I don’t super love this movie, but it is pretty. And the soundtrack is amazing. And Shahrukh is in uniform. So how bad can it be really?
Continue readingShahrukh Birthday Month, Jab Tak Hai Jaan! Yashji’s Last Film
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Monthly Archives: October 2020
Happy Crocs Day! Which of The PC Crocs Ad Photos is Worst?
It’s Crocs Day! According to whoever it is that decides these national day things. Anyway, Crocs! Which I basically lived in for my last year pre-foot surgery, but now that my foot is healed, I get to wear pretty shoes again. And as we all know, Priyanka Chopra became Crocs brand ambassador recently which is just SO WEIRD.
Continue readingShahrukh Birthday Countdown: Don 2, New Review!!!!
Yaaaaay! Another movie I didn’t really really review before this, and now I have an excuse to go back to it!
Continue readingDiscussion Post: Who Would Our Favorite Celebrities Go As For Halloween?
It’s almost Halloween! I have my traditional costume all set (me, but in Halloween earrings), and of course Albie Dog has his flower outfit. But what about our celebrities? Who should/would they be?
Continue readingFriday WatchAlong on SATURDAY! At 7:30am Chicago time!!! Mujhe Dosti Karoge!!!!!
Such excitement! I have finally made a decision!
Continue readingShahrukh Birthday Countdown, Ra.One! His Big Fun Dumb Superhero Movie!
Oh boy, a fun one! I love this movie, I don’t care if you judge me.
Continue readingWednesday Watching Post: What Are You Reading and Watching and Thinking and Listening to on Shammi Kapoor’s Birthday?
Happy Wednesday! Today is my last x-ray for my foot, yaaaaay! And then I get to have my weekly friends movie night, double yaaaaay!
Continue readingDDLJ Anniversary Post: DDLJ and Feminism, Simran and Frieda Kahlo
I’m not sure if I will be able to articulate this correctly or not. But I will try my darnedest and we will see what we get.
Continue readingShahrukh Birthday Countdown, My Name is Khan! NO POLITICS!!!!
Remember, Happy Place Rules! Which is really hard with this movie, so I almost decided to skip reposting this review. But that felt wrong, so I am reposting. But with a reminder of Happy Place Rules. So you can skip reading this to protect your Happy Place, and if you comment, you have to find an inspiring/cheerful take in order to protect all of us in our Happy Place.
Continue readingDDLJ Youtube Video With Pardesi and ALBIE DOG!!!!
Pardesi/MovieMavenGal/My Friend reached out and suggested we do a youtube video talking about DDLJ for the anniversary today. And then Albie Dog decided he really really wanted to be involved too. So all three of us got together and talked about the movie.
Continue readingShahrukh Birthday Countdown, Billu! Shahrukh Takes a Backseat to Irrfan Khan
Woo! Such a nice happy movie. A joy to talk about and think about. Also, great songs!
Continue readingFriday WatchAlong: Hrithik Fest Continues, or Disco Dancer? Friday Afternoon or Saturday Early Morning?
So many decisions to make! So I thought I should give y’all extra notice to make up your minds and give suggestions.
Continue readingShammi Kapoor Birthday Week Question, Which of These Three Shammi Song Tributes is Your Favorite?
Shammi! His birthday isn’t for another few days, but he is such a happy person, I want to start the celebration early.
Continue readingTrailer Round-Up! Taish, Ludo, and Chhalaang
Ludo is the one I care about most, but so long as I was writing about that one, I figured I might as well write about the others.
Continue readingMonday Morning Questions: What Do You Want to Ask Me on Shammi’s Birthday Week?
Happy Monday! I am trying to feel energetic and awake even though the sun JUST came out, and I’ve been awake for half an hour. Blurgh.
Continue readingShahrukh Birthday Countdown, Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi! The Fun Review!
I put up the fancy grad school version earlier, now (thank goodness) we get to have the “real” review, where I am all chummy and casual like usual.
Continue readingShahrukh Birthday Countdown, Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi, the Academic Review!
This is a paper I wrote for grad school, so it sounds all grad school-y and stuff. Don’t panic! The usual friendly happy review will be coming later today.
Continue readingSilly Sunday Shahrukh Month: A Halloween Rom-Com with Sandra Bullock
Happy Shahrukh Month! And also, Halloween month! And so I have come up with a cute Halloween themed rom-com.
Continue readingShahrukh Birthday Countdown, Om Shanti Om! So Fun! So Light!
I forgot this was such a short little light review. Someone suggested I should write an additional review of this one, and I really should, this isn’t nearly enough.
Continue readingIn Honor of Bhanu Athaiya, Her Most Iconic Designs Through the Decades
I am a bit late to this, Bhanu Athiaya died a couple days ago. But it took me some time to figure out how I wanted to write about her. As a craftswoman, behind the scenes, it didn’t feel right to talk about her personal life. But I decided I could focus on her designs instead and that would be appropriate.
Continue readingStreaming Discussion Post: Which Of These Three Problems Do You Hate the Most?
Let’s get our petty complaints on! We have been locked inside for 6 months struggling with streaming, and I have THOUGHTS. And COMPLAINTS! And HATES!
Continue readingSaturday Small Talk: Chat Away While I Go For a Drive
Happy Saturday! I was beginning to feel moss growing on me, so I decided to do a long meandering drive today. Just to shake out the cobwebs. That’s my big plan for the day, fun fun!
Continue readingPandemic Safety Update: I Was Seduced By Small Children Into Breaking Quarantine
This is just a funny story because I did something really dumb just now thanks to small children and dogs breaking past my logical precautionary thinking. Oh well, everyone has a fatal flaw.
Continue readingFriday WatchAlong, War! Hrithik and Tiger in Love! 3pm Chicago Time Start
Woo-hoo! Such a happy movie for a happy day! Well, for a stressy day that will become happy because of the movie (I don’t know about you, but the last couple weeks before daylight savings ends when I wake up before the sun makes me NUTTY).
Continue readingShahrukh Birthday Month Star Trek Question: Spock or Kirk or McCoy?
I’m watching Star Trek: The Original Series on Netflix, and as I do with almost all narratives, I am immediately trying to recast it with Shahrukh. Help me!
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