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SPONSORED LINKS Based on the Japanese manga series of the same name written and illustrated by Miki Yoshikawa, ‘A Couple of Cuckoos’ is a romantic comedy anime. The show revolves around a 16-year-old super-studier named Nagi Umino, who was accidentally switched at birth. After being raised by his adoptive parents all his life, he is finally going to meet his biological parents for the first time. However, Nagi is completely clueless that he is about to get himself into a world of trouble....

SPONSORED LINKS Is Homestay a True Story? No, ‘Homestay’ is not based on a true story. The fantasy film is an adaptation of Japanese novelist Eto Mori’s novel ‘Colorful.’ Natsuki Seta, the director of the film, was drawn into the novel due to its multi-dimensional presentation of life. The significant perception of life the novel offers and the central mystery of “why did Makoto die” appealed the filmmaker to adapt the novel impeccably into the medium of cinema....

Developed for the screen by George Pelecanos and David Simon, ‘We Own This City‘ is a crime drama series based on Justin Fenton’s 2021 eponymous nonfiction book. The series details the corruption within the Baltimore Police Department’s Gun Trace Task Force as FBI Agent Erika Jensen investigates the squad’s officers. Meanwhile, Baltimore Police Commissioner Kevin Davis faces issues in keeping a tab on the activities of his force, lowering the city’s crime rate, and managing cases of police brutality....

‘Top Boy‘ is a British crime drama series that revolves around two London friends — Dushane (Ashley Walters) and Sully (Kano) — who run a drug business together, with the aim of being the richest guys on the block. Although their business is underground, it is thriving and making them quite a lot of money. However, greed gets the better of them and they partner with a don named Bobby Raikes in order to live richer....

There is a scene in the film nearly at the quarter mark wherein Arthur Fleck, a failed comedian in Gotham City trying to make his living by working for a clown-for-hire company, believing so that his purpose was to bring joy and laughter to people’s lives, is travelling back home in a Gotham city bus after being told that he was going to be off his medications since the state cut funding to the free help centre that he visited....

Created by Emre Sahin, Kelly McPherson, and Sam Anzel, ‘Midnight at the Pera Palace’ is a Turkish drama series that centers around a young journalist named Esra. Her plan is to stay at the titular hotel for one night. But at midnight, something unusual happens, and she is transported to 1919. At the time, Turkey’s socio-political environment is undergoing a lot of changes after the First World War, and Esra gets caught up in the goings-on....

SPONSORED LINKS 12. Blue Velvet (1986) One of David Lynch‘s greatest films, ‘Blue Velvet’ is a beautiful, frightening portrait of a troubled woman. A young man named Jeffrey discovers a severed human ear and, along with a detective’s daughter, sets out to unravel the mystery behind it, which eventually leads him to a gorgeous lounge singer named Dorothy Vallens. Jeffrey later develops a bizarre sexual relationship with Dorothy, who has sadomasochistic tendencies....

Netflix’s ‘Snowflake Mountain’ is a play on the colloquial term “snowflake” as it features a group of affluent young adults who have seemingly lost their way in life. Worried about their future, the families of these adults contact survival experts Matt Tate and Joel Graves, who take the participants on a trip claiming they would star in a lavish reality show. However, the group is actually brought to the wilderness, where they camp out in the open and learn to live off the land....

When Samantha Bachynski fell in love with Patrick Selepak, she had no idea about the evil she was inviting into her life. Shortly after, Patrick and Samantha went on a terrifying crime spree that ended with the brutal murders of Scott and Melissa Berels. Investigation Discovery’s ‘Deadly Women: Fatal Instincts: She’ll Do Anything for Love’ chronicles the gruesome crime and shows how law enforcement officials were finally able to bring the killer couple to justice....

In his feature directorial debut, Dave Franco hits the message home in the 2020 indie horror thriller ‘The Rental.’ Much like the title suggests, the story unfolds in a rental property, where two couples check-in for the weekend. With past secrets seeping into the present and people acting out of passion, the story goes haywire before you see the danger coming. In the middle of boiling tension, the horrific presence of a masked stranger further jeopardizes the lives of the lodgers....

‘WeCrashed’ follows the intriguing and often audacious story of serial entrepreneur Adam Neumann (Jared Leto), who hits upon the idea of shared workspaces and subsequently builds a company called WeWork. The story follows the young company’s meteoric rise and its CEO’s eventual ousting for a variety of factors. Interestingly, one of the central plotlines of the Apple TV+ series is also the romance between Adam and his girlfriend-turned-wife, Rebekah (Anne Hathaway)....

‘Station Eleven’ follows a nomadic troupe of actors known as the Travelling Symphony in a post-apocalyptic world. Living in the aftermath of a deadly pandemic, the survivors and post-pandemic children attempt to rebuild society in fragmented groups, giving rise to an intriguing new world. Throughout the non-linear narrative, a few consistent threads run through the story, exploring the long-term ramifications of specific ideas and philosophies. Perhaps most enigmatic of these is the titular graphic novel that the protagonists regularly quote, sometimes even as gospel....

‘Ray Donovan: The Movie’ follows the titular fixer (Liev Schreiber) as he grapples with his father’s constant (and dangerous) search for “an angle” to get rich. The mission finds our hero returning to Boston to confront Mickey Donovan, only things don’t go as planned. The film also delves into Ray’s origin story, giving us a glimpse of a pivotal point in his relationship with his father. The movie comes on the heels of an abruptly canceled ‘Ray Donovan’ season 8 and essentially picks up from season 7....

Helmed by David I. Strasser (‘Coyote Creek Christmas‘ and ‘A Very Merry Bridesmaid‘), the festive-themed romance drama ‘Campfire Christmas’ is a blast of a movie. The premise entails Peyton and her eccentric family, who decide to throw a family-themed holiday reunion in a summer camp they own just before selling it. Therefore, while she returns to her roots, romance begins brewing for Peyton and her closest buddies. A part of Hallmark’s ‘Christmas in July’ line-up, the family romance comedy movie garnered a lot of praise from the media, thanks to its casual subversion of generic holiday movie tropes....

‘Anatomy of a Scandal’ is an anthology thriller drama series developed from the eponymous 2018 novel by Sarah Vaughan. Its first season revolves around an allegation of rape against a home office minister of a Tory government. James Whitehouse (Rupert Friend) has led a privileged life. He and his wife Sophie (Sienna Miller) both attended Oxford, where he was part of an exclusive all-male club called the Libertine. After graduating, he entered politics....

As a documentary that delves deep into the horrific summer 1982 death of teen Kalinka Bamberski, Netflix’s ‘My Daughter’s Killer’ is as incredibly gripping as it is perversely bewildering. That’s because it explores the way her tenacious, loving father, Andre Bamberski, spent close to 30 years fighting for justice against her stepfather and “unintentional” killer, Dr. Dieter Krombach. The most intriguing aspect here, though, is that the doctor turned serial rapist’s first wife also died under strange circumstances back in the 1960s — so now, let’s find out more about her, shall we?...

When I watched ‘Doodlebug’, I was shocked and stunned at the same time. Just of three minutes, but it can move you and simultaneously tell you about an extremely intricate human emotion. It was 1997 when Christopher Nolan made ‘Doodlebug’. “Low budgets and heaps of rejection letters,” he recalls in many of his interviews. Then when he made ‘Following’ with friends and partners, also on low budget, we hardly knew that one day Nolan’s films would play our minds like none ever....

SPONSORED LINKS A science-fiction action comedy, ‘Men in Black’ follows James Darrell Edwards III, essayed by Will Smith, a police officer who joins a secret organization named “The Men in Black” that polices and monitors extra-terrestrial interactions on Earth. He is partnered with Kevin Brown, played by Tommy Lee Jones, who is a veteran in the business. Together they go on missions to meet and defeat the most ludicrous aliens to save the Earth....

Some movies are meant not only to be watched but to be experienced. The significant difference between watching and experiencing a movie is what forms the basis of this list. Many a times we miss out on the very little things that shape up the beauty of a film on its first viewing. And as a lifelong cinephile, the films that moved me and made me think the most are the films that I had to revisit again and again from time to time, which is why I am excited to present this list of movies that grow on you with multiple viewings....

SPONSORED LINKS 10. Alphas (2011 – 2012) The story of this series follows five individuals identified by Dr. Lee Rosen who can be of aid to the government and the defensive department in matters of grave importance. These five individuals are who we call ‘Alphas’. All of them possess superhuman abilities, like incredible intelligence and strength. However, the problem is that there are many more Alphas out there and not all of them are ready to abide by the law....