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- Movie Review: Mozhi - Hype Kills the Movie
It’s the dignified flash of Jyothika’s wrists that gives the first clue that Mozhi won’t be an ordinary Tamil movie....
- Movie Review: Chak De! India - About Patriotism, Not Sports
Chak De! India banks more on the emotional high of patriotism than on the sport it is based on -...
- Movie Review: The Departed - Oscar's Best and Scorsese's Weakest
In view of its Oscar win, taking re-look at The Departed might be appropriate. I don’t think this is Martin...
- Wikicamp in Chennai on February 25
A few months ago, I was an organiser for Blogcamp.in. Recently, I got to know that the guys behind Blogcamp...
- Movie Review: Casino Royale And The Reinvention Of Bond
How difficult was it to reinvent James Bond? When critics say that Daniel Craig is the best bond since Sean Connery...
- Movie Review: Aquirre, The Wrath of God by Werner Herzog
In 1560 and 61, a group of conquistadors from Spain made a doomed attempt to invade El Dorado, the city...
- Movie Review: Vallavan: Melodrama of the Twisted Kind
This is the story of a twisted male gadfly caught in a seductive but treacherous web of a monstrous female...
- Movie Review: Cars - Not As Bad As Made Out To Be
A few months ago, Cars, the latest movie from Pixar was released to mixed reviews. It was not received by...
- Book Reviews: Eragon, Eldest
Christopher Paolini was only 15 when he began writing Eragon, the best-selling book that would change his life. The book...
- Movie Review: Unakkum Enakkum (Something Something)
In the weeks since this movie's release, it amazes why nobody who saw this film mentioned its similarities with Maine...
- Report: BlogCamp-2006, Chennai: An Organizer's Story
It was during a Chennai Metblogs meeting that Kiruba first told me about BlogCamp. BarCampers, who had just a few...
- Movie Review: The Manchurian Candidate
Political movies from Hollywood are often accused of being naïve, lacking in acumen and foresight. Even movies like Munich and...
- Movie Review: Elizabethtown
Cameron Crowe is the director of two movies I absolutely adore, Jerry Maguire and Almost Famous. I haven't seen Vanilla...
- Movie Review: Good Night, and Good Luck, Full of Atmosphere
Good night, and Good Luck is George Clooney's recent film on Edward R. Murrow, the CBS newscaster and radio host,...
- Movie Review: Pudhupettai - Celebrating the Obscene and the Guttural
Pudhupettai chronicles the life of 'Kokki' Kumar, a superhero who single-handedly murders almost the entire cast of the movie in...
- Movie Review: Iqbal: Inspiring Tale Of A Cricketer
Iqbal is in many ways the first of its kind movie in Hindi. I don’t remember seeing a Hindi or...
- Karunanidhi likely to be next CM in Tamil Nadu
The DMK is most certain to sweep back to power in Tamil Nadu and in great style too. Out of...
- Government Staff Hesitant to Vote in Tamil Nadu Elections
Government employees in the state, who continue to be haunted by the repercussions of the 2003 strike, are hesitant to...
- Movie Review: Walk the Line
Johnny Cash began singing sometime during the 1950s, or late 40s. He was pre-Bob Dylan. Quitting the Air Force after...
- Book Review: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, by Mark Haddon
Christopher Boone, a 15-year-old living in a small town in the UK, suffers from Asperger's Syndrome, an autistic condition. He...
- Elections in Tamil Nadu: Why The Voter Apathy?-- Part I
During every election, a significant chunk of the population does not exercise its right to vote. During the last Assembly...
- Movie Review: Cellular - a B-movie with Basinger
A Hollywood script involving every nightmare set in the world of mobile phones was waiting to happen. But as Hollywood...
- Desi Film Dose - Film Reviews From Desicritics
One of the things, that I was asked to do when I joined Desicritics as a Film and Media Editor...
- A Tribute to Grandpa
My grandfather Sundara Ramaswamy, who died over a month ago, leaves behind a rich legacy shaped by his written...
- A Crush at Work
Two jobs and three years back, I met a girl in my office. She was cute, bubbly. We never had...
- Violence at Tamil Nadu Deemed Universities
The student unrest in Sathyabhama University on the Old Mahabhalipuram Road in Chennai has shut the varsity down indefinitely causing...
- DVD Review: Lolita
Lolita marks the beginning of what I consider to be Kubrick's creative peak. Three films made before Lolita are quite...
- Tamil Nadu Politics - Poll Masala
The seat sharing within the Democratic Progressive Alliance (DPA), the main Opposition coalition in Tamil Nadu is over, for the...
- Movie Review: Memoirs of a Geisha - The Secret World of a Geisha
The movie is in a way the female version of Gladiator. In the Ridley Scott movie, the Gladiator dares to...
- Vaiko - Playing His Cards Right
The Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK) on March 4 (Saturday) decided to leave the Democratic Progressive Alliance (DPA), the main...
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