OF FILMS, PERFORMANCES, NOMINATIONS & AWARDS: THE OSCAR SEASON HAS ARRIVED!

Hi Friends,

How are you doing?How was Thanksgiving Day?Hope you feasted as you also expressed gratitude for all the wonderful gifts God has bestowed upon you,your loved ones and the world at large.Here's a post that I found in my archives section which you might like to re-visit this Thanksgiving Day.(Click here) Though Thanksgiving Day is officially over but I believe that everyday is Thanksgiving!

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So, now without any further delay let's right away begin with this month's post! 

Recently,I read positive reports on some forthcoming films (of course by now most of them must have released) like-The Imitation Game, Selma and The Theory of Everything and I observed a common thread running through them.And no,it had nothing to do with their plot or story structure! So I decided to blog about it here!

FEBRUARY MUSINGS:THE JOY OF DISCOVERING FILMS IN RANDOMNESS!

Hi Friends,

Are you on with your resolutions?

How are you doing? Trust all's well at your end.Hope you're still holding firm with the resolutions you've made for the year rather than hanging up in the first month itself!Well,when it comes to me... I don't make any! Surprised?Though as a child I loved making a 'To-do' list pasted on the wall of my room to remind me of the goals I had set for myself and behold what joy it gave me when I'd strike off tasks that were successfully accomplished! Sadly,I don't make them any more!Much as there's lot to do...may be,I need to surprise myself this time around on what I'm capable of achieving!Perhaps,at the end of this post...I might just draw up a list once again with some realistic,achievable and short-term goals!I think that's the problem with most of us including me that we set unrealistic goals in the first place!Like someone rightly put it -"Inch by inch life's a cinch; yard by yard life is hard!" I guess,the place for the power of the unrealistic lies in the realm of our dreams some that we see with closed eyes and some that we see while we are wide awake!But like they say, dreams do come true! So hold on to them!

OF FILMS, TELEVISION, AWARDS & MORE... : HAVE YOUR SAY!

Hi Friends!

Welcome to the new year! 

I pray that the new year is a new beginning of many good things to come and that your life may be filled with love, hope,fulfillment,happiness and peace!

It's January and the awards season is gradually settling in with nominations being announced (and some of them due anytime from now) from all quarters. It's that time of the year when Hollywood rewards the best talent whose work shone all through and made an impact both at the box office and found a favor with the jury as well (Psst...the latter is quite a formidable task to warm up with the choices of the jury!)

So, let's rewind back to 2013 and recall some of the films we watched or are in our watch-list...

 A glimpse of films we saw in 2013...looking back

Last year like any other was an eventful one indeed with varied genres and flavors of films ruling the marquee. So if you had biopics on Steve Jobs, Princess Diana, Formula One Driver Niki Lauda, Julian Assange, Nelson Mandela then you also witnessed stirring dramas with powerful performances in Prisoners, Captain Phillips, Dallas Buyers Club,Labor Day, 12 Years a Slave etc.