Monthly Archives July 2006

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest

Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) is back in the Pirates of the Caribbean Sea - this time to repay his debt to Davy Jones (Bill Nighy) and his army of sea-phantoms - his soul. So, how would he save himself from becoming one of them. The movie was cool enough to give you the shudder, wondering [...]

Mumbai Blast - 7/11 puts off Blogspot.com

During the rush hour office timing on the faithful day of 11th of July, 2006 Mumbai was rocked by Multiple Bomb Blast on the Western Lines of its lifeline - the Local Train. Besides the many consequences, numerous deads, injured and many episodes associated with it, one thing the government did was to block many [...]

Merge Windows in Firefox

I am not sure if this was in the pre Firefox 2 era, but I just found that I can merge two Firefox windows by doing a Ctrl+Shift+M (Should be Option+Shift+M on the Mac). If this is a new feature in Firefox 2, this is a cool one. I looked around but could not find [...]

The Matador

Pierce Brosnan plays a hitman (Julian Noble) and Greg Kinnear is a salesman (Danny Wright). One night, they meet a bar and become sorta friends. The Matador is a nice, funny movie that can keep your lonely night filled with lonely chuckles. The movie is more fun and not really like those serious serial-killer-hitman movie.

It [...]

Superman Returns

With Brandon Routh as Superman, Superman really did returned. The movie was awesome and the flawless effects were cool enough to mermerize not only super heroes fans but all movie-buffs. Went to watch Superman Returns today on a rainy Sunday in Pune, India. This movie is about romance along side the fantasy adventure of a [...]

Memoirs of a Geisha

Unable to finish the book yet, I turn to the movie which I missed when it was released. It is about the Memoirs of a Geisha as narrated by Chiyo/Sayuri (played by Ziyi Zhang). The story took place in Japan during the time of the Hitler and the world war. It is about how Sayuri [...]