Borat

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Jagshemash, Wembley

Borat doesn’t do it for this Londonista, we have to admit – but we do concede that he was a brilliant creation. Oh, but that Sacha Baron Cohen had given him a fictitious homeland rather than using a real nation. Staines-istan, perhaps. The Kazakhs must …

Elsewhere in the Ist-a-Verse

There’s so much going on across the Ist-a-Verse that it’s almost impossible to keep track these days. Fortunately, we do it so you don’t have to! Londonist took a walk through Oliver Twist’s London, thanks to a gorgeous map layer for Google Earth. They also …

News From Around The ist-a-verse

Jagshemash! Borat is a hit. It’s getting rave reviews, grossing millions, and definitely the most quotable thing we’ve seen in ages. But Borat seems to have missed most of the -ist cities, and we were all wondering how the film would have been different if …

Saturday Cinema Summary!

This week – Borat visits the USA (Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan) and British rom-com set on Hampstead Heath, (Scenes of a Sexual Nature). When we saw the posters for this on the tube, with five star reviews …