WOO-HOO!!!! The Hotstar library is on Hulu! In a really weird hidden sort of way, but I shall show you how to do it!
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Happy New Year!!!!
Happy Jewish New Year! It’s year 5782! Or 81? I can’t tell for sure. Anyway, CELEBRATE!!!
Continue readingMonday Morning Questions: What Do You Want to Ask Me on American Labor Day???
Happy Monday! And Happy Labor Day!!!! I am either going to spend the day laboring, cleaning floors and emptying boxes and hanging hooks and stuff, or spend the day enjoying not laboring and just sitting around doing puzzles and napping. Time will tell!
Continue readingTwo Photos to Make You Smile!
Happy Sunday! I have been soooooooo productive! Home Depot, Goodwill, Costco, and then came home and organized my dining room and guest room and put away all my Costco stuff, and now I am taking a break before building my guest room bed. First guest is staying with me next weekend! Woot!
Continue readingSaturday Small Talk: Chat Away While I Work on BOATS!
Happy Saturday! Today is the day we take the sailboat out of the lake!!! Which involves a lot of confusion and complaining at each other, and then a nice relaxing relief feeling once it is done. Basically the same as any hard collective family task. Like putting up a Christmas tree.
Continue readingFriday WatchAlong: Eega/Eecha/Makkhi! 3pm Chicago Time!
Happy Friday! Were you worried I forgot? I almost did. My Dad was over and we were deep into home repairs.
Continue readingMy New Home! A Tour of Bright Spots
I promised to share pictures of my new place, and I have been waiting until it wasn’t a disaster. But that’s going to take forever! So instead I am going to share little bright spots of pretty.
Continue readingMonday Anjaam WatchAlong: Anyone Interested? And Morning or Afternoon?
Woot! 3 Day US Weekend! And WOOT!!!! Anjaam is on Netflix! It is like the PERFECT watchalong movie. So ridiculous, and also has SRK and Madhuri. Seems like we just have to do a bonus watchalong
Continue readingFriday WatchAlong: Eega! For Sudeep! 3pm Tomorrow (Friday) Chicago Time!
Woot! Friday Watchalong! And WOOT! EEGA! It’s soooooooooooooooo good. And cheap to rent and easy to find and all those good things.
Continue readingWednesday Watching Post: What Are You Reading and Watching and Thinking and Listening to the First Day of September?
Happy Wednesday!!! And Happy September!!! I am so glad to have made it to fall, my Favorite season. Especially this year when summer was so super super oppressively hot, and I had to move 3 times.
Continue readingMimi Inspired Post: Indian Movies About Non-Biological Parents
Mimi is the same movie as English Babu Desi Mem, which itself was a remake of Zamane Ko Dikhane Hai. Sure, the details are different, but the same question of “is the better parent the non-biological one who loves the child, or the rich biological one who can give the child a good life?” is the same. And it is a remarkably common question in Indian film!
Continue readingMimi Review (SPOILERS): A Surrogacy Movie About Love
I am SO EXCITED to finally write this spoilers review so we can all gab together about this movie and the various slight oddities in it.
Continue readingMimi Review (No Spoilers): Nice Light Loving Movie, Surprisingly Little There-There
Well, now I see why so many of you said that I shouldn’t be afraid to watch this movie. It is very pleasant, very light, doesn’t really make you super feel anything. So if you want a real tearjerker deep version of a surrogate story, don’t watch this. But if you want a pleasant timepass that is unobjectionable, this is a nice one.
Continue readingFriday/Saturday WatchAlong: Saathiya for Vivek? Eega for Sudeep? Another SRK Film?
Okay, time to decide! Friday or Saturday this week? And what movie should we watch? So many birthdays! So many options!
Continue readingBIG DCIB COMMUNITY NEWS! FilmiKudhi is Having a Baby!!!!
Ready to prove we are less of a “film blog” and more of a “group of very close and supportive friends who hang out online”? FilmiKudhi is having a baby!!!! A very very wanted and waited for baby, so we should be VERY HAPPY. Heck, I am very happy! This is great news! And she should name the baby SHAHRUKH!!! I failed to convince my sister to name my nephew after SRK, this might be my last chance.
Continue readingMonday Morning Questions: What Do You Want to Ask Me as I Suffer Without a China Cabinet?
Happy Monday! I am still China Cabinet-less! But by Thursday, I will have one one way or another. Sigh.
Continue readingSilly Sunday: Queen Latifah Rom-Com Remakes!!!!!
WARNING! I am going to be spoiling the movies Last Christmas and Just Wright. But, on the other hand, not really spoiling them because they are delightfully predictable and pleasant as all rom-coms should be. It’s about the journey, not the destination.
Continue readingSaturday Small Talk: Chat Away While I Curse the Shipping Gods
Happy Saturday! Would “Gods of Shipping” be more clear? What I mean is, whoever controls the fate of packages.
Continue readingFriday WatchAlong: Kal Ho Na Ho! Because SRK! 3pm Chicago Time
Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay, a watchalong!!!! I’m excited! I’m gonna get off work, do errands, then come home and settle in for a nice shared viewing experience.
Continue readingI Was Right About Female Agency Being Most Important in Films, And Isn’t That Interesting?
I am trying to be objective and “isn’t this interesting?”, but really I’m just going “hahahahaha! I was RIGHT! I thought this thing was true and now here is a study that says it IS!”
Continue readingFriday WatchAlong: Kal Ho Na Ho! 3pm Friday (tomorrow!)
Kind of last minute, but who cares! It’s Kal Ho Na Ho!!!! 3pm tomorrow (Friday), Shahrukh, Saif, Preity, tears, romance, EVERYTHING.
Continue readingFriday/Saturday WatchAlong: What Should We Watch The Week Before School Starts?
Happy Thursday! Put this off a bit last minute, oops! And the only exciting birthday this week is Jim Sarbh, and the only good Jim Sarbh watchalong movie is Raabta which we already watched. So, my mind is a blank!
Continue readingWednesday Watching Post: What Are You Reading and Watching and Thinking and Listening to the Week I Broke My Little Toe?
Happy Wednesday! I don’t know-know I broke my little toe. But at the very least I bruised it heavily! It’s a fun thing to watch slowly change color over time.
Continue readingJLo and Ben Inspired Post: What Former Couple of Indian Film Do You Wish Would Get Back Together?
I just read a month and a half of People magazines, and my goodness are they excited about JLo and Ben! Which made me realize it’s not just in India that celebrity shifted in the early 2000s, it’s crazy that in America these two 50 year olds are still bigger stars than everyone who came after them. And also, years later reunions are a GREAT story and I want more of them.
Continue readingDiscussion Post: Would You Rather Be Tall, Short, or Average? Caffeine Sensitive or Insensitive? And Finally, Small Dog or Large Dog?
Let’s chat! It’s been a while since we had a nice cozy chat. And I am legitimately curious about what people think on these vital issues. I know my opinions, but I don’t know if they are universal or if folks vary.
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