The chicken movie! The one with the really clever trailer! It’s on Netflix! And it’s…..okay. Didn’t blow me away, but perfectly fine. Tabu is there.
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Tag Archives: Thursday Telugu
Thursday Telugu: Saaho! Is it Bad? Or Fun? Or Fun/Bad?
Personally, I think I land on Fun/Bad. But go into it with an awareness that it might just land on “bad” for you.
Continue reading2010 Week: Darling! Prabhas Being Charming in the Middle of a Pointless Plot for 3 Hours
What a delightfully silly inconsequential movie. There is no real “reason” to watch it, besides it just making you smile. Oh, and yes, as I was told, Prabhas’ rough voice saying “darling” is indeed addictive and delightful.
Continue readingThursday Telugu: Ninne Pelladatha! Watch Nagarjuna Fall in Love With Tabu
Happy Tabu Birthday Week! Here is a movie in which she is effortlessly incredibly charming, and helps the movie itself also be effortlessly incredibly charming.
Continue readingThursday Telugu: Julayi, One of Those Fun Telugu Action Films That is Smarter Than it Needs to Be
I did it! I watched a new Telugu movie for the first time in ages. And it was fun. Not groundbreaking, but fun.
Continue readingThursday Telugu: Spyder, Mahesh Babu’s Darker Action Film
Such an interesting movie! It has flaws, sure, but it’s still one of Mahesh’s more interesting resent films. I wish it was a bigger hit.
Continue readingThursday Telugu: Dear Comrade, My Favorite New Telugu Romance
This is such a dumb dumb movie. But dumb in a particular way that I think a lot of you reading this might enjoy, so I keep encouraging you to watch it!
Continue readingThursday Telugu: Nenu Naa Rakshisi, Where is Your Moral Line?
As I said when I announced this review, I can’t truly recommend this film as one for you to watch. It is odd and poorly put together. But it had some interesting ideas so I want to talk about it for a bit, even if no one watched it. Oh, and you can read the first non-spoiler half if you want an interesting discussion of film craftsmanship (who wouldn’t?).
Continue readingFemale Films Week: Anand! The Telugu Film That isn’t Like The Stereotype of Telugu Films
This is such a good movie! Such an odd sweet pleasant happy movie, with a female character at the center of it who is an odd sweet pleasant happy woman. Really, watch it! It’s on Hotstar, you have no excuse.
Continue readingThursday Telugu: Mirchi Review Part 2, VERY VERY LONG
Like I said with Part 1, Mirchi was the first true Telugu film I watched, and I was super excited and wrote a very very long email to moviemavengal/Pardesi about it. And then a few years ago I took that email and turned it into a very very long review. Part 1 went up a bit ago, here is Part 2.
Continue readingThursday Telugu: Mirchi Review Part 1 (My First Telugu Review/Film! It’s Very Choppy)
The origin of this post is a very very VERY long email that I sent moviemavengal/Pardesi after I first watched this movie. So be aware that it is my reaction to my first regular real Telugu film ever, and I was very excited
Continue readingHappy Birthday Allu Arjun! Rudhramadevi, Your Historical Where You Steal the Screen
If you live in America, Rudhramadevi just made it to Netflix, and you should definitely watch it! It’s like Bahubaali, but with a feminist message and really really bad CGI. But I like the message so much, I can look past the CGI.
Continue readingHappy Birthday Allu Arjun! Desamuduru, My Least Favorite Hair
Another Allu Arjun film! Am I remembering right that his hair changes frequently? Unlike most male stars, where the hair and the whole look is kind of part of their brand? If so, I think he should keep changing, because this look is not the best.
Continue readingHappy Birthday Allu Arjun! Gangotri, Your First Movie
This is one of my Netflix movies, and I have no memory of why I added it to my list. I’m sure I had a good reason. Possibly that it was an Allu Arjun movie with Prakash Raj, maybe one of you recommended it, or maybe I knew at one point that it was his first film. If I ever knew, I’d forgotten by the time I watched it. And now I can’t believe it! He was so good!
Continue readingHappy Birthday Allu Arjun! Aarya 1, The Ultimate Stalking Movie
This is one of those movies where I am watching it thinking “is the message I am seeing on purpose or an accident? Or an purposeful accident? Is it just where the characters ended up or was this the goal all along? Or did the writer start thinking of it as a statement on film relationships and not realize it was a statement on real ones too?” I think it is probably the last, because I started thinking about it in terms of film too, and then realized that it works just as well for real life. And, in fact, hits exactly my issues with the way culture treats female safety.
Continue readingAllu Arjun Day! Aarya 2, the Ultimate Allu Arjun Movie
Happy Tuesday! A fun movie to talk about this week, one that was recommended to me ages ago and I am just now getting around to thanks to Moviemavengal reminding me about it. (I know the two films aren’t really related, but if you want to see my review of Aarya 1, it is here)
Continue readingHappy Allu Arjun Day! Starting with S/O Satyamurthy
I am getting more and more fond of Allu Arjun with every movie. He has this attitude like he is playing someone playing a movie hero, you know? It’s all just slightly exaggerated, and I love it.
Continue readingValentine’s Week of Romance! Thursday Telugu, Fidaa!
The last Thursday review! We had 96, OK Kanmani, and now Fidaa. So many attractive men from the southern states.
Continue readingThursday Telugu: Srinivasa Kalyanam, Just Remember, the Hero is Always Right, and It Will All Make Sense
Well, Angie was right, this was terrible. The hero is always always right, against all logic of any kind. Or any sense of the realities of the world.
Continue readingThursday Telugu Review: Magadheera! Ram Charan’s Hair is Soooooooo Pretty
I watched Magadheera last night with a baby, her Grandpa, and her Mom. And we all agreed that Ram Charan’s hair is the best part of the movie. Soooooooooo pretty. Well, I think the baby agreed, she said something like “ba ba ba BAAAA!” when I asked her, and I am taking that for agreement.
Continue readingTuesday Telugu: Something Something, A Pleasant Farce with a Bad Heroine
Did anyone notice I missed last week? This was supposed to go up on Thursday, and then it got overwhelmed by Section 377 celebrations so I bumped it to today. And next week I am skipping again, sort of, because there will be the Kabali Rerun (watch it before Tuesday so you can join the discussion!).
Thursday Telugu: Bhaagamathie, What Does a Woman Have to Do to Get Our Attention?
I can’t decide if there were too many twists or just the right amount of twists in this movie. Either way, it is way more enjoyable to watch the film without knowing the twists in advance, so DON’T READ THE SPOILERS.
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