Happy Sunday! I did soooooooooooooooo much yesterday. Cleared out the basement storage unit, did a big grocery shop, made a costume for my friend, returned a library book, bought seeds, just EVERYTHING. And now I feel achey and lazy and am very excited to sit at home and watch a movie with y’all.
Continue readingYes, we are doing a watchalong again! I picked a movie I haven’t seen, that has dogs, and which is fairly short. So that should be painless, right? And Albie Dog will like it.
Continue readingI watched it! And boy, was that a slog! Not because it is a bad movie, just because I really really had to pay attention while watching it, and it is hard to find the time to really really pay attention to things.
Continue readingThis movie is horribly offensive, stupid, and disturbing. And also operatic and beautiful and you can’t look away. Naturally, I am excited to watch it with y’all!
Continue readingNo idea if anyone (besides Kirre, of course) will be able to show up this week, so I went with the movie that I wouldn’t mind watching again even if it was just by myself. The songs are so crazy, and the visuals so amazing!
Continue readingYaaaaay, a bunch of people watched this movie! Let’s talk about how awesome it is.
Continue readingI find the differences in how heroines start between industries FASCINATING. I can’t possibly cover every possible variation, but I can use Sai Pallavi as a jumping off point to talk about how it can sometimes happen.
Continue readingI can’t even really tell you why, I just love this movie. And it’s on einthusan! You all should watch it and then come back here and thank me.
Continue readingWhat a nice movie! Thanks to Angie and Procrastinatrix for recommending it to me, it was just so cheerful and light and (this is important) easy to watch in the background and not be confused.
Continue readingThis is a silly silly movie. If you feel the need for total escapism and fantasy and just wacky weird insanity, this movie is here for you. Also, it isn’t very good. Oh, and I know I am all late and backed up on my reviews, I’m gonna catch up this weekend. It’s just been a lazy week.
Continue readingFun movie! Vijay movie, good songs, good action, crazy plot, watch it for a good time. Don’t watch it for depth.
Continue readingAs 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 readingThis 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 readingThis was one of my early reviews, and very early in my Tamil journey, so forgive all the many many problems!
Continue readingWhat a big silly ungainly movie. I gave it a day to simmer in my head, and I am still not sure I fully followed the plot. But I will do my best to untangle!
Continue readingSuper fun movie! If you like Vijay movies, you will like this one. It is right in his usual wheelhouse. If you don’t like Vijay movies, you will not like it. Choose wisely!
Continue readingLet’s recast this sucker! Mostly so I can make it female-female, but I would also be okay with male-female.
Continue readingForgive me, I have Madhavan THOUGHTS, and I need to share them. And I am going to put a thin camouflage over that need by also addressing other upcoming film posters from the south.
Continue readingAn odd movie. Good on Mammootty for agreeing to be in it and doing such a good job. Good on the filmmakers for not pulling any punches with the reality of what they were showing while still being hopeful.
Continue readingYaaaay, a classic director! Better than that, a classic director whose films are readily available online (thank you Rajshri Tamil official youtube channel, blessings on you and long may you reign).
Continue readingIt came up in discussion that female lead films tend to be really dark. Which is true! But why should we watch a bunch of women be miserable and punished all the time? This is a post for us all to share recommendations for happy female lead films. And I’ll start with some of my favorites.
Continue readingI was in the middle of writing a 101 on Pakistani film when I realized I can’t really do that without talking about the relationship between Hindi and Urdu, and I can’t do that without talking about South Asian languages in general, and thus we find ourselves here.
Continue readingI did it! I watched a Tamil movie! For the first time in ages. Tamil movie, hard Hindi film last week, my brain is getting all kinds of a work out.
Continue readingAnd the May Day celebration roles on! I just keep thinking of more “woo-hoo, the working class!” songs.
Continue readingI’ve been informed that this movie is getting crazy buzz, like “best film of the decade” buzz. Huh. I just don’t see it. It’s good, but it also has major flaws. If you saw it and want some help following the plots, or if you aren’t able to see it but want to know what happens, you can read this review. If you want to go in without knowing what will happen, you can read my other review. Or I guess if you didn’t like this movie, you should also read this review and see if I can articulate what bothered you, if perhaps it is the same thing that bothered me.
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