Deiva Thirumagal has the odious perversion of not merely being stolen (from the 2001 Hollywood film I Am Sam) but also the dubious distinction of being a downright trashy movie. Too Hard for Vikram Folks, one of the biggest disappointments of Deiva Thirumagal is Vikram’s mediocre acting. Truth be said, Vikram is not even a […]
(For SI Blog readers Boopalan, VJ Cool, KD and others) No, we wouldn’t go so far as trashing V for Vendetta. A watchable movie with some interesting dialogs, V for Vendetta (a 2006 film based on the eponymous DC Comics series) raised our hopes a few minutes into the movie that it could well be […]
By Naveen After tackling a surprisingly easy Friday evening Chicago traffic, we settled down into the comfortable seats of Big Cinemas (Niles, IL) with the hope of watching at least a mildly entertaining Tamil movie in the rather oddly named “180” – No Rules. When the show began, the censor board certificate revealed the official […]
For a country that prides itself on its software talent, India’s hardware dreams are, well, pipe-dreams. A decade ago, it was the Simputer, a handheld low-cost Linux-based computer, that was all the rage in India. But despite the tall claims of how the Simputer would be the hardware savior of India and other Third World […]
Psychopathic killer Kyung-chul fondling his au naturel victim’s arms: Your skin is so soft. Looks like it’ll be easy. Bleeding, battered young woman Joo-yeo: Please don’t kill me. Kyung-chul: Why not? Joo-yeo cries: I’m pregnant. Please, let me live. Kyung-chul pauses for a second, lifts his hand high and brings the knife down swiftly, brutally […]
All ye schmucks have heard of a notebook and netbook but does Chromebook ring a bell? Most likely not given your Bollywooded and Kollywooded brains. 😉 Ain’t you putzheads lucky for y’all got SI to walk you through the thicket of technology. What is a Chromebook? Chromebook is Google’s small form factor computer designed for […]