The Umbrella Academy season 3 — out this week on Netflix — is set to be a lot more twisted this time around, as it introduces us to The Sparrow Academy, a group from an alternate timeline that loathes the Hargreeves siblings. The Umbrella Academy season 3 is also expected to be edgier than its … Read more
She season 2 — now streaming on Netflix — might be one of the worst things Imtiaz Ali has ever put on paper. From the start of season 1, Ali’s tenet with She has been that sexuality can empower women. But he hasn’t had the faintest idea how to go about it. (And though Ali … Read more
Stranger Things 4 — now streaming on Netflix — is bigger than before, that’s for sure. Nearly every chapter in the seven-episode Volume 1 is longer than 70 minutes, with Stranger Things season 4 episode 7 clocking in at 100 minutes. Thanks to the three-year gap between seasons, the kids are more grown-up than ever. … Read more
Stranger Things 4 — set to release this week on Netflix — marks the return of popular characters who haven’t been seen on our screens since the third season of the horror thriller series ended in 2019. While Stranger Things has always been synonymous with impressive production values and striking visuals, the latest season is … Read more
Director SS Rajamouli’s maximalist ode to machismo, nationalism and male bonding, RR pushes the boundaries of believability on a minute-to-minute basis, but nothing—no amount of CGI tigers, race-blind romance, and miraculous jadi-bootis—tests the limits of your good faith more than Ram Charan’s character, Alluri Sitrama Raju . A largely fictional story about historical figures, RRR … Read more
Before going to bed one-night last month, I got a text message: “You have spent Rs 459 via debit card at Amazon.” I read the message and slip. Later, in the morning, when I woke up I read the message again and wondered why Rs 459 was charged to my debit card. I then checked … Read more
In 1971’s Straw Dogs, a mild-mannered mathematician played by Dustin Hoffman concocts elaborate death traps to get back at a gang of workmen who raped his wife. In 1974’s Death Wish, an architect played by Charles Bronson turns vigilante after his wife and daughter are attacked in a home invasion. Both films were considered too … Read more
Netflix has been an amazing innovator and an extravagant spender. And if you forget that it borrowed billions to finance two decades of exponential growth, the company would be a resounding success. I essentially said that four years ago, a warning that while Netflix’s streaming videos were a boon for consumers, the company was a … Read more
In the many interviews that director Sanjay Leela Bhansali gave in the run-up to his latest movie Gangubai Kathiawadi, he invariably ended up repeating the same stories. He’d tell women about not having paint on the walls of his childhood home, a life experience that inspired him to create the most extravagantly vibrant sets for … Read more