Last one! Shortest one, I think. Just a few quick stories about potential next films for up and coming talents we haven’t seen in a while.
Continue readingNews Round-Up Part 4: Varun, Kriti, and Avinash Tiwary Sign Next Films!
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Monthly Archives: June 2019
News Round-Up Part 3: Ayushmann Shoots Short, Amitabh Shoots Long, Karan Shoots for Money
More news stories! Fun fun! And all of these are about the mechanics of shooting a movie, so interesting!
Continue readingNews Round-Up Part 2: Brahmins Go to Court, Alia Bhatt Goes on Vacation, Inshallah Goes to Florida, Shruti Goes to America
More news! Whenever I do these posts, there is one story that really jumps out at people, and I can never predict which one it is. I wonder which it will be in this post?
Continue readingNews Round-Up 1: Shahrukh Fake Stories, Dostana 2 with Rajkummar, YRF Gets a New Hero, and Hrithik Gets a New Heroine
So many news stories! I’m catching up, so this isn’t exactly “breaking” news, but there are lots of interesting little things over the past week or so that I want to talk about with you all. I’ll break them down into many many MANY posts over the course of the day.
Continue readingMonday Morning Questions: What Do You Want to Ask Me on Pride Week?
Happy Monday! And Happy Pride Week! I got yelled at by someone at my church for calling it “Pride”, because there are other pride movements besides Queer rights. But at this point there are so many initials possible (LGBTQHIPPA), and they vary country to country, so I am giving up and just calling it Pride.
Continue readingHappy Pride Week! Let’s Look at Against the Grain Versus With the Grain Readings!
I was going to do “gayest scenes” to go along with “gayest songs”, but then I realized it really doesn’t work since there is such a difference between against the grain and with the grain scenes. So, change of purpose! Let’s look at different categories of scenes.
Continue readingSunday ReRun: Stree! Sleeper Hit of Last Year, Just Landed on Netflix!
So excited to share this review and discussion with those of you who just were able to watch the movie because of Netflix!
Continue readingImportant Question: Which Glasses Should I Buy?
Well, I’ve tried asking the people I know in Real Life, and they have been useless (“they are all great!”-how does that help me???). So now I am group sourcing it to the internet, or whatever that phrase is.
Continue readingSilly Sunday: The Feminist Versus the Underclass, Remaking a Doris Day-Rock Hudson Classic By Setting It in the Bombay Film Industry
We were just talking about against the grain readings and I realized that I had Lover Come Back stored on my TV, one of the biggest against the grain movies of Hollywood. And then I watched it and realized it hits that sweet spot of romance with social commentary all baked in that I like. Plus ten gabillion moments of “we all know that Rock Hudson is gay and are having a super fun time playing with the audience not knowing that Rock Hudson is gay”.
Continue readingHindi Film 101: How to Read a Bad Review and Still Love the Movie
Hmm. Let’s see if I can do this. I really want to help the People of the World to be able to like what they like, and not like what they don’t like, honestly and openly. And also work through my own difficulties in that area.
Continue readingSaturday Small Talk: Chat Away While I Pick Up
Happy Saturday! I got home late Sunday night, so I still haven’t organized the apartment post vacation. What a fun project for the day!
Continue readingFriday Classics: Udaan, Choosing Love Over Duty
I finally watched it! I have been putting off this movie for years because I know how powerful it is supposed to be. And it was powerful but, thank goodness, it ends with hope.
Continue readingTGIF: It’s Officially Summer! Let’s Look at Shorts
I was reminded of this post when I was writing my Dharmendra post, because man does he rock the shorts! Anyway, time for a rerun!
Continue readingKabir Singh Review (SPOILERS): Fight For What You Know is True, Even When the World Says You Are Wrong
Well, shoot! I was all set to just repost my Arjun Reddy review with the names changed and call it a night, but by golly this version slightly changed things just enough that I can’t do that!
Continue readingKabir Singh Review (No Spoilers): Second Draft, Better Than the First
It’s 11pm on a work night, but I am so excited about this movie that I just have to write the review right now!
Continue readingSex in the Rain Songs
How is this very specific category still far too large to possibly cover in one post? It’s like every time a couple consummates, it rains in India. Or I suppose, every time it rains in India, millions of couples rush out to their terraces because now it is time to finally have sex in slow motion.
Continue readingDiscussion Post: I need help with my Pride week FanFic! Give me a couple you want to see together onscreen
I love my Pride week FanFic. Let’s me put together unusual couples in unusual plots and imagine an India that is open and safe and welcoming. Join me!
Continue readingUpcoming Movie Reviews: Pride Week Schedule! Mumbai Police 6/26, Snegithiye 6/27, Main Khiladi Tu Anari 6/28, Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety 6/30
Well, this is easy. I don’t have to come up with a theme or anything, I can just do Pride-pride-pride. And there will be the annual reposing of Slashfic videos, and old slashfic fanfic, and new slashfic fanfic.
Continue readingTwo New Trailers, Two Cute Clever Movies! Oh Baby and Arjun Patiala
Trailer time! I have to leave for work in 15 minutes, let’s see if I can write this up before then.
Continue readingImportant Discussion Post! Which of These Videos is the Gayest?
I’ve narrowed it down to my top three, but I just can’t pick between them! They are all wonderful and I love them all in their unapologetic “the audience will never get this so we are just gonna go for it” over the top romance.
Continue readingWednesday Malayalam: Ranam, Desi Detroit
Well, I know at least one of you also watched this, so the two of us can have a nice discussion about non-toxic masculinity and Prithviraj being hot.
Continue readingWednesday Watching Post: What Are You Reading and Watching and Thinking and Listening to This Week?
Happy Wednesday! Halfway through the week! And I had to come to work an hour early today, but it will be worth it because I get to leave early on Friday.
Continue readingSongs That Changed Everything, Did I Make a Mistake Not Including Disco Dancer?
Another “Emily thinks deeply about songs” inspired post! She was talking about the surprise hits, the ones from new composers or singers or just different genres. And that made me think about those songs that changed everything.
Continue readingHindi Film 101: The Deol Family Part 2, Dharam-Garam, Beefcake Gone Bad
Welcome back to the Deol family! Not as much interest as I expected, but maybe that is just because I started in olden times? I will have to see if interest increases as I move forward in time.
Continue readingHit Songs From Flop Movies!
Emily in the comments just asked if there are hit songs that come out of flop movies, and of course I took that as a writing prompt! But I need you all to help me in the comments, because I can’t think of as many songs as I know there are.
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