Remember, I am limiting to the films I have picked out as 2021 options! So, among the following options only, make your pick! (and if you’ve only see one, you can pick that one, or else pick based on photos only)
Continue readingDCIB Check In Post: How’s Life For You Now?
Hey y’all!!!! Since DCIB is less of an intellectual film website and more of a cozy little group of friends, I want to know how you all are doing. And I want to share how I am doing with you because you are my bestest friends. In year 3 of the pandemic, this online community is becoming ever more important to me.
Continue readingFriday WatchAlong: Hrithik’s Birthday or 2021 Awards Work? UPDATE: It’s Kirre’s Birthday Week! She Gets to Pick
Happy Tuesday! We need to figure out what we are watching this weekend. I’m telling you now, my preference is Pushpa on Saturday morning. But it’s only fun if everyone is having fun! So you tell me if you want something else.
Continue readingDCIB Film List for 2021!!! THE FINAL CHOICES (ish)
Thank you thank you for helping me work out this list! I’m gonna go ahead and limit our 2021 Awards Discussion to this tiny group of nominees. Just to make things manageable and try to leave out as few people as possible!
Continue readingHrithik Birthday Post: Which of These Instagrams is Most Delightful?
Oh Hrithik! A man made for instagram. Very pretty in photos, and very superficial in content ideas.
Continue readingMonday Morning Questions: What Do You Want to Ask Me on HRITHIK’S BIRTHDAY?
Happy Monday! And Happy Hrithik Day! Such a lovely day. In that way only. In the Real World, I’m super sore because I feel down on the stupid ice and I can’t go on nice walks with Albie Dog because of the stupid ice and also one of my co-workers is on vacation for 3 days and I’m too busy to write even a Monday post until after noon. But on the other hand, HRITHIK DAY!!!!
Continue readingSilly Sunday FanFic: Re-Writing K3G in Honor of It’s Anniversary!!!!
It’s dangerously ice-y today, so I can’t go outside even to our sidewalk. Perfect day to stay in and watch Star Trek and re-write K3G!!!!!
Continue readingMinnal Murali Review (SPOILERS): A Hero and Villain Are Made By Small Choices
Yaaaaaay,. the spoilers review! So we can all talk about it in detail, and how much we liked it, and how clever it was.
Continue readingSaturday Small Talk: Chat Away While I Hang Curtain Rods!
Happy Saturday! It is super super cold here and I am thinking of spending the day inside hanging curtains and otherwise being productive while warm.
Continue readingFriday WatchAlong: Tamasha Hate Watch! If You Are Liking It, You Are WRONG!! 3pm Chicago Time Start
Happy Friday! I am going to try to convince all of you to hate this movie along with me. Because it is the WORST.
Continue readingMinnal Murali Review (No Spoilers): A Village Superhero Movie
What a nice film!!! And, most importantly, it is dubbed in English plus all major Indian languages on Netflix. So you can watch it with your kids! Finally, someone is smart enough to see the value in that.
Continue readingFriday WatchAlong: Tamasha Hate Watch! Starting at 3pm Chicago Time, tomorrow, Friday the 7th
Get ready! We are going to watch a movie we all HATE. Okay, a movie Kirre and I hate, and Shelomit hasn’t seen but is open to learning to hate it. For Dips and Rahman’s birthday! Because the two of them are the only good parts of the whole awful mess.
Continue readingFriday/Saturday WatchAlong: Dips and Rahman Week! XXX Return of Xander Cage, Tamasha, 99 Songs, Mersal, what else?
It’s Deepika/AR Rahman week! So many movie options! And of course, their one collaboration, “Tamasha”.
Continue readingWednesday Watching Post: What Are You Reading and Watching and Thinking and Listening to on AR Rahman’s Birthday?
Happy Wednesday!!! Stupid FedEx woke me up early today, again. Sent me a text at 6:30am to tell me my delivery was on the way. I’ve gotta remove them from my texting.
Continue reading2021 Awards: Movie List! In DCIB World, These Are Our Choices
OTT releases, movies in theaters only some of us saw, it’s all confusing. I’m gonna try to limit it down to the movies that mattered to DCIB world. Let me know if there is something I am missing from the list that you think should be included. I’m looking for movies that a fair number of DCIB people have seen so we can judge them. Oh, and tell me if there is something I should remove because no one really watched it.
Continue readingMonday Morning Questions: What Do You Want to Ask Me the Second Day of 2022???
Happy Monday!!!! It’s 59 degrees in my living room so, reluctantly, I am turning on the heat. Albie Dog is so buried in blankets I can’t see him, but I’m the human, if I like it cold, he has to put up with being cold.
Continue readingHappy 2022!!!!! Here Are All My Hindi Movie Wishes For Next Year! Which Ones Do You Share?
Happy Sunday! I spent yesterday at my parents, watched Happy New Year with y’all, took a nap, then went on a driving adventure to look at Christmas decorations, then came home and had more naps and talked and watched a little TV and went to bed. It was nice! And now I’m ready to think about 2022
Continue readingSaturday WatchAlong: Happy New Year! For New Years Day! 8am Chicago Time!!!!
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!! I hope everyone welcomed in 2022 in a lovely happy way, and of course my best wishes for all of my DCIB family in this new year. And now, let us begin it the RIGHT way, by watching Happy New Year the Movie.
Continue readingHappy New Year! Kirre Just Reminded Me that YJHD Ends on New Year! In Honor of the Holiday, Here is My Reposted Review
Yes! An old review! But a good movie, and one that might be interesting to talk about again as Brahmastra creaks towards a release with the same star and director/writer.
Continue readingNew Years Day WatchAlong: 8am Chicago Time! HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! An Annual Tradition!
It’s a silly happy joyous way to start 2022! Let’s watching Happy New Year! Lame Jokes, Great Songs, Stupid Hair!
Continue readingDiscussion Post: What Are You Doing For New Years Eve?
Happy Thursday! And Happy Day Before New Years Eve! Let’s share our plans in a lovely DCIB community building way.
Continue readingAtrangi Re Review (SPOILERS): Practically Unbelievable, Emotionally Real
Yaaaaay, a review of a new movie! That I really really liked!!! With people in it that I really really like, and also Akshay. Although here Akshay is reminding me why I used to like him.
Continue readingAtrangi Re Review (No Spoilers): An Unapologetically Romantic Little Romance
This is such a delightful throwback! No big social statements, at least none that are underlined and highlighted, no misunderstandings or stupid complications, no real “villain” even for most of the plot. It’s just about two people being in love and figuring things out. And yes, it is sort of weird and surreal in the way it does it, but at the same time it is the most grounded romance film I have seen in a long time. Oh, and it uses Akshay perfectly, and makes me respect him as an actor for taking this small but difficult role.
Continue readingWednesday Watching Post: What Are You Reading and Watching and Thinking and Listening to the Last Week of 2021?
Happy Wednesday! I am back at work and work work working and wishing I had time to write up my Atrangi Re review because I am super excited to talk about it with y’all.
Continue readingTuesday WatchAlong: Atrangi Re! Let’s See If It is As Good As People Say! 8am Chicago Time Start
Happy Tuesday! And happy Day I Am Randomly Taking Off For Christmas! We are all going to watch Atrangi Re to start my day, and then I may take a walk, or a nap, or just do a puzzle. Ahhhhhh, heaven.
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