Happy Monday! I am so glad I got through January. Ugh, the month after Christmas is the WORST. Next Month we have Valentine’s Day, and I get to visit my friend in California again at the end of the month, so that’s something to look forward to.
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Pathaan Discussion Post: References! What Did You Catch Besides K-K-K-Karen???
This is a request of Filmikudhi, who has SWORN she has things to add! Honestly, I only caught a couple myself, but it does FEEL like if there were more, lots of little background things I didn’t notice fast enough.
Continue readingInspired By Pathaan, Female Lead Spy Film for YRF Spy Universe! Aditya Chopra, Feel Free to Steal My Ideas!!!!
If YRF is going to do this whole “spy universe” thing, then they had BETTER give the women their own spin off! Katrina in the Tiger films and Dips in Pathaan both have really interesting strong characters, and great action moments, they can absolutely handle their own movie.
Continue readingMost Manly SRK FINALE!!!! Kabir Khan Versus Shahrukh Khan!!!
Oooo, it’s gonna be tricky! Real SRK has children, but Kabir Khan has a whistle. There’s something really mature and manly about blowing a whistle.
Continue readingPathaan Review (SPOILERS!): An Elderly Humanist Action Hero Who is Also Sexy!
I’m gonna spoil this movie, but you can’t really spoil it. It’s all about the crazy action moments and sexy chemistry and stuff. You may actually WANT to spoil yourself, so you can relax about any perceived jingoistic plot twists, and how the romance happens, and those stressful things.
Continue readingPathaan Review (No Spoilers): Hits the Spot Again and Again and Again and Again for 3 Hours of Pure SRK Magic
Woot!!! A good fun silly entertainer, with SRK charm bringing it to a WHOLE new level. The King is BACK!!!
Continue readingPathaan Quickie Review: Counting It Down By the Numbers!
I’ll right a slightly longer review in a minute, and then a much longer review with spoilers, and then possibly a much MUCH longer review with scene by scenes (but maybe not, it’s not really that kind of movie). But for now, having just gotten home, I want to simply give the broad strokes of the experience by the numbers.
Continue readingWednesday Watching Post: SRK RELEASE DAY EDITION!!!!!!!!
IT’S NEW SRK MOVIE DAY!!!! I am SO HAPPY! It’s been SO LONG!!!! Plus, I took the day off work so I get to generally pamper myself in addition to movie watching.
Continue readingPathaan Week Brackets: Most Manly SRK, Penultimate Round!!!!
Woot! I am thrilled that I have judged my DCIBers correctly. Don, dumped in round 1. Feminist calm unemotional hockey coach Kabir, could make it all the way!
Continue readingPathan Week Brackets Post: Which SRK is the Most Manly SRK Round 2!
Phew, I was worried there wouldn’t be enough votes for us to finish out all the brackets before tomorrow. Silly me! Of course there are!
Continue readingPathaan Week SRK Brackets Post! Which SRK is the Most Manly SRK???
Seems appropriate, right? All the Pathaan promotions are leaning heavily on the “older, experienced, confident” sort of SRK persona. So let’s figure out which of his roles in the past was the MOST adult man and not a boy kind of role. What a nice way to count down the hours until Pathaan release!
Continue readingBest of 2022 Awards Grand Finale: Best Angie Review!!!!!
While I have been slowing down on movie watching and reviewing this year, Angie has been picking up! So we absolutely need to read through her reviews from the comments section and pick the best. This is not a comprehensive list, it’s just the ones that tickled me while reading through the archives.
Continue readingMonday Morning Questions: What Do You Want to Ask Me on PATHAAN WEEK????
Happy Pathaan Monday!!!!!! I’m taking the day off work on Wednesday, my plan is to get a pedicure and see Pathaan. Because I feel Shahrukh would appreciate freshly painted toenails.
Continue readingDiscussion Post! Most Grown Up Man-like Hindi Film Heroes! The Opposite of the Tortured Manboy Heroes!
Genevieve registered a complaint that Harsh in Tara vs Bilal played yet another manboy can’t talk about his feelings type of guy. Which made me think we should pull out and appreciate the alternative type of heroes! The ones who just handle things and do things without making a fuss about it.
Continue readingSunday WatchAlong: Tara vs Bilal! 8am Chicago Time! Something HAPPY!!!
Happy Sunday! It’s overcast and snowy outside and both me and Albie Dog are feeling grumpy. So this film had better live up to it’s feel good rep!
Continue readingSunday WatchAlong: Tara vs Bilal, 8am Chicago Time Sunday!!!
Im a grump grump, so this better be a happy movie! I am holding you all to your promises
Continue readingSunday WatchAlong: What Will Cheer Me Up? Tara vs Bilal? A SRK Movie? Something Else?
Ugh, I am grump today. I am almost never grumpy, but today I am. It’s been overcast for 6 days straight, and the city is finally fixing our street which is good news but also means there is this irritating construction sound background noise all the time. So I think our Sunday WatchAlong needs to be something SUPER HAPPY.
Continue readingWednesday Watching Post: What Are You Reading and Watching and Thinking and Listening to ONE WEEK BEFORE PATHAAN?
Happy Wednesday! A week from today I take a day off work and go see Pathaan the very earliest show I can manage. And then see it again in the evening with friends who were too foolish to take the day off work.
Continue readingDouble XL Review: Small, Simple, Charming, if a Bit Shaggy
Thank you for the watchalong that got me to watch this! It’s a very pleasant happy little movie, I’m glad I saw it. Not groundbreaking art or anything, but very very pleasant.
Continue readingMonday Morning Questions Post: What Do You Want to Ask Me on Sid M’s Birthday????
Happy Monday! And Happy Sid M day!!! I am sleepy sleepy sleepy and trying to focus on work, but the rainy weather is not helping me.
Continue readingSunday WatchAlong: Double XXL! 7:30am Chicago Time on Netflix
Woot, Sunday movie! I had such a day of accomplishments yesterday, got groceries and hung a picture and all kinds of things, and now it is lovely to just have a nice sloooooooooooooow morning.
Continue readingSunday WatchAlong: Double XXL! 7:30am Chicago Time Sunday!!!!
Thanks to Genevieve’s fervent wish for a NOT romance, and the general “eh, 50/50” attitude of most of the rest of y’all, I’m going with Double XXL!!!
Continue reading2022 Best of Awards! Best Mustache
I am very much open to write in candidates for this one! I’m trying to find all the mustaches I can, but I know I am gonna be missing some. The only rule is, it has to be a mustache from a performance in 2022.
Continue readingM.M. Keeravani Post: How Does DCIB Know the New Golden Globe Winner?
Thanks to a suggestion from Kainaat, I’m doing a quick dive into Keeravani, especially his Hindi soundtracks that I knew and loved without knowing they were him.
Continue readingSunday WatchAlong: Double XXL? Tara and Bilal? Some Other Movie I Should Watch?
I was gonna get better this week about watching and reviewing new movies, and then literally half the staff at work got sick (’tis the season for colds, apparently), so I barely have time to write this post. WatchAlong now looks like my best bet for seeing some of the cool films y’all are recommending!
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