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Muhtasim Sarowat Rayed
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A business graduate with experience in strategic consulting and advertising, Rayed is passionate about content creation and storytelling. He has been trying to turn writing into a side hustle from a hobby since 2009. Wish him luck, and if possible, send him cookies and ice cream.

Titans Improves in Third Season, But Still Remains Frustratingly Flawed
Titans season three may just well be the best season so far, but there’s an important caveat. It sets up a promising story in its first three episodes, only to fall victim to bad writing, bullheaded character moments and missed…
Only Murders in the Building is a Fresh, Quirky Comedy that Thrives due to the Chemistry Between its Three Leads
Only Murders in the Building is a pleasant surprise, although, it really shouldn’t be, seeing as it features long-time collaborators and friends Martin Short and Steve Martin working their magic. Sticking Selina Gomez in with them to form a trio…
You Remains Deliciously Entertaining in a Fun (But Silly) Third Season
When You arrived in 2019, everyone fell in love with Joe Goldberg and his stalkerish ways. Not in love ‘love’, but more in a can’t-look-away-from-a-snake-swallowing-a-pig kind of way. The second season shook things up just enough that fatigue didn’t set…
Night Teeth Squanders a Promising Premise with Too Much Backstory
Night Teeth has a clever and simple premise: Collateral, but with vampires. The premise alone is intriguing, and while the movie has some fun with it, it gets too bogged down with worldbuilding and a perfunctory romance subplot. Benny (Jorge…
No Time to Die Pulls the Curtain on Daniel Craig’s James Bond in Satisfying Fashion, Featuring Beautiful Cinematography and Kinetic Action Scenes
No Time to Die, after being delayed for one and a half years, has finally arrived in theaters. Did it live up to the anticipation of closing out Craig’s Bond journey in a satisfactory way? Mostly, yes. It’s not a…
Ted Lasso Becomes More Episodic in Season Two (But it is Still Corny and Wholesome)
When Ted Lasso graced Apple TV+ last year, few could have predicted the fan following and goodwill it would gain in a short time, as people flocked to its wholesomeness in the middle of a pandemic. Season one struck a…
What If Stumbles as Much as it Soars in First Season, Putting Familiar Marvel Characters in New Situations
What If had perhaps the riskiest premise out of the slate of Marvel TV shows coming out in 2021. Coming off the heels of the far-reaching ramifications of Loki, What If takes a look at how familiar situations from the…
Maid is a Harrowing (and Realistic) Tale of a Single Motherhood’s Quest to Make Things Better for her Daughter, Featuring Nuanced Characters
Adapted from Stephanie Land’s memoir Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay and a Mother’s Will to Survive, Maid is a realistic and affecting tale of a young mother who tries to provide the best life for her daughter and break out…
The Guilty is a Tense, One Location Thriller That is Powered by Jake Gyllenhaal’s Intense Performance
The Guilty was made during the pandemic, and it tries to make full use of those circumstances, setting the story in a 9–11 dispatch center where a cop races against time to save a mother and her children. Remade from…
Venom: Let There Be Carnage Improves Upon its Predecessor, But it is Still an Uneven Mess
When Venom arrived in 2018, it surprised everyone with the way it handled the dynamic between its main characters, despite issues with other elements like plot and pacing. The sequel, Venom: Let There Be Carnage tries to improve upon both…