Schmucks, are you surprised? Really, is any one at all surprised that Avatar won the Visual Effects Oscar. Except perhaps the Kollywood clowns who probably ‘think’ Aayirathil Oruvan should have been in the list. Describing Avatar as a visual tour de force, SearchIndia.com wrote in the review of the film: Avatar is the most visually […]
Avatar (Mauro Fiore) won the top honors in the Cinematography category at the 82nd Annual Academy Awards tonight. Here were the other films in the running: Das weisse Band – Eine deutsche Kindergeschichte (2009): Christian Berger Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009): Bruno Delbonnel The Hurt Locker (2008): Barry Ackroyd Inglourious Basterds (2009): Robert […]
At the 82nd Oscars tonight, Mo’Nique won the Best Supporting Actress award for her performance in Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire. We watched the trailer of Precious several times but never got around to watching the movie itself. Here were the other contenders: Vera Farmiga for Up in the Air (2009/I) Penélope […]
Yet another Bollywood movie has turned into a disaster at the U.S. box office. Hey, who’s surprised. Featuring that worthless actress Deepika Padukone and Farhan Akhtar, Karthik Calling Karthik, which released in 70 theatres here, managed to gross only a piffling $179,643. Here’s how Karthik Calling Karthik fared compared to a few prominent Bollywood movies […]
Most Indians, with the exception of aberrations like Mahatma Gandhi, Baba Amte or Mother Teresa, are callous bastards with little or no concern for their fellow human beings. So, it’s with regret we notice from stray newspaper reports that the widespread pernicious Western business practice of layoffs is starting to creep into India too adding […]