Remember how I said I was feeling rumpled today? That’s partly because I finished this movie right before work and it’s one of those stupid frustrating Malayalam open endings. I’m sorry, I was raised in America where an ending is happy or sad, and there are NO QUESTIONS. I don’t have the emotional/mental strength to handle all of these “it’s more beautiful and real for being incomplete” endings.
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Sunday ReRun: Notebook, the Most Delightful Romance of 2019
This is such a delightful little surprise of a movie! I really hope a lot of you were able to watch it. And if you weren’t, put it on your list to watch soon, because it is really wonderful.
Continue readingDiscussion Post: What Was the Best non-Hindi Movie You Saw in 2019? Or in the 2010s?
As I am sure you have noticed, my posts tend to be Hindi focused. Because that’s where I know stuff, like being able to scroll through a list of films and remember which ones had really shockingly bad wigs. But that doesn’t mean I don’t care about other places! I just don’t know enough to do an awards post. I’ll do a discussion post instead, and you can all educate me.
Continue readingThursday Tamil: Sarvam Thaala Mayam, Music and Caste and TV
This is one of those irritating movies where it is 2/3rds perfect and 1/3rd messed up. So I totally recommend it for the 2/3rds, but I am also aware of the 1/3rd.
Continue readingAll the Awards Poll Posts! Vote Before I Start Tallying!
The 15th seems like a good time to stop putting up new posts, right? So here is the full list of all the posts, scroll through and make sure you have voted in every category you care about. Or even categories you don’t really care about!
Continue readingWorst Trailer of 2019: Chhappak, War, Good Newwz?
I am sure there are more, these are just the 3 that occur to me. Trailers that made me think “well, I’m not seeing that movie!”
Continue reading2019 Thursday Tamil: Super Deluxe, the Movie Everyone Else Loved and I Had Issues
This should be divisive! Or, maybe not. My first reviews were divisive because they were pulling people who really liked the movie, but at this point it’s only going to be us DCIB regulars and I don’t think any of you were super super enamored? Oh, and fun thing about this review, I am combining the short review I wrote immediately which was flattering, with the SPOILER review I wrote after thinking for a day which was far more critical. So you can see my thought process develop over time, ooooo!
Continue readingWednesday Malayalam: Virus, Collective Action for Collective Problems
Wooo, socialism! And more importantly, wooo-multi-starrer-style-films-to-tell-large-stories! Everything I hated about Mission Mangal and it’s whole “one man guiding the little women”, this film got right.
Continue readingDiscussion Post: What Little Known Movie Do You Tell Everyone to Watch From 2019 AND the 2010s?
Is this post just an excuse for me to recommend Notebook again? Yes, it might be! But it is also a place for you all to recommend your own “Notebook” type movies.
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