Japan’s latest movie, The Parades, found some resonance among the audiences. In my review, I called it a melancholic affair. But one thing that must be bugging the viewers is its ending. How does the movie end? And why? I decipher these questions in my detailed ending explanation of The Parades. The point of the beginning […]
A conspiracy theory says that popular genres are becoming redundant and soon, the knack for watching them on the screen will wane away. Okay, I made that up. But a new cerebral, and offbeat series on Netflix might actually change your perception about movies. Originating from Turkey, A Round of Applause is a six-episode long
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The advent of OTTs has made mid-budget and small films meaningless on the big screen. Either they don’t release in the theaters or, when they do, the audience is least interested in giving them a chance. However, this seems to be changing recently and Laapataa Ladies is a part of that change. The comedy-drama film is the
Action stories have long been the forte of Japanese creators. But what gets lost beneath them is the art of telling quiet, comforting tales. A new film, The Parades, has been released on Netflix, which falls in the second category. It is an intimate, emotional, and heartfelt film. The movie from Japan deals with magical
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Amazon Prime’s latest Indian show, Poacher, has hit the jackpot with praises pouring in from critics and audiences alike. The eight-episode long series is available to watch in five languages though the original version (Malayalam) is multilingual itself. One question everybody has upon finishing the series is whether Poacher is based on a true story
Largely, humans don’t care about animals, let alone wildlife conservation. This is why we need stories around the topic. Poacher, a new Amazon Prime series, does the same. It is an Indian crime thriller show, shot originally in the Malayalam language. There are eight episodes with a total duration of over six hours. You can watch
Translating into ‘my fault,’ Mea Culpa is a recent addition on Netflix. It is an American suspense movie that opened to mostly negative reviews. I thought it’d be nice to write about the film’s ending which leaves many questions unanswered. In this blog, full of spoilers, you will find a detailed description of the final half an
Attorneys can be intriguing on the screen. Suits, The Lincoln Lawyer, and other classic shows have set the bar very high. A new American film, Mea Culpa, has a good amount of competition to cater to. Streaming on Netflix, the two-hour-long film is a suspenseful, steamy, and crime thriller. Find out in my review how it
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The influx of political thrillers has made things monotonous in Bollywood. Still, we have expectations with every new such release. Article 370 is the latest movie to be a part of this bandwagon. Running for over two and a half hours, the film reunites Yami Gautam and Aditya Dhar professionally. But the question is, whether
Over the past few years, the Hindi film landscape has seen a shift of sorts. What was earlier considered a more open, factual, and socially strong industry is gradually falling prey to the ruling establishment’s political ambitions. Some of the debatable recent films include The Accidental Prime Minister, The Kashmir Files, The Kerala Story, 72 Hoorain,
