Category: Moving Media

  • Damn, Who Knew Christina Was Good at Imitating?

    Damn, Christina Aguilera sounds pretty good as Cher and Britney. Her Shakira sounds a bit Cher-y for my taste, but her yodeling sounds legit. But apparently, it’s pretty big news that Christina does old school Britney better than Britney herself because my mother came over with an already set comment on this before I showed her the clip.

    Thing is, Christina can do voices, BiBi does gestures [1].


  • Welcome back, Isabella~

    Oh, I’m so looking forward to Isabella Leong’s comeback.

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  • The Show-Off Film Collection List~

    Oh, Happy Chinese New Year! Let’s start my (supposedly) bad-luck Goat Year with the now-mandatory Letterboxd list of my film collection~

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    I have a really weird history with films– born in the late 80s, you’d think I would’ve grown watching loads of 90s kids stuff, but I actually grew up with a lot of Silly Symphonies (which were released in the 30s) and loads of Disney 40s, 50s, 60s, 70s stuff, plus a lot of more grown up 80s movies. Poltergeist, The Thing, The Fly and The Stuff were particularly scary stuff (and I’m pretty sure I was scared of yogurt or white stuff at some point).

    I don’t ever remember buying any original VHS tape, except for the rare birthday gift of a Disney’s Sing-Along Songs chapter or that X-Men tape I have. My first DVDs buys were Coyote Ugly, She’s All That and Loser — you can’t blame me. I was a 15-year-old girl. The collection grew bigger, and possibly exploded during my years abroad. I’m nearing my 500th movie.


  • 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.


  • Mayday Can Always Hit You Right in the Feels~

    Oldie song, but new performance at… what seems, the Bird Nest Stadium in Beijing.

    Mayday has just released the Nowhere Concert Movie in four editions: 3D BR + Live in Live Making-Of the concert DVD, Simple BR, Free Region DVD, and the DVD with the Making-Of.

    They’ve also re-released their albums in Chinese versions, and I’ve seen (super expensive) Vinyls, as well.

    I still can’t believe Asian Blurays are so expensive compared to their US counterparts. Now we all gotta way for Asian movies to be released in America.


  • 10 Years After As If

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    Oh, man. I remember when I used to diligently run the As If fanlisting. Hadn’t even bothered to check on it for the past 5 years, so just deleted the whole thing because it all broke down. However, Pete brought to my attention a two-part piece that Digital Spy has run for the 10th anniversary of the show’s final episode- in their “retro” section nonetheless.

    It’s a lovely catch up piece, and it just basically crushes what people had -somehow- hoped for~ a DVD release. Music licensing is just too damn expensive, and the show just relies too heavily on its music. Very much like the Popular conundrum. It’s a good read, catching up with almost everyone. I always giggle (and get giddy) when I spot anyone from the cast in other projects I’m watching.

    I *cough* caught the show a very very VERY long time ago. *cough* You know where.

    Oh, man. Sooz was my life.

    The bad thing is that the show is not readily available… the good thing is that only the really cool people know it. xD


  • Miyavi Lets Go on Ellen~

    I said it before and say it again~ the best thing to come out of Angelina Jolie’s Unbroken was to see Miyavi being fabulous on carpet events in the US where so many oblivious in the west got to see him. [My favorite is Lainey who’s gushed over Miyavi twice] And now to see him on Ellen playing his guitar- that’s really more than I could hope for.

    And I love that he did a bit of What’s my Name on top of Let Go.


  • Mandatory Oscar Watchlist

    Except for the mandatory appreciation for Boyhood (the Patricia Arquette show) and Whiplash, which had me contorting from all the conflictive feelings, I’m feeling rather lukewarm with this year’s award season as you can see from my 2014 Films Ranked compared to my Academy Award Watchlist.

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    Hot pink is watched, light blue on to-watched queue, highlighted in green haven’t been found yet. My excuse for lack of documentaries and shorts is because of access. I find them extra difficult to get. Also, any respectable award show needs the presence of Haider. LOL And I could do a LOT LESS from Clint Eastwood. I’m not even one of those complaining for lack of women behind/in front of the camera, the nominees are just so damn BLAH! except for the few couple of surprises- some spice with Marion Cotillard (even though I don’t feel strongly about the movie), Ida and Mr. Turner in cinematography… and The Tale of Princess Kaguya.


  • Welcome Back, Nic~

    I think it’s been a long time since people saw Nicole Kidman being so damn cute, funny and… I suppose, relaxed. In some strange parallel universe, there is a Nicole Kidman that has been giggling for the past ten years with her alternate universe relationship to Jimmy Fallon.

    If you didn’t like her, Fallon made you like Kidman. If you don’t like him, she made you like him.