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Brilliant Cinema

It has been quite some time since I wrote something which wasn't fiction. Have been doing couple of things since the work has almost dried up and I have oodles of time left on my hands. Been reading 'The Best American Noir of the Century', which is an anthology of completely and utterly brilliant noir stories from the pulp fiction era. The stories are compelling enough for me to tweet about it from the phone, but not enough for me sit in the laptop and write. So, I took a break last night from hibernating underneath my duvet, Bangalore is really cold at this time of the year, especially for this time of the year. And my break consisted of watching X – men first class. Which was a good fare, nothing too great or too bad, but you do realize that Professor X is a massive twat and you are suddenly cheering for Magneto. And then I started listening to Simon Mayo and Mark Kermode's movie review podcast. Now this podcast has become my benchmark for what movie reviews should...