Happy Wednesday! Stupid winter solstice nonsense madness. I hit rock bottom depression on Monday as soon as the sun went down and it went away when the sun came up. And then came back again. And then went away again. Anyway, just 5 more days of darker, and then it gets light again. But I’m warning you, BE HAPPY! I am NOT in a good place.
Continue readingI thought I’d reviewed this movie, but I’d just hosted a tweetalong. Oh well, I am sure I can zip out some kind of a review in no time.
Continue readingHappy birthday John Abraham! You bring so much joy to the world in so many ways, let us all celebrate!
Continue readingOkay, I’ve done Rani and Anushka and Dips, it’s time to attempt Vidya. There is A LOT that happened to her, but really when I look at her career, it is more of a straight line than I realized.
Continue readingEvery Spring I get kind of bored and depressed because it’s cold and dark and Christmas is over. So I am looking for something to look forward to, and what occurred to me was that I could do a weekend trip somewhere and frame it around possibly meeting some DCIBers in person!
Continue readingThis is the post I wrote about why Kuch Kuch Hota Hai is meaningful to me, and it inspired many lovely comments from other people telling their own stories. There’s something about this film that inspires warmth and friendship and community and joy in a way that is very Christmas-y.
Continue readingHappy Christmas! 10 days left! And to start off our celebration, I am giving you the sappiest happiest family-est Hindi film EVER!
Continue readingThis might sound crazy, but I don’t think Albie Dog knows it is Christmas! Or, generally, that this should be a time of peace and goodwill to all, including stuffed toys.
Continue readingHappy Monday! I have the annual quilting potluck and white elephant gift exchange tonight, and I have no idea what food to bring. Oh well, this is what grocery store deli sections are for.
Continue readingJust to be clear, these are NOT movies about Christmas!!!! They are family friendly loving sweet hopeful films about “the human spirit” or whatever. And I thought it would be nice to have a little festival of family happy love movies as we all get in the holiday spirit.
Continue readingOh Dips! I can’t be the only one who has a vaguely worried and protective feeling about her, right? She just seems to have been hit by life so many times.
Continue readingI originally wrote this post for Preity’s birthday, and I still think it is a great unusual role for her, but Rani’s role and performance is pretty good too!
Continue readingReady for a silly silly indulgent post? But whatever, I have now both wrapped and mailed all my presents (meaning I am better than all y’all!!!!), so I can afford to be indulgent. Oh, and also, even if you don’t read all of these, take the movies as recommendations. Assuming you enjoy emotional love stories with happy endings (mostly) and random song sequences.
Continue readingYaaaaaaay, Congrats Emily! In other news, Alisa/Bollywood Newbie has now made the exact same number of comments in 3 separate weeks. I am beginning to worry she is a pod person. Or has a very strange disorder that compels her to make exactly 38 comments on DCIB every week.
Continue readingSecond to last review of Rani Week! Her most recent film, which was….fine. Not a groundbreaking message, not really worth a rewatch, but fairly painless for one watch in theaters and Rani is still charming.
Continue readingSorry, not a lot of film news small talk. But lots of Margaret news small talk! My nephew is in town again, and we have done lots of things.
Continue readingAgain, I don’t like to do 101s of people who are in the middle of their careers. Things that happen in the future could make everything look different, the most important part of their lives could be still to come. But as of this snapshot moment in time, at the end of 2019, this is how it looks.
Continue readingI already reposted the ice cream one, moving right on to hot drinks! It’s TGIF, it’s time to have fun.
Continue readingRani Week ends on Sunday, which is also exactly 10 days before Christmas. And I think what I would like to do is 10 days of Christmas-y movies, but I need help thinking of them! So I am throwing it out to all of you. And because I really REALLY need help, I am sticking this post to the homepage until I have enough movie ideas.
Continue readingI’m telling you know, I’m not seeing/reviewing Mardaani 2. It’s dark and blech and I would rather see Mammootty’s new movie if I only have time for one movie. But you can read my review of Mardaani 1 instead!
Continue readingIt’s weird, but today is ice cream day? Even though it’s cold outside?
Continue readingThat title isn’t meant to minimize her. I would give the same title to a post about her husband Aditya Chopra. They are people for whom film is literally in their blood, and their family life revolves around continuing that tradition.
Continue readingRani is technically just a supporting character, but her role is the secret motive and power and goal of the hero. It’s a fascinating kind of role, she has to be isolated from the rest of the plot, but at the same time not isolated, since her reactions drive Aamir in everything he does for the rest of the plot. It’s her sadness, happiness, strength, sorrow, and so on, that make Aamir angry, confused, dedicated and so on.
Continue readingIt’s Rani Week, but Shahrukh is still sticking his big fat nose in. So okay, I’ll throw up a discussion post for this.
Continue readingI can’t really think of a time that Rani and Salman were “sexy” together, but they have had a lot of really great dance numbers! Especially the last song on this list, you can skip the rest, but give yourself the joy of watching that one.
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