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  • Perhaps Love~

    I, of course, also ended up finally watching Peter Chan’s Perhaps Love (如果·爱), which is China’s -possibly- only formal foray into the musical genre. They were probably so into Moulin Rouge! and Chicago at some point, they got Farah Khan to whip some of her Bollywood 90s magic. You can see all the influences.

    But, of course, Chinese people don’t believe in happy endings… even in musicals! Farah Khan probably watched this and was bored out of her mind because she probably doesn’t get us tortured East Asian souls. I did buy into all the grown-up lamenting love story.

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    To misquote Ron- I want to suffer, but I want to be happy about it.

  • These TV Girls and their Dreadlocks

    *swoon*

    Sense8 really took me back to As If. xD

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  • The Last 15 Years of Oscar According to Amy

    One go, not much thinking and over-thinking. Yup, this looks about right.

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    • 2000 – Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
    • 2001 – Moulin Rouge!
    • 2002 – Gangs of New York
    • 2003 – The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (because I have to)
    • 2004 – Finding Neverland
    • 2005 – Munich
    • 2006 – Letters from Iwo Jima
    • 2007 – There Will Be Blood
    • 2008 – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
    • 2009 – District 9
    • 2010 – Toy Story 3 (because you HAVE TO)
    • 2011 – Midnight in Paris
    • 2012 – Life of Pi
    • 2013 – 12 Years a Slave
    • 2014 – Boyhood

    I struggled a little with LotR and (maybe) Toy Story, but I’ll give it to them anyway~ I’m also a bit lukewarm about Finding Neverland and Midnight in Paris, and I totally warmed up to Life of Pi… though I don’t mind Argo. With Boyhood over Whiplash (despite me liking the other one better xD), it makes the list a lot more larger than life.

  • Yu Aoi for Dr. Rintaro Ep01

    o-hisashiburi desu, Yu-chan~

    It’s really been a long time since the last time I saw you SAW-YOU, thuogh it’s only been a year since Wakamono-tachi. So much time that your hair is no longer short. LOL I still got plenty of movies to catch up with, but it’s good to see you as an Osen-san-meets-Omoto-meets-Mina type of character. I’m not sure how Dr. Rintaro is dealing with the topic of clinical depression, considering how Asians view mental illnesses… but I’m interested in seeing why your character acts the way she does- is it Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID)? Or are you just blowing Dr. Hinorin off xD
    Also- can’t complain when this thing happened:

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    Many more screencaps and some GIFs below the break~

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  • Chulpan Khamatova Series

    Ah~ I thought I would do a post compilation of the Chulpan Khamatova TV serials that I’ve been able to find on YouTube. Starting with these two~ Children of the Arbat (Дети Арбата) and Pepel (Пепел). I’ve seen Pepel with Google translated subtitles, but I haven’t seen Arbat yet, as subtitles online are incomplete.

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    Here we go:

    1. Children of Arbat
    2. Doctor Zhivago – Доктор Живаго [review]
    3. Dostoevsky – Достоевский [review][español]
    4. Pepel

  • Girlfriends’ Guide to Divorce: I Apologize for Having a Job

    You tell them, Janeane.

    I’m totally not the demographic for Bravo, but here goes Janeane Garofalo telling it like it is- like my mom told my school 20 years ago when they “required’ her to do parenting lessons for my catechesis. I’m totally bummed she’s no longer on the show.

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    I apologize for having a job. I’m sorry I make a substantial income to pay for your green-grocer small-batched locally-sourced farm-to-table ethically-butchered hormone-free gluten-intolerant bills, but- here’s the thing; I don’t work, my kids don’t go to school. So if you wanna call and tell me tuition is free, I’d be happy to be here for Story Time, and Arbor Day, and kids court, and snack bar, and talent night, and the Nose-Picking Olympics, and every other bullshit holiday that costs me a fortune. But if you’re not gonna tell me it’s free, then I gotta work, ‘coz I’m a working mother… with a boatload of mouths to feed.

    Girlfriends’ Guide to Divorce 1×03 – Rule #47: Always Take Advantage of “Me” Time

  • 350 Film Reviews and 30 Indian Film Reviews Later~

    I just posted my 350th review, Jigarthanda [also in Español], which happens to be my 30th (sorta) Indian film review. So~ commemorating! Here’s a list of my first 30 Indian film reviews. You can actually see how my journey [1][2][3][4][5] has shaped up from DDLJ, KKHH and K3G YRF, SRK (and Kajol, though I posted her reviews later on) and Karan Johar-centric to Bhansali, Rani, Vidya, Madhuri, alternative Hindi cinema to regional stuff.

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    Here we go (in order of posting date):

    1. Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge [tmb en Español]
    2. Kuch Kuch Hota Hai
    3. Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham
    4. Chennai Express [tmb en Español]
    5. Black
    6. Khamoshi: The Musical
    7. Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam
    8. Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani
    9. Kahaani
    10. U Me Aur Hum
    11. Bombay Talkies [tmb en Español]
    12. Hey Ram
    13. Fanaa
      But honestly~ these photo recaps are best [Part 1][Part 2]
    14. Hasee Toh Phasee
    15. Gulaab Gang
    16. Moondram Pirai/Sadma
    17. Shaadi Ke Side Effects
    18. Aiyyaa
    19. Dedh Ishqiya [tmb en Español]
    20. Siddharth
    21. Goynar Baksho [tmb en Español]
    22. CityLights
    23. Kadal
    24. Bangalore Days [tmb en Español]
    25. The Hundred-Foot Journey [tmb en Español]
      (I know, I know. Not strictly Indian but was produced by Reliance~)
    26. Mardaani [tmb en Español]
    27. Lucia [tmb en Español]
    28. Happy New Year [tmb en Español]
    29. Haider [tmb en Español]
    30. Jigarthanda

    And if you want to keep track of my reviewed Indian films, go here: English, Español.

  • YAM’s Film Choices of 2014

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    Like we always do, the YAM Magazine team got together to vote for their favorite movies in a good ole’ Facebook poll in our secret group. We are so different and live so far away from each other that our choices vary so much, making the list alive. Of course there are movies I wish were lower, and others that were higher… but, all in all, it’s a good varied list for everyone to discover a new title.

    So~ do your thing.

  • Top50 Songs of 2014

    I’m the crazy lady of Best Of lists~ so here’s another one.

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    Do your thing~

    But if you’re lazy, I’ve set up (almost) complete playlists on Xiami and YouTube.

  • Early 2014 Music Highlights~

    Last time it took me 2 years to get my 2012-2013 list out. LOL This year, I’m early. I’m pretty happy with my picks at the moment, so I hope nothing mind-blowing pops up in these last remaining weeks of 2014. In the meantime~ you know where to go.

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