The Trial or Il Processo has all the necessary ingredients to churn out a well-cooked courtroom drama. It starts with a promising premise with a teenage murder at its center. It offers us an impartial glimpse inside the Italian Judicial System. But the second half of the series loses the realistic grim atmosphere it had […]
A bold and young independent woman falls prey to a rich, feisty, powerful man who gives her 365 days (365 dni) to fall in love with him. To be followed by a string of thrilling adventures, spersed with both pain and pleasure. Ring any bells? Well, it’s not Fifty Shades of Grey, and the guy […]
With its fantasy adaptation The Witcher, Netflix once again claimed its top spot in the streaming business from HBO and the legendary Game Of Thrones. While the second season of The Witcher announced long before the first was even out, the ongoing pandemic and production shutdown have delayed the release of the season. Not to […]
Looking for new things to watch this weekend? Here is a list of everything coming to your favourite streaming portals from June 5 to 7. Before that, we have some highlights though. The first weekend of any new month is important for all streaming websites. While Netflix has a bunch of originals premiering this first […]
If a story in which a villain is the main protagonist is a one which interests you, then “Youjo Senki” or “The Saga of Tanya the Evil” will make you fall in love with itself, and you will immediately crave for the second season. The anime series follows a 9-year-old evil blonde fighting on a battlefield, and […]
Ellie Chu is a small-town Cyrano, but with a twist. Netflix’s acclaimed original The Half of It could well be the most literary high school movie to come along to its adolescent audience. Not just because writer-director Alice Wu was inspired by a 19th-century French play, but because it loves language. It relishes reading, respects writing, and […]
The anime Fairy Tail has been received well all over the globe and enjoys overwhelming popularity. It has won numerous accolades, nominations, and distinctions not just in its home country Japan but outside Japan too. In fact, in the Southeast Asian region, Fairy Tail was awarded the “Anime of the Year” Award by Animax Asia in 2010. Even […]
Among the cancellations by Netflix, the fashion competition Next In Fashion was the most recent. Show’s co-host Tan France broke the news to the publication Variety, this week. The fashion guru, of the Queer Eye fame, headlined the show alongside style icon Alexa Chung. The show, which dropped earlier this year in January, featured 18 […]
In the mood for some heartfelt yet woke reality TV? Queer Eye is back on Netflix with season five. Unlike the usual format of our Fab Five giving a makeover to eight people, this time it will be ten lucky people who will be touched by their magic. So this gives us two extra episodes! […]
First things first. This is a charity film and 100 percent of its proceeds go to Paul Newman’s foundation for children suffering from life-threatening diseases. I had to keep reminding myself about this fact every time I thought the film could not get any more regressive and then it did. The Healer is the story […]
The Help is a southern melodrama that pushes for racial equality. As the tale of oppressed African-Americans, they are given their voice by a lone white do-gooder. Its moral universe is rendered in bright cartoonish strokes. The film’s journalist heroine is conveniently allowed to float free from the mores of culture (specifically 1960s Mississippi) she […]
Fuller House might be the worst thing that carries the tag and honor of being a Netflix Original Series. The streaming service, which has given us countless gripping dramas and satirical comedies, fails with its reboot of the late 80s classic American sitcom – Full House. With the original cast delivering unoriginal punchlines and a […]
