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Netflix’s The Haunting of Bly Manor Review: An Honest Opinion from My Point of View
Netflix’s The Haunting of Bly Manor Review A couple of days back, I finished watching Netflix’s “The Haunting of Bly Manor,” created by Mike Flanagan. The characters and the series’s name resembles Flanagan’s previously much-appreciated horror series “The Haunting of Hill House.” But if you finish watching the ‘Bly Manor,’ you will understand how different it is from its predecessor. Netflix’s “The Hunting of Bly Manor” has nine episodes. The series begins with a narrative that tells the story of the characters of the Bly Manor. At first glance, it occurs to me that the new season has some similarities, but no. Flanagan’s “Bly Manor” is a layered, sedative narrative…
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‘Portrait of a Lady on Fire’ Movie Ending Explained: A Powerful & Devastating Ending
(Contains Spoiler) ‘Portrait of a Lady on Fire,’ Celine Sciamma’s French romance film narrates a sensitive, passionate, and heartbreaking story of two young women Marianne (Noemie Merlant) and Heloise (Adele Haenel). The film is set in the 18th century, Marianne is a young artist who got a commissioned painting to paint a portrait of Heloise, who is getting married to a Milanese gentleman. Since Heloise doesn’t want to be getting painted, so Marianne has to do her job without her knowledge. To paint the portrait, Marianne has to observe Heloise keenly. Eventually, Marianne revealed her purpose to Heloise, and shortly after that, we find the two women have explored themselves…
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Bulbbul Movie Review: A Powerful Portrayal of Woman Mistreatment & Justice
Anvita Dutt’s Netflix original movie “Bulbbul” is a Clean Slate production film that is owned by Anushka Sharma. Her last production series, “Paatal Lok” streaming on Amazon Prime Video, got extremely positive feedback from the audience. Now she has come up with an interesting story that merges woman mistreatment with a touch of light horror. Bulbbul Movie Review: Plot: The story is set in the late 19th century Bengal, a child named Bulbbul humming and dangling her feet on a tree taken away by her Pishima (aunt) to the mandap. Yes, at a very tender age, she is getting married to a Zamindar Thakur Indranil played by Rahul Bose. Bulbbul…
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Chaman Bahar Movie Review: Talented Jitendra Kumar Once Again Onscreen
Just a day back, I watched Chaman Bahar on Netflix, and to my surprise, Jitendra Kumar did it again. Story: Chaman Bahar Movie Here is the story about. The film is set in a small village in Chhattisgarh. Billu, played by Jitendra Kumar, dreams of becoming a famous panwala of his town. Well, that’s only a dream. The reality is he opens his small shop in an area, which was once a crowded place, but now it is deserted with no one goes by. Nothing much is going around him; his life is dull and boring. Soon the entry of Rinku (Ratika Badianai) brings some hope and light in his…
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Chernobyl Hotstar Review: A Sordid Truth Which You Must Watch to Know
(Spoiler Alert) Chernobyl Hotstar review. After I finished watching the five-episode mini-series ‘Chernobyl’ on Hotstar recently, it pushed me into deep thinking on how people of particular position can dare to neglect incidents which leads to a massive disaster in the mankind. The incident which took place in the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in 1986 was an entirely worst man-made disaster in the world ever. It is said that the fatal radioactive explosion was 400 times dangerous and had a more significant impact than the Hiroshima bomb. The first episode takes us directly to the disaster in one of the nuclear reactors of the Chernobyl nuclear powerplant in Ukraine, which…
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Netflix ‘Upstarts’ Review: Should you Watch It Or Skip It?
Review: Netflix ‘Upstarts’ Netflix ‘Upstarts’ begins with Kapil (Priyanshu Painyuli) and Yash (Chanrachoor Rai), helping their friend Vinay (Shadab Kamal) eloping with his girlfriend. But the plan eventually fails, and Kapil brainstorms an idea of elopement service providing startup. So, from here, we understood that Netflix ‘Upstarts’ is a film based on start-ups. As the story progresses, we came to realize that among the three friends, Kapil and Yash are more inclined towards doing a start-up, but ultimately Vinay too joined them. When an old man dies in Kapil’s arms due to a lack of medicines in a village hospital, an idea emerges from his brain. An app like ‘Uber’…
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Netflix’s Fractured Review: An Average Mystery Thriller Film
Being a Netflix fan, I like watching Netflix Original movies and series. Each week Netflix brings to us some incredible films and series among them; some are truly amazing, and some are average. So, last night, I watched Netflix’s ‘Fractured,’ and here is the review of Brad Anderson’s film. So, Brad Anderson has directed a mystery movie that has a puzzle to solve. Sam Worthington who plays the role a failed husband and father Ray Monroe, is a recovering alcoholic struggling with his marriage. Netflix’s In the Tall Grass Review The movie begins with Ray quarreling with his wife Joanne (Lily Rabe) about failing his responsibilities and a broken marriage…
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Netflix’s ‘El Camino’ Review: A Perfect Closure to the Character Jesse Pinkman
Review: Breaking Bad movie ‘El Camino’ Here is my first question to all my friends. How many of you are a fan of ‘Breaking Bad?’ Breaking Bad is one of the most visited and best series to watch on Netflix. If you loved watching Breaking Bad in the past, then you might love ‘El Camino’ too. If you remember, Jesse Pinkman, played by Aaron Paul, is one of the main characters in ‘Breaking Bad.’ Netflix’s ‘El Camino’ is all about him. Director Gilligan has well-executed and developed the plot around Jesse. The large part of the film is a flashback of ‘Breaking Bad.’ We get the reminiscence of several characters…
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Netflix’s Typewriter Review: A Good of Suspense-Thriller
Netflix is now streaming an exciting, mysterious horror genre of web series, Typewriter. Sujoy Ghosh, who is the director and co-writer of this mini-series, has previously made many other hit Bollywood films too. Typewriter is his first attempt of making a web series for Netflix. Netflix’s Typewriter Review The five-episode long series opens with three kids – Sam (Aarna Sharma), Gablu (Mikhail Gandhi), Bunty (Palash Kamble) who are seen talking about ghost hunting and a book named ‘The Ghost of Sultanpur.’ The four kids somehow reminded me of ‘The Stranger Things.’ Anyways, the story is about Jenny (Palomi Ghosh) who along with her husband Peter (Samir Kocchar) and two kids…
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Review of Netflix’s Thriller ‘Quicksand’- A Worthy of Binge-watching
Netflix’s Swedish thriller six-episode series ‘Quicksand’ is my new favorite. The series is based on a book of the same name written by Malin Persson Giolito, it has also won ‘Nordic crime novel of the year.’ Each month Netflix come up with a lot of new content, and many of them are worthy of binge-watching. Contents that we won’t get on any other video streaming platform. I would put ‘Quicksand’ in the list of binge-watching of the ‘thriller category.’ The story is primarily based on an incident of the mass shooting that takes place in a school in Stockholm. It is a courtroom drama that tells the entire story in…
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Review of Indian TV Series ‘Hostages’ on Hotstar
Review An Indian adaptation of an Israeli TV series is now streaming on Hotstar, of which I am going to write a review of Hotstar’s ‘Hostages.’ When I first watched the trailer of Hotstar’s “Hostages,” it intrigues me into watching the entire series. Great actors like Ronit Roy, Tisca Chopra featuring in the lead role, both playing important characters in the series. Tisca Chopra playing a renowned doctor Dr. Mira Anand and her family is held captive in their house one night by a gang led by Ronit Roy playing SP Prithvi Singh. The protection of the family is in the hands of Dr. Mira if she can kill the…
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Amazon Prime’s Mind the Malhotras Review: Is it a Binge- Worthy Indian Web Series?
Amazon Prime has added a new Indian web series “Mind the Malhotras” starring Mini Mathur and Cyrus Sahukar in the lead roles. Both are quite a public figure in the television world. The web series is produced by Dia Mirza and Sahil Sangha. It is said to be an adaptation of Israeli series ‘La Famiglia.’ Well, it is an only a 9-episode series, so I finished watching it last weekend with my family. So, what I felt after watching ‘Mind the Malhotras’ on Amazon Prime India? Here is my review on the series below. REVIEW A modern-day couple who lives in the urban with their two teen daughters, a naughty…
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TVF’s Kota Factory Review: A monochrome magical web series to watch
Kota Factory Review The new 5 episodes web series of TVF is showcasing the life of IIT aspirants in Kota, which is the hub of IIT coaching institutes. We all know how tough it is to crack IIT and to do that an IIT aspirant needs proper coaching and environment. The web series talks about the life of these IIT aspirants and the coaching business. More than the education system shows how these students are coping with the extreme competition, expectations of their parents, mental trauma, and constant fear of being a failure. But ‘Kota Factory’ doesn’t only represent the darker sides, it shows something more sentimental too like the…
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Amazon Prime’s Laakhon Mein Ek Season 2: A Killing Story of harsh Truth and Reality
Amazon Prime’s Laakhon Mein Ek season 2, created by the comedian Biswa Kalyan Rath is a compelling story that touches our heart and mind. But it has raised many questions about our government and its process. “Laakhon Mein Ek” series showcases extraordinary heart-touching stories of ordinary people of our country that fights the corrupt system to bring a change. But how long a person has to fight for the right cause? Story: Amazon Prime’s Laakhon Mein Ek season 2 shares with the audience the journey of a junior doctor Dr. Shreya, played by Shewta Tripathi, (who has done many web series) got transferred in a village named Sitlapur for conducting…
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Netflix’s ‘Chilling Adventures of Sabrina’ is a Show depicting Strong Themes with a Twist
I know I am late to write about Netflix’s teen witch TV series Sabrina which got released during the Halloween. But it is always fun to write about anything when you enjoy writing. I recently finished watching the show and thought of sharing my views on it. Netflix’s Original series ‘Chilling Adventures of Sabrina’ is the reboot of the Archie comic ‘Sabrina, The Teenage Witch.’ As the title suggested ‘Chilling Adventures of Sabrina,’ the show has managed to keep the audience glued to it. The protagonist of the show ‘Sabrina’ is a teen half witch and half mortal brought up by her two witches aunt, and together they are called…
