Five Stars: CM Punk vs Brock Lesnar, Summerslam 2013
If you watched wrestling religiously at the time Summerslam 2013 came around, you would remember this being as a strong contender of WWE’s Match of the Year. In a year that featured engrossing storylines- and let’s not forget, it was…
Why Doctor Who is Ridiculous and Brilliant at the Same Time
It’s hard to describe Doctor Who to the uninitiated. Yes, it is about a time travelling alien solving various problems across time and space, but it’s also so much more. Doctor Who is the longest running television show in history,…
Dragon Prince Takes a Steady Approach in Season 2, Focusing on Characters and Lore
When the Dragon Prince debuted on Netflix last year, it was a pleasant surprise. Equal parts Avatar the Last Airbender and Game of Thrones, the first nine episodes laid a strong foundation and introduced the central cast and the core…
How I Learned to Understand and Love Bangla
I will be the first to admit that I haven’t had the closest connection to Bangla. Growing up, I have consumed a lot more content in English than in Bangla, and being exposed to video games, movies and TV shows…
Alita: Battle Angel is a Triumph of Cinematic Storytelling that Feels Dazzlingly Original
Alita: Battle Angel feels like a breath of fresh air, chock full of breathtaking world building and gorgeous action, threaded through a dense plot that threatens to break apart at the seams during the film’s 122 minutes runtime. It doesn’t…
Lego Movie 2: the Second Part is a Great Story in its Own Right
Let’s get the obvious thing out of the way. No, Lego Movie 2: the Second Part isn’t as good as the first film. But it’s still a very, very good film that tells a more mature, complex story instead of…
Umbrella Academy is a Weird Show about Dysfunctional Superheroes that Shows a Lot of Promise
Umbrella Academy isn’t the first superhero property to take a stab at the dysfunctional superhero family idea. However, it’s the first Netflix series to do so, and the series works more often than not for the most part. Sometimes, Family…
Kintu Jodi Emon Hoto? is an Interactive Short Film about Long Distance Relationships that Resonates
Kintu Jodi Emon Hoto? Is designed to be watched on smartphones, and a lot of emphasis is placed on how smartphones are used to close the gap between long distances. That’s a smart choice, since the interactive short film (the…
Was Takeout’s Marketing Stunt Worth it?
By now most of our aware of Takeout’s marketing stunt and have cracked (or at least heard) the obvious joke about Takeout acting like a needy girl seeking attention. We could tell that this was probably a marketing stunt when…
The Millennial Art of Dealing with Your Exes
Millennials have a whole new set of circumstances when it comes to dealing with their exes. It’s mostly because of the fact that technology means that huge blocks of your past live on forever. Most of us who have gone…
