The Fame Game Paints a Slightly Predictable Picture of a Heroine’s Life, Powered by Madhuri Dixit’s Performance
The Fame Game is best characterized as a family drama, and is least effective as a crime series. It includes very little investigative police work, but so much of trite dramatization of overdone tropes. For a Bollywood-obsessed nation, creator Sri…
Hacks Embraces Soul-Searching as the Mentor-Protégé Duo Hits the Road in Second Season
Hacks was arguably one of the best shows in 2021. The mean characters and mordant humor certainly pulled off an effortless comedy that received commendations from critics and audiences. This Emmy award-winning dark comedy came back with its second season, whose…
Obi-Wan Kenobi is an Uneven Epic that Meanders in the Middle and is Saved by a Spectacular Finale
For a show that was as hotly anticipated as Obi-Wan Kenobi was, it was almost impossible for it to satisfy all the expectations fans had built up over the last 17 years since we had seen Ewan McGregor play the…
Why I Am Both Excited and Apprehensive about the Sandman Adaptation
Fantasy and fiction is a magical and enjoyable genre. It offers an escape from the real world and lets us imagine a world filled with endless and logicless possibilities, love and compassion, and even hatred and mystical wars. Be it…
The Legacy of a Classic Franchise comes to an Underwhelming End in Jurassic World: Dominion
If you're a 90's kid, it's safe to assume that Jurassic Park has got its own place in your childhood classics. From John William's awe-inspiring theme for the 1993 movie to the feeling of pure wonder when the park visitors…
Hustle is an Engrossing Sports Movie that Thrives Thanks to Adam Sandler’s Performance
“Obsession’s gonna beat talent every time”-Stanley Sugerman. How do you know if your love for basketball is enough? According to Stanley Sugerman, you will know it when you are obsessed with it. Netflix's latest production, Hustle, follows the story of…
Under the Heaven Delivers the Most Gripping Detective Show on Television Since the First Season of True Detective
If you’ve been jonesing for a compelling murder mystery in the mold of True Detective season one, then Under the Banner of Heaven might just scratch that itch for you. Adapted from the novel by Jon Krakauer and created by…
Halo Tries a Bold Approach with its TV Adaptation that Doesn’t Entirely Work in its First Season
Halo languished long in development hell, conceptualized initially as a movie before finally becoming a TV series with Paramount Plus. That’s both a boon and a bane: technology and TV production quality have improved by leaps and bounds in the…
Undone Explores New Territory with Second Season, Bringing the Story Full Circle
Undone had a pretty complete first season, although its cliffhanger did leave things open-ended as to whether or not Alma, the protagonist who could travel through time, actually had powers or was suffering from schizophrenia. The second season is an…
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness Tries to Tell a Personal Story in an Epic Backdrop to Mixed Results
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness has, unexpectedly, proved to be a divisive film for MCU fans. That’s probably due to the fact that trailers, and the rumor mill, conditioned many fans to expect the world, and more, from…
