Ramblings of a 20something girl

NIVIN IS BACK!  I mean, in fairness, he was back in Sarvam Maya (2025), or even before. But this Nivin took me right back to watching him in 2014. To say my heart is full would be such an understatement (cause it's overflowing). My teenage self is dancing and giggling and blushing so hard. ^.^ Bethlehem Kudumba Unit , released on 21st August 2026, is a rom-com movie directed by Girish A.D. and produced by Bhavana Studios (Fahadh Faasil, Dileesh Pothan, and Syam Pushkaran -the same team behind Premalu). It stars Nivin Pauly and Mamitha Baiju in the lead roles, and Sangeeth Prathap, Roshan Shanavas, Shyam Mohan, Suresh Krishna, Vinay Forrt, and Srinda in supporting roles. As a Premalu fan, it was great to see so many of the Premalu cast back in action. The story follows Ashley as she moves from Mundakkayam to Angamaly with her family. Visibly upset about the move because she has to leave her friends behind, Ashley slowly starts meeting and getting to know people in her new town. As s...

What do you get when you mix an Office-style mockumentary series with the Exodus of the Israelites from Egypt?  I'll tell you!  The Promised Land. I got to know about The Promised Land when my sister suggested it. Knowing my love for mockumentary-style sitcoms and Biblical history, she knew I'd enjoy watching it. I saw the trailer last year and knew right away that I was (definitely) going to watch it. And this year, I finally came around to watching it. (Yes, I was late to the party, but hey, at least I made it!) The Promised Land, created by Mitch Hudson and produced by Ritchie Johns, is a fun retelling of the Israelites' journey out of Egypt.  While reading the Bible, the book of Exodus was probably one of the longest and most tedious books I have had to read during Sunday School. There were just too many laws to govern the Israelites, and it looked like a fantasy piece, what with the manna and quail every morning, the water from the rock, a cloud by day and a pillar o...

You thought I wouldn't watch a series related to Pride and Prejudice?  Hah. The joke's on you. :) The newest BBC series in town,  The Other Bennet Sister, is an adaptation of the book by the same name, authored by Janice Hadlow, that retells the story of, well, the Other Bennet sister — in this case, Mary Bennet.  A ten-part adaptation by Sarah Quintrell, it follows the life of Mary Bennet.  If you've read Pride and Prejudice , or watched the BBC series (1995), the movie (2005), or the hundreds of spinoffs and modern-day adaptations of the genius novel that Jane Austen gave the world, you'll know about Mary Bennet. If you are, in fact, living under a rock and don't know about her, then read on.  Mary Bennet is the middle sister between Jane and Elizabeth at one end, and Kitty and Lydia at the other. Born at a time when women had practically no rights and no inheritance of their own, their main purpose was to secure a wealthy husband. If he were handsome, that w...

A Real Pain is a movie that had been on my to-watch list for the longest time. I just finished it, and I loved it!  Read on to know more about it. A Real Pain  is a comedy-drama that follows two cousins. Mismatched in temperament and character, they reunite to go to Poland for a heritage tour to honour their late grandmother, a Polish Holocaust refugee. The cousins, played by the ever-talented Jesse Eisenberg and Kieran Culkin (who also  won Best Supporting Actor at the 2025 Oscars, as if it were any surprise), are funny, different from each other,  and trying to reconnect (a reunion that takes them across the Atlantic).  Written and directed by Jesse Eisenberg in his second directorial effort, the film also stars Will Sharpe, Jennifer Grey, Kurt Egyiawan, Lizy Sadovy, and Daniel Oreskes as the supporting cast. I haven't watched Eisenberg's first directorial effort, so I wasn't sure what to expect. But he really shines both on and off the camera in this one....

While surfing Netflix a few weeks ago, I decided to watch something new and chanced upon The Four Seasons . I saw the trailer featuring Steve Carell, Tina Fey, and a group of friends enjoying life, and I was sold!  Created by the ever-brilliant Tina Fey, along with Lang Fisher and Tracey Wigfield, The Four Seasons is an eight-part series adapted from the 1981 film of the same name. Alan Alda, who wrote and directed the 1981 film, also has a guest role in this series.  The ensemble cast boasts several fine actors, including Steve Carell, Tina Fey, Will Forte, Colman Domingo, Kerri Kenney-Silver, Marco Calvani, and Erika Henningsen. The series follows the lives of three couples who are best friends and take vacations together each season. The series follows them through each vacation, from Spring to Winter. Out of the six individuals, some met in college, while the rest (basically their spouses) became friends through marriage or work. These couples are in their forties and fif...

Note -  Spoilers Ahead Janhvi Kapoor and Sidharth Malhotra's recent film ' Param Sundari ' was caught in a social media storm even before its release. The trailer, which showed a glimpse of what the movie was going to be about, had many Malayalis ready to fight with them.  Compelled to see for myself what the issue was, I booked a ticket to watch it—a decision I would come to deeply regret later. Directed by Tushar Jalota and produced by Maddock Films, the movie stars Sidharth Malhotra, Janhvi Kapoor, Sanjay Kapoor, Manjot Singh, Renji Panicker, and Tanvi Ram, among others.  The story of Param Sundari is as simple as it gets. It follows the life of a rich guy, played by the ever-dashing, gym-bodied, easy-on-the-eyes Sidharth Malhotra as Param. Living off his father's money, he essentially plays the part of an Angel Investor (with his father's money, of course) and tries to support startups in need of funding.  A new company with its app, 'Find Your Soulmate...