Jeff Goldblum! Why did y’all bury the lead? You just needed to tell me that and I would have watched it immediately.
Continue readingJEFF GOLDBLUM!!!! (I’m watching Thor Ragnorak)
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Memorial Day WatchAlong! Dus! Now on Prime! 8am Chicago Time
Happy Memorial Day! Got into a big debate on the blog a while back about whether it is appropriate to say “happy” for memorial day and similar holidays. Whatever, I am ALWAYS happy!
Continue reading2 Part Question: What is Your Favorite Cary Grant Movie? And What Grant Movie Do You Want to See SRK Remake?
Kainat just discovered Cary Grant, which makes me So Happy. He is such a delightful screen presence, light and smart and entertaining, more people should enjoy him!
Continue readingMonday/Memorial Day WatchAlong!!! 8am Chicago Time!!! DUS!!!
Dus bahane kar ke laker dil, laker dil, dus bahane kar ke laker dil. I don’t even know what that means, it is just so DANG catchy!!!! I can’t mention the movie without starting singing. It’s that kind of movie.
Continue readingSaturday Small Talk: Chat Away While I Catch Up on Marvel Movies!!!!
Apparently, I have to watch Thor Ragnorak! And the Ant-Men movies. So I am very VERY busy today. Also, it is soooooooooooooo nice not to have that little bit of “you could be packing” guilt.
Continue readingI Have a Mature Love Story Idea for SRK, Or Ranveer-Dips!!!
My parents made me watch a movie from their Youth last night and gosh darn it, I liked it. I resent it so much when my parents make me watch things and then I like them. Also, hummus. I was perfectly happy not liking hummus without tasting it until they made me taste it. Anyway, the movie is Starting Over and it’s a really simple idea of a man trying to figure out his life post-divorce.
Continue readingMEMORIAL DAY WATCHALONG!!!! Monday Morning, Dus!!! 7am, 8am, 9am Chicago Time? What’s Best?
This very well might be just me and Filmikudhi, DON’T CARE!!! I love Dus. And I will be at my parents, so my Dad can watch with me. He will also love Dus. Everyone should love Dus!!!! It’s like an action movie, but stupider.
Continue readingAvengers Post! I Finally Caught Up to the Rest of the World and Watched Endgame!
Well, I had a productive few days catching up on the Avengers movies! Not all of them, I’d already seen a few, and I skipped the less important ones like Ant Man, but I finally have a sense for the Broad Sweep of the narrative.
Continue readingI’m Moving!!!
This post comes to you from my phone while I try to look busy and important, too important to move my own boxes.
Continue readingDiscussion Post: What is Your Favorite Fairy Tale/Folk Legend and Why?
This is a good discussion question, right? Because all of us should have some kind of folk tale/fairy tale behind us!
Continue readingWednesday Watching Post: What Are You Watching and Reading and Thinking and Listening To the Day After KJo’s Birthday?
Happy Wednesday! My last day taking a break at the Lake House! All the furniture is 50+ years old, it’s always too hot or too cold, and I sleep on a couch, but by golly NO BOXES. So it is heaven on earth for me.
Continue readingSaturday Morning WatchAlong! 99 Songs or Time to Dance!
Last week I did a non-Indian movie and it was not popular! So okay, back to India, and a NEW Indian film too, just for fun. Here are the two I’ve come up with, you add on whatever you want.
Continue readingI Just Watched a Flawed HBO Series, The Undoing! Help Me Fix It!
Well, that was frustrating. Some good central ideas, and then blah weird confusing presentation. I feel like the DCIB community collective can ABSOLUTELY fix this thing and make it better!
Continue readingInstagram Round-Up: Harsh and a Puppy, Varun Dances With a Mask, Karen Wishes Adi, and Yash And Roohi Borrow Daddy’s Clothes
Haven’t done one of these in a while, and people keep doing interesting things on Instagram!!!! Let’s look at them!
Continue readingMonday Morning Questions: What Do You Want to Ask Me the Week I Move???
Happy Monday! I woke up at 5:30am and drove to the lake house because I had to GET AWAY FROM BOXES. It’s so nice here. Not heated and no food and everything smells of dust, but NO BOXES.
Continue reading99 Songs Review (SPOILERS): Why Do Lovers Never Just TALK to Each Other?
It took me a bit to get around to writing my second review, but hopefully that gave you more time to watch the movie and join me in appreciating it!
Continue readingDCIB Book Club: Poetry Week!!! Goblin Market, Dunkirk, and The Highwayman!!!!
Woo-hoo! Poems! Short, powerful, tell a story! No idea if any of you read my three recs, but that’s okay, I am happy just to be able to get them out there so that someday you may read them when you are feeling ballad-y!
Continue readingI’m Packed! I’m Dead on My Feet! My Parents Are Still Parental!!!
Oh my gosh, I am so tired. And hot. And not at all hungry, which probably means I am a wee bit dehydrated, since I haven’t eaten in 8 hours.
Continue readingSaturday Small Talk: Chat Away While I Die of Heat Stroke!
Happy Saturday! I started the day by watching The Birdcage with Genevieve which was DELIGHTFUL and y’all missed out by skipping it. Next week, I promise we will go back to Indian movies like usual. And now, I shall finish packing and cleaning the apartment in 90 degree weather without an air-conditioner (because it is packed). If you don’t hear from me again, I died of heatstroke.
Continue readingSaturday WatchAlong: The Birdcage! 7:30am Chicago Time!!!
Happy Saturday! So excited to share The Birdcage with you!!!! I am sure you will love it as much as I do. Well, you will love it some, even if not quite as much as I do.
Continue reading99 Songs Review (No Spoilers): For People Who Like Songs and Emotions and NO LOGIC
What a silly silly movie! It’s like Fitoor crossed with Mirzya crossed with Aashiqui 2 crossed with Half-Girlfriend. But oh boy are the songs GOOD. And also, sometimes you just want a really silly silly illogical over the top romance movie.
Continue readingDiscussion Post: What Are Your Family’s Dad Jokes?
My nephew isn’t quite 2 yet, and my sister has already created her own traditional Dad Joke repetraw (sp?). Apparently it comes on you immediately.
Continue readingTGIF Gifs: Rank Aditya Chopra Versions of SRK!!!!
The Aditya Chopra Birthday Celebrations Continue!!!!! Let us pick which Adi version of SRK is the BEST Adi version of SRK.
Continue readingSaturday WatchAlong: The Birdcage!!! 7:30am Chicago Time!!!!
Woo-hoo! The people have spoken! Well, the very few people who responded have spoken. We are watching the happy humanity faith restoring movie The Birdcage.
Continue readingAditya Chopra Birthday Post! Let’s Rank His 4 Movies, Best to Worst!
Hey, Adi’s birthday! Coming up tomorrow! We should celebrate! We should also put opinions on the Friday watchalong scheduling post from yesterday because no one has yet!
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