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Cheerleading is a very interesting sport. Normally, people think of it as something that is simply a tool to cheer the players of some other game. It might have started that way, but cheerleading has grown to be something better today. It has become a sport in itself and has a close connection with gymnastics, which then follows a close relationship with dance. This way, cheerleading is not just about shouting slogans and reciting the alphabets of the name of the team....

There is nothing sadder in a cinephile’s life than a great movie coming to an end. As a staunch cinephile, I confess that there have been times when I could never let go off a film probably because it embraced me emotionally so much in ways I can hardly ever express. In fact so much that I wish the film never ends. But we do always need to accept the inevitable....

SPONSORED LINKS ‘Anne with an E’ is a wonderful adaptation of the 1908 novel written by Lucy Maud Montgomery — ‘Anne of Green Gables’. The show is set in the late 19th century when the elderly siblings Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert ask for an orphan boy to help them with their farm. However, due to a miscommunication, they are sent an orphan girl, the red-haired and freckled Anne, who is extremely talkative, spirited, and imaginative....

It is often the case that actors take the matter in their own hands on set. Well, literally speaking. Motion pictures and arts are a creative space. Therefore, the contours of the repertoire of an artist transcend the puny title they are assigned. It is thus of no surprise, seeing a superstar actor taking the reins of a film and shouldering the responsibility to direct it. The great Marlon Brando once said, “A good actor is an observer....

‘Forever Summer: Hamptons‘ welcomes the viewer into the lives of a group of young adults who love spending the summer months in the Hamptons. Interspersed with rolling shots of the beautiful coastal region, the show follows the group as they attend wild parties, take on day jobs, and prepare to face the outside world post-summer. Moreover, as young adults, each cast member also deals with uncertain romances, broken friendships, and a bit of backstabbing while navigating a busy social life....

Netflix’s Mexican YA mystery ‘Control Z’ returns with a breathless season 3 that follows the ever-deepening mysteries surrounding the students of the National School. As the ominous online menace, @allyoursecrets threatens to once again spill the student body’s deepest secrets, Sofía and her classmates struggle to hide the brutal death they witnessed the previous year. With things getting increasingly deadly, this is the Mexican YA mystery drama’s most violent season yet....

As a documentary series that follows a handful of romantic partners as they try to improve their relationship with the help of counseling, ‘Couples Therapy‘ is as dramatic as it is authentic. After all, it shines a light upon not just the visceral experience of the intimate weekly sessions but also the importance of trust, empathy, and communication within any personal involvement. So now that it’s been more than a year since season 2 of this compelling production aired on our screens, let’s find out the current standing of the couples that featured in the season, shall we?...

Director Charlie McDowell’s ‘Windfall’ is a psychological thriller film that revolves around three main characters, known as CEO/Husband (Jesse Plemons), Nobody (Jason Segel), and Wife (Lily Collins). Nobody is a man with a mysterious connection to the CEO. Believing that no one will be at the CEO’s idyllic California vacation home, Nobody breaks into the property, intending to steal some cash and valuables. When he is about to depart, the CEO and Wife arrive, and a simple petty theft suddenly becomes a kidnapping and ransom situation....

Dubbed the “Death House Landlady,” Dorothea Puente was a notorious and terrifying serial killer who hid under the guise of a docile and caring old woman. Puente ran a boarding house for the disabled and the elderly. She brought them in with the promise of food, lodging, and care and then trapped them in her own house of death as she robbed them of their social security checks and went through their mail....

Quite often, animation is used as a medium to depict the most bizarre stories involving the deepest parables that have ever been portrayed on the silver screen; take some anime shows for example. Put together like the pieces of a puzzle, ‘I Lost My Body’, directed by Jérémy Clapin, is a thought-provoking French film that not only engrosses you with its eerie characters, but it also leaves you with a lesson or two about life....

Netflix’s ‘Resident Evil’ is a sci-fi action-thriller series. It’s part of the multimedia franchise of the same name. There are two timelines in the show. In 2022, “twin” sisters Billie (Siena Agudong) and Jade Wesker (Ella Balinska) move to New Raccoon City, South Africa, with their father, Albert Wesker (Lance Reddick), three months before the T-virus spreads across the world, and most of humanity either dies or is turned into zombies....

‘The Dropout’ is a drama series that details the complex journey of Elizabeth Holmes, a Stanford dropout who forms her own biotech company Theranos. Despite the best efforts of Holmes and Sunny Balwani, Theranos faces various challenges in achieving its goal of developing revolutionary blood-testing technology. The company soon begins to face some legal issues, and it paves the path for the entrance of Linda Tanner, a lawyer working for Theranos....

SPONSORED LINKS 15. It Follows (2014) A supernatural psychological thriller, this film made its debut at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival. A horror film that bears Tarantino’s seal of approval has to be by all logical understanding, a well-made film. The content lives up to the reputation and has a brilliant character development and a slow steady building of tension accentuated by the soundtrack and the very ambiguous ending. The plot follows a metaphorical monster that stalks victims and kills it and this can be transmitted to another victim through sex....

‘The Influence‘ or ‘La Influencia’ takes no time in setting up a creepy atmosphere where the horror is almost pervasive. However, the scares do not come as expected in horror movies. Instead, the film takes time to make the supernatural elements manifest themselves clearly. Moreover, ‘The Influence’ isn’t just a horror story. It is much more than that. The movie becomes a tale of family trauma, misplaced anger, rotting love, all of which are peppered with witchcraft....

2018 was a great one for horror-genre. There were films that not just cashed in on the box office but also received acclaim for their content. For horror films, to achieve both things together is not a common feat. But things have taken a turn for the better as filmmakers are trying to come up with new ideas, never hesitating to experiment, and thus, delivering films like ‘Hereditary’ and ‘Get Out’....

Netflix has been investing a lot in the YA genre. It is evident from series like ‘Sabrina’, ‘The Rain’, and even ‘Bonding’ — stories that put teenagers at the helm of some dark stories. ‘The Society’ is another in line, and it just might be the best of all. It follows the story of a bunch of teenagers who realize how the world works when you are at the helm of it....

Netflix’s ‘The Umbrella Academy’ follows the story of a group of people who were born on the same day at the same time and possess superpowers. While the first two seasons focus on developing the mythology and the dynamics of the show, it is the third season that marks a very significant change in their journey. The events in this chapter stir a lot of trouble for the group, where they have to face the dangers not only on the outside but also have to deal with the conflicts that’d been brewing amongst them since the first season....

Hallmark Channel has always been the go-to network when it comes to our holiday celebrations. Hallmark has been coming out with some rather interesting Christmas films over the years, and during Christmas, has also released special feature-length episodes of their famous TV shows to mark the occasion. This is exactly what Hallmark is doing with their TV series ‘When Calls The Heart‘. Set in the Canadian West, the story of ‘When Calls The Heart’ centers around the life of a teacher called Elizabeth Thatcher (Erin Krakow), who lives in a town called Hope Valley....

The drama TV series ‘When Calls the Heart’ focuses on the lives of the residents of Hope Valley, a former coal-mining town. This includes Rosemary and Lee Coulter, who take the Valley Voice newspaper to new heights. As they aspire to expand the circulation beyond Hope Valley, their hard work bears fruit when they receive a mysterious letter in season 9. While Rosemary and Lee try to find out who the sender is, they are surprised to discover the letter’s connection to a renowned name in the print industry....

Over the span of a few weeks, the people in Colorado and Arizona feared for their lives because of a serial killer on the prowl. In early 1984, Alex Christopher Ewing’s crime spree caused many deaths and devastated several families. Investigation Discovery’s ‘People Magazine Investigates: The Colorado Hammer Killer’ focuses on the unrelenting police work that eventually led to Alex’s arrest and conviction many years after his initial attacks. So, if you’re curious to learn more about where he might be today, we’ve got you covered....