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Reel Recall 2020: Movies Come Home Streaming On OTT
The biggest pandemic in 100 years didn’t dampen the spirits of filmmakers though theatres remained closed for 10 months. Thanks to streaming websites, movie watching is not as inaccessible…
Choked Because ଦରସିଝା
In Odia there is a term to describe half-cooked food – ଦରସିଝା. ଦରସିଝା describes emotions of something that had the potential to be great but is underdeveloped thanks to hastiness and in this…
Top Movies That Feature Virus Outbreaks & Pandemics (That Are Not About Zombies)
The Coronavirus or COVID-19+ scare has pushed the entire world into a virtual lockdown and forced people to isolate themselves at homes. As with other apocalyptic scenarios, viral…
It’s A Bird…It’s A Plane…It’s Irishman
Martin Scorcese kicked up a storm on the Internet when his interview with the Empire magazine surfaced where he said that he doesn’t think Marvel movies are cinema. But he also clarified…
Joker Is A Fresh Unsettling Brilliant Take But That Is All It Is
In 2017 Joaquin Phoenix played the role of a loner who lives with his mother, was abused as a child by his father and is troubled by suicidal thoughts. That was Lynne Ramsay’s You Were Never…
‘Kokoli’ Presses Panic Button On Climate Change
Kokoli Sukhua (dry fish) is a delicacy in Odisha, more so in South Odisha. The film, Kokoli, is an audacious attempt to bring climate emergency to the fore. With a powerful script,…
The Lion King: A Toneless & Flat Revision That Nobody Wanted
For the last several years Disney has been producing live action remakes of its animated classics in the hopes of retelling the story through photorealistic visuals. The decision is…
The Great Hack: A Netflix Original On The Spider Web Of Data Misuse
In March of 2018, Channel 4’s sting operation on the chief people at helm at Cambridge Analytica opened a Pandora’s Box and sent seismic waves throughout the online world, the aftershocks of…
Netflix’s Leila Not A Darling With Critics! Find Out Why
Water (2005) is the third instalment in Deepa Mehta’s Elements trilogy. The day before the shooting was supposed to begin, several protestors belonging to a prominent right-wing organisation…
Avengers Endgame: The Movie Of Movies
Avengers Endgame can truly be said to be the movie of the decade. And it’s the same whether you are a Marvel fan or not. Hyped up to such a level that some people became Marvel fans just for…