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Pri’s latest blog post speaks of someone reaching her site after googling “when old tulsi will come back“. Quite naturally, this begs the question: why would someone want to know that? Pri’s rant on the topic: can you believe such people exist? i mean clearly this person has access to the internet. the wonderful genius…
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A senator gives an interview to a journalist about a new strategy being unveiled in the US war in Afghanistan. A professor of political science tries to persuade a brilliant but lazy student to fulfill the promise he has shown. Meanwhile, two of his students are stranded deep inside enemy territory in Afghanistan, in an…
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As of now, I have watched three of the four major Tamil movies released on Deepavali. The two big ones that got all the media attention prior to release were Vijay’s Azhagiya Thamizhmagan and Surya’s Vel. Incidentally, both had the heroes in double roles. Incidentally, both sucked. As it turned out, one helping of Dhanush…
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Frank Lucas rises to the top of the drug heap during the Vietnam War by importing heroin from South East Asia through some corrupt army personnel.He gets it directly from the source and cuts out the middle-man, thereby ensuring that his product is cheaper and better than the competition on the streets of New York.…
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Little Miss Sunshine is a good example of an enduring Hollywood sub-genre – Dysfunctional Families. Its setting is not Thanksgiving, but a road trip to California, where the youngest of the family is to take part in a beauty pageant for six year olds. The dramatis personae has more than its quota of oddballs, the…
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There are a few song sequences, especially an item number, that prove to be an unwelcome distraction. The first thirty minutes could do with some editing. The comedy track doesn’t really tickle the funny bone. The aforementioned flaws are the only ones I can think of. Outside of that, Polladhavan is just about perfect. The…
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Honestly, I didn’t like this movie much. It was a calculated sort of script that knew exactly what buttons it was pushing. Not a problem per se — even a lot of good movies do that. But the good ones also manage to convey something genuine in the midst of all that machinery. This one,…
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Okay, so here’s what happened. I was channel surfing this weekend and found that my viewing choices boiled down to: Die Hard 2 – The one where Bruce Willis fights off a bunch of terrorists in an airport Lizzie McGuire – The Disney TV series, not the movie version And, put your drink down before…
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I remember the first time I heard a remixed song — Bally Sagoo’s version of Chura Liya. In the beginning, I wasn’t sure what to make of it. The original is such a thing of beauty that the idea of adding random extra stuff to it seemed sacriligeous. This one didn’t work, but I could…
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I just came across this chat transcript with Anurag Kashyap, the maker of No Smoking on rediff. A fair number of questions in the chat are from people seeking an explanation for the events in the movie. For those of you who are interested, I have reproduced parts of the Q&A here. Q: I loved…
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