I decided! Jhoom Barabar Jhoom! This may have been a terrible terrible mistake. I love it, but whose to say I am right? But you all like Preity, right? She has the dimples? And also, sorry, I messed up scheduling this post. Notice it is TWENTY-THREE hours from now, not 24. So, this time tomorrow, minus one hour. 3pm Chicago time.
Continue readingAla Vaikunthapurramuloo Review: The Middle-Class Perfect Hero
The chicken movie! The one with the really clever trailer! It’s on Netflix! And it’s…..okay. Didn’t blow me away, but perfectly fine. Tabu is there.
Continue readingDiscussion Post: What is Your Favorite/The Funnest Era of Indian Film?
Not “best”. If I say “best”, everyone’s gonna be all “1950s! Guru Dutt! Raj Kapoor! Giants walked the earth!” And of course that’s true. But was it really FUN back then? With all that exhausting depth and brilliance flying around everywhere?
Continue readingIt’s My Parents 43rd Wedding Anniversary! YAAAAAY!!!
Yaaaaaay! Party time! 43 is a nice solid number, isn’t it? Firmly within the 4th decade, no question about it.
Continue readingHappy April Fools! Songs in Which the Hero Plays the Fool
I love these songs! It’s not that the hero is foolish, it’s that he is trying to cheer up the people around him (love interest, small children, etc.) by ACTING foolish. Like a court jester. Which is a movie that is now on Prime by the way, and you should all watch it and share it with your children. For Happiness.
Continue readingApril Fools! I Put the Wrong Heads on These Torsos! Can You Fix It?
My kind of April Fools trick! The kind you tell people about right away so it doesn’t scare them, and then ask them to help you fix it.
Continue readingWednesday Watching Post: What Are You Reading and Watching and Thinking and Listening to This Week?
Happy Wednesday! And Happy April Fools Day! I will be doing nothing fool-ish on this blog, and that’s not a trick. Really. I think practical jokes, unless you are really really good at them, are kind of mean. So this will be a safe place of no jokes. Unless I do something silly like “find the thing that is wrong in this picture”.
Continue readingThis Friday WatchAlong! Street Dancer 3D, or Jhoom Barabar Jhoom?
I need VOTES! I really want to do Veere Di Wedding, but it is only on Einthusan, and that just doesn’t make sense, way too hard to watch and comment at the same time. So instead I have these two options. Oh, and as the last to weeks, we will start at 2pm Chicago time and comment along in a blog space I will put up about half an hour early.
Continue readingOh My Kadavule Review: How Do Friends Become Lovers?
What a nice movie! Thanks to Angie and Procrastinatrix for recommending it to me, it was just so cheerful and light and (this is important) easy to watch in the background and not be confused.
Continue readingSongs About Colors!
Another fun theme song post! Any song that is aggressively all blue in one shot, and then all red in another. Or all the same color straight through. Not mixed up onscreen, you know? All one thing.
Continue readingBest Streaming Hindi Movies to Watch With Kids
Another To-Do list! A tricky one, because of course Kids are also People and therefore have very different tastes. But generally speaking, here are the movies I would suggest you start with. And then move on once you have identified the real winners for your particular kids.
Continue readingPSA: Amazon and Instacart Workers Now On Strike, FYI If You Want to Avoid Crossing a Picket Line
Sorry, not a fun post. Not not-fun, but not fun. But informative! And information I am grateful to have since there is this weird lag to knowing about an online business strike. Unlike when the workers go on strike in a brick and mortar business and you see them standing out front as you pull up to shop.
Continue readingMonday Morning Questions Post: What Do You Want to Ask Me the Week of April Fools Day?
Happy Monday! I get to have decaf coffee today. Which still has a tiny tiny amount of caffeine, so I get that mini-buzz. Woo-hoo!
Continue readingBest Light Hindi Romances Streaming on Netflix and Prime, a To-Do List for You!
I am aware my massive lists (Netflix list here and Prime list here) are probably too massive. They are meant to be less of a to-do list, and more of a browsing list. Start with those films, then browse through and check the descriptions and see what you are in the mood for. THIS is your to-do list! The really really wonderful little films that are absolute must watches.
Continue readingList of Hindi Movies to Watch on Netflix
Woo! I did Prime over the course of literally an entire day of work, now I am bringing myself up to attempt Netflix. Oh, and once again, the real list is on AccessBollywood.net, this is the edited list with descriptions and symbols indicating genre, courtesy of ME.
Continue readingI Have Arranged My Living Space!
Ready for PICTURES?!??!? I am just so proud.
Continue readingSexy Saturday Discussion Post: What is Your Go-To Sexiest Movie?
Yes, it’s Sexy Saturday! I actually remembered this week! And a nice time for it, so we can all get a little lift.
Continue readingSongs with Animals!
Such fun! And I am loving the enthusiasm you all show in adding on to these theme song posts. Hopefully this one will inspire you just like the others.
Continue readingMiscellaneous Isolation Links! Sesame Street, Internet Archive, Old Time Radio
This is the random weekly “hey! check these resources!” post. Inspired by Sesame Street, Greatest Television Show of All Time.
Continue readingSaturday Small Talk: Chat Away While I Arrange My Living Space!
Happy Saturday! I am so excited to be able to focus on my little projects, instead of having to do work-work.
Continue readingHappy Birthday Akshaye!!!! Here Are My Favorite Songs of Yours!
Akshaye! Great guy, started out super young as a youthful love interest hero, by his late 20s had graduated to kind of more interesting and original work, then took a 4 year sabbatical, and returned as a powerhouse of a character actor.
Continue readingWatch Khoobsurat and Comment Along With Me Here, Starting in 30 Minutes at 2pm Chicago Time!!!!
Putting this post up so you have time to find it and prepare yourself, but the actual start time is at 2pm Chicago time, half an hour from when this post publishes.
Continue readingHindi Film 101: Vinod Khanna and Osho
Reposting this for Akshaye’s birthday, poor kid. I don’t think this is what he wants for his birthday, but it’s also not inappropriate I think.
Continue readingBingeing Netflix? Remember that Osho Documentary Wild Wild Country? Here is My Review in Honor of Akshaye Khanna’s Birthday!
Poor Akshaye. His Dad abandoned him and ran off and joined a cult when he was a little boy, that kind of thing is probably why he is still unmarried, has no children, and needed to take a 4 year break in the middle of his career and just take care of himself for a while. So in honor of his birthday, I am going to remind us all just how HORRIBLE Osho is/was.
Continue readingTGIF: Help Me Build This Post! Movie Stars With Animals!
Any animal! I will get you started off with some pictures, and you can add on as you like in the comments.
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