How dare this bastard Suseenthiran do this to us. Dai badava *#$%&@, unnae vandhu paathukuraen da (we’re gonna fix you real bad). What the f*ck is wrong with Suseenthiran, director of the new Tamil film Naan Mahaan Alla? Here’s our diatribe vis-a-vis this bastard: * Did no one tell this bastard that Tamil movies ought […]
For a TV channel that’s supposed to have a major presence in India, NDTV’s application for the iPhone 4 has turned out to be a mighty big disappointment. We downloaded the application sometime back and have been playing with it on and off for the last few days. The version we’re running on our iPhone […]
(For SI Blog reader Kreacher) In an era of 140-character Twitters and 10-paragraph Blogs, reading books has turned out to be a major casualty. Who gives a f*ck for leisure reading, right? Verily, a dying tradition. Particularly, among our desi chutiyas who mistake ogling at pictures of Bollywood starlets’ thighs and tits for reading. Alas, […]
I can give you more than him. He probably can’t even kiss you without hurting you. – Werewolf to Bella Swan I know she’s in love with you but she’s in love with me too. She just doesn’t admit it. – Werewolf to the Vampire Say, do women in the 15-35 age group secretly fantasize […]
C’est magnifique! If you live in the U.S. and in the vicinity of where the English movie Winter’s Bone is playing and still don’t care to see it, then may you be stricken with the plague and suffer unendurable pain. Seriously, Winter’s Bone is that good a movie. Hungering for Relief Desperate to rid our […]
(For SI Blog reader Guruprasad) Some movies are indeed for the ages. Neither the passage of time nor the march of technology (like color, surround-sound, 3D et al) or new forms of entertainment can diminish their lustrous appeal. Like for instance, the 1957 Hollywood murder/court-room drama Witness for the Prosecution, our fifth Billy Wilder movie […]