A bonkers of a movie to fall in love with After watching Everything Everywhere All At Once (EEAAO from now on), I want to watch Daniels’ earlier movie, Swiss Army Man. The premise of that movie is something along these lines. A man finds himself stranded on a deserted island…

The Banshees of Inisherin — In Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, his last outing, Martin McDonagh made a movie about vengeance, violence, and acceptance of death. It was a targicomedy of sorts. The story is set in a small, remote and fictional town with an insidiously pessimistic name — Ebbing, Missouri. A town where the…

To my HolidAI party — So, I have been playing around with multiple AI bots during the last couple of weeks. Yes, they all are impressive. Yes, the more I have explored and have learned about the possibilities, the more I am at loss for words. Sure, I have some concerns and apprehensions around some…

And the accidental ascension to the throne — If you have read the book(s), you would know that one of the reasons for Ponniyin Selvan still being the most popular piece of Tamil literature even after 70 years of its release is the inherent goodness that Kalki manages to infuse throughout the book. There are no real evil…

Chum Jetze! — Tennis is the sort of sport that puts you in the middle of a huge stadium with thousands of people watching. And it’s just you. You have put yourself through intense physical and mental training for years to get here. You have listened to your coach a dozen times before…

Saul Gone — ******* Spoilers ahead ******* During the last few moments in the series finale of Better Call Saul, aptly titled, Saul Gone, we see Kim and Jimmy share a cigarette. Very much like how they did in the very first episode of the show, titled, Uno. The shot from the finale…

The song of the lone rider — 1054 years ago, on the 18th day of the Thamizh month “Aadi”, or loosely speaking, sometime in early August, a lone handsome young man was riding his horse along the banks of what we now call the Veeraanam Lake. Veeranarayanapuram Lake (as it used to be called) is a huge…

And the independent state legislature doctrine — “Today, we answer this question: does our state constitution recognize that the people of this state have the power to choose those who govern us, by giving each of us an equally powerful voice through our vote? Or does our constitution give to members of the General Assembly, as they…

It’s the perfect closure — It’s not even 72 hours since the mass shooting that took away 19 children’s and 2 adults’ lives in Uvalde, TX and the Republican leadership seems to have arrived at a consolidated message already in response to the gun problem that is plaguing the country. It’s not the usual “Thoughts…