Friday/Saturday WatchAlong: Main Prem Ki Diwani Hoon or Chennai Express or Dostana? To Cheer Us All Up?

So much snow! Cannot go outside, cannot drive anywhere, can’t even take out the trash that is piling up in my kitchen (yes, it is gross, but breaking my leg trying to go down the backsteps is also gross). Let’s cheer me up and take me out of myself!

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Friday WatchAlong: I’m Having a Hard Week, What Can We Watch To Cheer Me Up?

Stupid snow! It’s not that I mind the snow itself, I usually like the adventure of snow. It’s that the snow makes it almost impossible to drive and, with the pandemic, driving is the only way I can get out of the house and have human contact. That little “good morning” exchange with the Starbucks drive through was all that is keeping me sane. Anyway, I’m having a hard week. Feeling a wee bit trapped, and also a wee bit sick (stupid snowstorm also causing a stupid weather related migraine). So I really really need a happy movie, and my brain has turned to mush and I can’t think of one.

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The Great Indian Kitchen, Ramante Edenthottan, and Guide Discussion Space: Why Does Dance Always Play a Part?

I’m not gonna see The Great Indian Kitchen, even though it looks like exactly the kind of move folks at DCIB would enjoy talking about. It’s on a funky streaming service, it doesn’t have any famous actors we like, it’s Malayalam, I just don’t see it being the sort of thing a lot of you will be able to see. BUT! Shreyans liked it and wants to talk about it, and I like Shreyans, so I found a work around. I think.

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Master Discussion Space: Vijay Versus Vijay! How Much Did You Like It and Why?

This is a movie I am actually curious to see. But I want to watch it with friends, and none of my friends have Prime, so I’m not gonna be able to see it any time soon. And in the meantime, I want y’all to be able to talk about it. So this is your Discussion Space, Spoilers Allowed, Go Wild. And once I do watch it at some point, I will review it.

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Aaron Sorkin, The West Wing, and The Problem When You Think You Know Everything

The West Wing! Just recently added to HBO so you can watch it all straight through for the millionth time! It’s smart, it’s funny, it’s pretty, and it’s soooooooooooooooo romantic. Cannot recommend it enough. Except for those other parts that are so stupid they make me want to throw something at the TV.

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