(Recommended by SI reader guruprasad) Just received the High Noon DVD from Netflix. Released in 1952, the 85-minute movie features Gary Cooper and our beloved Grace Kelly. Directed by Fred Zinnemann, the movie went on to win four Academy Awards including Best Actor for Gary Cooper. High Noon is not our first Gary Cooper film. […]
Who the f*** cares if our Bollywood bozos and the Indian multiplex owners are in a standoff over sharing the booty from the pathetic run of Hindi movies. There are plenty of alternatives from Hollywood in the coming weeks, according to the print edition of the Sunday New York Times (May 3, 2009), which had […]
Attesting to its growing popularity, online movie rental service Netflix has hit the 10 million subscriber milestone. Great for Desis As we wrote 14 months ago, for movie buffs living in the U.S., Netflix is an excellent source of Bollywood, Kollywood, Hollywood and foreign language movies. Whether it’s the crappy Drona, the ugly Dostana or the fine […]
If Danny Boyle had made Salaam Bombay, would the movie have been subjected to the same venomous attacks that some members of the Bollywood ignorati have heaped upon his new award-winning movie Slumdog Millionaire. Most likely, yes. A lot of calumnies would have been heaped upon Danny. After all, Danny is a gora, a westerner from the […]
Hello, did we hear anyone say that only Bollywood movies are crappy and that all Hollywood movies are wonderful? Hey, we are talkin to you. Yes, you. Answer us, buddy. Cat got your tongue now? Well, in that case let’s tell you what we think – Seven Pounds is not a paisa vasool flick. WTF […]
The new James Bond thriller Quantum of Solace (Daniel Craig) has had a decent opening at the U.S. box office. For its opening weekend (Nov 14-16, 2008), Quantum of Solace came in at No-1 at the U.S. box office with a total gross of $70.4 million, way ahead of the previous Bond flick, Casino Royale […]