Chechens – Cursed or Curseworthy?

To be a Chechen is crime enough, sir, I assure you. We Chechen are born extremely guilty. Ever since czarist times, our noses have been culpably flat and our hair and skin criminally dark. This is an enduring offense to public order, sir….I am a Chechen black-arse. Why do I have to have a reason […]

Impossible Review – Beauty in Devastation

At the outset, let me warn you that The Impossible is not for Indians. The Naomi Watts-Ewan McGregor film Impossible is so well made that surely it’ll put off desi movie buffs hostile to anything with the slightest whiff of class. Nice Drama Good directors discover high drama in everyday occurrences, like happenings within a […]

How to Market Smartphones to Hanumans

Selling electronic gadgets to Hanumans scampering down from coconut trees, mango trees, neem trees, guava trees, palm trees, jack-fruit trees and a thousand other kinds of Indian trees is not an easy task. Not some thing your ivy league MBA types can even dream of handling. You see, selling smartphones to a nation of 1.2 […]

Night of the Hunter – Decent Serial Killer Film

A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit. Neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. Wherefore by their fruit, you shall know them. – Night of the Hunter Just as there are not many bank robbers running around the U.S., there aren’t many serial killers stalking the dark streets either. And the rare […]

Feature Phones – Beginning of the End; Samsung is King of Smartphones

Smartphone vendors shipped 216.2 million units in the first quarter of 2013, the first time that over half the total phone shipments in a quarter were smartphones. In the first quarter, smartphones accounted for 51.6% of all mobile phone shipments, according to market researcher IDC. Chinese Danger In a distressing development, two Chinese vendors Huawei […]

Pain & Gain – Just Pain for the Viewer

By Madmax673 In real life, there are some people who apologize for their sins with real regret. There are others who use apology merely as an excuse. This Hollywood bozo Michael Bay makes even Bollywood sinners look like saints by dishing out utterly boring, disgusting drivel. Seriously, this fellow should be hailed as one of […]

1 91 92 93 94 95 632