Monthly Archives: December 2016

Two New Trailers! One Looking To the Future, One to the Past

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If I were Aamir Khan, I don’t know if I would have released a trailer for another movie today.  On the one hand, it gave a little extra buzz around the name “Aamir Khan”, so that’s good for the Dangal release.  But on the other hand, the buzz isn’t about Dangal, it is about something else.  A risk!  Oh, and also a trailer for Gurinder Chadha’s Viceroy House.  That’s the one that’s looking to the past, Aamir’s trailer is super cool and modern.

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Happy 10 Days Until Christmas!!! Here Are Some Christmas Songs You Might Have Missed

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Happy 10 Days to Christmas!  As I mentioned in my book, Christmas music is the only kind of music I really enjoy, besides film music.  Because it feels like it is creating a mood, like it is part of a bigger story, not just isolated art.  But this also means I spend all of December listening to Christmas songs and I can get pretty sick of the same old-same old.  Just in case you are in the same boat, here are some of the best not-standard songs I have run across. (for my favorite standards, check out my earlier Christmas post)

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Fascinating Industrial News! Karan and Shahrukh Heading for a Battle Over Streaming?

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The big headline news being reported everywhere is “Shahrukh movies come to Netflix“.  But here’s the big thing to notice in the stories, they are coming to INDIAN Netflix.  So unless you do that thing where you use a mirror site and trick your computer into thinking it lives in India, or unless you yourself live in India and have Netflix and a good internet source, this does you no good.

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New OK Jaanu Song! I am Conflicted

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Remember how my whole OK Kanmani review was wondering what they would do with all the Tamil specific stuff that helped build a connection between the characters while they were both exiled in Bombay?  Well, this new OK Jaanu song shows the way the new movie might possibly have found a way to do the same.  And I am not sure if it works or not, because I am still so stuck in the previous one.

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Ready (Telugu): I Think I Might Like The Salman Version Better?

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It feels wrong to say that!  The Hindi remake is always supposed to be the watered down less good version of the non-Hindi original.  But watching this movie, I found myself missing the slight changes the put in to make it work better for the Hindi industry.

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Bahubaali Poster!!!

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That’s all I have to say really, just BAHUBAALI POSTER!!!!  Let us all celebrate!  Also, isn’t it handy that both Prabhas and Rana Duggabati have birthdays at the perfect time to promote it?  Although probably if they didn’t, the filmmakers would have found another occasion around now to release it.

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New Shahrukh Book! Best Excerpts!

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Well, I assume best excerpts.  These are my favorite quotes from the quotes rediff pulled, but I don’t have the actual book, there could be other fascinating bits they didn’t include in their article.  But I doubt it, because it is a veeeeeeeeeeery long article.

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Happy: Half a Cute Love Story, Half a Lesson About the Struggle of Professional Women

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I watched Happy!  Because I wanted Bommarillu and I got confused.  But this one was still cute.  Is it possible there is a whole genre of “Genelia D’Suoza rom-coms”? Just because she has such a young perky face, she ends up in cute young perky love stories?

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OK Jaanu Trailer: Was This Worth My Staying Up?

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What is with Dharma releasing trailers at midnight my time?  I just went through this with ADHM!  If it was 3am, I wouldn’t bother.  But 11:30 is just on the farthest edge of when I would be awake anyway, so I figure I might as well stay up.  Oh well, I’ll have coffee tomorrow! (if you are curious, my review of the original OK Kanmani movie with SPOILERS is here)

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Koffee With the Khan Boys! (Don’t Get Excited, It’s Sallu and His Brothers, not SRK and Sallu and Aamir)

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This is SUCH an interesting episode!  Much much to discuss.  Nothing super scandalous, but just interesting statements on society and all.  (first episode discussed here, and second here, third here, fourth here, and fifth here)

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Oru Sindoora Pottinte Ormaykku: This Movie Kept Zigging Instead of Zagging

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I know I know, I should be picking off of my list.  But ErosNow just added a bunch of Malayalam films and I got over-whelmed by options and decided to just go with the first one that popped up with Mammootty.

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Befikre Review (SPOILERS): Like a Souffle, I Don’t Want To Break It Apart, Because That Would Destroy It

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No big massive full summary coming for Befikre!  Partly because Dear Zindagi exhausted me, partly because my sense is that my commentators aren’t as interested in a massive discussion of this movie, as they are of other movies.  But mostly because I don’t think it is analyzable, to take it apart would be to destroy it.

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Christmas Give-Away Post 6!

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It’s getting closer and closer!  And I still have no idea what to give Grandpa!  A sexy poster of Shahrukh?  All 95 year old men like that, right?  I usually do something homemade, but I haven’t even come up with a project yet and I’m running out of time.  Anyway, give-away!  Whoever makes the most comments in a given week gets one of my custom Christmas Card! (week 1 here, week 2 here, week 3 here, week 4 here, week 5 here)

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Happy Birthday Dilip Sahib!!!!

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I might finally got around to reading his biography!  I made my friend buy it and bring it to me aaaaaallllllll the way from India, and I STILL hadn’t read it.  But surely his birthday would be an occasion for that, right?  I was tempted to do a full 94 reasons I love him, but maybe that should wait until next year when he hits 95.  This year, I will just do 32, for the age he was won the first FilmFare Award ever.

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Dear Zindagi Part 8: The Epilogue!

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I was trying sooooooooooo hard to finish in the last section.  But I was also getting soooooooooo sleepy as it got later and later, so I finally gave up.  However, I did manage to get all the way to the emotional peak and resolution of the film, so everything I have to cover here is just epilogue stuff. (part 1 here, part 2 here, part 3 here, part 4 here, part 5 here, part 6 here, part 7 here)

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Befikre Review (NO SPOILERS): Adi’s Little French Crepe of a Film

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I was very very nervous about how this movie would work, but it totally worked!  I was afraid it was going to be a big Aditya Chopra movie taking the industry in another new direction where I didn’t want it to go.  But turns out, it’s just a little Aditya Chopra movie, a nice harmless little thing that just happens to be made really really well.

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TGIF Post: Santa/Raees-themed! Men With Beards!

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I am sure if I wanted to google “sexy Santa” I could find it.  But I don’t want to do that.  So instead, I am going to limit myself to one Santa-like element, and look for beards.  Sexy men with beards.

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Dear Zindagi Full Summary Part 7 (SPOILERS): the Ending! Almost!

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It is ridiculous to take 8 parts to describe a slightly over 2 hour movie.  Enough!  I am going to finish it in this last post if it kills me.  UPDATE: Okay, turns out it is killing me, one more part for the epilogue. (part 1 here, part 2 here, part 3 here, part 4 here, part 5 here, part 6 here)

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