This is the review to read if you haven’t seen the film yet but want an idea of what it is like before you make your decision as to whether or not to watch it.
Continue readingIf all goes as planned, I just finished watching Zero and now am driving back to my sister’s place, and the review will go up sometime later today. In the meantime, have a TGIF post!
Continue readingHappy Zero Day!!!! And reminder, No Spoilers!!!! I will put up a spoiler review ASAP, and then we can all talk there in a nicely quarantined area. In the meantime, you can continue talking about Chennai Express on the review I posted last night.
Continue readingI always remembered this as a really good movie, but I hadn’t watched it straight through in a few years and thought maybe I was mis-remembering. No, it really is a really good movie!
Continue readingYes, it’s another game! I am just so tired. The last marathon week before leaving town is exhausting. And I am guessing many of you are in a similar state. So, let’s put our brains to work on brainless things!
Continue readingTomorrow has to be Christmas-y, because that is The Rule, but I am sneaking in a random post just because I love you and I want you all to be happy.
Continue readingEveryone has kind of stopped commenting and reading lately on the blog, and I am also noticing that there aren’t that many new news stories. Another Simmba song, another PC wedding, that’s kind of it. Most of all, I am noticing that I myself don’t have much energy to write anything. Which got me thinking back on a post I first wrote before the release of Fan.
Continue readingPart 6! Back to the main storyline after a detour into Krishna and Karna. Although I guess there will be more detours here, that’s what the Mahabharat is about, all the little stories that make us think about how things happen, how they begin and end.
Continue readingQuick little baby stories, but still fun to talk about! All I have scheduled for later today is another Mahabharat post, and that’s not so fun, so I wanted something light to go up first.
Continue readingHappy 2 Days to Zero!!!!! And 6 days to Jesus, but come on, we know which is more important.
Continue readingHey, it’s Goa day! What fun! Yes yes, complex political history and battles and so on, but today is the day it was freed and joined India, so let us celebrate in song!
Continue readingI’m loving this “start a discussion” criteria! No need for perfection or judgement, just something to talk about. So, let’s talk! New topic, white girls in Indian films. Not the best examples, not the most examples, just some examples. And bonus, most of these characters show up for a song for 90% of their screen time. So you can join in the discussion as soon as you watch the songs! No need to limit yourself to movies you have seen.
Continue readingThis film continues to be weird and rough and broken. And yet, it is still supposed to release in a month! Headline is, there was a Grand Trailer Launch about 5 hours ago, press and stars and all, and then the trailer hit youtube and industry folks tweeted it. And then the trailer was pulled from youtube by the studio and is no longer available and no one knows why. What the heck????
Continue readingI was late last year, I’m late again this year, poor John is always forgotten. But he is such a sweetheart, he probably won’t mind.
Continue readingDid you know the Wright Brothers taught Bob Cummings to fly? You probably neither knew nor cared about that, but I find it FASCINATING!!! Bob Cummings! Who knew?
Continue readingWhat an odd combo. Two actors who never co-starred, aren’t known to be friends, and aren’t even related. And yeah, it’s pretty boring. Best part of the episode is the Bahubali episode teaser at the end.
Continue readingThis was I think the first movie I reviewed. Oh the nostalgia! Anyway, I wrote 3 reviews, this post is going to combine them all into one.
Continue readingHAPPY SHAHRUKH MOVIE RELEASE WEEK!!!!!!!! The most wonderful week of the year! And blessed is the year in which it occurs more than once (2017). This has been a long hard slog, getting through 2018 with no release AT ALL for more than 12 months. But the dark time is finally over! Light is coming! Our Lord and Savior will arrive again on December 21! And I guess also on December 25th, for those who follow other faiths.
Continue readingYes yes, it is that fun time again! The time for you to read/ignore the monthly reminder to promote me.
If you want to give me something nice for Christmas, just tweet my posts to your friends, or mention me in comments on other sites, or recommend me to podcasters/bloggers/professional writers/editors/whoever you may know. I’m bad/unlucky at this kind of thing, so I really need help through personal introductions.
So, that’s what I want for Christmas! A little surprise present of “hey! They like me! And they make other people like me too!”
It took me a looooooong time to write the first part, and I enjoyed it of course, but still a loooooooooong time. And there were only 12 views in the first 4 hours. So I wasn’t planning to write a second part, but then I do like this story, and at least a couple of you said you liked it too, so why not? (first part here)
Continue readingI just watched this movie for the 4th time, and it is still So. Good! And such a hard sell! I’ve seen it 4 times partly because people will only watch it if I sit next to them and force them to. Because the title alone really isn’t enough to sell it.
Continue readingCongrats to the new winner! And Congrats to last week’s winner Filmilibrarian! Your card is beautiful, and now everyone can admire it.
Do you know how hard it is to count to 10? SO HARD. Sometimes, you end up counting to 11 by accident. Anyway, the TGIF post is now fixed and it should be muuuuuuuch easier to figure out now. Here it is if you want to try again
It’s that time again, the time I remind everyone that it is a good thing to tip people who provide a service, even if that service is writing on the internet. Think of it this month as giving me a Christmas bonus. I provide a service all year, you can give me a special gift just this once.
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It’s Saturday, why think? I’m just gonna do a quick post based on a discussion in the comments, and also because I love writing fanfics (it’s like stretching after running).
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