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I'd had this post in my drafts for ages (a year or more!) but just didn't feel inspired to write it. So last year (April 2025) I wrote a post called Teen Thrillers instead. You can see it here: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2025/04/teen-thrillers.html Now it's over a year since I did that post and I'm feeling more inspired. So here are my Top 10 thriller films! :)  Please note that the post contains spoilers.  Trigger warning: Some of the films mention sensitive themes.   Note: Sorry for the different text! It got messed up and I'm trying to sort it out. :)     1. Disclosure (1994) Disclosure is based on the book by Michael Crichton (probably best known for Jurassic Park ) ,. Computer  specialist Tom Sanders ( Michael Douglas ) works for the company Digicom. He's married to Susan Hendler (played by British actress Caroline Goodall ) and they have two kids. They're planning to merge with a larger company but there are problems with the CD-...

This week's video is KISSIK from the 2024 Tollywood (Telugu language) film Pushpa 2: The Rule .  The movie is the sequel to action drama  Pushpa: The Rise (released in 2021) and sees the title character (played by  Allu Arjun ) now head of the red sandalwood smuggling business and facing off against his enemy, police officer Bhanwar Singh Shekawat ( Fahadh Faasil ), who has a grudge against him.  There is also a dubbed Hindi version.  I featured the video for Oo Antava Mawa..Oo Antava Mawa from the first Pushpa in my Tollywood Videos Round-up 2 post back in 2023. You can see it here:  https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2023/09/tollywood-videos-round-up-2.html KISSIK was released as the third single from Pushpa 2 last November, prior to the film's release in December. It was preceded by Pushpa Pushpa and Sooseki (The Couples Song) in May 2024. Two more singles followed in December- Peelings and Gango Renuka Thali. The video is an item number , I think and st...

Sorry the 2nd post is later this week; I didn't manage to get it finished yesterday. :)   For ages (at least a year!) I've had the idea to do a post about my Top 10 thriller films but I just haven't felt inspired for some reason. So for now, I thought I'd write a shorter post about some teen thrillers (which happen to all be from the 90s) instead! :) Although they may not technically be classed as teen films, I've called this post Teen Thrillers because the main characters are teenagers. Since a couple of these are based on true stories, they could also be included in a true movies post ! Unless otherwise stated, the videos are trailers. Poison Ivy (1992) Lonely teenager Sylvie (played by Sara Gilbert , best known for the 90s American sitcom Roseanne , which was revived in 2018) meets Ivy ( Drew Barrymore ) and becomes friends with her.  The two girls are very different, both personality wise- Sylvie is quiet and shy, whereas Ivy is extroverted and flirty- and wit...

Last summer I wrote a post sharing some videos from Bollywood actor and film producer John Abraham's films. You can see it here: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2024/07/john-abraham-videos.html I had planned to do a follow-up post because I'd only featured his movies up to 2013. So here it is, although not "soon-ish" as I intended!" lol .   Nas Nas Mein from Welcome Back   In 2015 John starred in crime comedy Welcome Back , alongside Anil Kapoor and Nana Patekar as criminals gone straight Uday Shetty and Sagar (Majnu) Pandey. He plays Ajay (Ajju) Ghungroo, a "goonda" (local goon), who falls in love with Ranjana ( Shruti Haasan ), the half sister of Uday. The video for Nas Nas Mein features John and Shruti. The playback singers are sibling music duo Meet Bros Anjaan featuring Shabab Sabri and Rani Hazarika . There's also a rap by Deane Sequiera .      Rehnuma from Rocky Handsome Note: May contain a slight spoiler. The following year, John play...

In the past I've written a few posts featuring Bollywood stars, including Katrina Kaif and Akshay Kumar and Emraan Hashmi . Today I'm sharing some videos from the films of actor John Abraham . I've actually had this post in mind since early last year, I think but hadn't got round to it! John is from Mumbai (formerly Bombay) and  has a mixed family background- his dad is a Malayali Syrian Christian and his mum is a Parsi or Irani Zorastrian.*  He started out in showbiz as a model, after wining the Gladrags Manhunt Contest in 1999 and then coming second in Manhunt International. In 2003, John made his acting debut, starring in erotic thriller Jism , alongside Bipasha Basu .  The stars went on to date for several years and were known as a "supercouple". John's big break came in 2004, when he starred as Kabir, the main villain in the action thriller film Dhoom (the first film in the series ). Since then he has acted in many movies and has become known as an...

Hope everyone had a good New Year! Here is the first post (and Weekly Music Video) of 2024. :) This week's video is Leke Prabhu Ka Naam Song from the recent Bollywood film Tiger 3 . The movie is the sequel to 2012's Ek Tha Tiger and 2017's Tiger Zinda Hai , and the 5th instalment overall in the YRF Spy Universe . The other films are War (2019) and Pathaan (2023). I haven't seen any of these to date (just seen the music videos) but they seem worth a watch. Tiger 3, which was released during Diwali in November, continues the story of Indian and Pakistani intelligence agents Tiger and Zoya (played by Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif ). They were revealed to now be married with a son in Tiger Zinda Hai.  The couple find themselves on opposite sides when Zoya is forced into an assassination attempt by ISI agent Aatish Reham (played by one of my favourite Bollywood actors Emraan Hashmi !).They must pull together against Aatish to save both their country and family. The Leke Prab...

This week's video is Hum Aaye Hain from the new Bollywood film Ganapath: Hero is Born . The movie is set in the dystopian future of 2070, where Guddu (played by Tiger Shroff , son of veteran actor Jackie Shroff ), transforms into the immortal hero Ganapath to change the fate of the poor in a divided world. It also stars Kriti Sanon and Amitabh Bachchan (another veteran actor). Ganapath came out on 20th October, prior to the Hindi festival Dussehra (also known as Vijayadashami), which falls on the 10th day of Navaratri and was on 24th Oct this year. It was released in multiple languages- Hindi (Bollywood), Telugu , Tamil , Malayalam and Kannada . I haven't seen it but it's not done well at the box office, which is a shame. Hopefully the songs are having more success! :) If you are interested in watching it though, it's currently showing at the Odeon in the UK. The video for Hum Aaye Hain was uploaded on 5th October. It features Tiger and Kriti who plays the character...

This week's video is Paradise by British DJ Collective Kings Of The Rollers and solo singer  Katy B .  Kings Of The Rollers consists of DJs Serum (Mark Gaunt), Voltage and Bladerunner (Devan Gray). They are signed to Hospital Records .  For more on Katy B visit my Top 10 Female Singers post (she is No. 10 on the list):  https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2015/02/top-10-female-solo-singers.html I'm a long time Katy fan, so it's good to see her releasing something new. Her last studio album was 2016's Honey, but she brought out an EP called Peace and Offerings in November 2021. I actually didn't know about the EP, so look forward to checking it out. :) Paradise was released on 22nd March.  For more on Kings of the Rollers visit these links:  Official FB page:  https://www.facebook.com/kingsoftherollers Linktree:  https://linktr.ee/kingsoftherollers Official Instagram:  https://instagram.com/kingsoftherollers And for more Katy B check out thes...

Teen Mom UK (the British version of the popular American reality franchise Teen Mom , a spin-off of MTV's 16 & Pregnant ) is back for a new series, this time with a new generation of teen mums!  Teen Mom UK started back in 2016 and has run for 8 series so far. S1 followed 5 girls- Chloe Patton, Naomi Konickova, Mia Boardman, Amber Butler and Megan Salmon-Ferrari. In S2 Naomi left and was replaced by Sassi Simmonds. And S4 in 2018 , saw both Megan and Mia take a break from the show and the addition of a new mum, Shannon Wise. In Series 7 , Sassi and Shannon took a break and Emma Finch joined, and then Sassi returned for S8. Hopefully we will still get to catch up with the UK "OGs" (Original Girls) in the future. :) And now here is the next generation! The 5 new mums are Chloe, Angel, Ellie, Whitney and Isha. I don't have that much information on the girls as yet, but will update as and when I do. :) Update 21/4/23 : Updated with more info. :) Chloe Chloe-Elizabeth...