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Yasuke Netflix
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Yasuke Squanders its Narrative Potential by Creating a Middling Plot with Mish-Mash Sci-Fi Fantasy Elements
Netflix’s original anime content has been very hit-and-miss. For every Devilman Crybaby, there’s also been something like Neo Yokio. Yasuke, unfortunately, falls into the latter camp, despite having a prestigious studio like MAPPA attached to do the animation and a…
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Invincible Manages to Stand Out as a Superhero Story, Despite its Intentionally Standard Premise
Superhero fatigue has been talked about for years, but this is the first time I am experiencing it myself. Sure, there are some excellent adaptations out there such as The Boys, Doom Patrol and Umbrella Academy to a degree, but…
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Mortal Kombat is a Fun (But Flawed) Reboot of the Classic Fighting Franchise
Mortal Kombat is the latest in a long line of video game adaptations that fail to break the fabled ‘video game movie curse’, which is a shame considering the campy appeal of the original movie. It’s too focused on appealing…
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Shadow and Bone Sets the Stage for its Intriguing World and Characters in First Season
Whenever there is a screen adaptation of a book series, the actual concerns remains that the show/movie wouldn’t be able to do justice to the characters and the world of the original storyline. However, with the author of the series…
Bob Odenkirk Nobody Perfect World Pictures
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Nobody is a Fun Action Film that Thrives on its Lead Performance and Smart Writing
Who would have thought Bob Odenkirk would make a convincing action hero? You might say there’s precedence in seeing older action heroes with Liam Neeson, but Odenkirk seems decisively more every-man in appearance. You have seen him bust out his…
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Bad Trip Puts a Road Trip Twist on the Hidden Camera Genre
With the abundance of options at our hands, it’s very easy to get bored and not feel like doing anything. Content fatigue is real. You could be switching from one Netflix movie to the other, looking for something that fits…
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Pagglait Reflects on 13 Days of Grief, Self-Discovery and Rebirth
Pagglait packs the classic elements of a Bollywood funeral into one story-- the going-ons beyond the mourning in the form of gossip, financial uncertainties and personal tensions, all camouflaged under awkward remembrance of the dear departee. Yet the movie distinguishes…
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Bombay Begums is An Incomplete Tale of Unconventional Women
Through a 13-year-old’s voiceover (Shai, played by Aadhya Anand), directors and screenwriters Alankrita Shrivastava and Bornila Chatterjee underline the narrative of Bombay Begums placing Rani (Pooja Bhatt), the newly appointed CEO of the fictional Royal Bank of Bombay in the…
Moxie Netflix
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Moxie: Too Much Rage, Not Enough Discourse
Netflix’s new teen comedy Moxie — directed by Amy Poehler, who also stars as the protagonist’s mother — aims for riot grrrl rage and radical girl power action, and tries its best to be intersectional with its stellar cast.  The…
Bombay Rose Netflix
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Bombay Rose tells A Nostalgic Tale of Ancient Love
“The warmth still lingers today from the comfort that left me yesterday.” AsI finished watching Bombay Rose, this line from the 2018 anime anthology, Flavors of Youth kept running circles through my brain. I cannot help but get overwhelmed by feelings…
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