Cinema
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Ulajh & Berlin: Hindi Spythrillers! Phew! (2024)
Spy-thrillers have taken a back seat in today’s cinema. This is true at least in Hollywood but Hindi cinema is taking big leaps in democratizing this idea. We have decent political and spy thrillers in the Hindi cinema. While the movies such as Baby and Naam Shabana had inclination towards spy thrillers, the movies such
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Road House: (2024)
The 1989 classic Road House movie might have a lot more mystery to unravel about the protagonist. And in a way might have made him look like Jack Reacher. But Doug Liman has a unique way of storytelling for a generation where mystery or anonymity is just a misnomer. To me, this 2014 remake of
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Land of Bad: (2024)
The year 2024 started with a series of Hollywood flops. At least, I had hopes from the movie, The Bricklayer starring Aaron Eckhart. But, when I sat down to watch it, I was disappointed that a decent storyline can be trashed with a poor script, acting, and direction. Frankly, I wasn’t expecting much from the
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The Beekeeper: (2024)
We are all aware of the term mass surveillance and what our world governments do to keep our data afloat in the market. You either do it for tracking terrorists or sell it to private companies for profit. The US along with its five eye members do this through signal intelligence but a large part
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Animal: (2023)
Sandeep Reddy Vanga has a habit of desire for a life where he dictates terms even if it seems absurd to the outside world. His Kabir Singh was an example of his ego that he desires in an unmarried life. The movie Animal is a portrayal of his desired fantasy world post marriage. He never
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Echo: (TV Miniseries 2024)
Marvel Studios has a long way to go to revive the dying MCU. Their Avenger style storytelling doesn’t always work and the goof ups that Disney did with the storytelling is a big gap to fill in. Ever since the announcement from Marvel Studios came in to bring back Daredevil in the MCU main storyline,
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12th Fail: (2023)
There are only a handful of movies in Bollywood that you can watch. 12th Fail is one of those rare gems. The story is depicted in such a way that it relates to each one of us at different levels. Though I have not been part of the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) examinations, I
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Dream Scenario: (2023)
How many of us in the current social set up yearn for social validation and acceptance in the real or online world? The number would be huge and could encompass almost the entire human race in one way or another. The entire business of social media has pushed us to a limit where we have
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BlackBerry: (2023)
Back in the day in 2000, some of us were very excited for BlackBerry Storm coming to the market while most of us were ready to dive into Apple’s dream. That same year, 2007, the market share of BlackBerry crumbled down to zero percent from a decent 45%. How did this happen? Did Apple crush
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Killers of the Flower Moon: (2023)
Up until recently, you must be hearing news about European countries tightening their rules of immigration to stop further influx of unwanted races getting mixed with their population. You must know that these Europeans were in fact the first immigrants the world has seen. When Christopher Columbus discovered America in lust of finding India, the