Pacific Rim Review – Monstrous Nonsense

As if my summer of discontent was not frothing at the rim, I compounded my misery by watching Mexican director Guillermo del Toro’s $200 million ‘monstrosity’ Pacific Rim. Huge Difference, Eh? The essential difference between Pacific Rim and other Hollywood apocalyptic films is that this time the monsters come from under the sea instead of […]

The Green Mile Review – Wow!

He killed them with they love. That’s how it is everyday all over the world. – Death row inmate, the giant John Coffey in The Green Mile I haven’t derived this much pleasure from a Hollywood film in a long time. The Green Mile (1999) is the kind of “wow,” story-driven Hollywood movie that has […]

A Delicate Truth – Indelicate Crimes

British spy novelist John Le Carré is mad as hell. Le Carré is mad at America and its closest ally, UK. It’s no secret to careful readers of Le Carré that the author has turned anti-American in his autumn years. In A Most Wanted Man, the young Chechen falls victim at the end to U.S. […]

Lootera BO – Worse than Raanjhanaa

Despite all the hype, the oohs and aahs from the uncultured bozos, a wide release (100-screens) and the July 4 weekend, Lootera has not done well at the U.S. box office. For the opening five-day July 3-July 7 weekend, Lootera could manage only a measly $375,422 at the U.S. box office. That’s not an impressive […]

MSN TV – Microsoft Buries Another Flop

Adding to its long list of failed Internet ventures, Microsoft is shutting down its MSN TV Internet service on September 30, 2013. Those with long memories will remember that MSN TV had its origins in the Web TV venture founded by Steve Perlman et al. Founded in 1995, Web TV allowed the not-so-web savvy and […]

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