In the seventh episode of HBO Max’s crime series ‘The Staircase,’ Dr. Deborah Radisch examines the dead body of an individual killed by a flashlight. Radisch finds out that the skull of the body isn’t fractured even after the blunt force trauma suffered, as she theorized in the case of Kathleen Peterson. While meeting Radisch, Sophie finds out that the dead man is Dennis Rowe, who apparently had an affair with Michael Peterson....
‘Navalny’ is a documentary by director Daniel Roher produced by HBO Max and CNN Films. It chronicles the life of Russian politician and lawyer Alexei Navalny and the alleged assassination attempt on his life in August 2020. Despite Alexei’s turbulent and often dangerous public life, he has always been supported by his wife of more than two decades, Yulia Navalnaya. She served as Alexei’s pillar over the years and has been popularly referred to as the First Lady of the Russian opposition....
Alejandro Jodorowsky Prullansky, the famous Chilean-French film director, poet, playwright and music composer, once said: “I have always thought that, of all the arts, the cinema is the most complete art.” I agree. In ways more than one, cinema actually is an amalgamation of all other important art forms: painting, writing and music. It can be no coincidence that cinema is also the most modern of art forms. After all, evolution of other art forms was necessary for cinema to come into existence....
SPONSORED LINKS 15. Van Helsing (2016-Present) Vanessa Helsing, the gorgeous descendant of the great vampire hunter Van Helsing, is resurrected after a five-year coma. She wakes up into a world which is ripe with mayhem and has been taken over by vampires. Vanessa now must ready herself to fulfill her destiny and take up the family mantle to eradicate the Earth of the eternal night. Read More: Shows Like ‘Friends’...
SPONSORED LINKS History always tends to surprise us. Movies are an amazing medium to channel the anguish and silent cries of the events that happened centuries before we were born. Historical movies provide us a harrowing peek in the violent and pestilential acts of humanity. It makes us a firsthand witness and takes us on a melancholic sojourn which often evokes visceral and tangible emotions. They have been perhaps the strongest genre to have transcended into modern-day, with teen comedies and rom-coms taking front seat....
As the name suggests, ‘Snowflake Mountain’ is an interesting survival reality show on Netflix that clubs a group of affluent yet spoilt young adults and puts them in the middle of nowhere. The participants are initially led to believe that they are going to be a part of a luxurious reality show. Although in reality, they have been tricked into attending the survival camp by their families, who are exasperated with their behavior....
‘The Thing About Pam’ is a gripping crime drama series that follows Pamela “Pam” Hupp, a real estate agent from the small town of Troy, Missouri, who misleads the police and lawyers during the investigation of her best friend Betsy Faria’s death. In the complex case, Betsy’s husband, Russell “Russ” Faria, becomes the prime suspect and is presented in court. Judge Christina Mennemeyer oversees the trial with Leah Askey as the prosecutor and Joel Schwartz as the defense attorney....
Netflix’s slasher film ‘Texas Chainsaw Massacre’ follows Melody and Dante, two entrepreneurs who arrive at Harlow, a Texan ghost town, to renovate and sell the establishments of the town with their friends and investors. Upon their arrival, Melody and Dante argue with Virginia, an orphanage owner, about the ownership of her establishment. In between the arguments, Virginia suffers from a heart attack and eventually dies, reawakening the murderous wrath of Leatherface....
There have been few artists who have adeptly transformed from child stars to adult success. Hollywood is a tough business, and to win the hearts of fans, one needs to master the art. Drew Barrymore, over the years has been an important figure in proving this. The 42-year-old actress started out with 1980s ‘Altered States’, and there was no turning back. With several top box-office performances, the American star has kept her feet firm on the Hollywood stage....
‘WeCrashed‘ on AppleTV+ follows the remarkable story of the meteoric rise and dramatic fall of WeWork — a shared workspace company co-founded by larger-than-life entrepreneur Adam Neumann. As the company’s value soars into the billions, so do the expenses. However, the co-founder remains unfazed and focuses all his effort on expansion and acquisition, something his concerned funder at Benchmark capital calls “Blitzscaling.” Episode 4 finds Elishia Kennedy, a successful founder in her own right, being pulled into the orbit of WeWork....
SPONSORED LINKS Created by Lucia Aniello, Paul W. Downs, and Jen Statsky, ‘Hacks‘ is a comedy show that follows Deborah Vance, a well-known stand-up comedian in Las Vegas. The diva is slowly losing relevance, and the casino where she works is decreasing her performances. To maintain the freshness of her content, Deborah teams up with a young comedy writer named Ava. After being fired from her previous job, Ava decides that this might be the best option for her and agrees to help the aging comedian....
‘The Longest Night is a Spanish-language crime action thriller series. The entirety of the narrative of the first season takes place on the night of Christmas Eve. Hugo Roca (Alberto Ammann), the prison director of Baruca Hill Psychiatric Correctional Facility, is preparing to have dinner with his three children — Laura (Maria Caballero), Guille, and Alicia. However, he is forced to change the plans when he receives the news that the recently arrested serial killer Simón Lago (Luis Callejo) is bound for Baruca Hill....
Directed by Channing Tatum and Reid Carolin, ‘Dog’ is a buddy comedy movie that follows US Army Ranger Jackson Briggs as he embarks on a road trip along the Pacific Coast with a Belgian Malinois military dog named Lulu. Hoping to redeem himself in front of his superiors, Briggs is entrusted with taking Lulu from Washington DC to Arizona in time for her former handler’s funeral. The unlikely duo initially doesn’t get along with each other and end up having a series of misadventures....
Directed by Shashant Shah, Netflix’s Indian film ‘Operation Romeo’ centers around Aditya Sharma and Neha Kasliwal, a couple who gets confronted by a policeman while they share an intimate time. The cop accuses them of threatening the morality of society and harasses them. The 2022 film progresses through Aditya’s attempts to take revenge on the policeman, only to learn more about his personal life. The romantic film explores several significant concerns like moral policing and misogyny in an Indian context....
Based on the 2009 memoir ‘Tokyo Vice: An American Reporter on the Police Beat in Japan’ by Jake Adelstein, ‘Tokyo Vice’ is a web series that offers an intimate look into the world of yakuza through the eyes of an American expatriate (Ansel Elgort). The show version of Jake Adelstein joins the Meicho Shimbun — a leading Japanese-language newspaper with 12-million circulations — as a beat reporter and becomes exposed to Tokyo’s seedy underbelly, inhabited by police officers, prostitutes, journalists, and the yakuza....
SPONSORED LINKS Jim Carrey. The man with thousand faces. He isn’t omnipresent and unrecognizable like Johnny Depp or Jared Leto or Sellers. He is a man with a single face, but capable of molding it into thousand others with contorting muscles that are absolutely inhuman. He’s also equally capable of adding equally twisting emotions with an effortless snap, making him an ever-exciting comedian and an even more terrific actor. Though he always displays his comedic instincts which sometimes do go against him, he handles every genre so carefully, it is nothing short of being miraculous....
In October 2005, a distraught John Peek called the authorities regarding his wife being dead. What the police then uncovered was a similar case from nine years prior where the victim was John’s partner. Investigation Discovery’s ‘Calls From the Inside: Murder Strikes Twice’ chronicles how Kasi’s murder was solved along with a double homicide from the past, thanks to witness statements from prison inmates. So, let’s find out more about this case then, shall we?...
Based on the 1965 tv series of the same name, ‘Lost in Space’ follows the story of the Robinson family, who are on their way to the new Earth in Alpha Centauri. The attack of a murderous robot leads to a detour, as they are forced to evacuate the Resolute, their ship. Hurtled through space, they crash-land on another planet. While figuring out the environment and the chemistry of their temporary home, eleven-year-old Will Robinson comes across a robot....
‘Richard Jewell’ is a 2019 biographical drama movie directed by Clint Eastwood, from a script by Billy Ray. The movie is based on the 1997 Vanity Fair article titled “American Nightmare: The Ballad of Richard Jewell”, written by Marie Brenner. The article and the movie attempt to tell the story of Richard Jewell, the security guard who was present at the Centennial Olympic Park bombing, which took place in Georgia, Atlanta....
‘Science Fell in Love, So I Tried to Prove It’ or ‘Rikei ga Koi ni Ochita no de Shoumei shitemita’ is a romantic comedy anime inspired by Alifred Yamamoto’s namesake Japanese manga series. The show revolves around Shinya Yukimura and Ayame Himuro, two level-headed scientists working at the Saitama University as researchers. However, when Ayame confesses to Shinya about her feelings for him, they decide to use it as a scientific opportunity to analyze emotions using data....
