If YRF is going to do this whole “spy universe” thing, then they had BETTER give the women their own spin off! Katrina in the Tiger films and Dips in Pathaan both have really interesting strong characters, and great action moments, they can absolutely handle their own movie.
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2021 Awards: Strongest Woman Onscreen! Vidya in Sherni, Lisa Ray in 99 Songs, Sara in Atrangi Re, Kriti in Mimi, Kajol in Tribhanga?
You can do write ins on this one! There are female characters on our Official List who I am not suggesting. So if you wanna pick, say, Sai Pallavi in Love Story, go for it! And try to convince everyone else to agree with you by presenting arguments!
Continue readingSilly Sunday: Queen Latifah Rom-Com Remakes!!!!!
WARNING! I am going to be spoiling the movies Last Christmas and Just Wright. But, on the other hand, not really spoiling them because they are delightfully predictable and pleasant as all rom-coms should be. It’s about the journey, not the destination.
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!
Continue readingNew Vidya Trailer! Sherni! I’m Confused
New trailer new trailer! With Vidya! In a forest!!! And a plot I can’t quite parse from the trailer.
Continue readingFriday WatchAlong on SATURDAY!!! Bobby Jasoos!!!! 7:30am Chicago Time SATURDAY!!!
Yaaaaaaaaaay, Bobby Jasoos!!!! It is such a super fun movie. And also, SHORT! So don’t be late because you will miss a lot of it, and also feel free to make Saturday plans because it won’t take long.
Continue readingBobby Jasoos Review: What a Happy Positive Vidya Balan Film with a Cute Dude!!!
A happy positive Vidya Balan movie with a Cute Dude! If you say that isn’t your dream film, you are lying. Watch this! Be happy in life!!!!
Continue readingHappy Birthday Vidya and Sonali! Item Song Versus Item Song, WHO COMES ON TOP????
Ha! You thought that “Ooo La La” couldn’t possibly be beat? You forget it was a tribute to 80s/90s item songs, and those original songs ACTUALLY EXIST.
Continue readingShakuntala Devi Homosexuality Discussion Space
This is only a small part of the movie, but it is a big part of my reaction to the movie, if that makes sense. I didn’t want to have it overwhelm the review and be unfair to the film as a whole, so I am isolating the discussion all by itself over here.
Continue readingShakuntala Devi Review (SPOILERS): Non-Conventional Woman Made Conventional Film Character
Well, this was a dull movie. And historically inaccurate, mostly in your usual gender normative/casteism/classism way. But also a really WEIRD homophobic thing. Just like, SO ODD. So odd that I am going to give it it’s own post for us to discuss, so look forward to that! (homosexuality post up now, go here to learn more about and discuss that aspect)
Continue readingShakuntala Devi Review (No Spoilers): A Biopic That Manages To Be Both Inaccurate and Boring
Well, this is a BORING movie! At least ridiculous Mahanati had some nice crazy melodrama in it, and ridiculous Padman had the fun invented Sonam Kapoor character, and ridiculous Rustom had uniforms. This is bad BAD history, bad BAD filmmaking, and also DULL. Blech. I’ll put it this way, only watch it if you enjoy Vidya so much you would be happy seeing her recite the phone book. Because this script is only slightly more exciting than that. Oh wait, I always like to be positive, so I should have something else to add…it’s better than Mission Mangal?
Continue readingShakuntala Devi Trailer! Not a Hagiography, So I Actually Want to Watch This!
Thanks Kirre for posting the trailer in a comment! I probably wouldn’t have watched it otherwise, all the promotional materials up until now have made me not really interested in the film. But the trailer was different and GREAT!
Continue readingBad Girls Month Movie Schedule!
Okay, let’s do this! I’ll probably still throw in some bonus films along the way, and it is possible that if someone suggests something awesome, I may swap out a later one for something else. But for now, this is the list!
Continue readingFat Tuesday Post: Songs With Sexy Beautiful Ladies of Size, to Balance Our Skinny Men
Happy Fat Tuesday! The celebration of indulgence continues. And my office currently has a total of 28 Poczki’s that we need to eat (I bought a dozen, and then my co-workers mother sent 16 more).
Continue readingValentine’s Week of Sex TGIF: Which Classic Actress Image is the Sexiest?
Objectifying women is wrong. BUT! If an entire image is carefully crafted, with the full participation of the model, to evoke sexuality, they we aren’t objectifying, we are talking about Art. You’ll see, these aren’t like “oo, I can see her breast” photos, these are classic elaborate really beautiful images. But which is the BEST?
Continue readingQueens of Sex Competition: Rani Versus Vidya, Who is Better at Sex on Screen?
This is so HARD! They both have a natural joyful quality on screen that is so much more sexual than air brushed and perfect actresses. And they are both really good actresses who lose themselves in the moment and make you believe they are real people feeling real things. But which is better?
Continue readingMonday Morning Questions: What Do You Want to Ask Me the Day After Deepika’s Birthday?
Happy Monday! I slept and slept and lazed and lazed and I have hopes of no longer feeling low energy and sick at work.
Continue readingHindi Film 101: Vidya Balan, a Late Bloomer
Okay, I’ve done Rani and Anushka and Dips, it’s time to attempt Vidya. There is A LOT that happened to her, but really when I look at her career, it is more of a straight line than I realized.
Continue readingHindi Film 101: Shahid Kapoor, A Happy Ending After Many Lives Lived
Such an interesting man! His background is interesting, his early career and strange accidental fame is interesting, and he remains interesting to this day. Not always successful, not always likable, but interesting.
Continue readingTime Machine Discussion Post! Who Was the Most Promising Young Actor of 2009?
This was such an exciting year! And then it all turned to dross. Oh well, we can use our time machine and pretend we are back then again and we don’t know what will actually happen to these actors.
Continue readingFemale Films Week: Kahaani 2, Not as Good a Story
Huh. Well, I watched it, and I’m glad I did so now I can stop wondering about it. But really, it wasn’t as good as I expected.
Continue readingFemale Films Week: Kahaani, the Power of an Average Woman
Why oh why did I commit to two new reviews in one day? This was a terrible plan! And I am worried that both reviews will end up being shortchanged.
Continue readingMission Mangal Review (No Spoilers): Akshay, SHUT. UP.
I think this might have been the most unpleasant movie I have ever watched. It was like having wooden stakes driven under my nails for 20 hours. Needless to say, I do not recommend it to you. And if you read my posts regularly, you know that it is a rare thing for me not to encourage you to see a movie, so take it seriously.
Continue readingTrailers! Saaho Song and Mission Mangal Teaser
Well, we have a song that openly imitates every other club song ever, and a trailer that openly imitates every space movie ever. Hurrah for Indian ingeniuity (I’m grumpy this morning).
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