Pakistan has always managed to present narratives that suit the Indian palette pretty well and their latest offering on Netflix, aptly titled Cake, is no different. Set in Karachi, the film tells the story of estranged siblings Zareen (Aamina Sheikh) and Zara (Sanam Saeed) who are forced to reconnect when their father is rushed to […]
The Indian reboot of The Office that streams on Hotstar have been at the center of a vast debate — between loyalists of the UK and US versions and objective viewers. Is it bad? Is it good? Is it meh? It’s a bit of all three. The Indian version of The Office features the paper […]
The hype is immense whenever Netflix decides to bring forth a contentious true story, and I dare say, the result is not worth the hype all the time. When They See Us, does not fall in that zone. This Netflix series is about five Harlem teens who face the most prolonged nightmare of their lives […]
In the Pride Month, expect social streaming services to cater to the audience with content relevant to the theme. While Netflix boasts of the much loved Queer Eye, the film Elisa and Marcela celebrates homosexuality in a completely refreshed manner. The story of Elisa And Marcela is set in 1901 where two women discover that […]
The new season of Black Mirror season 5 consists of three episodes on Netflix. It features few well-known faces, from Topher Grace to Anthony Mackie to Miley Cyrus. After an innovative but disappointing interactive film Black Mirror: Bandersnatch, there is a new and fifth season of Black Mirror’s much-loved science fiction franchise. However, none of […]
The Perfect Date is like bad wine in a fancy new bottle with a sellable face pasted on it. It’s available on Netflix. Internet’s boyfriend Noah Centineo is back with another love story, but alas the charm completely flips this time.However, unlike Centineo’s previous mediocre ventures, this one takes a plunge into the below-average section. […]
The age of the psycho-erotic genre somewhat returns with Netflix’s newly released series What If. The thrilling anthology has been directed by Mike Kelley and stars an expansive cast led by Renée Zellweger. The show deals with the compass of morality and its shift when socially ‘acceptable’ people start doing socially ‘unacceptable’ things. The basic […]
The show chronicles the Chernobyl nuclear disaster of April 1986 in the Soviet Union. The unprecedented cleanup efforts that followed the fact that it took a TV series to shed light upon one of the biggest nuclear disasters ever. Post the infamous Hiroshima and Nagasaki attacks. This says a lot about the complete lack of […]
All dystopian sci-fi films don’t need to be super expensive or expansive to convey the dreary message of the end of humanity. I AM MOTHER, streaming on Netflix, is an excellent example of that. This Netflix sci-fi exploits the human extinction theme with a twist where an alien robot mothers a human baby. For a […]
Abhay Deol is probably the most talented Deol. It explains how he has a knack of making you watch something even as sloppy as Chopsticks. Directed by Sachin Yardi, the film stars Deol alongside internet star Mithila Palkar. The story is of an under-confident, timid girl coming into her own when she loses her brand […]
Hollywood scored one with its first exclusive Asian romantic drama Crazy Rich Asians, and it was a matter of time before Netflix cashed in on the hype with one of the most streamed movies on the site, To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before. Now Netflix is out with a ‘politically correct’ rom-com Always Be […]
Amazon Prime knows how to get you in the mood for some beautiful, snarky, dry British humor. A wonderfully penned fantasy plot and an achingly good David Tennant-Michael Sheen duo make up Good Omens on Amazon Prime. Based on a book by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett, Good Omens is the tale of an angel […]
