Hey! They changed the plot! Like, quite a bit! Mostly by cutting things out. But for those of us (me) who rely on online summaries to follow the dang thing, it was very confusing. Once I let go of what I thought was going to happen and just enjoyed what was happening, it was fine.
Continue readingI watched it! Two movies in one weekend! I am very proud of me. And this was a goooooooooooooooood movie. The plot is still crazy complicated, but the individual scenes are so lovely and powerful I could enjoy them and forget about the plot.
Continue readingTwo weeks without watchalongs! Y’all HATE me!!! Or, more likely, it’s spring and everyone is rushing to do stuff. Including me, instead of watchalong I’m going to be repotting things. And in other news, if you rely on twitter to know when I put up a new post, that won’t work any more. WordPress had a twitter integration that meant they put up the tweet without me having to do anything. And I just got an alert that Elon has decided they no longer get to do that, so no more automated tweets with every new post. Just in case you are relying on that.
Woot, I get to spoil it! And the good news is, you can still enjoy the movie reading the spoilers. The trailer already gives you the whole plot because they know you will watch for the comedy and execution, not the predictable plot.
Continue readingWell, I loved it! And the friend I watched it with did not, felt like it was too try hard and not real enough. I’m counting on MOST of the DCIBers loving it though. Not everyone, because it is more on the lines of girl power comedy than sappy emotion, but a lot of you.
Continue readingThis is a thinky post related to what happens when parents make bad decisions about who they trust with their children, and why they trust those people. So, watch out! For some of you parents, it may be a bit too scary/stressy to read. Or, maybe you are deeply thinking about this topic and are interested.
Continue readingHappy Thursday! It has been A Week, we couldn’t get the lawnmower started and I had to train a new person at work and all kinds of things. And what I really really want is to just relax and watch a nice brainless rom-com this weekend. Luckily, I still have the list from last week that we couldn’t do because no one was available!
Continue readingHappy Tuesday! I am so excited about Polite Society!!! I may even try for a Thursday showtime, looks like there are a handful of them.
Continue readingHappy Eid! Which means, time for a dip into the Pakistani waters! They are just like Hindi films, but lower budget, hotter dudes, and better music. Oh, and way way fewer of them.
Continue readingHappy Wednesday! I am up at the Lake House supervising cleaners and it is FREEZING. I feel so bad for them. And for Albie who is huddled up against me tight.
Continue readingThis is gonna be a tricky review to write, because this plot is CONFUSING. Or maybe it isn’t? Maybe once I write it all down I will discover it was all meaningless show and no real complexity?
Continue readingThis movie has all the ingredients to be really really good. And it’s still good! If you like this sort of feminist gothic thriller film, you’ll like it. It’s just not really REALLY good.
Continue readingHappy Monday!!! It’s snowing! Blech. Well, good thing I didn’t plant wildflowers this weekend like I was thinking I might.
Continue readingThis idea came up in an exchange between me and Genevieve a few weeks back and I think it is really good and fun. Who wouldn’t like to see SRK as a rich doofus turned handyman?
Continue readingHappy Saturday! I have my cold coffee and my dog and I am ready to watch this terrible thing!
Continue readingFinally we celebrate Angie’s birthday! Ek Villain 2, Arun, John, craziness, Saturday morning.
Continue readingI think this is universal, the bigger question. Jefferson in particular is an American issue, but every community has someone who is a public hero and a private criminal. What’s the best way to deal with that?
Continue readingYes! Trying this again! Angie’s delayed birthday celebration, hopefully people are less busy this weekend than they were on Easter weekend/last weekend.
Continue readingHappy Monday! Today, for the 3rd time, the same fixit lady has come out to try to install a sink for me. First time, not all the parts shipped together. Second time, delayed in shipping but I still had her remove the old one. This time, not really the right size but we are going to make it work because I am SICK of not having a sink!!! (Update as I am writing this, just learned the drain pipe literally rotted through so this job is more complicated)
Continue readingDarn Easter! Interfering with our watchalong. Even I have a last minute family Zoom call. So, no watchalong tomorrow! But next week, Ek Villain 2 for Angie.
Yes, it’s ANGIE’S BIRTHDAY again!!! So we get to watch a movie with a nice fluffy Arjun Kapoor in it, and even if she can’t attend, she can read all our comments later saying “he shouldn’t be that charismatic, but he IS!” Oh, and it’s on Netflix, so that’s nice and easy.
Continue readingI kind of understand what this is about, the Ambani’s are almost infinitely powerful, they want their new cultural center to be a really big deal, so they pulled ALL the strings and got everyone to come. But then I start thinking about Shahrukh, Zendaya, and the French Ambassador all at the same party and it’s just, like, TOO STRANGE.
Continue readingHappy Wednesday! I am aware it isn’t rainy for everyone, but it’s super rainy for me and looks to stay that way all day, blech. But the right person won the Chicago Mayor election yesterday, so I’m happy!
Continue readingFirst, I am so grateful that y’all alerted me to this. Second, I love the DCIB community in which an Ayan Mukherjee film release date has a very specific hilarious meaning.
Continue readingHappy Monday!!!! I had a lovely lazy weekend helped along by a lowgrade migraine, and now I am ready to hit the ground running! Unfortunately, that means running with work-work, not blog-work. Booooo to work-work! BOOOOOO!
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