I’m strongly tempted to investigate VPNs again. I’m not gonna do it for Zee5 because they suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck, but now I want it for Netflix India and HotStar India.
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Quick, What Hindi Movies Have I Not Yet Reviewed?
I am so busy these days! I work work work, and then watch non-Indian movies with my parents every night. Which means I am having a hard time squeezing in new movies to watch, although I can still review! So what movies have I already watched, in my long long life, that I have not yet reviewed? Help me remember!
Continue readingHeer FINAL EPISODE! How Does It End and What Do We Think About the Whole Thing?
I finished it! YAAAAAY!!!! Strange sense of accomplishment, finishing a TV serial. Anyway, I did it! And now all of you can watch at your on pace and comment as you go along, and eventually join me here at the finish line.
Continue readingHeer Episodes 19-21: Cranking Up to the Finale! Resolutions Coming Up Everywhere!
I am resisting watching the final episode, so I can do one last review for that/the whole season combined. But these are all the almost-finale episodes that get us right up to the happy ending, without quit going all the way. (Heer reviews index here)
Continue readingHeer Episodes 16-18: Marriage Problems, All Over the Place
Well, this show does not want me to get married! We’ve got three married couples now, and they are all miserable. I assume they will be happy some way or the other by the end of things, but right now they are miserable. (full index of Heer reviews here)
Continue readingWatched Kanan Gill’s Netflix Comedy Special and Curious About His Only Movie? Here is My Review of Noor Which is on Prime!
Well, shoot! This was not a great movie. After I spent all that time reading and thinking about the book, the film was just bleh. Kanan Gill was still amazing, but the rest of it really wasn’t worth it. Oh, and then the end credits song with Badshah and Diljit was fun too.
Continue readingSaturday Small Talk: Chat Away While I Finish TV Shows!
I’m gonna do it, today is the day I finish the 22 episode very slow Pakistani serial Heer! And that’s pretty much it, my whole plan for the weekend.
Continue readingLittle Things Season 3 Episode 8: Is This a Break Up or an Engagement? Or Somehow Both and Neither?
This is a very interesting open ending. It could be the end of the whole story for these characters, or the start of their next chapter, and the show leaves it open. Because right now, it is open for them too. (Little Things review index here)
Continue readingHappy Birthday Genevieve!!!!
Why don’t people tell me these things? I had no idea! And now I have to rush around and do a last minute thing. Everyone else who comments regularly! Tell me your birthdays now! It’s just so much easier to plan that way…. (Rachel, please, no need. I already have a whole thing planned)
Continue readingFriday WatchAlong: Dilwale! Right Here!
Woo-hoo, a Shahrukh movie! And a good/bad one, so we will neither be distracted by being in love with him, nor bored by how terrible the film is. Oh, also Varun Dhawan, the Birthday boy.
Continue readingDiscussion Post: What Do We Want to Wish for Varun on His Birthday? What Should Happen to Him This Year?
Happy Birthday Varun!!!! Another year ahead of you, so many opportunities and decisions and exciting things coming your way. And I have Thoughts as to what you should do next.
Continue readingKanan Gill is on Netflix! The Perfect Happy Cheerful Thing to Watch Now
Do you like comedy, but don’t like people being mean, talking about sex, or bringing up scary real life stuff? Kanan Gill is the comic for you! I got to see him live because my life is better than yours, and now the same show I saw live has a Netflix special that just released. You should all watch it! It is delightful.
Continue readingHeer Episodes 13-15: Wedding Parties! And Love Triangles!
Oooo, fun stuff! Also dumb stuff, as in the characters are acting dumb. But also fun stuff. Oh, and we get to see our heroine without her braid and she does actually seem a little more subdued. I’m telling you, it’s the source of her power!
Continue readingFriday Watchalong: Dilwale WatchAlong for Varun’s Birthday in 24 Hours, Right Here, SHAHRUKH ALERT!!!!
Woot! Friday MOVIE!!!!! Best time of the week. Extra special this week, because it is our first Shahrukh film. Prove your love for him! Join us in worship and ignore your families!
Continue readingHappy Varun Dhawan Birthday Week! Which Varun Dog Would You Adopt?
Ready for pandering? Let’s look at cute animal photos! And also Varun. We ranked him with co-stars, now let’s rank his chemistry with animals.
Continue readingLittle Things Season 3 Episode 7: How Did We Get Here
Yet again, the show fills in backstory and it makes you go “yeah, that seems right” as though it had been written all along. Because maybe it had, they just hadn’t filmed it yet. (Little Things Review index here)
Continue readingRandom No News News Round-Up: Raid Sequel, Alia Escapes Ranbir, Hrithik Reminds Us That Personal Triumphs Start in the Home Gym
Since there is no real new news, we have this delightfully vast vista for our imagination to make up news. Let us all wildly speculate together!
Continue readingVarun Dhawan Week: Pick His Best Looks!
He doesn’t have that much variation in the looks, but there is some there! At least enough for us to be judgemental (it doesn’t take much).
Continue readingHeer Episodes 10-12: Mid-Season TWIST!!!!! (Also, Our Heroine Smothers a Guy Until He Admits Woman Should Be Able to Choose Their Own Husbands)
Oooo boy! PLOT! I forgot the Pakistani TV serial rhythm of slow-fast-slow-fast. We were slow during the romance section (pleasant, but slow), and now we are all fast-fast-fast.
Continue readingFriday Watchalong for Varun’s Birthday! Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania, ABCD 2, Dilwale, Street Dancer 3D, WHICH ONE?????
Oh the excitement! Oh the adventure! Oh the variety! Which brightly colored good dances no tragedy happy ending Varun Dhawan film shall we watch????
Continue readingLittle Things Season 3 Episode 6: Messy Re-Entry
Hey, this episode is about why I decided not to go over to my apartment this weekend and instead stay at their place! It’s not the leaving, it’s the coming back, all those little micro-adjustments. And I’m just talking about an hour of adjustment following two days away, this episode is about the whole messy return after 6 months apart. Blech!
Continue readingWednesday Watching Post: What Are You Reading and Watching and Thinking and Listening to Varun’s Birthday Week?
Happy Wednesday! I am debating if I want to go over to my apartment again this weekend and, if so, do I want to do Thursday night and Friday night, or Friday night and Saturday night, or what. Such excitement!
Continue readingHeer Episodes 7-9: Romance!!!
Oh my, things are happening again! Thank goodness, I was getting awfully bored with just “let’s learn about this new household”. Time for some movement! (Heer reviews index here)
Continue readingLittle Things Season 3 Episode 5: The Moment You Know You Can Never Fully Forgive Your Parents
I avoided this episode, because I was afraid it would be too painful. But then the interesting thing is, it ended up being sadder because it was without pain. This relationship has a door that is so firmly shut, there isn’t even pain any more. It’s just over, and that is sad. (Little Things review index here)
Continue readingHappy Varun Dhawan Week! Which of His Dances Brings Us Most Joy?
You ready for a challenge? I’m gonna pull out every big Varun dance song I can remember, and we have to rank them! Or at least, pick the one you love best (for those of you who don’t care as much).
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