A half-decent book that is introduced as a collection of wizarding fables (with notes by a Harry Potter character), it soon loses its charm. When JKR buries the voices of the fables’ protagonists under the accompanying notes, the reader starts questioning the book’s length and wonders who the target audience is (definitely not *THIS* Muggle).

Well, sort of. It’s been more than three months and life’s still not conducive to blogging. But I don’t want to keep this place silent.  To be honest, while I have been gone from here, I have done a few posts over at my other hangout, Überdesi. But I have missed out on a lot of blogging here.
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In many ways, the work of a critic is easy. We risk very little yet enjoy a position over those who offer up their work and their selves to our judgment. We thrive on negative criticism, which is fun to write and to read. But the bitter truth we critics must face is that, in the grand scheme of things, the average piece of junk is more meaningful than our criticism designating it so.

- Anton Ego / Peter O’ Toole (Ratatouille, 2007)

One of my pet peeves has always been bad reviews and their reviewers, be it for movies, books or something else. And this line just stuck a chord with me. Reviews and reviewers are bound to be judgmental, but I can’t stand reviews that give away plot details, even if it is with the usage of a single word. (more…)

Gadget and tech site Gizmodo has just linked to an email whose sender claims that they hacked into Bloomsbury’s servers and got their hands on the final manuscript of the yet unpublished seventh and last part of the Harry Potter series -Â Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows . (more…)

Finally something credible comes out about the often rumored Tintin franchise. Variety magazine quotes Steven Speilberg and Peter Jackson on their plans for a Tintin trilogy. Jackson and Speilberg will each direct one movie while the third director has still not been decided on. (more…)

Oz, the crazy brain responsible for PFC, is now a published author. This was his first work of fiction and was first published online on his blog. The book is available for download in electronic format.

Way to go Oz bhai! Looking forward to seeing more of your work on print.