This is the absolute LAST time I get taken in by the hype. What a terrible movie. From the first scene itself I knew something was wrong. The gruesome riot completely silent….fuckall. The first thing that hits you about the film is the complete ineptness of the crew.…
Nice book. Easy read. Gripping start to finish. Dick’s 1956 book is full of the neuroses of the Cold War, the references to the Communists and the War, but like all good books, there’s an element of general truth in what he writes. In the book…
I still have goosebumps from this one, and as I write the title above, they’re coming back with renewed force. This man writes and when you’re done reading him you can’t quite explain what he said, but the feeling lingers on like somewhere deep…
What happened? How did this book manage to go from being Fight Club to Five Point Someone via The Old Man and the Sea? The start of the book is taut and stark and evil but a little past halfway through the book Kesey totally loses the plot and the…
So I did a lot of reading on the bike trip, far too many to post in detail, so here’s a short summary: The Gabriel Club by Joydeep Roy Bhattacharya. Strange and intriguing book. I loved it. The story is nonexistent but the feeling is tremendous. Reminded me…
John LeCarre meets Roger Waters meets Graham Greene. Quintessentially English, tinged-with-existentialism writing dealing with England during the First World War. Stark characters and settings, hints of madness, despair and gloom. Very well written if you enjoy this kind of stuff. Pat Barker is a girl by the way.…
I first saw Phantom of the Paradise on Star Movies about half a century ago. I remember nothing of that now save for the fact that the film was deliciously bizarre. When Muthu said that he’d seen it and loved it, I said fuck! Muthu liked Magnolia, so…
The prudent man would begin a 1000 mile bike trip with detailed preparations, bike inspections and lists of things to take. The truth is, I’ve never been a prudent man. And so it was that shortly after having woken up one Monday morning (28th March), I decided that…
Just in case you’re wondering how I manage to say nice things almost always about the books I read, I just wanted to clarify that I don’t write reviews about books I hated. Even so, here’s a short list: The Tin Drum by Gunter…
Good film. The story isn’t that great but atleast here you have a director and an actor that understand the value of silence. Nana Patekar is Nana Patekar as usual. I have yet to see Nana in a role other than that of a slightly mad, junoon-chadha-hua character,…