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It is a thriller series from Thailand. As “Scream Queen’ describes it has a sci-fi plot in a way that could’ve been a ‘Black Mirror’ episode. It has 8 episodes. The final episode is a shocker. The director had made his debut with the amazing ‘Shutter’ in 2004. He has a thing for basing horrorContinue reading “Delete”

It is a 2015 Indian Hindi language film. Directed by Shoojit Sircar. It stars Amitabh Bachchan, Irrfan Khan, Deepika Padukone with Moushumi Chatterji & Jisshu sengupta. The script was written by Juhi Chaturvedi. Made on a budget of 42 crores, it made 141 crores at the boxoffice. A commercial hit all over, it received 8Continue reading “Piku”

It is a 2023 Turkish rom com. Make me Believe ( also known as ‘Sen Nandr’) landed on Netflix on June 23, 2023. Starring Ayca Aysin Turan, Ekin Koc, Zerrin Sumer Tuncsav. Directed by Murat Saracoglu & Evren Karabıyık Gunaydin. Shot at beautiful locales in & around the Canakkale Province, situated in the Northwestern regionContinue reading “Make Me Believe”

It is a 2023 American romantic comedy film. Written by Leigh Davenport & directed by Numa Perrier. It is based on the book by the same name by Tia Williams. The film stars Gabrielle Union, Keith Powers, Aisha Hinds, D. B. Woodside with Gina Torres. It premiered at Tribeca Festival on 14 June 2023 &Continue reading “The Perfect Find”

It is a 2023 Malayalam film. Starring Arjun Ashokan, Anna Ben with others. Directed by Achyuth Vinayak & written by Ajith Nair & Achyuth Vinayak. A small town couple, Sethu & Megha plan to elope. But complications arise when Sethu’s sister also decides to elope. Sethu & his quarreling uncles set out to search her.Continue reading “Trishanku”

It is a 2022 Turkish film directed by Ketche, written by Hakan Bonomo. It stars Asli Enver, Kaan Urgancıoğlu & Mert Ege Ak. After she is diagnosed with a terminal illness, a single mother encounters a suave bachelor as she grapples with the future of her headstrong 6 year old. The two lines had meContinue reading “In Good Hands”

A 2022 Turkish film. It is set & filmed in Istanbul. Starring Bensu Soral, Halit Ozgur Sari, Helin Kandemir with others. Posing as a private tutor, Azra secretly coaches students on achieving their goals in life & love – but not without a few bumps on the road. It starts with Handa, a studious boreContinue reading “Private Lesson”

Fidaa (trans. Spellbound) is a 2017 Indian Telugu language romantic, comedy film. Written & directed by Sekhar Kammula. The film stars Varun Tej, Sai Pallavi ( in her Telugu debut) in the lead. The plot follows a love hate relationship between Bhanumati, a strong minded village girl & her brother-in-law , an NRI from theContinue reading “Fidaa”

It is a 2021 American comedy drama film. Directed by Paul Weitz.From a screenplay by Weitz & Dana Stevens based on the 2011 memoir Two Kisses for Maddy: A Memoir of Loss & Love by Matthew Logelin. The film stars Kevin Hart, Alfre Woodard, Frankie R. Faison, Lil Rel Howery, DeWanda Wise, Anthony Carrigan, MelodyContinue reading “Fatherhood”

Gumraah (trans. Astray) is a 2023 Indian Hindi language crime thriller film. Directed by Vardhan ketkar & produced by T Series. The film stars Aditya Roy Kapur. Mrunal Thakur, Ronit Roy. It is a remake of the 2019 Tamil Film Thadam. It revolves around a murder mystery. The investigation becomes complicated after the police discoverContinue reading “Gumraah”