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‘Persuasion’ tells the story of Anne Elliot (Dakota Johnson), a young woman seeking love while recovering from her breakup with Frederick Wentworth. Fate gives the two a second chance after they reunite years later when Wentworth becomes a captain in the Royal Navy. The romantic drama movie is directed by Carrie Cracknell and based on Jane Austen’s novel of the same name. Given Frederick Wentworth’s importance to the film’s narrative, we are sure viewers must be wondering whether the character is based on a real person....

The fifth season of FOX’s ‘9-1-1’ depicts Captain Robert “Bobby” Nash confronting the need to restructure his squad at Station 118 after the departures of Chimney and Eddie. He also deals with Eddie’s concerns and makes an important decision concerning the latter’s return to the station as a firefighter. In episode 16 of season 5, Nash stuns the viewers by trying to save his step-daughter May from a burning 9-1-1 call center....

SPONSORED LINKS Created by Charlie Parsons, ‘Survivor’ is an Emmy Award-winning reality competition series that pits eighteen competitive castaways against one another in a struggle for survival in some of the most remote locations on the planet. These rivals face physically daunting tasks in which they must outperform the competition to win critical rewards that may provide them immunity from elimination. With no dearth of mind games and lots of drama, ‘Survivor’ has over the years become one of the most popular reality competition shows....

SPONSORED LINKS Directed by Barry Levinson, ‘The Survivor‘ is a biopic about the life of Harry Haft, a survivor of the Auschwitz concentration camp. During his imprisonment under the Nazi regime, Harry is trained by officials to box with his fellow inmates. After the Second World War is over, the boxer seeks a way to escape from his memories and guilt. The movie provides a realistic insight into the happenings in the concentration camp....

Directed by Jonas Åkerlund, ‘Clark‘ is an addictive crime drama TV series on Netflix. With a slightly comical twist, it documents the intriguing life of Swedish notorious criminal Clark Olofsson, whose case led to the conception of the psychological notion of Stockholm Syndrome. The show not just explores Clark’s love life with several women but also elaborates on his criminal career, spanning numerous robberies, drug dealings, and prison escapes. After watching the show, it is natural for viewers to wonder whether the characters are based on actual people, especially police officer Tommy Lindström, who is constantly kept on his toes by Clark....

SPONSORED LINKS Best described as quirky, Cusack emerged in the eighties, a dark-eyed, smooth-faced leading man who quickly established himself as a fine actor. He seemed to always be the smartest guy in the room, until he was not and then he was left figuring out why? The image best remembered of him is as Lloyd Dobler, his heart-broken, holding a boom box high above his head as Peter Gabriel’s In Your Eyes flows out of it, the sound finding his lady-love who ended their relationship because her father told her too....

The streaming space may be looking to get vastly competitive for Netflix in the weeks to come, given that Apple TV Plus and Disney+ are being launched worldwide with a host of new content, but here is where I feel Netflix is still miles ahead in the game: foreign films and shows. The entertainment sector is brimming with new talent, and the multitude of streaming services we have can only mean good things for makers willing to pitch new and interesting content for the medium....

One night in November 2018, a gunshot ringing out in a neighborhood in Evansville, Indiana, led the police to Odie Carrier Jr.’s house. Inside, they found him with a severe injury that was ultimately fatal. Investigation Discovery’s ‘The Murder Tapes: One In The Chamber’ delves into who was responsible for Odie’s murder and the motivation behind it. So, let’s find out what happened then, shall we? How Did Odie Carrier Jr....

SPONSORED LINKS Remember the time when you were crushing on Miley Cyrus or Selena Gomez? I am about to take you back in time to relive that moments for good. Walt Disney was a great man whose imagination went beyond ordinary and that was how Disney channel was created. The advent of Disney not only redefined television but it also gave gifted a memorable childhood. I didn’t forget the promise I made in the beginning (and I still have a crush on Selena)....

The August 2005 bank heist in Ceará, Brazil, turned out to be one of the biggest heists ever carried out in the world. Once it was discovered, the authorities were shocked at the amount of planning that went into carrying out the robbery and how it happened right under everyone’s noses. Netflix’s ‘Great Robbery of Brazil’s Central Bank’ is a three-part docuseries that exposes the details of the case. A curious character among the suspects was someone known to the neighbors as Paulo Sergio De Souza....

In the penultimate episode of the second season of ‘The Flight Attendant,’ titled ‘No Exit,’ Cassie (Kaley Cuoco) learns that she might be the final target of the mysterious woman pretending to be her. She and her friends figure out where the last slide in the View-Master was taken. Annie and Max get their ring back, while Cassie receives cryptic messages from Davey. Elsewhere, pushed to the corner, a desperate Megan continues to fight back....

‘The Genius Prince’s Guide to Raising a Nation Out of Debt’ or ‘Tensai Ouji no Akaji Kokka Saisei Jutsu’ is a fantasy comedy anime that follows Prince Wein Salema Arbalest, the son of the king of Natra, who becomes the new ruler after his father falls ill. Unfortunately, he is least interested in running the kingdom and wants to retire in comfort after selling off Natra to the highest bidder. In pursuit of his early retirement, the new prince uses the administrative powers at his disposal to raise the value of the small kingdom so that he can make as much money as possible....

Directed by Josh Greenbaum (‘Too Funny to Fail’ and ‘Behind the Mask’), Netflix’s ‘The Short Game’ is a documentary we can only describe as equal parts endearing as well as astounding. That’s because this original production revolves around then-7- or 8-year-olds from across the globe as they compete against one another in the 2012 United States Kids Golf World Championship. So now that it’s been nearly a decade since we first came across these sassy golf whiz juniors who’d truly won our hearts, let’s find out more about their current whereabouts, shall we?...

SPONSORED LINKS 10. Titanic (1997) Perhaps the most popular film on our list, ‘Titanic’ broke all records when released in 1997. James Cameron did the impossible and created a technical revolution while showing the sinking of the gigantic ship. Elaborate sets, an enriching love story, colorful characters, surreal music and a tear filled ending spelled success from the very first shot itself. ‘Titanic’ lived up to its meaning, breaking box office and award records at the time of its release....

‘Welcome to Eden’ (originally titled ‘Bienvenidos a Edén’) is a Spanish thriller series created by Joaquín Górriz and Guillermo López Sánchez. The narrative follows Zoa and four other young people, who are invited to an exclusive party on a secret island through social media. The event, which is organized and sponsored by the brand of a new drink, promises to deliver them the time of their lives. However, the supposed paradise soon turns out to be quite different than what they expected....

Based on the eponymous comic book written by Gerard Way and illustrated by Gabriel Bá, ‘The Umbrella Academy‘ is a fantasy action-adventure series created by Steve Blackman. The story revolves around a family of seven superheroes adopted by Sir Reginald Hargreeves, who creates The Umbrella Academy and prepares them to save the world. The family goes their separate ways when the children are teenagers, but six of them reunite several years later, upon Hargreeves’ death....

Helmed by Iris K. Shim, ‘Umma’ is a daunting horror thriller movie painted with murky darkness. It follows a single mother, Amanda, and her daughter, who live a low-key life in the rural US. However, with the arrival of her estranged mother’s ashes from South Korea, strange occurrences unfold in the city. Amanda finds herself increasingly in jeopardy, and gradually, her life veers off the cliff. The movie creates a shivering horror ambiance by toying with the themes of family, memory, and diaspora....

‘The Old Man‘ slowly sketches the feud between ex-CIA operative Dan Chase and the Afghan warlord Faraz Hamzad. After spending nearly thirty years off the grid, Chase is forced to go on the run after the CIA hunts him down to hand over the rogue agent to Hamzad. The narrative slowly peels off the covers on the relationship between the two men. The third episode introduces Hamzad’s wife, who is key to understanding the feud between Chase and Hamzad....

Crimes are everyday appearances and though they rock the victims’ worlds, or change the lives of those close to the victims, rarely do they gain widespread national attention. The Preppy murder was an exception since the perpetrator and the victim were both relatively well off, attractive and white people. The crime shook everyone to the core mostly because of how it turned into courtroom antics with what most believe to be a grossly wrong deliverance of justice....

SPONSORED LINKS Based on Liane Moriarty’s book of the same name, ‘Big Little Lies’ was about a group of women living in the posh society of Monterey. While they individually handle the problems that haunt their lives, a murder at a party brings everyone under scrutiny. With an ensemble of actresses like Nicole Kidman, Reese Witherspoon, Laura Dern and Shailene Woodley, this show portrayed the different aspects of the lives of women....