Anyone familiar with the Bad Boys or the Transformers franchises need only watch about five minutes of this one to recognize it as a Bay film. This one is no different; it has a makeshift family, high-speed car chases and an elaborate heist. Netflix’s action blockbuster 6 Underground is solid proof that Michael Bay would […]
The High Note is a film with its heart in the right place and appeals to spare. However, it doesn’t quite transcend its story’s predictable course. The film gets teasingly close to bringing up some heavy conversations about women in the music business. In the end, those notes stay flat, playing more like a melody […]
During this lockdown, Disney has released behind-the-scenes series for at least two of its biggest productions. After the hit Star Wars spin-off The Mandalorian, Disney is coming out with the making-series for Frozen 2. The six-part series, titled Into the Unknown: Making Frozen 2 will premiere later next month, on June 26. In what may […]
There is a set of posters doing the rounds on internet once earlier on Friday, accompanied by an eager welcome to Narnia series on Netflix. It’s not true but it’s not completely untrue either. It’s like a tribute to the fantasy genre, in its own sweetly diss-ful way. It was soon revealed that the posters […]
There are regular April Fools’ pranks and then there are pranks which are remembered long after April Fools’ is over and many more have passed, and you still revisit them for a good laugh. The 2016 Netflix-John Stamos April Fools’ prank belongs to the second category and here we are revisiting that massively elaborate prank […]
The After series is made up of five books. The upcoming sequel, After We Collided, is based on the second book of the series. Anna Todd, the mastermind behind the franchise, announced the arrival of the sequel on Twitter in May last year. The racy preview of the film hit YouTube on Valentine’s Day this […]
What’s next, 2020? Can you get any worse? People are stuck at home, jobless, and now we come to know that Shrek is leaving Netflix! So what now, do we get a Disney+ subscription to watch our favorite green ogre? Not so simple. Because there is still time before the Shrek series comes on Disney+ […]
Although there is little originality and few tropes that haven’t been overdone, predictability in today’s cinema ruins half the experience. An audience can sense when a movie is predictable. This film proves to be so inherently predictable, it doubles back on itself, making the predictability part of the fun. The film, therefore, is a joke […]
One of the best films to come out of 2019, Uncut Gems, is finally on Netflix. This Adam Sandler starrer follows a gambling addict jewelry store owner after he finds a rare uncut gem from Ethiopia. The film’s name takes a whole new meaning when you realise that it features multiple civilians in key roles, […]
In cahoots with very bad guys, New York jewelry salesman and compulsive gambling addict Howard Ratner thinks he’s found a way out; an opal from an Ethiopian diamond mine that could potentially get him over 1 million USD. The catch? A famous basketball player has roped him into lending it out, and getting it back […]
New films, TV shows, reality shows and even documentaries arrive so quickly to Netflix, it’s hard to keep track of the old ones gathering metaphorical dust on virtual shelves. With the shows piling up, some gems will inevitably slip through the cracks. Veronica, a Spanish ghost thriller along the same vein as The Conjuring, debuted […]
Every year, the disaster of Valentine’s day leaves a cluster of romantic comedies in its wake. 365 Days (also known as 365 dni) is a film unlike these, known for its mature (read: erotic) love story. It has been adapted as her latest film by Polish writer and director Barbara Bialowas. Acquired by Netflix after […]