetha has fared badly at the U.K. box office too. Khatta Meetha’s opening weekend gross of £124,104 is worse than Akshay Kumar’s earlier movies like Singh is Kinng, De Dana Dan, Kambakkht Ishq, Chandni Chowk to China, Housefull and even Blue. Akshay Kumar’s Stock Falls See for yourself in the […]
You know in the not-too-distant past the Samurai folks in Japan used to handle shame very well. They’d get a ritual sword, plunge it deep into their stomachs and scoop out their entrails. If that gruesome act didn’t prove effective, they’d take the knife and cut their throat. Death was probably extremely painful but the […]
(For SI Blog readers kd36939, Gandhiji et al) Farewell a.k.a. L’affaire Farewell (French) is simply the best spy film we’ve seen in our life. And also the most sui generis spy film – we heard gun-shots only twice in the entire movie. Eschewing Indian films like Khatta Meetha and Pudangadi oops Thillalangadi that have earned […]