Rajeev Srinivasan on why he fears Dr Singh's State visit to Washington, DC may be disastrous. In the old black-and-white Frank Capra film Mr Smith Goes to Washington an idealistic small-town man......
You all know the character. He was rich, powerful, handsome and commanded the respect of even the most shrewd businessmen in the world. But that's no way to run a business in reality, at least not......
Call it inspiration or imitation, reworking a Hollywood hit into a desi potboiler is one of Hindi film industry's constant specialties. Be it Chori Chori, the black and white musical which......
Frank Capra's It happened one night (1934) starring Clarke Gable and Claudette Colbert has inspired many remakes. First, it was Anant Thakur's Chori Chori in 1956 with Raj Kapoor and Nargis and......
The beauty that killed the beast is dead.Fay Wray, the blonde bombshell who screamed to fame on King Kong's palm in the 1933 classic, died in her Manhattan apartment on August 8. She was 96. Wray,......
Reese Witherspoonis charming and fun in Legally Blonde 2: Red WhiteAnd Blonde,but is let down by an inept script and heavy-handed direction that gets her to deliver impassioned speeches. As a......
Ever since it moved permanently to the sun and sands of Goa some years ago, with the aim of attracting a better class of guest and quality films from round the world, the reverse has happened to......
George Bailey has waited a long time to take his place at cricket's top table and the 31-year-old has no intention of being distracted by the debate over whether one-day form, however rich,......