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  Maestro 2023

  ★★★★ Watched 27 Dec 2023

  It's hard enough playing Leonard Bernstein, but Bradley Cooper decided to also write and direct Maestro. I don't know why he would sign up for this level of pain and stress. But what a creative force he's turning out to be. Also, what a high it must be to have Spielberg and Scorsese produce your film. That said, this film wholly belongs to the brilliant Carey Mulligan. She's flawless.

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  Kho Gaye Hum Kahan 2023

  ★★★ Watched 27 Dec 2023

  Quite enjoyed this film. I'm quite surprised that it took Hindi cinema this long to make a film on something so relevant - social media. There's a stretch in this film where Ananya Panday's character locks her phone inside a drawer so that she can focus on her presentation, but can't resist checking her notifications, which ends up as a long selfie session. I can imagine lots of people watching this and going - that's me!

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  Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo 2020

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  I'm confused about my thoughts on this film. Is it a great film? No. Is it even a good film? Maybe. But did I have fun? Hell, yes. In fact, I laughed through the movie. Sometimes at it and sometimes with it. A film that can pull off a Manmohan Desai-level ridiculous plot about babies being swapped in 2020 has my respect. Allu Arjun (this is the first time I was seeing his work) was appropriately hammy and over the…