I did quick episode by episode reviews, this is where I am going to summarize and review the whole darn thing, start to finish. If it’s not your cup of tea but you are vaguely curious what the plot is, read this one. Oh boy! (full index of all reviews here)
Continue readingImportant question! Well, to me. Because of toe surgery, I can’t do Friday WatchAlong this week. Booo! But there are alternative options.
Continue readingAll around good performances in this movie, especially Hrithik. But Naseeruddin is something special, giving us a whole character in just a few minutes of screentime.
Continue readingHappy Monday! I spent the weekend in bed, but then there was a lot of rain last night, and now the world is much less sickness inducing hot and heavy. So I am ready to think and be smart and original and stuff again!
Continue readingThe final episode! Woot! All our questions answered, sort of. Enough left open to make for juicy discussion. (full index of Breathe coverage here)
Continue readingGreat episode, so much happens, and I find it all fairly believable! You know, grading on a curve and all of that. (full index of Breathe reviews here)
Continue readingAnother good episode! Yeah, it was just those resetting post twist episodes that were weak, now we are back to interesting strong ones. (full index of Breathe reviews here)
Continue readingOkay, either this episode is better than the last few, or I’m just in a better mood watching it. Let’s say the first! Once again, I can find a strong central theme tying it all together, and the past storyline ties much more firmly into the present than in other episodes. (full index here)
Continue readingStill not selling me on the twist! Still ends up in less rather than more tension. But there are some interesting misunderstandings in this episode which make it work a little bit better than the last episode. And some careful foregrounding of new plot conflicts in hopes of getting the audience interested in them. (full index of reviews here)
Continue readingWell, the show is struggling a bit to come back from that really not very logical twist. It tries to build up more of a backstory for how it happened, but the bigger issue is that it makes the stakes so much lower, and therefore the tension we need to want to keep walking has kind of gone away. (full index of reviews here)
Continue readingHuh, I thought I’d already written this, but I guess I’d just written around it. Aish is someone who appears to be complicated but, I believe, is simple at the heart of it.
Continue readingWell, on the one hand, I don’t like this ridiculous implausible twist. But on the other hand, it kind of sideways adds a tension to the danger in this particular episode. If the show manages to use it in that way moving forward, changing the layers of tension we see onscreen, I won’t mind it.
Continue readingNow I’m getting a little worried. A lot moves forward in this episode, and we aren’t even halfway down with the season. Which means in order to not resolve it all within the next couple episodes, there will have to be some pretty ridiculous twists. Or maybe not! Maybe they will pull it off. But I’m worried. (index of reviews here)
Continue readingIf I am reading this correctly, this season has 12 episodes instead of 8 in the first season. Sometimes longer seasons can lead to confusion and blind alleys in the narrative as the show tries to fill more time than expected. So far, I think this show is going the opposite direction. The first season sometimes felt rushed, and too many things at once. This season is much more relaxed and enjoying the journey. (full index of reviews here)
Continue readingShould I be titling these by the episode titles instead of the themes I see? Oh well, too late now, and it makes more sense to me this way anyway. (full index of reviews here)
Continue readingEpisode 2! This is a good series to do episode by episode reviews, each seems to have a kind of individual overriding theme that I can use for discussion. (full index here)
Continue readingWoot, season 2! Like Season 1, this is a good solid procedural limited series thriller. Not mind-blowingly good, no better than dozens of similar shows. But no worse either, and watching these familiar actors shift their performance style from the melodrama of Indian film work to the subtle close up style acting of TV thrillers is fun. (full index of reviews here)
Continue readingAnother positivity post! Which is also slightly informative, if you are trying to follow this news story, or any Amitabh news story really.
Continue readingHappy Saturday! I am hiding in my air conditioned bedroom and catching up on streaming serieses. It was nice being at the lake house for two weeks, swimming and sailing and enjoying sunshine and blah blah, but it is also nice to sit in a dim cool room and melt my brain with tv.
Continue readingYaaaaaay, one of my favorite movies. And possibly the first Indian movie I saw in theaters (I say “possibly”, because I’m not sure if film festivals count or not). Anyway, I am excited to share it with all of you!
Continue readingBlah blah, world is logical, superstitions are pointless, we should all just trust to intellect and planning. But does anyone really believe that? NO! You can do all the research and planning you want, but if you don’t eat the right food at one minute after midnight on New Years, your house will burn down. FACT.
Continue readingAgain, there is a basic assumption that readers of DCIB share an interest in relationship dramas, romance, and clothing. With that in mind, I feel we can probably recommend non-Indian (and Indian if you have one you love) historical drama TV shows.
Continue readingClothes! Always a happy thing. I am feeling hot and stressed, because it is hot and I have to pack up and go back home tomorrow, so I will nicely relax with clothing.
Continue readingWoot! Amitabh week! And woot, complicated film to find for no reasonable reason! I will give you directions and advice below, don’t worry, it isn’t impossible.
Continue readingThank you Angie for alerting me to this! As always, I have Opinions. Oh, and also information, it’s kind of a funny ragbag of products all mixed together.
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