Monthly Archives: August 2008

BANGKOK DANGEROUS

August 14, 2008 – 12:59 pm

Nicholas Cage, one of Hollywood’s most prolific actors, will star in the Pang Bros. remake of BANGKOK DANGEROUS in which Cage plays a hitman on a job in Bangkok. The Thai version feature a deaf-mute killer, but the 2008 film will change this handicap to allow Cage to convey his heart-felt sincerity with words instead […]

By Peter | Posted in Bangkok, Movies / TV | Comments (0)

CATCH A FIRE bob marley and the wailers

August 14, 2008 – 12:51 pm

CATCH A FIRE was released by Island Records in 1973. The only reggae song to hit the US Charts prior to the Wailers had been DA ISRAELITES by Desmond Dekker, which was featured in the movie THE HARDER THEY COME hitting NY theaters. No one in America was ready for reggae, but Bob Marley’s music […]

By Peter | Posted in music | Comments (0)

How far they fall

August 13, 2008 – 1:59 pm

Thai officials have declared the former PM Thaksin and his wife to be fugitives from justice. The government has formally requested the UK to extradite the deposed leader and his wife under the terms of the 1911 Siam-Great Britain extradition treaty. The Thai courts are seeking to complete the seizure of the Shinawatra assets estimated […]

By Peter | Posted in Crime, Thailand | Comments (0)

HOLLY k-11 SALVATION

August 13, 2008 – 1:48 pm

The 2006 film HOLLY is a faux-documentary about a young American seeking to rescue a 12 year-old girl from the notorious brothels of Phnom Penh’s K-11. The movie unfortunately the low-rent monotone plot fails to convey a sense of salvation for the two protagonists in this modern version of THE WORLD OF SUZIE WONG. Micholas […]

By Peter | Posted in cambodia, Sex | Comments (0)

Like father like son

August 13, 2008 – 1:35 pm

In 1991 the USA under George Bush recognized the pre-Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact 1933 borders as the border of Georgia to the consternation of Russia. South Ossetia was absorbed into the new Trans-Caucusas republic, despite the descendants of the Alans outnumbering the Georgians. The 1991 conflict between the two nationalities led to the exodus of nearly 100,000 […]

By Peter | Posted in america, War | Comments (0)