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 […]
Folks, if you think Bollywood movies are trash, you ain’t seen real trash yet until you see those hideous, garish, ugly, crude SOWth Indian films. Here’s a list of 50 SOWth Indian films that you must not under any circumstance watch before you kick the bucket. 1. Villu 2. Aegan 3. Indiralokathil Na Alagappan 4. […]
(Recommended by SI reader shadowfax_arbit) Slipped the Alai Payuthe DVD into our player. Directed by Mani Ratnam, Alai Payuthe features B-grade Tamil film star Madhavan with Shalini (now Ajith’s wife) playing his heroine. Madhavan is not a bad actor but we wonder if anyone gives a flying f**k for this Nai-kutty (puppy) faced fella. After […]
Surely, the Japs have taken leave of their senses or perhaps it’s the delayed effect of the nuclear bomb we dropped on their parents’ heads back in 1945. We think the decline of Japan (the stagflation and all that) and their fascination for Muthu and its protagonist Rajnikanth is all of a piece. Decline of […]
(Recommended by SI reader a4apple) Finally, getting around to watching La Pianiste a.k.a The Piano Teacher. Directed by Michael Haneke, this French movie (with English subtitles) was nominated for a bunch of awards. Released in 2001, the 125-minute film features Isabelle Huppert as the piano teacher and Benoit Magimel as her student. The movie is […]
Was it a case of heightened anticipation that left us feeling disappointed with this 3D movie? Were we led to expect the impossible by the 98% ratings? Or was the movie Up just OK. Who can say for sure. But one thing’s for certain. Never again, folks. Never again will we be swayed by the […]