Stranded in the Jungle
Die, Danger, Die, Die, Kill! was stranded in the jungle for the month of May. Enjoy Todd’s reviews of jungle adventure movies, including a lot of South Asian films and guys dressed up as gorillas.
Paa! My Brain!
The poster for Paa calls it “A Very Rare Father-Son, Son-Father story.” It’s a rare father and son story where Abhisheck Bachchan plays the father of a 13-year-old boy with progeria. And who plays his prematurely aging son? His real life father, Amitabh Bachchan. Todd at 4DK has […]
For the Win!
Cover blurbs can be tricky things. Some authors see them as good publicity tools, and who’s to say they’re wrong? After all, it puts their name on books not their own, right there for eager readers to find. Others see them as favours to pay back to writers […]
NYAFF 2009 Video
Sad you couldn’t make the New York Asian Film Festival this year with all its pink films, Minoru Kawasaki and Wai Ka-Fai? It’s time to do something about it. Something sedentary, like watch the Q&A and festival fun from the comfort of your sofa or at your desk.
NYAFF 2009 and Hypnotic Escapism
The New York Asian Film Festival wants to help you escape joblessness, global pandemics and despair. Why don’t you let it? (Info here).
Mohammed Hussain’s Dirty Harry
“Where Hollywood’s films were full of urban grit and cinema verité style, Bollywood’s were full of blinding color and outlandish levels of artifice. This did not, however, deter Indian B movie king Mohammed Hussain from forging ahead with a remake of Don Segal’s Dirty Harry — one in […]
The Cultural Gutter 