Shaibal Chhotray

Paatal Lok: Amazon Prime’s Sacred Games Meets John Wickian Philosophy

Paatal Lok’s genre is pretty easy to make out. It is a crime drama. But what is hard to pin…

May 20, 2020

Too Hot To Handle: Why Are Trashy Shows Addictive?

Reality shows like The Bachelor, The Kardashians, Roadies, Splitsvilla and others of similar ilk can be highly engrossing and addictive…

May 17, 2020

Top Movies That Feature Virus Outbreaks & Pandemics (That Are Not About Zombies)

  The Coronavirus or COVID-19+ scare has pushed the entire world into a virtual lockdown and forced people to isolate…

March 15, 2020

Sex Education: Season 2 Is The ‘Wokest’ Show At The Moment & That Is A Good Thing

One of the main reasons why the first season was such a success is because of the novelty of the…

January 26, 2020

Best Films Of 2019 (Part Deux)

This year a common theme amongst a lot of films that made it to the year-end lists is the use…

December 31, 2019

Celluloid 2019: When World Cinema Took Slice Out Of Real Life

This year, a common theme among a lot of films that made it to the year-end lists is the use…

December 30, 2019

It’s A Bird…It’s A Plane…It’s Irishman

Martin Scorcese kicked up a storm on the Internet when his interview with the Empire magazine surfaced where he said…

December 3, 2019

Joker Is A Fresh Unsettling Brilliant Take But That Is All It Is

In 2017 Joaquin Phoenix played the role of a loner who lives with his mother, was abused as a child…

October 8, 2019

The Family Man: It Grows On You

The current political climate in India as well as globally has given rise to a number of web series of…

September 29, 2019

Mindhunter Season 2: Anxiety Ridden, Brooding & Brainsport Of A Drama

Season 1 of Mindhunter became a huge hit mainly due to word-of-mouth as there was really not much advertising of…

August 26, 2019