Set in Los Angeles in the 1970s, HBO Max’s comedy series ‘Minx’ centers around Joyce, who aspires to launch a feminist magazine. Joyce’s efforts to find a publisher lead her to Doug Renetti, a publisher who solely focuses on pornographic magazines. Doug gives Joyce a chance to work together to create an erotic magazine for women. The first two episodes of the show follow Joyce and Doug’s attempts to issue the first edition of the magazine....
‘The Dropout’ follows the rise and fall of Elizabeth Holmes (Amanda Seyfried) and her company Theranos. Holmes forms Theranos after dropping out from Stanford in hopes of revolutionizing the health care sector. However, her story becomes a cautionary tale for anyone aspiring to be an entrepreneur in Silicon Valley. The series details various real-life events that contributed to the fall of Theranos, and one crucial moment is the death of scientist Ian Gibbons....
Inspired by Shou Harusono’s Japanese manga series of the same name, ‘Sasaki and Miyano’ is a slice of life romantic anime. The show follows Miyano, a secretive teenager who is impressed by his upperclassman Shuumei Sasaki after he saves his classmate from bullies. Following their unexpected meeting, the latter starts joking around with the former, and they get used to each other over time. Meanwhile, Miyano is trying to keep a secret that he likes boys’ love mangas, which Sasaki accidentally ends up learning....
‘Scream,’ also known as ‘Scream 5,’ is a slasher movie directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett. It is the fifth installment of the hit ‘Scream’ movie franchise and is a direct sequel to ‘Scream 4.’ The story revolves around a group of high schoolers who are terrorized by a masked killer named Ghostface. Ghostface has returned to the town of Woodsboro 25 years later with a new identity, and the teens must now race against time to find the killer and save themselves....
‘Shining Vale’ is a horror-comedy series that revolves around a dysfunctional family that moves to a small town after the family matriarch Patricia Phelps gets caught cheating on her husband, Terry Phelps. Trying to rebuild their family, they settle into a house with an atrocious history. As some odd incidents take place, Patricia is convinced that she is either depressed or possessed. Soon, the hauntings of the demons become much more real, making it hard for the family to live in the house....
SPONSORED LINKS ‘Superman & Lois’ season 2 is set to bring lots of action and drama to the table as Clark struggles both on the superhero and family front. His professional relationship with the US authorities is almost in shambles. At the same time, he is hopelessly drifting apart from Lois. Even his sons will land themselves in difficult situations while Clark will be busy dusting off blame and accusation. If you want to know more about what to expect from the second season premiere, we have got you covered!...
Based on NBC’s podcast by the same name as well as the ‘Dateline’ episodes revolving around the horrific murder of Betsy Faria, ‘The Thing About Pam‘ delves deep into how Pam Hupp derails the entire matter for years. After all, she not only lies time and time again to save herself, but she also goes to extreme measures to essentially ensure that everyone sees her in a positive light — which actually changes drastically in episode 5....
‘The Dropout’ follows Elizabeth Holmes (Amanda Seyfried) as she tries to build her company Theranos as the next big revolutionary company in the healthcare sector. In her quest, Holmes faces various challenges, and one of them is creating a revenue stream. As a result, Holmes decides to propose a partnership between Theranos and Walgreens, one of the largest drug store chains in the USA. During the discussion for this tie-up, viewers meet Wade Miquelon....
‘Pawn Stars’ is a reality TV series on History Channel that chronicles the day-to-day affairs of the World Famous Gold & Silver Pawn Shop in Las Vegas, Nevada. It is a family-run business that was opened in 1989 by Richard “Old Man” Harrison and his son Rick Harrison. The series features Rick’s eldest son Corey, his best friend Austin “Chumlee” Russell, as well as the rest of the employees as they negotiate with an array of customers over unique artifacts....
Based on Thomas Perry’s eponymous novel, ‘The Old Man’ is a thriller series developed by the duo of Jonathan E. Steinberg and Robert Levine. It revolves around a former CIA officer named Dan Chase, who has been living a peaceful life off the grid for a while now. His peace gets hindered when an assassin tries to take him out, making him get back to the old ways and be on the run....
‘The Real Housewives of Dubai’ AKA ‘RHODubai’ is a reality TV show that follows the ultra-wealthy lifestyle of a group of women as they navigate through their respective relationships and careers. By highlighting the personal and professional lives of the cast members, the show also offers insight into their fears and anxieties, giving way to lots of drama. Since all the women featured in the reality show come from affluent backgrounds, a majority of the filming is done in posh locations that paint a better picture of their day-to-day lives....
Based on the eponymous book by Jake Adelstein, ‘Tokyo Vice’ is a crime drama series created by J.T. Rogers. Set in the 1990s, the narrative follows an American journalist named Jake Adelstein, who becomes the first foreign reporter in a major Japanese newspaper. With time, he discovers the dangerous world of the Japanese yakuza, thanks to the veteran detective Hiroto Katagiri in the organized crime division. The crime show features stellar performances by talented actors, including Ansel Elgort, Ken Watanabe, Rachel Keller, and Ella Rumpf....
The fifth installment in the ‘Predator‘ franchise by Jim Thomas and John Thomas, Hulu’s ‘Prey’ is a sci-fi action movie helmed by Dan Trachtenberg that serves as a prequel to the first four movies in the popular franchise. Set 300 years ago in the Comanche Nation, the narrative follows a young, highly skilled female warrior named Naru. Since she has grown up in the shadows of some of the legendary hunters in the Great Plains, Naru uses all her skills and experience when danger knocks at her camp....
‘Gaslit’ is a biting satire on one of the most notorious incidents in American political history: the Watergate Scandal. However, it doesn’t focus on the scandal itself but on the women who were directly affected by it, including Martha Mitchell (Julia Roberts), the wife of Nixon’s one-time Attorney General, John N. Mitchell (Sean Penn). The second episode of the series, titled ‘California,’ depicts the infamous break-in. While G. Gordon Liddy and his team orchestrate the attempted burglary, John and Martha try to garner support for Nixon’s re-election campaign in California....
When it comes to secrets behind the cult following phenomenon, gory movies always dominate the discussion. Moviegoers are always attracted to bloodshed, gore and horror. Willingly exposing themselves to extreme graphic violence is a chilling experience which attracts them again and again to these movies. Studies hint at the fact that viewers are not attracted to the violent acts in such movies, but to the thrill and suspense given by violent content....
SPONSORED LINKS The roots of the word assassination come from the Arabic group, who used to kill the members of elite families, for political and religious reasons. True to the meaning of its original word, in today’s world, assassinations take place to bump off the influential, political and sometimes the rich. It’s the extreme measure that’s often implemented by terrorists and some times by the Government, to eradicate targets. 12. The Machinist (2011) Played by Jason Statham, Bishop is a professional assassin employed by an organization that provides him with names of high profile victims which includes a Colombian drug lord....
SPONSORED LINKS After Mikkel, a young boy, vanishes from the fictional town of Winden in Germany, a hooded, mysterious individual glances at the newspaper clip which reports the disappearance and strikes out the headline, “Where is Mikkel?”, and replaces it with “When is Mikkel?”. ‘Dark’, a Netflix Original German series, explores the concept of time travel and weaves a complex plot based on Einstein’s quote, “The distinction between past, present, and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion....
SPONSORED LINKS 15. Rain Man (1988) I have seen ‘Rain Man’ twice and I still don’t think the film as a whole moved me in a way I would have loved it to. Dustin Hoffman is unsurprisingly good but has been better. Tom Cruise is sensational and delivers what is perhaps the finest performance of his career. But the closing scene of the film always gets me and is one of the most beautifully restrained emotional movie moments I’ve ever seen....
When Aaron Taylor Johnson ended up winning the 2017’s Golden Globe award for best supporting actor over Maharshala Ali, many people were surprised. Apart from Kick Ass and his Quick Silver performance in the Avengers-Age of Ultron, he was fairly unknown to the general audience. However, research on the young man’s career will leave you impressed with his acting credentials. At just 27, Aaron Taylor Johnson has proved to be one of the most promising stars on the rise....
Prime Video’s ‘Lovestruck High‘ is a dating reality show that clearly draws inspiration from popular high school romantic comedies. After getting a group of singles from the UK together, the show puts them in an authentic American high school ecosystem, complete with a principal, a coach, and a homeroom teacher. Although they experience high school life and attend classes like other students, the participants have the primary assignment of finding a compatible partner in time for the end-of-year prom....
