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In the fifth season of Netflix’s Spanish teen show ‘Elite,’ Samuel and Benjamín deal with the consequences of Armando’s murder. When the authorities’ suspicion leads them to the latter, he panics and seeks the help of his protégé. Samuel confesses to killing Armando to save Benjamín from the eyes of the police lieutenant. However, Samuel’s confession is nothing but far from the truth. As Benjamín gets curious about the real identity of Armando’s killer, one must be wondering about the same....

Netflix’s ‘The Umbrella Academy’ spins a story full of secrets and lies uttered by a man to his adopted children. Reginald Hargreeves makes it his mission to bring as many superpowered children as possible under his wing. He raises seven of them and trains them to control their powers and work as a team to save the world. While Hargreeves never hides his cold emotions from his so-called children, he tends to keep a lot of secrets....

What is it about cinema that makes us tick? Why is reel life considered to be a reflection of real life? Why do movies exist at all? This and many other questions haunt some of us, if not all of us! While the history of films is well defined and is divided into distinct time-frames, there is no specific account of how and when the invention became a part of the collective human psyche....

The general connotations associated with the word “porn star” are generally negative. Transitioning from a famous adult star to a real actor is really difficult. As actors, the start is always a struggle, unless you already belong to the film industry. They might start out at a young age doing menial jobs like waiting and chauffeuring at restaurants, doing odd marketing jobs, and so on. But there are some very famous actors, who are global heartthrobs, who started out as pornstars....

SPONSORED LINKS M. Night Shyamalan has had one of the most interesting careers as a filmmaker. While there are many who would critique his art as poor or overrated, others would cite films such as ‘The Sixth Sense’ (1999) and ‘Split’ (2016) to prove his mastery. The director since debuting in 1992 has successfully created several modern day masterpieces and has earned the moniker of “twist-master”. The 47-year-old has also been praised with quite a many accolades, which include a ‘Padma Shri’ in 2008....

The expectations are quite high and on the face value we feel Hollywood has some interesting movies on the subject but just like an iceberg, the 90% weightage is below the surface. Agreed they have made some sensitive films but overall effect and the surrounding echoes are quite evident which are hard to ignore and run through a lot their movies. The word is played with ignoble and degraded intent which is sadly eminent....

SPONSORED LINKS “Bad Moms” revolves around three moms who get together and decide to ditch their responsibilities. Feeling exhausted and under-appreciated, they decide they deserve to be free of responsibilities and to have fun (at least for a while). 12. 21 & Over (2013) Jeff Chang is a straight-A college student who is about to turn 21. Despite having an important medical school interview next morning, he and his two best friends go out to celebrate his birthday....

Movie casting is one of the most important decisions that decides the fate of a film. It is really tricky when it comes to deciding who plays who. For instance, not only is Robert Downey Jr. irreplaceable as Tony Stark in the MCU but this casting choice is one of the reasons we have MCU as well. Hence, casting directors take a lot of time before finalizing a particular actor for a role....

Putting together a list of sexy movies of all time is not an easy task by any measure. There’s a commonly held belief that if a movie has too much sex then probably it is of no good; because then the film is just trying to sell sex. While this might be true in most B-grade movies, this isn’t true in the case of the below listed sexiest movies. These sexy movies have genuinely tried to explored sensuality and sex as one of the integral aspects of human behavior....

A good story keeps you engaged. It keeps your alert, makes you question what you are seeing or hearing, keeps you on your toes about twists and turns that are in store. A good story never allows your attention to waver. Such stories often fall into the category of mystery. It can begin with something dark and gruesome, or with a simple act that is exceptionally impossible to explain. “What the hell happened there?...

SPONSORED LINKS ‘The Black Phone’ follows a psychopathic child abductor and killer known as “The Grabber,” who charts a bloody path of missing children. However, when he kidnaps Finney, things turn out differently from how they usually do. Through a mysterious phone, Finney, who is The Grabber’s most recent victim, begins to get help from the psychotic killer’s previous victims. 7. The Last House on the Left (2009) ‘The Last House on the Left’ follows the chilling story of a couple that attempts to get revenge on a group of people that have taken shelter in their home....

SPONSORED LINKS Some of the best crime shows in recent times are being made in languages other than English, and thanks to Netflix, now users across the world can get a peek into such magnificent works on television with ease. The Spanish series ‘Hache‘ is one show which all crime thriller lovers must watch out for. Set in Barcelona in the 1960s, the series revolves around a woman called Helena who is trying to strengthen her position as one of the leaders of a heroin cartel by getting romantically close to the cartel boss....

SPONSORED LINKS Anyone who has spent his or her childhood sitting at home and reading Enid Blyton stories about children detectives like ‘Famous Five’ and ‘Secret Seven’ should definitely check out the ABC Me and Netflix series ‘The InBESTigators’. The show takes a mockumentary-esque approach looking at the workings of a detective agency where the investigators are all kids. The agency is set up by an aspiring entrepreneur and a private detective, who then appoint children, some as young as fifth graders, to work as detectives in their agency....

SPONSORED LINKS The names Lana and Lilly Wachowski have been etched in annals of film history since the day their groundbreaking sophomore directorial venture ‘The Matrix‘ (1998) took the screens by storm worldwide. The director-duo was immediately regarded as pioneers who have paved a new path for sci-fi films. As their careers progressed beyond the 1998 blockbuster, the Wachowskis kept showing us they were far from one-hit wonders, and are here for the long race....

SPONSORED LINKS ‘Dynasty’ is a throwback show to the numerous soaps which aired on TV from the 60s to 80s. The series follows a rich family called the Carrington. We see that Fallon Carrington, the heiress to the patriarch Blake, is upset after her father married one of his employees. Fallon tries to separate the couple, but her plan only damages her career as she loses an opportunity for promotion because of her behavior....

SPONSORED LINKS Age is just a number, they say. And this seems very true when we talk about love. Honestly, why do we love a person? Do we think and fall in love? No, we don’t. It’s just a feeling that strikes you. It’s just so many things that make us truly love a person. You love a person for the way they walk, talk, smell, smile, and most importantly, for who they are....

ABC’s ‘American Idol,’ the legendary and long-running singing competition series, is returning with a brand new season. It will be ABC’s fifth edition and the 20th installment in the ‘American Idol’ series overall. We can expect to see new talent rise to its deserving ranks as America looks for its next music icon. Music experts and celebrities like Luke Bryan, Katy Perry, and Lionel Richie will assist from the judges’ panel that will shift its base from one city to another for the upcoming auditions....

HBO Max’s crime series ‘The Staircase’ centers around the murder of Kathleen Peterson, who gets found dead at the bottom of a staircase in her home. DA Jim Hardin and ADA Freda Black suspect Kathleen’s husband, Michael Peterson, as the murderer, especially after going through the autopsy report of Dr. Deborah Radisch. To counter her findings, Michael and his attorney David Rudolf hire Dr. Henry Lee, who suggests that Kathleen most likely died due to falling down the stairs....

One of the biggest challenges for a show like ‘Billions’ is the depictions of wealth. The audience has already grown accustomed to seeing the generic signs of wealth — the mansions, the timepieces, the cars, the yachts, and the private jets. For a show named ‘Billions,’ the demonstration has to be exorbitant. The creators of the Showtime series accomplish this in a very clever way. It has public figures guest-starring as themselves, working for or with the characters that are supposed to be billionaires....

Bernard Jimenez’s shocking murder on the night of February 27, 1992, left the local residents of Gary, Indiana, petrified. According to reports, Bernard was out with his fiancee and three daughters when a gunman accosted him on his doorstep and shot him to death. Investigation Discovery’s ‘People’s Magazine Investigates: Alibi’ chronicles the heinous murder and shows how law enforcement officials were faced with a confusing case on their hands. Let’s delve into the details of this crime and find out more, shall we?...