Multiple bomb blasts in the northeast state of Assam claimed at least 65 lives and left over 335 injured. The serial bomb blasts occurred in crowded market areas of Guwahati and in the districts of Barpeta, Kokrajhar and Bongaigaon in Assam today. Since 2002, India has been racked by bomb blasts over different parts of the country […]
We had heard in several quarters that Tamil film director Gautam Menon’s upcoming movie Vaaranam Aayiram (Surya) is inspired by the Tom Hanks movie Forrest Gump. So we got the Forrest Gump DVD from Netflix and watched it last night. If (a big if) Forrest Gump is indeed the source for Vaaranam Ayiram, it’d be […]
When our country is facing crises on multiple fronts, Republican nominee John McCain has trivialized the coming Presidential elections by picking up some faltu Joe the Plumber and making much ado about the fella. Folks, let’s not forget that just a few weeks ago our doddering Senator John McCain was telling everyone: the fundamentals of our […]
Ajith’s Shame – Hey, Even Genelia’s Better than Him Several movie critics have shown the middle finger to Ajith’s latest crap show Aegan. Not surprising since Aegan represents one of the low points of the Tamil movie industry. Here are some excerpts from various reviews of Aegan: BehindWoods: With that saggy little plot and actors […]
Nayantara, Aamir Khan (in the forthcoming movie Ghajini), Amrita Arora, Saif Ali Khan, Lara Dutta, Sanjay Dutt, John Abraham, Esha Deol ….the tattoo-ed list of the Indian glitterati goes on and on ad nauseum, ad infinitum. Forget the Bollywood and Kollywood stars, who in any case thrive on the oxygen of publicity. Even a sober Jewish friend of […]
Despite its release during the hot Diwali weekend, Heroes has failed to set the box office on fire in the U.S. Not surprising considering Heroes is nothing more than a boring Indian armed forces recruitment ad. For the October 24-26, 2008 opening weekend, this crappy movie had a gross of $326,425 in the U.S. The […]