Buried in a bean bag in a cabana by a tropical poolside, eyes glazed with sleep, stray lines of sweat staining the back of the T-shirt, it’s a little difficult to comprehend the power of a cyclone that just left Chennai gasping for breath, with only periodic emails from home a reminder of papers that arrived damp and delayed and groceries that did not arrive at all. Hopefully the year ahead, dear readers, will be free of inclemency. Happy 2012.
Happy new year
Posted on December 31, 2011
tejas
December 31, 2011
Sitting on a park bench…naah…I don’t have to be poetic. Happy New Year, Rangan!!
Anita
December 31, 2011
And tinker,tailor,soldier spy?
Shankar
December 31, 2011
Happy New Year, da.
Whenever I think of calling you, there is a damn cyclone up your neck of the woods!
Bundy
January 1, 2012
Happy new year to you, Mr. Rangan. I hope to get enlightened by more erudite reviews this year. Cheers.
Hermoine Granger
January 1, 2012
Happy new year to you, too! Hope you are having your fill of vadai-payasam today. Just thought you might enjoy this: http://sarcasan.tumblr.com/post/15076898554/2011-a-quick-review. And we know you don’t like top ten lists. Still, here goes: http://soundcloud.com/balajipatturaj/92-7-big-fms-best-of-take-it-4
venkatesh
January 1, 2012
Have a good one BR.
rameshram
January 1, 2012
Tinker tailor soldier spy is the best movie of the (bad) 2011. I was happy that my year ended on a satisfying note.
George Smiley was played too triumphalistically by Gary Oldman and the Bill haydon of colin firth was a tad too pretty boy and not enough hypnotic charismatic playboy, but the book (and the Alec Guiness version) set such impossibly high standards that no subsequent effort could have hoped to meet.
Helped that John Le Carre co produced this version.
Nice music too.
Raj Balakrishnan
January 1, 2012
Happy New Year to all.
Arun
January 1, 2012
Happy new year! Have a great one!
vikram
January 2, 2012
Hi BR, wishing you a super 2012 filled with good films, bullet-point reviews, good music and frequent updates to this blog
Lakshman
January 2, 2012
Waiting for your ‘Hugo’ review. Never before felt so bemused after watching a movie (Sangili Murugan might say “thambi Scoresese, Naan Seriyathane pathutrukken?)
Ramya
January 3, 2012
Happy New Year to you too BR!
Gradwolf
January 3, 2012
Happy New Year!
Mohan
January 3, 2012
Rangan, you are probably the only person who takes off to a TROPICAL getaway from bloody CHENNAI!!!
Mohan
January 3, 2012
Mounaguru was a very……….interesting film. Have you watched it yet?
rameshram
January 5, 2012
Murdoch fires Jim hoberman.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/movies/2012/01/jim-hoberman-village-voice-fired-critic-movie-reviews.html
brangan
January 6, 2012
Review-writing tips from Hoberman: http://www.ifc.com/fix/2012/01/j-hoberman-on-film-criticism