(Recommended by SI readers Guruprasad, StrYngLad74 & Viswajithkn) Mon dieu, never have our old, tired eyes fallen on such pitiful acting. Urmila Matondkar and her sadistic accomplice in crime Jackie Shroff have butchered the 1995 Bollywood movie Rangeela with one of the clumsiest performances we’ve ever beheld on the big screen. The nightmarish quality of […]
Wake Up Sid Review – Nice Acting, Stupid Story We must be gluttons for punishment. Why else would we go to a 10:30PM ET show of a Bollywood movie. There are about 40 people in the movie hall. Gujjus and Telugus around. Horrid theatre. Oh, well, it’s a Ranbir Kapoor-Konkana Sen movie. Both are decent […]
Folks, there’s no need for all those effusive thank-yous. Oh well, if you insist. You are welcome, ma’am. It was a pleasure, sir. Yes, we know that over the last couple of years we’ve overwhelmingly exceeded your highest expectations with our Hindi, Tamil, English, Kannada and Foreign Language movie reviews. But today is not the […]
By God, where did this weirdo spring from? Who? Who? Oh, we’re talking of this desi nut case we encountered (hey, we mean American encounter, not the Indian style dishoom-dishoom encounter) the other day. Fella said his name was Sunny Chugh and claimed to be the owner of Palace of Jaipur Indian restaurant on Hamilton […]
Time hangs heavily on our hands today. So we told ourselves, sweetie, tis’ time for a nice flick. As we were trolling through Netflix‘ Instant Play collection, we stumbled upon the Swedish film Let the Right One In. Looks interesting. Definitely. A quick glance at the reviews suggests that the movie has found considerable favor […]
Kaminey Fares Well at U.S. Box Office Not even that whacko emetic Priyanka Chopra can mar the charm of Kaminey. Folks, simply put Kaminey is a lovely film. So good you’d be forgiven for mistaking it for a slick Hollywood crime flick. Exceptional Thriller Kaminey is that exceptional Bollywood thriller where the story, acting (the […]