‘Dark Season 2’ — Netflix’s highly ambitious show flawlessly turns ordinary into outlandish on June 25, 2019I stopped and rewound a few minutes of Dark in season 1, after a corpse of one child was revealed to be the corpse of a kid that went missing 30 years ago. I stopped and rewound again – when an old watchmaker was suddenly disclosed to be the author of a book that was […]
‘Kabir Singh’ — an unapologetic celebration of toxic masculinity on June 25, 2019Exhibit A. There’s a scene in the new Shahid Kapoor starrer Kabir Singh in which a domestic help accidentally breaks a glass while cleaning the protagonist’s house. The next moment he’s chasing her down flights of stairs like a man possessed, capable of anything. This scene is played for laughs. Exhibit B. In another scene […]
‘Riverdale’ embodies the Shakespearean concept of dynamic characters By: Zarbakht Bilal on June 23, 2019There are two types of people in this world, those who tries to suppress the animal inside them and then the ones who let that beast come out. In both cases, what remains constant is the beast. We all have one inside. Riverdale is a town with merry young hearts that find their refuge in […]
‘Anna’ — a girl, some guns and a recycled plot on June 23, 2019All you need for a film, Jean-Luc Godard famously declared, is a gun and a girl. His fellow French filmmaker Luc Besson has taken the maxim to heart, albeit with a few upgrades. You could also throw in a knife or two, for example. If the “girl” – a grown woman, really – happens to […]
Avengers Endgame Re-releasing in Theatres With ‘Extra Surprises’ By: Agencies on June 20, 2019Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige has confirmed that Avengers: Endgame will be re-released in theaters on June 28. In an interview to Screen Rant, the Marvel boss revealed that there would be a deleted scene, a tribute, and some “extra surprises” for fans. Avengers: Endgame, which served as the culmination of the entire Marvel Cinematic Universe, which kicked […]
‘Big Little Lies’ — Meryl Streep quotient the main thing buoying the premiere on June 19, 2019The Season 2 premiere, “What Have They Done?,” was an at times ungainly creature. It had to expend a lot of effort reopening a story that had been designed to close with Perry’s death, and to introduce new characters like Mary Louise and her hatred of short people. With this much talent involved – and […]
‘Total Dhamaal’ — when a comedy movie makes you cry By: Muneeb Maqsood on June 19, 2019‘Total Dhamaal’ is a motivational film which can bring tears to your eyes. The movie exposed many good lessons for us, such as, robbery, greedy is a cause, not to give up, helping of others, it is the first movie which motivated and made me laugh and cry. The film has been directed by Indra […]
Veronica Mars gets called back to Neptune in Season 4 trailer on June 15, 2019The full-length trailer for Hulu’s ‘Veronica Mars’ Season 4 has arrived. The cult show returns with eight episodes on the streaming platform on July 26, 2019. The new season sees Veronica Mars returning to the seaside town of Neptune just as a series of bombings decimate the party-goers there for spring break. With lives on […]
‘On The Basis Of Sex’ is a beautiful film about women empowerment By: Faiza Farid on June 14, 2019“A feminist is anyone who recognises the equality and full humanity of women and men” ? Gloria Steinem. In the middle of the film ‘On the Basis of Sex’, we see a passionate teen Jane arguing with her mother, now, a revered figure in the United States justice system-Ruth Bader Ginsburg (RBG) on attending a […]
‘Euphoria’ — a one-time watch! on June 13, 2019“I know you are not allowed to say it, but drugs are kind of cool,” So says Rue, the heroine and admittedly unreliable narrator of HBO’s new teen drama ‘Euphoria’, confessing as we see her enjoy a particularly potent high. Moments later, we see a flashback to the near-fatal overdose she suffered a few months […]