The Lost City: An Adventure Book Turns into Reality
What is the first thing that comes to mind when you think about fiction? You may say it results from someone's bizarre imagination or creative ingenuity. Perhaps you will be blunt and declare it a lie. But what if this…
House of The Dragon is a Slower-Paced, Timeline Jumping Return to Westerosi Greatness
The Game of Thrones prequel showcases the notable events preceding the Targaryen Civil War. The show started when Six of the Seven Kingdoms were under the reign of King Viserys Targaryen. As he names his daughter Rhaenyra Targaryen as his…
Do Revenge Provides an Entertaining Take on The Mayhem and Mischief of High School
Have you ever wished to utterly destroy someone who has wronged you? A former boyfriend? A bully? Have you considered ways of ruining their lives completely but refrained from really carrying them out because, well, you gotta be the bigger…
Poran: An Intoxicating Love Triangle that has Bangladesh on edge
When a filmmaker makes a movie, the question "is the movie a success?" arises. “A good movie makes you cry/ laugh/ jump out of your seats” doesn’t seem to be the norm anymore. To me, it’s a matter of fundamentalism,…
Delhi Crime Fails to Live Up to its Legacy in its Second Season
The latest season of Delhi Crime, albeit shorter than the first, is nowhere near as excellent as the first. Season 1 focused on a national issue that had caused widespread agitation in the country in 2012. The 2019 season of…
Only Murders in the Building Continues its Quirky, Character-Heavy Ways in Second Season, Despite the Freshness Having Worn Off
Only Murders in the Building had the unenviable task of continuing its excellent first season’s momentum with its sophomore outing. The second season mostly manages to do so, but sometimes it buckles under the weight of those expectations, throwing too…
Westworld Almost Returns to its Lofty Heights in a Fourth Season that Ends with Chaos (and a Glimmer of Hope)
The last time we watched Westworld, the show had just wrapped up a cinematic but simplified third season that had mostly done away with the show’s complex, layered narratives. Arriving two years later, the fourth season is almost successful in…
Bullet Train is a Light, Heavily-Stylized Action Comedy that Goes On for a Little Too Long
Theaters are so inundated with sequels and reboots these days when it comes to action blockbusters, that even a film like Bullet Train, which feels original despite being adapted from a Japanese novel, feels like a minor cause for celebration.…
Prey Delivers the Best Predator Sequel to Date, Taking the Franchise Back to its Roots
The Predator franchise has been trucking along for almost three decades now, but it has long since lost its steam. There have been sparks of hope such as Predators, but then that would be followed up by hot messes like…
Honor Society is a Dark High School Comedy That Doesn’t Entirely Succeed in Going its Own Way
Do you ever wonder about your teen years? The years where you constantly bickered with parents, made and lost friends, and endlessly competed with everyone around you. Most adults would agree that teens are a menace. Yet, why do adults…
