Okay, getting down to the wire, and a little bit silly as the excitement builds, you ready for my 5 favorite aspects of Shahrukh’s appearance?
Happy 5 Days to Shahrukh’s Birthday!
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ADHM and Shivaay News From the Front!
Little bits of news have started to burble out, as they do during opening day of major releases. What did the public think, how are ticket sales, etc. etc. And, of course, are there massive violent protests or not?
Tata Family Saga in Filmi Terms
Okay, I finally gave in and actually clicked on one of those articles about the Tata Company implosion. And then I had to go back to my old friend wikipedia to confirm what I thought I remembered, that this is all a bit of a family feud. And yep! Everyone is related! MESSY!
OK Kanmani: Seriously, How Will this Work in a Different Language?
I watched this movie months and months ago when it first arrived on American Netflix, but that was before I was blogging seriously so I didn’t pay very close attention. I wanted to watch it again, now that the remake will be releasing soon (January 13th), and think about how this film could possibly be remade.
Happy 6 Days to Shahrukh’s Birthday!
Well, I already did favorite performances in films, this is something slightly different, favorite characters. Favorite characters who I would love no matter who played them.
“Ugh” and “Aww” Videos
Two videos just popped up in world, one of them so bad I feel the need to share it and get moral support to survive it. And the other so good that it seemed like my moral duty to put it out there.
KRK Continues to be Krappy
I normally don’t use bad language, but I couldn’t resist the alliteration! And really, the man is less than scum.
Happy 7 Days to Shahrukh’s Birthday!
My 7 favorite Shahrukh co-stars! Obviously, you know who number one is. But the others may surprise you! (I’ve been doing this for 9 days now, 16 favorite films here, 15 favorite fanvids here, 14 favorite pictures here, 13 sad facts here, 12 happy facts here, 11 best films here, 10 best quotes here, 9 best performances here, 8 best ads here)
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Weekend Box Office: Hilariously Bad
It’s been a bad fall. Because, as my continuing series of posts indicates, the industry is STUPID. Constantly giving too much money and screens to big dumb films, and not enough money and screens to small smart films. But this weekend is so bad, it’s just funny!
Geethanjali: Not a Story about Death, or a Story about Life, but a Story about Love
Mani Ratnam strikes again! Another great romance with a complicated heroine and interesting supportive hero. Oh, and I am going to assume for this entire review that you at least know the big thing that is revealed 10 minutes into the film, so if you are obsessive about SPOILERS and don’t even want to know that, DON’T READ ANY MORE!!! But if you are fine with the 10 minute in reveal, but want to be protected from what happens in the remaining 113 minutes, keep going until the usual SPOILER marker.
Have I mentioned I’m a Cubs Fan?
So, slightly slowing on the watching/writing about new movies this week, since all my evenings are devoted to the World Series. I’m not much of a Cubs fan, more as a kind of family tradition (4th generation! On both sides!) than as a thing I enjoy. But I do make a point of watching/listening to every game if they make it to post-season. Which has only happened 4 times in my lifetime, so it’s not a real big commitment.
Kaabil Trailer: Isn’t it Kind of a Waste for Hrithik to be Married to a Blind Woman?
Kaabil trailer! I would say “hey! What’s with all the trailers this week?” But I know what’s with all the trailers, they are coming out a couple of days before the Diwale releases, so there will be buzz and excitement to see them on the big screen attached to the big Diwale releases.
Happy 8 Days to Shahrukh’s Birthday! King of Admen!
Shahrukh is known for being brand ambassador for anything and everything. I’ve listed a few of his ads before, there may be some repeats in here, but here are 8 of the best I’ve been able to find (I make no promises about these being the best in existence, because I haven’t seen every SRK ad ever).
Matt Damon and Deepika Padukone
Do you know what they have in common? Well, not a lot. But there is Indian industry news creeping out which makes me sit up and go “Hey! I just heard this in the American industry about Matt Damon!”
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Trailers! Kahaani 2 and Rock On 2! (One of These Sequels is Better Than the Other)
Kahaani 2 trailer out today! And Rock On 2 trailer out yesterday, but I’m not as interested in that one.
Explanation for Why Shahrukh is Going to be a Dwarf!
Once again, rediff comes through with the interesting in depth interview. And we get to learn all sorts of interesting things about the film industry and AR Rahman and SHAHRUKH!
Happy 9 Days Until Shahrukh’s Birthday!
I did top 11 movies a couple days ago, I’m going to go slightly different today, and do top nine performances. Even if the movie as a whole doesn’t hold together, or even if it is so brilliant all around you never noticed what Shahrukh was doing, here are his greatest performances as an actor.
Massive Combined Post! Every News Item from Pierce Brosnan to ADHM!
I’m just getting kind of bored with reporting these ADHM updates. And all the other news items aren’t really exciting me either. So I am going to mush them altogether into one huge post that covers everything!
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Monday Morning Questions! I Remembered on Time This Week!
New ADHM and DEAR ZINDAGI Trailers!!!!
So much more excited about the Dear Zindagi trailer! Partly because it is just the second one, whereas ADHM is now on, what, the 513th trailer? Remember how excited I was back when there were just a couple ADHM trailers? Yeah, that’s worn off by now.
Alai Payuthey: Slightly Different from Saathiya, Resulting in a Slightly different Meaning
I finally watched Alai Payuthey! After putting it off for years and years and years and years and years. Because I love Saathiya, and I didn’t want to risk having it spoiled. But turns out, they are two distinctly different movies! Although still similar to Saathiya, so this is going to be kind of a combined review. I talked about some of these differences a little already when I reported on the OK Jaanu/OK Kanmani remake thing.
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