The World’s Fastest Indian may be successful Australian director Roger Donaldson’s most personal film to date. That is, after you consider the illustrious director’s previous picks of eclectic flicks such as the Tom Cruise romance Cocktail (1988), sexy thrillers No Way Out (1987...
Censorship…searching for WWII treasure…trouble in the South…war against drugs—don’t these sound a bit too familiar? Next thing you know Purachai will be back in town telling us what time we should go to bed. At least “alien jelly” is new.
We know how...
GEMINI (May 21-Jun 20): “Do you want to sell sugar water for the rest of your life, or do you want to change the world?” That’s the question asked by Marc Hedlund in the intro to his “Proverbs for Entrepreneurs” (http://snipurl.com/ndlv). Since you’re...
Kelvin Tong’s latest “art” film Love Story is convoluted and pretentious.
If Love Story is the benchmark of what a good local film should be, then Singapore is in serious s**t. This Kelvin Tong directed “art” Mandarin film, which took home the Best Director accolade at...
Though most of us are familiar with your face, we really don’t know anything about you. Tell us a little about yourself.
My name is Raj Brahadersink, but people call me “Baboo.” I am an Indian Hindu who grew up in Bombay. When I was 18 years old, my brother-in-law asked me to...
Work From Home, Earn $$$!
Have you ever seen some of the ploys to get you working from home, most of which involve a lot of people and guarantee a boatload of money? If you’re like us, you may have wondered whether or not these claims are true. Well, Kit Chanyaprasert is someone who actually...
People say that Bangkok is an animal-friendly city, but after being rejected from bringing your four-legged child into department stores, restaurants, hotels, and even Suan Lumpini—where herds of soi dogs are seen strolling everyday—you might start doubting the notion. At least now...
We begin this first installment of Money Talks with the story of rapper MC Hammer. In the early ‘90s, “Hammer,” as he was famously known, was on top of the world thanks to his booty-shaking hit “Can’t Touch This.” He made tons of money and spent it on multi-...
After earning a degree in film in Berkley, California, Peter Ho-Sun Chan or Peter Chan has become a producer, a director and a scriptwriter, making more than 30 films in the past 20 years. His film Comrades: Almost a Love Story or Tian Mi Mi (1988) has been acclaimed as one of the finest Hong Kong...
For years those fat-asses in the West have been stressing over calories and carbs, letting Atkins and South Beach rule their lives, while we guiltlessly enjoy plate after plate of khao phat and bowl after bowl of ba-mii. Oh, and kalamang after kalamang of full-strength beer. Alas, all of this...
