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Hrithik Kangana Ekta Discussion Space, I Am So Tired of This!!!!

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Oh boy, I get to recap the whole Hrithik-Kangana thing again! The only good thing is, I was team Hrithik from the start (go me!) because Kangana’s story was always just WEIRD, and his wasn’t. So I get a little ego-boost each time it comes up again. But that is literally the ONLY good thing. Otherwise, it is all stressful and exhausting and strangely repetitive. I would much rather go back to Kangana’s weird work issues than digging up her work-personal issues.

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Movies to Make You Cry on Mother’s Day!!!!

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The best movie, I really truly think, is the one I will be reviewing on Sunday, Pari. It gets at the pain and sacrifice and terror of motherhood in a really visceral way. But these are all good too, if you want to sob and sob about the misery of being a mother.

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Sunday ReRun Announcement: Pari! Anushka’s Hauntingly Beautiful Horror Movie About Motherhood, for Mother’s Day May 12

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This is such a good movie, SUCH a good movie! So good that I blocked it out of my head because it was also disturbing. But beautiful. And somehow the audience didn’t embrace it and not as many people saw it as it deserved. So I am going to try remedy that. Oh, and hey! Mother’s Day! It’s actually a perfect Mother’s Day movie.

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News Round-Up Part 1: Sacred Games, Class of 83, Krrish 4, and Aamir’s Gump Thing

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So many stories today! None of them super worth talking about, but then that is why I do a “news round-up”, so I can just dip in a little bit to a whole bunch of things that aren’t worth their own post. And because there are so many little stories, I am going to do two posts, just to make it easier for discussion.

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Happy Cinco De Mayo! 2 times 5 Songs To Celebrate!

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Happy Cinco de Mayo!  A Mexican holiday, which inspires me to find every vaguely Hispanic song in the history of Indian film. The last two years I have done 5 videos, this year I am going to challenge myself to find TEN videos! Fun times. Oh, and if you tend to ignore these posts, this is one you should pay attention to. I found really good and different songs.

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Sunday ReRun: Yennai Arindhaal/Yentavaadu Gaani

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I think I may have finally figured out what I like about Gautham Menon films.  It took a while, because they seem like the kind of film I shouldn’t like, perfect heroes and opaque heroines.  But with this film, I think I have cracked it.  Oh, and also, Ajith looks goooo-ooooood with grey hair!  Which is neither here nor there, but I felt it should be acknowledged.

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FanFic! The Most Unacceptable Possible Plot For Indian Film, I Have Found It!!!! And, on the Other Hand, The Most Acceptable Plot for Shahrukh to Play!

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Watched another early morning classic noir, a jail break movie. But what intrigued me for an Indian remake is that it managed to come up with the most shocking possible plot and I kind of want to see someone remake it just to watch everyone Lose Their Freakin’ Minds. And I also watched an early morning classic family film which would be perfect if Shahrukh wanted to play a befuddled father. Or Anil. Or Aamir. Whoever.

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Hindi Film 101: Film Companion Stops Using Star Ratings, But Indian Film Reviewing Still Has a Long Way to Go

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I started out writing a different post, but halfway through I discovered something really interesting when I looked at the reviewer aggregate information on Rotten Tomatoes. The state of Indian film reviewing is way more f’ed up than I realized.

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Discussion Post: Share Your Song Memories! What Song Takes You Back in Time Immediately?

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I’ve decided I like living in a temperate climate. Wait for it, this will have a meaning. It’s sunny today after a series of rainy days which is throwing me into that weird springtime headspace where everything and nothing both seem possible. Which is better than the winter headspace of total sluggishness where nothing matters, but not as good as the mid-summer headspace of being mildly irritable or the fall headspace of being filled with optimism. Anyway, I was thinking about how some people live in places where their headspace and the weather doesn’t wildly change every 4 months, and I think I wouldn’t like that. It’s good for me to get all shaken out of my mind space every few months, even if it makes me feel bad some of the time. And today, it didn’t make me feel bad, just weird, as I kept being thrown back in time by the music playing on my ipod while I drove to work. I can’t be the only one who gets musically created Deja Vu, right?

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Most Comments 4/17 to May 1 is….A TIE!!!!

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Well, this is a surprise! I randomly announced on 4/17 that I would give a poster to the person who made the most comments between then and the end of the month. Because I happened to find an extra poster on 4/17. And over all that time, two separate people made exactly the same number of comments (44). Maria and Procrastinatrix! You have made wise life decisions and time management choices, BE PROUD!

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Wednesday Malayalam: Sakhavu, for May Day

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I finally watched it! Ages after it came out. For those of you who like Communists/Communism, this is a great movie for gently explaining the importance of collective action. For those of you who like “cuddly” type men (you know who you are!), this is a great movie for giving you nice sofa like Nivin striding around with his big arms and trunk.

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