on a hindi movie kick again! i watched another of deepa mehta's gems, 'heaven on earth' (preity zinta was -brilliant- in it) yesterday, and tonight it's 'yahaan' (great premise, not so sure about the execution, but it's not over yet).

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Heaven on Earth a.k.a. Videsh is a 2008 Canadian film directed and written by Deepa Mehta. Preity Zinta plays the leading role of Chand, a young Indian Punjabi woman who finds herself in an abusive arranged marriage with an Indo-Canadian man, played by theatre actor Vansh Bhardwaj.

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Adaa (Minissha Lamba) is a Kashmiri woman torn between her army officer lover Aman (Jimmy Shergill) and her insurgent brother Shakeel (Yashpal Sharma). Trouble ensues when Aman's superiors come to know of his involvement with the sister of a terrorist and implicate him as an accomplice. Thus, Adaa begins a valiant attempt to save Aman from the perils of a court-martial and Shakeel is torn between his family's happiness and safety and his own jihadi cause.

I just saw Suicide Squad again (!) - I wanted to catch it one more time in 3D before it leaves the theatres. It was great fun even the 2nd time around. I have no idea why the critics decided to slam it with bad reviews. I thought it was great obviously, and everyone I know who has seen it liked it too.

BTW, a friend who went to Dragon Con said there were LOTS of Harley Quinn's. That character is so hot in this movie (in a way that appeals to my inner teenaged boy).

Watched my first Paul Walker film...maybe his last one....nice cars...can't remember a single thing about the plot but it's something like : Pick one from column A, two from Column B and one from Column C.

I'm not sure about the film lineup for Saturday night, but one of the films is definitely going to be an Indiana Jones film. Which one, I have no idea. The other film is not a kid friendly film, so it's been kept hush-hush. Not one of us knows what the after hours film is going to be. I'm guessing it's either going to be an long forgotten, over the top, dirty movie or something along those lines (lol, or not).

I guess that's part of the intrigue at this two day party. Either way, I'm pretty sure it will be lots of fun meeting family members I've never met before. : )

The Secret Life of Pets. There were a number of good laughs.

Catacombs from 2007.

On demand and free movies make me happy.

The Fury from 1978 on Netflix I should say again but there is nothing like a good horror classic to pleasantly occupy down time.
If it came out today it would probably be considered Sci-fi maybe a thriller. If you have seen Firestarter the plot for The Fury is similar. Two teens with "special ablities" taken by a secret government agency and one of the fathers goes after them.
While the audio quality isn't up to today's standards the "actors" far exceed today's if only because they actually had to act in 1978 and didn't have to rely on special effects or gore to carry the plot.

...I've been on a space opera/sci-fi kick lately....

Jupiter Ascending: There seems to be a mixed crowd for this one, I was fascinated, visually stunning, if u have blu-ray. Genetics taken to a whole new, rather spooky level...the Wachowski's def. enjoy the thematic of human consumption(in every sense of the word and definition) I think I've seen this one 6 times..More fun to watch at night, lights out....as I said "visually stunning", at some points if u look around, the room gives out an impressive mess of lights...if u've seen it, in My opinion, the "Groom" dressed better than the reluctant "Bride" :seeingstars: Would be nice to see some sequels and/or prequel

Cloud Atlas Felt more like jigsaw Puzzle, blink, grab a drink or pick the wrong piece and you're horridly lost for awhile in the unraveling/developing plot...Several actors(Tom Hanks, Hugo Weaving, Halle Berry, Hugh Grant, Susan Sarandon, etc etc) take on several different characters each through the span of more than 5 centuries, each ones choices, actions, decisions and outcomes affect each other in some way in the very long haul, whether through cause and effect, or inheritance, your pick...Another Wachowski project

Others I've *recently* seen and enjoyed, or found intellectually entertaining
"The Danish Girl"
"The Theory of Everything"{both with Eddie Redmayne}
"Creed"{Looking forward to more, if any}
"Spotlight"{Infuriating at first..}
"Ex Machina" {Don't ever fuck with 'droids, ever...literally.}
" Bicentennial Man" {was missing mr. williams humor..}
:brainsucker::wine::mohawk:

It's a cold, damp, and blustery weekend, best spent in lounge-wear catching up on all the movies I've put in my Netflix/amazon/etc queues over the summer.

This morning we watched this little film 'A Royal Night Out'

A sweet imagining of what Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret might have done the night of VE Day when they went out amidst the people for the celebrations. It's a fun romp.



Hack has added "P-Two" to my ever growing list of nicknames. (He says he believes I've modeled my life on a young Princess Margaret)

The Normal Heart
 

Hi everyone,
Watched a this brilliant film the other night.
Its set in the early 80's when the first cases of Aids were starting to really take hold in the gay comunity.
The film was out in 2014, but i never saw any previews at cinemas over here in the uk for it.
The film has superb acting, julia and mark and all the cast are exceptional.
You have to see this film.
Its so moving, tearful & anger are the two main emotions you feel.
A must see movie.

Several of us in our book club who really enjoyed The Girl On The Train are going to go see the film version of the story. It's playing in local theaters, so we're going to catch an late afternoon matinee and then go out for dinner. Should be lots of fun because our group of readers really liked the thriller but none of us have any expectations for the film. I liked the building suspense of how Rachel took to investigating what she witnessed (because of how she doubted her memory). Totally recommend the book, for those looking for something new to read.

SO good!
 

I went on a girls night movie date with my best femme to see the new Bridget Jones movie. I was hesitant because these stories don't often hold up a decade or so later (AbFab ... SATC movie deux)...

But we had so much fun watching it and found it resonated in the most cringeworthy and laugh out loud (40somethingnow) ways.

Then I got home and realized that in my rush to get to the cinema I locked myself out of my apartment. (This is not something *i do* I'm methodical and hypervigilant, and of course it happens when my landlord/upstairs neighbor is in Vermont and Hack is up at his weekday work crashpad an hour away)

So I do balanced a plastic lawn chair on the loose rocks, climbed to the top, shimmied the window open, and promptly fell in head first. Ass over tea kettle as my Grama would have said. All the while my best femme held her iphone up for light and laughed til she nearly wee'd her pants.

All in all it was a very Bridget Jones evening.