Girl From India (1982)
Somewhere between the 1982 film Girl From India and and the 2008 film Slumdog Millionaire, men outside of India learned what men inside of India had known for a long time.

India is alive with beautiful and talented women.


Some of our favorite actresses of Indian descent:


Freida Pinto Slumdog Millionaire







Suleka Mathew Men in Trees, HawthoRNe
Born in Kerala, India








Archie Punjabi The Good Wife, Bend it Like Beckham
Raised in Mumbai, India








Parminder Nagra ER, Bend it Like Beckham
Born in Leicester, England








Navi Rawat Numb3rs
Born in Malibu, CA







Devika Parikh Three Rivers, The West Wing, 24
Born in Gaithersburg, Maryland








Rhona Mitra Party of Five, Boston Legal, Gideon's Crossing, Underworld: Rise of the Lycans, The Gates, Nip/Tuck, Etc...
Born in London, England






And did we mention Rhona Mitra?

The global economy stalled out two years ago and pitched into a tailspin.

Of course, that isn't news to anyone who's been on the planet for the last 20 months.

But given the current doldrums it's hard to remember that things weren't always like this.

There was a time when the American Dream was robustly alive, ridiculously well and doing cartwheels down Main Street.

And Sears was one of the primary drivers of the high-horsepower economy.

You remember Sears, don't you?




The World’Äôs Largest Store

Once upon a time, Sears was bigger than Wal-Mart. Sears was the Amazon of a previous age. That was before they were swallowed up by Eddie Lampert, who had previously gobbled up Kmart, in his single-minded and hopelessly failed mission to rule the world of retail.

But this is now and then was then

The commercials Sears ran during the 1980s epitomized the boom years of an economy now almost totally forgotten.

Belting out the tagline There's More for Your Life at Sears, these ads were filled with animated, ecstatic people who just couldn't wait to get to the mall and SPEND MONEY.

And if they were lucky, in the process of buying happiness and fulfillment with cash, they'd get the chance to rub shoulders with sports greats of the day like Arnie Palmer and Evonne Goolagong.

These commercials look totally hokey and mawkish today, but there's something sweet and nostalgic about them, no?

Were these the good old days?

Step Aside Ed Wood

Ed Wood certainly got a lot of attention for making movies that were so bad they were absolutely compelling. After all, Plan 9 From Outer Space is arguably the best-worst movie of all time.

But William Castle was no slouch either.

Castle was the producer/director of dozens of B-movie horror films.

But more than that, he was the king of movie gimmicks.

Whether it was wiring theatre seats with electric buzzers, having skeletons zip through the audience on clotheslines at dramatic plot points, or offering fright insurance for movie patrons, Castle worked every trick in the book and invented new ones of his own.

And like Hitchcock, Castle also made an appearance in most of his films.

While Hitchcock generally made a short quiet cameo somewhere in his movies. William Castle often opened his films with a brief intro letting you know just how SCARY!! the film you were about to see truly was.

Though it's hard to believe it based on just how bad some of his black and white films were, Castle did eventually break into the big-time with one movie, starring Mia Farrow, that many regard as a classic.

Castle produced the 1968 thriller, Rosemary's Baby.

He wanted to direct it was well but the studio wanted someone with a better reputation to take the helm. Roman Polanski got the job but, of course, that's another story.


3D glasses? No! A special color-coded Ghost Viewer!! for 13 Ghosts




Lloyd's of London Fright Insurance anyone?





In Mr. Sardonicus, Castle gave you a chance to vote on the fate of the lead character with a thumbs-up/thumbs-down ballot card.





Homicidal had a 45 second Fright Break! to give you a chance to leave the theatre if you were too scared to sit through the rest of the movie!