Forget all the other things we have been discussing, streaming versus theaters and nepotism prejudices and online discourse, this is the MOST IMPORTANT DISCUSSION POST EVER. Grandpa’s 99th, what do I get him?
Continue readingSo excited to share this review and discussion with those of you who just were able to watch the movie because of Netflix!
Continue readingHappy Monday! Bumpy morning here, we have a friend coming up for the day (social distancing, only sitting on the porch, wearing masks, etc.) and my Dad went to senior hours at the grocery store to get supplies, only to discover the power was out at the store! Also, the president is coming tomorrow (not to our house, just the county), which is of course depressing. And on Wednesday I have to go back into the city for a foot appointment, Thursday I stay in the city through the work day and miss another friend who is coming up, and then Sunday we have my two young friends coming for the day who we will hopefully sucker into helping us take the boats out for the winter. PHEW! Big week!
Continue readingIt’s Rajkummar Rao’s birthday! Well, in India. It’s still the day before his birthday in the US, but I figure, close enough.
Continue readingGreetings from the new hotspot for Civil Unrest in America. So strange, this sleepy little place my family has been going to for generations is suddenly in the national news. Life is funny.
Continue readingWell, this is a movie that is very angry at authority figures! I can get behind that. The specifics of the message are maybe a little out of date, the GodMan is no longer as powerful in India as GodMob, but the general idea that blind trust in what you are told is bad, that’s a timeless message.
Continue readingWell, this was simultaneously better and worse than I expected! Mahesh’s directing and Sanjay and Alia’s chemistry together was far better than I hoped. And the anti-establishment message was a delight (I totally hit the nail on the head with my OSHO guess, by the way. Go me!). But the script as a whole just wasn’t quite good enough.
Continue readingHappy Saturday! I am up at the Lake House again for a long stretch to end out the year. Of course I still have my stupid foot, so I can’t go swimming or on boats. But I can sit on the porch and read a book, so I’ll be doing a lot of that instead of responding to blog comments. Oh, and finishing/reviewing Sadak 2, I’m watching it on my phone
Continue readingLet us put on our adult content hats, block the computer from our children and spouses, and escape into harmless fantasy for just a moment.
Continue readingI really hope a bunch of you can make this one, because I love love love Raabta and have been wanting to show it since the watchalongs started. But even if it is low attendance, I will still be happy watching Raabta all by myself. It’s just that good.
Continue readingI like fanfic and imagination, hopefully you do too, either reading it or writing it. Anyway, I like this thought experiment! What are all our favorite fantasy people doing right now?
Continue readingI’ve decided! It was almost a tie, so I went with the movie I most want to see again. Also the movie I most want to sell other people on watching because it is sooooooooooooooo good and no one seems to see it.
Continue readingEveryone’s least favorite quarantine partner! But I am going to make you get even more specific than that.
Continue readingOh boy! Get ready to have your SRK juices flowing, as I ask a series of specific questions about quarantining with him.
Continue readingA vital timely question! And now that we are all about 6 months in, I think we have a good sense of the importance of this question and what factors needed to be weighed and considered.
Continue readingObviously dogs are better than cats, that is just an accepted fact. But I am an ornery individualist, and if everyone is telling me to celebrate “national dog day”, I am of course going to do the opposite. Also, this is a really cute post that I wanted an excuse to repost.
Continue readingHappy Wednesday! I am sure we are all spending the day quietly, preparing for the grand holiday tomorrow.
Continue readingThis may not make sense to anyone else, but I find it a fascinating though experiment, so I will just shout into the ether and see if anyone picks it up.
Continue readingIt’s just a perfect movie. I love it so so so so SO much. Let me count the reasons why.
Continue readingIt’s Jim Sarbh’s birthday week! And also, Vaani Kapoor! Two actors who have been in two DCIB all time favorites. But which should we watch this week?
Continue readingNot Anil himself being sexy, that is almost impossible unless he is a Silver Fox, but sexiness happening surrounding him. Anil is very good at bringing the sexy out in others.
Continue readingGrumpy Monday! I got super fancy coffee delivered in an attempt to cheer myself up which made me start thinking about the whole coffee experience.
Continue readingHappy Monday! I am grumpy and discombobulated today, so I am treating myself to delivery coffee, oooo! Which took like an hour to figure out how to do, apparently none of the coffee places near me are open on Mondays. Why???? Surely Monday, of all days, is the most Coffee-y!
Continue readingSaira Banu! She’s only 76, and she has lived so many lives. Just a fascinating woman who refuses to fit into any box you try to put her in.
Continue readingWell, the movie was fine, low budget and quick moving and all that. But the overall arc of the story was really interesting in a way that makes me want to read the book it is based on, because it doesn’t go quite the way you think it will.
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