Dog Has a NAME!!!!

I was all set with a name on the weekend, even got tags made up. One of the names from the posts I had put up for you all, it wasn’t the top name but it got a fair number of votes, plus a lot of people in real life liked it. And then I brought Dog in to work on Monday and they all hated it and refused to use it. So I was back to square one. But now we finally have a solution!

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Netflix Review: Bhasmasur, A Film I Wouldn’t Normally Watch

The director of this movie reached out to me directly, which is cool, and I was so impressed with his hard work in tracking down a little bitty blog like mine, that I felt like I had to review it. But I am trying hard not to feel obligated to give it a good review, to still be honest about my reaction to the film. And also be honest about this not being a film I would normally watch, meaning I will not have as much detail and background for it as I do in the genres I am more familiar with.

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Lukka Chuppi Review (SPOILERS): A Live-In Relationship Movie That Treats Live-In Relationships Honestly!

As I said in my “no spoilers” review, there was a political message in this film that already feels dated. So I am going to briefly acknowledge it, but not deal with it in the amount of detail I would if I were watching this movie ten years from now. Oh, and in terms of spoilers, there isn’t anything super surprising in the plot, not really a lot of twists you couldn’t have guessed already, so don’t worry too much about spoiling yourself on this review. But if you want to remain unspoilered, read this review.

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Luka Chuppi Review (No Spoilers): The Rare Romance Where the Hero and Heroine Never Fight

What a nice little romance! Not totally awesome and stunning, but decent. And with an unfortunately slightly dated political message that I will be ignoring because it doesn’t really work at this exact moment. But the romance part is definitely decent, especially how it handles the whole “live-in” topic.

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9 Shahrukh Khan Films You Can and Should Avoid

This was a suggestion on the Salman Khan post, and it makes so much sense! My little innocent new viewers could easily stumble into terrible terrible films that will turn you off the star forever. This is your “here be dragons” warning against the films that, while perhaps still enjoyable to folks who already know a lot, are really not appealing at first blush.

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