I did it! I saw a new movie, in theaters, with friends! And it was a Bhansali movie too, the WORST kind of movie.
Continue readingGangubai Review (No Spoilers): Interesting Vignettes, No Plot
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Pushpa Review (SPOILERS): The Plot Doesn’t Matter, the Characters Do
Oh boy, Spoiler section! For everyone else who’s already seen the movie like me and has Thoughts!
Continue readingPushpa Review (No Spoilers): A Delightful World That Doesn’t Preach, Just Shows
If you like crazy over the top amoral Telugu movies, this is for you! Personally, I DO like those movies. I’ll write a whole review below, and you should read it if you’ve never tried Telugu action before, but if you have, and you know what I mean by “amoral” and you will know if you enjoy it. Just go ahead and watch! Skip this review!
Continue readingAarzoo Review: First Love, True Love, Forever Love, BLECH
This was our watchalong movie last week, but I know not everyone got to join. And anyway, it’s fun writing reviews! So here is my review.
Continue readingChandigarh Kare Aashiqui Review (SPOILERS): A Love Story About A Very Strong Woman
What a surprisingly good movie! Not perfect, there’s a dodgey bit in the middle that I might fastfoward in future, but the rest of it is very VERY good. Especially Vaani’s performance.
Continue readingChandigarh Kare Aashiqui Review (No Spoilers): Ayushmann’s Living in Vaani’s World
What a surprisingly good movie! Not perfect, but my favorite Ayushmann Issue Movie so far. Because it isn’t an Ayushmann movie actually, it’s Vaani’s movie and she is wonderful in it.
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 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 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 readingDiscussion Post on Family/Hum Do Humare Do Review (SPOILERS): Boring Movie, Excuse for an Interesting Discussion About What Defines Family Within Indian Film
Welp, not a great movie! I can describe the plot in about 3 sentences, no twists or surprises, and just not the best way to bring up the questions it wants to bring up. But I want to bring up those questions! So this is a review/discussion post.
Continue readingHum Do Humare Do Review (No Spoilers): Is It a Comedy? Is it a Romance? Is It a Social Drama? I Don’t Know and Neither Did the Filmmakers!!!
Well, this was a cute harmless movie with a few good moments, but ultimately kind of a mess. It’s one thing to be Masala, it’s another thing to just be tonally mushy.
Continue readingLittle Things Review/Spoilers: Final Episodes!!!! 7 and 8, Ends With a Whimper, Which is the Point
Ha! This whole thing turned out to be the same lesson my parents always told me, “you have to live together before you get married”. It’s TRUE!!!! You get through all the horrible messy angry stuff before you make that lifelong commitment and then you know you really want that lifelong commitment.
Continue readingLove Story Review (SPOILERS): Intersectionality, The Love Story
What a good movie! Yes, the end totally fell apart, but it bravely confronted all kinds of big scary issues along the way. Read on if you won’t have the chance to see it, are not interested in a romance film, or are interested but need to be spoiled first so you can relax and enjoy it.
Continue readingLove Story Review (No Spoilers): Class, Caste, Romance, and Dance!
Woot! It’s a Love Story! The title did not tell a lie. It’s not the best most satisfying love story I have ever seen, but it is for sure a love story. If you are considering seeing it, I will warn you now that the end bit is EXTREMELY stressful. And I give you the option of finding out what happens even in this No Spoilers review if you just can’t relax and enjoy a movie with that kind of stress.
Continue readingBhoot Police Review (SPOILERS): A Lot of Stuff Happens, But Nothing That Means Much
There’s really not much to spoil here. A lot happens, and yet I didn’t really care about any of it? And I suspect every viewer would feel the same way.
Continue readingBhoot Police Review (No Spoilers): The TV Movie Version of Housefull Crossed with Golmaal Crossed With a Little Bit Stree
Huh! This actually felt like a TV movie! Somehow gentler, cheaper, slower, more friendly to commercial breaks and distracted viewing. But very pleasant for what it was, more pleasant and easy than some of the Movie-Movie versions.
Continue readingAnjaam Review Repost! It’s on Netflix! You Have No Excuse Not to Watch It
Anjaam! Bonkers bonkers movie, amazing songs, baby SRK and Madhuri, and a ton of 90s fashion.
Continue readingMimi Review (SPOILERS): A Surrogacy Movie About Love
I am SO EXCITED to finally write this spoilers review so we can all gab together about this movie and the various slight oddities in it.
Continue readingMimi Review (No Spoilers): Nice Light Loving Movie, Surprisingly Little There-There
Well, now I see why so many of you said that I shouldn’t be afraid to watch this movie. It is very pleasant, very light, doesn’t really make you super feel anything. So if you want a real tearjerker deep version of a surrogate story, don’t watch this. But if you want a pleasant timepass that is unobjectionable, this is a nice one.
Continue readingVivah Review: A Long Sweet Love Story
I have been so blog-lazy this week. I didn’t even remember my daily posts, because I’m not thinking in terms of days of the week, I thinking of “scrap metal day” followed by “painter day” followed by “plumber day” followed by “movers day” and so on. Anyway, I need to give my mind an escape from the complicated logistics of moving, and Vivah is the BEST escape.
Continue readingHaseena Dillruba Review (SPOILERS): Well, This Went DELIGHTFULLY Over the Top!!!!
What a RIDICULOUS movie! Which knew perfectly well it was ridiculous. If you can’t handle tension and twists and thrillers, read this review to just know the basics of what happened and talk about it with us. Or if you saw it and have Thoughts, you can read my summary and my thoughts and then we can talk!
Continue readingHaseena Dillruba Review (No Spoilers): The Funnest Kind of Sexy Trash
Super fun movie! If you like black comedy and thriller twists, you will like this. It’s also a lot lighter than you might thing, the tone never shifts into depression and misery, it’s all just mystery and surprises and ridiculousness. On the other hand, if you don’t like twists and black comedy, maybe not.
Continue readingSherni Review (SPOILERS): 10 Steps Backward 1 Step Forward, Goverment Good, Industry Bad
Good movie, well-made movie, depressing movie about the impossibility of holding on to anything good in today’s destructive change obsessed world. Also, Vidya looking good without make up.
Continue readingSherni Review (No Spoilers): Pretty Forest, Frustrating Story
I’m doing it! I’m reviewing a new movie I watched! Just like my life is not in uproar and confusion!
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