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Movie night with Netflix - A list of 'feel-good' Christmas movies

Movie night with Netflix - A list of 'feel-good' Christmas movies

Shadya Naher Sheyam 2021-12-29 17:52:21

Netflix comes to the rescue as a one-stop solution to save the tradition of watching some cheesy, jolly, funny Christmas movies in this festive season.  To avoid the hassle of searching for the...

Britney Spears not ready to return to music

Britney Spears not ready to return to music

-- 2021-12-29 13:18:45

Britney Spears has signalled she is not yet ready to return to making music after 13 years under a conservatorship that took away control of her personal and business affairs and left her scared of th...

Encanto: Disney's latest effort to come out of stereotypes

Encanto: Disney's latest effort to come out of stereotypes

Rassiq Aziz Kabir 2021-12-28 17:55:36

Walt Disney has been a household name when it comes to producing top-notch animation movies.  Encanto is the latest addition in their rich history of animation films. The film, being directed by...

Action-packed anime watch list for this winter

Action-packed anime watch list for this winter

MEHENAZ SULTANA TISHA 2021-12-27 16:01:23

Instead of blankets, sweaters and mufflers, those who prepare for the winter with a list of anime to watch, should keep an inhaler ready this time. All the breathtaking animes are scheduled for the fa...

The Silent Sea: An exploration of human consciousness on the high-stakes space trope

The Silent Sea: An exploration of human consciousness on the high-stakes space trope

Shadya Naher Sheyam 2021-12-27 15:15:57

The Silent Sea, directed by Choi Hang-Yong, explores the numerous elements of the human mind.  It draws the audience in with the first chapter, but it quickly becomes a reflection of human decis...

Salman Khan gets bitten by snake

Salman Khan gets bitten by snake

-- 2021-12-26 16:52:33

Salman Khan was bitten reportedly by a non-venomous snake at his farmhouse in Panvel city in Raigad district of Maharashtra in the early hours of Sunday. The ‘Dabangg’ star was rushed to...

20 years of escape to the wizarding realm of Harry Potter

20 years of escape to the wizarding realm of Harry Potter

Shadya Naher Sheyam 2021-12-26 15:26:03

The muggle world experienced the debut of Harry Potter on the big screen twenty years ago, and the rest is history.   'The boy who lived' became a fantasy for many, yet the books were alrea...

A happy Christmas watch list of animations

A happy Christmas watch list of animations

Rassiq Aziz Kabir 2021-12-25 16:08:20

Animation movies have been one of the focal points of Christmas entertainment. Many cult classics have been made during the time of Christmas and are enjoyed by people all over the world. Here is a r...

Hawkeye - A superhero with no superpower

Hawkeye - A superhero with no superpower

Iftekharul Islam 2021-12-25 15:33:54

Hawkeye mini-series marks 2021 ending for the MCU franchise on a festive note. After the ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ bang, Hawkeye ends the year without a portrayal of superpowered superhero...

Star Cineplex to open theatre in Chattogram in 2022

Star Cineplex to open theatre in Chattogram in 2022

-- 2021-12-24 16:28:54

Quenching the thirst of movie buffs in Chattogram, the country's largest multiplex chain -- Star Cineplex -- will open its maiden theatre in the port city at Bali Arcade Shopping Complex in the Chawkb...

Witcher : The epic fantasy series returns with more cruelty and cynicism

Witcher : The epic fantasy series returns with more cruelty and cynicism

Rassiq Aziz Kabir 2021-12-23 16:33:12

With the second season being released just a few days ago, the whole world is more or less hooked on Netflix’s ‘Wicher.’  Witcher is a fantasy drama television series that has...

Spider-Man No Way Home: Masterclass all the way

Spider-Man No Way Home: Masterclass all the way

Maria Anis Chowdhury 2021-12-22 18:09:56

‘Spider-Man: No Way Home,’ one of the most awaited films since its announcement, is finally out, and it was more than everything the fans expected it to be.  It was a holistic tribut...

BTV Chattogram Centre starts airing 24-hour programme

BTV Chattogram Centre starts airing 24-hour programme

-- 2021-12-20 12:45:27

After its inception way back in 1996, Bangladesh Television (BTV) Chattogram Centre started broadcasting its programme for 24 hours today (Sunday). Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the progra...

Indian actor Naseeruddin Shah to star in Bangladeshi film

Indian actor Naseeruddin Shah to star in Bangladeshi film

-- 2021-12-19 17:51:20

Veteran Indian actor Naseeruddin Shah will star in a Bangladeshi film, titled ‘Project Aumi.’ He is scheduled to come to Dhaka in June next year to shoot the film. The film is produced b...

Pori Moni replaces Mahiya Mahi in web film ‘Kagojer Bou’

Pori Moni replaces Mahiya Mahi in web film ‘Kagojer Bou’

-- 2021-12-18 20:44:29

Actress Pori Moni has signed director Chayanika Chowdhury’s debut web film ‘Kagojer Bou’, replacing Mahiya Mahi. The director opened the shooting with Pori Moni at different locatio...

Lord of the Rings: 20 years of charm in the mysterious Middle-earth

Lord of the Rings: 20 years of charm in the mysterious Middle-earth

Shadya Naher Sheyam 2021-12-18 17:42:01

The Fellowship of the Ring—the film that introduced countless cinephiles worldwide to the grandeur and mystique of Middle-earth, as well as the fictional characters who now feel as familiar as o...

New patriotic song ‘1971-Bijoypur’ to be launched on Victory Day

New patriotic song ‘1971-Bijoypur’ to be launched on Victory Day

FE ONLINE DESK 2021-12-15 18:31:31

A new patriotic song titled ‘1971-Bijoypur’ of the US-based Bangla Band GAP-ATX and S&R is set to be released jointly on Thursday (December 16), the victory day of Bangladesh. &nb...

Boli: Sankhya Dasgupta’s revenge thriller suffocates on its emptiness

Boli: Sankhya Dasgupta’s revenge thriller suffocates on its emptiness

Shadya Naher Sheyam 2021-12-15 13:06:37

Boli, OTT platform Hoichoi original TV series, is written by Naseef Faruque Amin, Jaheen Faruque Amin, Rabiul Alam Robi and Sardar Saniat, and stars Chanchal Chowdhury and Shohel Mondol in the lead ro...

Netflix slashes India prices to compete with Disney, Amazon

Netflix slashes India prices to compete with Disney, Amazon

-- 2021-12-14 16:38:00

Netflix slashed on Tuesday the prices of its streaming services in India, for the first time since launching five years ago in the South Asian nation, as it moves to better compete with fierce rivals...

The Salt in Our Waters - Nonajoler Kabbo

The Salt in Our Waters - Nonajoler Kabbo

Ipshita Maliat Rahman 2021-12-13 18:01:38

- What are you making? - Houses of sand - But the water will sweep it away - So what? We’ll build it again Such is the depth and strength of a conversation between Rudro, a young artist from...

India’s Harnaaz Sandhu wins Miss Universe 2021 crown

India’s Harnaaz Sandhu wins Miss Universe 2021 crown

-- 2021-12-13 12:06:47

India’s Harnaaz Sandhu has won the 70th Miss Universe 2021 in Eilat, Israel. She took the crown for India 21 years after Lara Dutta won the title in 2000, bdnews24.com reports citing private br...

'Interview with the Vampire' author Anne Rice dies at 80

'Interview with the Vampire' author Anne Rice dies at 80

-- 2021-12-12 18:52:06

Anne Rice, the gothic novelist widely known for her bestselling novel ‘Interview with the Vampire,’ died late Saturday at the age of 80. Rice died due to complications from a stroke, her...

Lights go out for Bangladesh’s cinema halls

Lights go out for Bangladesh’s cinema halls

-- 2021-12-10 12:15:03

In the 1980s, due to audience demand, Old Dhaka’s Manoshi Cinema Hall showed movies until the stroke of midnight. But now, with the drying up of the movie theatre audience, the venerable institu...

Mission Extreme: A near-to-satisfaction mass experience

Mission Extreme: A near-to-satisfaction mass experience

Shadique Mahbub Islam 2021-12-07 12:27:39

An eerie narration of the Afghan War and how it spilt out of the hilly hell-hole to the whole world in the name of Global Jihad, the black wave from Iraq sweeping across a vast swath of lands in the M...

9 years of insane Vaas Island experience in Far Cry 3

9 years of insane Vaas Island experience in Far Cry 3

FE Online Desk 2021-12-02 15:33:36

Oxford may define insanity as seriously mentally ill and unable to live in normal society. But Vaas Montenegro has a different opinion.  If you have played the game, you already know. It’s...

Does Naim Sheikh fit into the Test side?

Does Naim Sheikh fit into the Test side?

Samin Zarif 2021-12-01 16:31:53

After losing to Pakistan in the first test of the two-match series, Bangladesh is hoping to give a fightback in the second and last encounter.  Facing defeats in their last nine international ga...

Producer Raj denied bail in money laundering case

Producer Raj denied bail in money laundering case

-- 2021-11-29 21:03:55

The High Court (HC) on Monday rejected a bail plea by Nazrul Islam Raj, owner of Raj Multimedia, in a case of money laundering filed against him. The bench of Justice Md Nazrul Islam Talukder and AKM...

Red re-recording: Same old charm in Taylor Swift's magnum opus

Red re-recording: Same old charm in Taylor Swift's magnum opus

Fabiha Athoi 2021-11-29 15:47:39

With a guitar in hand, Taylor Swift introduced herself to the world as a blonde, blue-eyed, all-American girl with her debut single Tim McGraw.  Her self-titled album’s lyrics are about he...

The Mitchells heartwarming family adventure against the Machines

The Mitchells heartwarming family adventure against the Machines

Shadya Naher Sheyam 2021-11-27 18:35:23

A road trip through the robot apocalypse leads to family togetherness-- that is, at least, the scenario for the Mitchells in Netflix's eccentric and dazzlingly entertaining animated feature The Mitche...

Project Woh Paal: A Bangladeshi production with international artists

Project Woh Paal: A Bangladeshi production with international artists

Md. Zahidur Rabbi 2021-11-27 17:16:23

An international collaboration project called ‘Woh Paal’ has been composed by musicians from four countries - Bangladesh, the USA, Argentina and Austria. It is a soft, classical and R&...