Well, we have now reached the movies I saw in theaters and reviewed in full right after watching them instead of reviewing them based on memory ages after they came out. So, LOOONG.
Continue readingThis was I think the first movie I reviewed. Oh the nostalgia! Anyway, I wrote 3 reviews, this post is going to combine them all into one.
Continue readingI already compared and contrasted the first halves of DDLJ and Humpty. And that got so long that I decided to break at intermission and talk about the second half today. This may be slightly too much thought to put in to Humpty (although it is a very good movie. With a terrible title), but it is interesting as an example of how DDLJ has forever changed and influenced the Indian romance film.
Continue readingI wrote this post while I was in the middle of my DDLJ recap. So I was hyper aware of what this movie took from DDLJ and what it got rid of.
Continue readingDid you know it’s also Sachin Tendulkar’s birthday? I didn’t! Sachin, my friend Dina, and Varun Dhawan. Clearly 4/24 is an auspicious day. Anyway, I don’t think the new SOTY2 song is in honor of any of them. Unless maybe Dina? She does like Tiger quite a bit.
Continue readingHappy Wednesday! Boy, this week is just crawling by for some reason. Probably because one of my co-workers is sick so work has been a bit busy.
Continue readingHappy Varun Dhawan Day! Shockingly, I have reviewed all but one of his films. And I will be posting those reviews all day.
Continue readingForget all the talk about “flop” Kalank. The long weekend helped in the global box office, but it still did really well. At least, overseas. (numbers available from bollywoodhungama)
Continue readingI put it off scheduling this week so I don’t really expect you to have watched these or anything, but I just want to build the excitement for movies you have probably already seen and are always ready to discuss.
Continue readingI’m back! I kept thinking I had already finished this, and I think that is just because I already wrote my Karna post, and like Duryodhana, I felt like once he died, why go on?
Continue readingThis question comes to you from my sister’s subconscious. She had a weird dream which involved a blog discussion of this question. She said it was a really good discussion (in her dream). Let’s see if we can make a (really really boring) dream come true!
Continue readingWell, that was scary! I lost Albie Dog for about 5 minutes. He didn’t even know he was lost, just thought he was going on a lovely adventure and then I popped up again and took him home.
Continue readingShahrukh’s main point was that critics should go the extra mile and have respect for their profession, don’t just sink into popularity contests and click competition. And my favorite Hindi film critic working today, Raja Sen, proved why he is my favorite by shooting the entire speech. Other people there caught a minute here and there and posted the excerpt. Raja Sen paid attention and treated Shahrukh’s message respectfully and got the whole thing.
Continue readingKangana through Rangoli just said something so shocking I have to point it out and correct it. And on the other hand, two bits of casting that make me happy, Kat and Sara both get good parts.
Continue readingWow. I actually got a little teary-eyed at a Salman Khan movie trailer. I’m stunned!
Continue readingHappy Monday! I had a very productive and tiring weekend and I’m kind of looking forward to work as a nice break. And then tonight the break is over and I have to go to quilting. We’re making sheep with numbers (like “counting sheep”) for an accountant’s baby.
Continue readingI’ve hit a rich stream of B-grade film noirs on TV. The B-grades are sometimes better than the A-grade ones, you could get grittier and darker and weirder when no one was looking. Anyway, there are two that I think would work really well as dark weird gritty Indian remakes. (note for my sister: Don’t Read This! We are watching them together when I visit)
Continue readingAre you all mad at me for making you watch this dumb dumb movie? Or are you grateful that I challenged you to watch a super entertaining movie? Or did you all ignore this film and no one will read the review?
Continue readingIf everyone in Hindi film just sent all their scripts to me for a final pass before filming began, everything would be so much better. I can fix it all! Just give me a chance before you spend crores and crores of budget on a movie with an ending that MAKES NO SENSE. Oh and Kalank spoilers, obviously, only read if you have seen the movie. And if you have seen the movie, please give me your opinion and suggestions for other better endings!
Continue readingRead on if you want dog pictures. Skip if you don’t. There’ll be plenty of “real” posts to keep you busy over the next few days.
Continue readingIf this is the only Jewish-Indian movie I have seen (not counting Nadira and Aditya Roy Kapoor movies), I think it is a pretty good one! The Jewish community is treated as a vital part of Indian history, and it ends with a bunch of Jewish tourists saving the world (I have no doubt the extras actually were Jewish tourists hired for the day). I asked my Jewish friend if she knew how to save the world, she didn’t, but then she never had a bat mitzvah, we figured that is when you probably learn it.
Continue readingHappy Saturday! No new movie last night, instead I stayed up late finishing my Joseph review (such a pain to find that movie, but worth the hunt and all the internet issues). And today I have a surprisingly busy day.
Continue readingDespite einthusan’s best efforts to foil me, I did in fact manage to start and finish this movie. And it only took me 5 days of trying! To be fair to einthusan, it is also the fault of my consistently weak internet. It can handle the fancy well-designed streaming sites, but einthusan puts it under a bit of a strain.
Continue readingI wanted to do stars dressed as bunny rabbits, but there are shockingly few images of that. So instead I will settle for stars dropped around the grass like little Easter eggs. Can you find them all????
Continue readingContinue to love SRK’s new PR team. I wonder if he hired Reshma Shetty, finally? Now that Salman has let her go (stupid stupid move, Salman), she must have more free time. The most important part of this interview is that it was in The Hollywood Reporter, Shahrukh is being treated seriously as a business person and studio owner because THR does not care about simple actors and is not written for fans.
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