Red Review – Extremely Entertaining

Sometimes even we do the dumbest things. Like, for instance, not watching Red for a whole  eight days after its release. Well, we made amends for our ill-conceived inaction during our visit to New York City the other day by hotfooting over to Regal E-Walk Cinema on 42nd St (between 7th Ave & 8th Ave) […]

Prasthanam Review – OMG, A Classy Telugu Movie!

(for SI blog reader Araj) Classy Telugu film? Ha ha ha. 😆 Now, now, don’t laugh, Schmucks. A classy Telugu film is not a contradiction in terms though many of you may have been conditioned to think so by seeing the likes of Allu Arjun, Nagarjuna, Jagapati Babu et al making asses of themselves and […]

Darling Review – Garbage, Redux

Darling kadhu, Parama Daridram idhi (horrible nonsense). Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the stinking garbage torch has been passed in Tollywood to a new Telugu movie Darling,  conceived in Hyderabad, midwifed in Switzerland and killed aborted in Araku. (Thank you, JFK) Folks, there’s absolutely […]

Felon, a Prison Drama

After watching the French prison drama A Prophet (directed by Jacques Audiard) recently, we were tempted to see more of this genre. And as we were desultorily scrolling through the Netflix Instant Play movie list this evening we stumbled upon Felon, based on a prison story. The 2008 film features Val Kilmer, Stephen Dorff and […]

Varudu Review – Mind-blowing Garbage

The sheer effrontery of the buffoons. To put out trash like Varudu and then to dare call it a movie is but a sign of the metastasizing malignancy eating away at the innards of Telugu movies. What were the clowns thinking, if these Tollywood simians are even capable of such hard tasks. Stupid Shit In […]

Snow Hell in North East Today

(Update: Just lost TV and cable Internet. Hope we don’t lose power) (Update 2: TV and cable Internet restored after 4 hours.) God, we’re completely snowed in today. Several inches of snow on the ground outside. And it’s still snowing. The weathermen are warning this is a big winter storm and that travel conditions could […]