Really, the headline says it all. But I feel weird putting up a post that is just a headline, so I will talk a bit about the whys and wherefores and hopes for the future and all that.
Continue readingRemember the two #MeToo rules on DCIB: If you are going to repeat a story about someone, you must link back to the original source so we can all read it and judge for ourselves. And if possible, try to make the discussion broader and productive instead of personal. I’m going to try to follow both those rules myself with the Hirani story, giving a link back to the original source here, and talking about the broader issue I see what what happened.
Continue readingOkay, I’m ready! I want to welcome in Surya and bring on the sunshine and happiness and be done with all this winter and sadness. And to help it along, here are some songs.
Continue readingHappy Monday! If I am understanding this holiday correctly, it makes the end of the solar month that contained the Winter Solstice. Basically a big party of “the Sun’s Coming Back!!! The Sun’s Coming Back!!!” And with that in mind, it is dedicated to Surya. All of this is things I can get behind, so I thought I would share it with you.
Continue readingI’m finally going to spoil Simmba! Long after everyone else in the world has had a chance to watch it! Which means I don’t have to put in much of a SPOILER warning. If you want to see the movie, I assume you have already watched it. If you don’t want to see the movie but want to know what happens, then this is the place!
Continue readingFun movie! Great movie to take other people with me to watch. A little bit darker than you might expect for a little bit longer than you might expect, but mostly okay.
Continue readingDo you like reviews that tear down movies in a nasty way? Then this is for you! And if you don’t like those reviews, don’t read it.
Continue readingI skipped this episode when it first aired, because what do I care about cricket players? But then it turned into a whole “thing”, so I tracked down an illegal copy (since the legal copy has been pulled) so I could judge for myself.
Continue readingThought you might be interested, and I had cute photos to share.
Continue readingHappy Saturday! And (hopefully) the day I finally see Simmba! And also get enough sleep, that would be good too.
Continue readingMissed his birthday yesterday, but at least we can celebrate with a lovely TGIF. Including objectification and rankings, which is just what anyone would want for their birthday, right? Oh well, if we didn’t critique him, how would he ever get better?
Continue readingI had all the individual posts all glued to the front page, but it was getting long and confusing. So I am putting them all in one long linked list instead. Click each link and put your vote in the comments. Oh, and also Officially Announcing, Voting Closes 1/30. And then I will announce the winners on 1/31.
Continue readingThis seems like a happy and fruitful discussion topic, right? Especially since Hrithik has an oddly short filmography so you can watch all the songs right now in order to refresh your memory.
Continue readingWell, this movie is just as good as I remembered! Okay, middle bit is kind of confusing and boring, but it only lasts about 20 minutes and then we can move on.
Continue readingReady for the Wedding Battle to the Death? Or maybe it won’t be a wedding after all, maybe there will be some other story that beats Weddings. It’s exciting!
Continue readingSame rules as the female post! Not the first film, but rather the biggest leap film, from unknown to known, or minor star to major star, or whatever it is. Before you ask, I’m not including Rajkummar Rao or Ayushmann Khurrana, because I feel like their stellar 2018s were just a continuation of their stellar 2017s, not a leap even higher.
Continue readingI’ve decided I get to make up my own rules for this category. It’s not an actress whose first movie was this year (although there are some of those), it could also be an actress who had been around for a while but finally got noticed this year. And as always, I will make my nominations just to get the ball rolling, but you can write in your own votes too.
Continue readingSorry sorry! I forgot. I was so focused on remembering to post the Jacobinte Swargarajyam review, I forgot about the regular Wednesday post. Plus, you know, weird week.
Continue readingWell, shoot. This was extremely derivative. I will give Zoya a lot of rope, but really? The quality of the colors, the gritty character background, even the hoodie. Surely there was a more original way to handle the story of a rising rap star.
Continue readingI loved Nivin Pauly in this, naturally (although I have reservations about his hair). But I was surprised by how charismatic I found Renji Panicker, especially considering he just started acting a couple of years ago!
Continue readingHave you noticed that I’ve been kind of off for the past week or so? I was sick, it was mostly that, but there was also other stuff going on. Which I want to share with you all, mostly in a kind of “Writing in order to process it” way. So, completely selfish. (don’t panic, I am still healthy and my parents are healthy and all of that is good. you can just ignore this post if you don’t want to read something sad, it’s not that important)
Continue readingThis is the first non-Rahman Tamil composer whose name I learned. Partly because it is a very memorable name (“Harris”) but also because his music is extremely good.
Continue readingI am so excited about ELKD! Especially the more we get of the Anil/Juhi romance, because they are ADORABLE.
Continue readingI love Fearless Nadia. She is my dream Halloween costume. And I could pull it off too! We look the same, same kind of build and blonde hair and blue eyes. I just have to put on a sari and carry a whip. But then everyone would think I am culturally appropriating and give me a hard time so I can’t. The world is hard.
Continue readingUsually my Sunday ReRun’s are movies I’ve reviewed and I want you to watch. I do NOT want you to watch Sanju. I think it is stupid stupid stupid, and also bad. But Netflix keeps throwing it at me, so if it is throwing it at you too, I wanted to repost the review so you know why NOT to watch it, and can warn your friends off too. And anyway, isn’t it fun when I really hate a film and tear it apart?
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