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The Rise of Rebooted Franchises

Mister Viddy wrote 2 months ago: So I’ve already given my opinion on the new Star Trek movie and it looks like the upcoming Ter … more →

Tags: Culture, Current Events, Hollywood, Reviews, writing, Franchises, Movies, Reboot, Sequels

Delhi 6: A Motley Microcosm1 comment

Lazy Lump wrote 4 months ago: “Delhi 6″ tries to realize a lot of things as a film – and even though it succeeds mostl … more →

Tags: Delhi, India, Music (Bollywood), Bollywood, delhi 6, film, Movie, Review

Hollywood Bollywood - Slumdog Millionaire3 comments

Lazy Lump wrote 6 months ago: It is the season of over-hype waves and things working by riding on them. An undeserving “Ghajini” b … more →

Tags: India, Bollywood, Movies, Slumdog Millionaire

A cultural analysis of Bollywood directors and their direction!

Guru wrote 6 months ago: As usual, Bharadwaj Rangan has some very interesting things to say: It’s becoming increasingly appar … more →

Bharadwaj Rangan in the New Year!

Guru wrote 6 months ago: Bharadwaj Rangan is not very happy with the very first offering of Bollywood this year – Kaash … more →

Tags: humour, Review, Rant

THAT was Ghajini???4 comments

Lazy Lump wrote 6 months ago: Ghajini only goes on to show what hype can do for a movie. The movie may well be on its way to becom … more →

Tags: Bollywood, ghajini review, films, Movies, Aamir Khan

Adi Ne Bana Di Jodi!2 comments

Lazy Lump wrote 7 months ago: Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi is a commendable attempt by Aditya Chopra to provide the audience a wholesome fa … more →

Tags: India, Music (Bollywood), aditya chopra, Bollywood, Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi, yashraj

A work of art

Guru wrote 7 months ago: That is how Uma describes the latest movie Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! … more →

Tags: Oye Lucky Lucky Oye

"Raga On" Anyone?5 comments

Lazy Lump wrote 10 months ago: “Rock On” seemed to have become a cult movie already within days of its release. The Monday late-nig … more →

Tags: Mind Musings, Farhan Akhtar, Hindustani classical, Indian Classical Music, Music, Rock on, shastriya sangeet

Dasavatharam (not quite a review!)3 comments

Guru wrote 1 year ago: Watched it yesterday. Not much to say except that Kamal Haasan’s biggest problem is that he do … more →

Tags: Dasavatharam, kamal haasan

Sex, City and Crystal skull!

Guru wrote 1 year ago: Excerpts from Sex and the City and The kingdom of crystal skull (where else?): Page 4 INT. CARRIE … more →

Tags: humour, the kingdom of crystal skull, Sex and the City

What does Indiana Jones carry in his shoulder bag?

Guru wrote 1 year ago: That is what some archaeologists are wondering about! Unbelievable: Being Caught Without a Pencil O … more →

Tags: archaeology, humour, indiana jones

Seagal + van Damme = Unfinished explosions ! :-)

Guru wrote 1 year ago: Over at McSweeney’s, van Damme endorses Obama; along the way, you get some insider information … more →

Tags: humour, Politics, Jean Claude Van Damme, Barack Obama, Steven Seagal

Scienctific knowledge as fishnet

Guru wrote 1 year ago: From this Times review of Expelled (via Greg Laden): The man made famous by Ferris Bueller, however, … more →

Tags: Ben Stein, expelled

Tributes: a polymath, a Buddhist scholar, a filmmaker and a SF writer1 comment

Guru wrote 1 year ago: The magazine edition of the Hindu today contains (quite unplanned I suppose), tributes to several in … more →

Tags: Anthropology, History, Literature, People, Religion, Science, Anthony Mighella, arthur c. clarke, D D Kosambi

Expelled: is it slick or does it suck?1 comment

Guru wrote 1 year ago: Andy Guess at Inside HigherEd (emphasis mine): The movie, “Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed,” is al … more →

Tags: Documentary, expelled, RIchard Dawkins

Sonar Kella, Ray and Indian Railways!

Guru wrote 1 year ago: There are a couple of memorable sequences in Sonar Kella; one is the (blind?) street singer and her … more →

Tags: India, sholay, Chayya Chayya, mani ratnam, Satyajit Ray, Sonar Kella

A film I would love to see

Guru wrote 1 year ago: Vaughan’s description (at Mind Hack) itself is so rivetting, leave alone the movie: Although M … more →

Tags: Documentary, health, Henry Marsh, Igor Kurilets, The English surgeon

Background scores of movies

Guru wrote 1 year ago: Some of the finest background scores for movies I have heard are from Ilayaraja. I used to love the … more →

Tags: Music, There Will Be Blood, Greenwood, Background score


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