Some Movies - V

 

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 3^rd 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.