Uptown
Girls (2003): a comedy about a reckless woman getting reformed when she
started babysitting a little girl.
Jerry
Maguire (1996): a brilliant rom-com starring Tom Cruise and Renee Zellweger
(both my favourites)
White
Hot: The Rise & Fall of Abercrombie & Fitch (documentary):
Interesting subject which tracks the rise and fall of this famous apparel and
lifestyle brand. The original company founded in 1892 went bust in 1970s and was
taken over by new management. Ultimately it saw its best time under CEO Michael
Jeffries who positioned the brand for the popular culture of young boys and
girls and it gained a cult image. The documentary mainly focusses on defaming
the company for targeting mainly White youth which may not be accurate, but the
company definitely was “exclusivist”. The documentary painted the company with
so much accusations of racial and other accusations that it became too uninteresting
and akin to propaganda. After finishing this, I checked out the company’s
website and I saw that now all models featured on the website were non-Whites.
Perhaps no one has any problem with that. I read that the company now targets older
customers, hires mostly non-Whites, etc as an image makeover strategy. But the
company is also struggling financially again and is making losses. Perhaps this
has become a case study of how “excesses” can ruin the company and political
correctness can not go well with businesses.
Fargo (TV
Series): This is a gangster crime series with 4 seasons. I watched
seasons 1-3. Loved first season most, then second and did not like 3rd
one much. First season of most TV series are much better as compared to later seasons.
Fargo’s first season came in 2014 and is so great mainly because of its
storyline and absolutely brilliant performances by Billy Bob Thornton and
Martin Freeman. I am a fan of both these actors. Second season came in 2015 and
although its theme is good, but I did not like the way story is developed and
particularly its ending.
The
Kissing Booth (2018): A brilliant rom-com. Young actress Joey King
is at her peak in this movie and the movie is able to move our heartbeats on a
song. I got to know that sequels of this movie came out, but again, I would
recommend only the original or first movie, because next ones are so
repetitive.
The Pink
Panther (2006): This is a hilarious comedy and one of the few films
I can watch multiple times and loved every scene. The comedy is mind blowing. Steve
Martin is an angel sent by God.
