…Continued from Part -1 Ring-Ring-Ring-Ring!! The music/loan-sale/importance reminder routine came to an abrupt end. The sound of the phone ringing at the other end, the fruit of all my hard work, rudely shook me out of my reverie on how I would accomplish the second and more treacherous part of my mission. The machine had been won over, now…
“Your mission, should you choose to accept it, will be to navigate through the ‘customer care’ innovation of a leading ‘international’ bank and get to talk to a human, make them understand a problem and get it resolved successfully, while staying sane and not using words like ‘supervisor’, ‘consumer court’, general swear words etc. Good luck!” (“This message will…
Director – Todd Philipps Cast – Robert Downey Jr., Zach Galifianakis, Michelle Monaghan, Jamie Foxx Genre – Road/Comedy/Buddy Watch Because – Galifianakis, Funny lines and moments Dont Watch Because – Tries too hard, Rushed, Unnecessarily long sequences, Missing situational humor, Does not live upto expectations Rating – ♥♥♥ out of 5 VERDICT – As expected, watchable with plenty of hilarious moments…
Director – Brothers Greg & Colin Strause Cast – Eric Balfour, Scottie Thompson, Donald Faison and David Zayas Genre – Sci-Fi/Horror/Zombie?/WTF Watch Becuase – Dont watch, but Special Effects, Air battles are good. Dont Watch Because – Everything else, especially the ‘acting’ Rating – 1/5 (For the honesty) VERDICT – An uninspired and featureless mashup of many alien-sci-fi themed movies with irritating, over-the-top onscreen…
It is a considerable #WIN on many fronts that Indians have taken to reading in droves, again. As I have said in Part 1, (Suggest you go through it, if you havent) a large chunk of the thanks for this has to go to Chetan Bhagat and the other pop-culture type novelists. There is no denying…
So the other day someone said: “The timeline of the history of Indian Fiction can be divided into two: Before Chetan Bhagat and After Chetan Bhagat”. Quite a statement to make, considering the fact that the only other major figure in history who had enough clout to split the timeline of anything was Jesus Christ. But…