This documentary from Netflix is a real heart-soother. Directed with tremendous sensitivity and intimacy by Chris Bolan, it is a love story about two women now in their 90s. A Secret Love tells the stories of two women, Terry Donahue and Pat Henschel, who have been together since the 1940s. 1. Quick Review For decades, […]
The anime Danganronpa has managed to accumulate quite a formidable fan base among the community of gamers and otakus. The unique premise of the story, is one of the main reasons for its popularity. Interspersed with elements of murder mystery and survival horror, the anime does a brilliant job of highlighting the thrill and excitement […]
Assassination Classroom is a story about a group of students who were assigned a mission to assassinate their teacher Koro-sensei. He is actually a mysterious octopus-like creature responsible for destroying a part of the moon and has warned everyone of the earth’s destruction if not dealt with soon. This story portrays the role of a […]
Overlord is a story about a boy getting stuck inside the virtual reality world, Yggdrasil, in his character named Momonga. Confronted by the abnormal situation, he commands his servants to take over the new world and investigate any others who get stuck in the game like him. This is a story about a boy using […]
Post-apocalypse in anime describes a world where humanity is struggling to survive after a major catastrophe. The catastrophe can be a plague, an alien invasion, World War, global warming or something that is beyond humanity’s control. Numerous post-apocalyptic fictions entangle you, but some outshine those and stand above the rest with their spellbinding narrative 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 […]
Everybody’s got secrets. We keep them hidden away in the deepest corners of our hearts, always cautious that they don’t come to light. The Stranger is a gripping thriller that focuses on the aftermath of secrets coming out and the effects of lies. With multiple story lines that take too long to converge and some […]
The anime Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba aired in 2019. Within a short span of time, the anime has gone on to win overwhelming reception and praise for its amazing animation and cinematography. The manga too, has been nominated for the 24th annual Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in 2020. It has also sold millions of […]
The Hustle promises to reimagine the nature of high-stakes swindling. They achieve this by having a feminist retelling of 1964’s Bedtime Story. The film has women (the well-cast Anne Hathaway and Rebel Wilson) be the fraudsters, exploiting, as Hathaway’s character puts it, men’s inability to imagine that a woman is cleverer than they are. 1. […]
Normal People dives into the beauty, complexities, and brutality of first love. It explores an intimate love with overlapping themes of class and the aftereffects of childhood trauma. A script and screenplay that does justice to the novel and a lead actor duo that lives and breathes their characters Normal People excels in depicting a […]
Dragon Ball is an anime that has been widely disseminated across every nook and corner of the globe. It has vastly contributed to making Japanese culture and manga intensely popular in other parts of the world. It is the first anime in the vast Dragon Ball franchise, which consists of anime sequels like Dragon Ball […]
