Slum variations

Wednesday, 8 April 2009, 23:20 | Category : Reviews
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If you enjoyed Slumdog Millionaire‘s rag to riches story but were left wondering what slum life was really like sans MIA soundtrack, I strongly suggest you go and read Katherine Boo‘s “Opening Night,” a feature article published in the February 23, 2009, edition of the New Yorker magazine. In a dazzling display of descriptive, cinematic [...]

Notorious B.I.G., revisited

Saturday, 24 January 2009, 1:25 | Category : Reviews
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Just came back from seeing the new Biggie movie, Notorious. Despite the fact everybody looks way better than their regular selves, and that Biggie’s mom (Volette Wallace, who’s also a co-producer of the film) ensured her character looks flawlessly hot from beginning to end – even the time she’s just come back from surgery – [...]