When No Strings Attached was released, Natalie Portman was riding high on the success of Black Swan, and predictably everyone was going gaga over her role in this movie. Catching the movie six months after, it doesn’t look so hot. Let’s talk about the storyline: two people keep bumping into each other and finally hook up for no strings attached sex agreement stating if one of them falls in love agreement ends. Obviously, we all know where…

When I started reading From the Holy Mountain by William Dalrymple, I struggled to put things in context as it covered the history and the current existence of Christian monasteries in the countries of Turkey. I figured to make sense of it all, I needed to read the history of Turkey – Wikipedia wasn’t going to be enough. I chanced upon “A Traveller’s History of Turkey” in the library. This book is a cliff notes version…

I do admit that St. Louis may not exactly be the most happening place in the US of A, but if you keep track, there is always a bunch of stuff happening over the weekend. One of our favorite things is to keep track of the University Theater circuit. There are still student performances and some good visiting actor groups. Here is a round-up of a few that we caught! The Crucible (Production by USML)…

Directed by Kamal Amrohi, Mahal is one of the first gothic horror movies to be made in Bollywood which would later inspire a series of Haweli main bhatakti aatma genre of movies. It also launched the careers of Lata Mangeshkar with her haunting rendition of ‘Aayega, Aayega’ and Madhubala with her expressive face. The review contains spoilers and if you plan to watch the movie don’t read ahead. So, What’s it about? Our hero, Hari…