Angie’s birthday came during my COVID time, so she didn’t get her birthday watchalong. NOT FAIR! Rescheduling it for this week, we will watch what Angie promises is a fun happy romantic silly movie on Prime.
Continue readingI feel bad using two Western references instead of desi. I suppose I could have said Vijay Anand crossed with Mahesh Bhatt. But this is a Shakun Batra movie, he’s alllllllllll about the Western style filmmaking and it really is more tied to Cassavetes and Hitchcock than anything in Hindi cinema.
Continue readingI’m doing it! I’m reviewing a new movie I watched! Just like my life is not in uproar and confusion!
Continue readingHuh. Interesting idea at the center of this, which somehow completely failed to pay off. Oh well, sometimes these movies can be more fun to talk about than to watch.
Continue readingI finished it! YAAAAAY!!!! Strange sense of accomplishment, finishing a TV serial. Anyway, I did it! And now all of you can watch at your on pace and comment as you go along, and eventually join me here at the finish line.
Continue readingI am resisting watching the final episode, so I can do one last review for that/the whole season combined. But these are all the almost-finale episodes that get us right up to the happy ending, without quit going all the way. (Heer reviews index here)
Continue readingI did the first two episodes one at a time, but now I am just plowing through. So much happens, and yet also nothing. And somehow now that we have left the village, it all feels a little less important. Anyway, rich people got PROBLEMS! That’s the theme of these episodes. (Heer reviews index here)
Continue readingThis show moves so fast! I’m not used to this from my South Asian serials. It’s only episode 2 and we are already completely changing settings? (full index of Heer reviews here)
Continue readingBased on my highly sophisticated analysis, I am pretty sure the vast majority of my readers are female. So of the lists I have put out of suggestions to watch, the first (rom-coms) is to watch alone, the second (kid’s movies) to watch with your family. And now, movies to watch with your spouse! Or roommate or whatever, a fellow adult is the point.
Continue readingAnother To-Do list! A tricky one, because of course Kids are also People and therefore have very different tastes. But generally speaking, here are the movies I would suggest you start with. And then move on once you have identified the real winners for your particular kids.
Continue readingI am aware my massive lists (Netflix list here and Prime list here) are probably too massive. They are meant to be less of a to-do list, and more of a browsing list. Start with those films, then browse through and check the descriptions and see what you are in the mood for. THIS is your to-do list! The really really wonderful little films that are absolute must watches.
Continue readingI used to do the full list, with good and bad all described, but the list is way WAY too long now! So I am going to just sort out the ones I actually recommend and describe them. Oh, and this list comes courtesy of AccessBollywood.net, you should go over there for constant up to date info and the full full list. Also, BE GRATEFUL!!! This took me literally all day and then WordPress swallowed the last half and I had to start again after I had finished.
Continue readingI always forget about this site, but I suppose that doesn’t really matter. I mean, they aren’t looking to get famous or reach people, they just want to archive the best possible digital versions of Indian films in order to preserve them. Anyway, I just put up a very angry and depressed post yesterday (well, angry and depressed for me, which is super cheerful and polite for most people), and then I remembered this site and felt better, so I want to make y’all feel better too!
Continue readingPrime has done something new and horrible which made me decide I need to do a new kind of “consumer beware” post in hopes of helping you save yourselves.
Continue readingHappy Saturday! I’m gonna have a guy look at my foot, and then get a facial. So, head to toe kind of day!
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