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'Senior Year' shows the vagueness of perishable high-school and social media fame

'Senior Year' shows the vagueness of perishable high-school and social media fame

Rassiq Aziz Kabir 2022-05-25 15:01:00

What if you wake up from a 20-year coma and see everything around you has changed for good? You would feel lost, frightened and unable to keep up with the current cultural trends. Senior Year, the 202...

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness: How mad the cinema actually is?

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness: How mad the cinema actually is?

Rassiq Aziz Kabir 2022-05-19 16:22:51

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, after its release on the 6th of May in the United States, has taken the whole world by storm. Directed by Sam Raimi, the director whose name is synonymous...

The Archies cast announcement creates buzz of the nostalgic comic series

The Archies cast announcement creates buzz of the nostalgic comic series

Iftekharul Islam 2022-05-15 14:34:41

The name Archie brings nostalgia for the generation X people in the subcontinent. Running since the ‘40s, this comic series had a major hype among teenagers and young adults.  The fame of...

Choose or Die: Netflix's failed experiment of '80s retro game concept

Choose or Die: Netflix's failed experiment of '80s retro game concept

Iftekharul Islam 2022-05-14 15:07:28

Techno-horror is a relatively new sub-genre introduced in the horror movie industry, garnering moderate success in the recent decade. Many film producers became interested in this sub-genre with horro...

Movies to watch with your mother

Movies to watch with your mother

Megh Rahman 2022-05-07 20:56:42

There is a saying that God can’t be everywhere so he created mothers. Maa, Mamoni, Aai, Amma, Ammi, Mummy, Momma, Mommy and there are many more words that illustrate the same feeling, the feeli...

Loving Vincent: A film made of oil paintings

Loving Vincent: A film made of oil paintings

Iftekharul Islam 2022-04-26 17:57:31

Vincent Van Gogh was the most famous post-impressionist artist of the 19th century. His expressive artworks and use of bold colours, which were quite unorthodox at that time, vastly contributed to the...

Ambulance is Michael Bay's trademark action-packed thriller

Ambulance is Michael Bay's trademark action-packed thriller

Iftekharul Islam 2022-04-24 14:15:00

The fast-paced plot, fiery explosions, car crashes, slow-motion chases, gun battles and dangerous stunts - all these are the innate characteristics of Michael Bay films.  Although his films are...

The In Between: A movie with a different taste

The In Between: A movie with a different taste

Rassiq Aziz Kabir 2022-04-24 13:12:34

American romance movies designed for young adults and teenagers have a cliché narrative where the boy and the girl move through many obstacles but their relationship ultimately culminates in a...

Three decades of Totoro's charm

Three decades of Totoro's charm

Iftekharul Islam 2022-04-21 15:58:19

Environmentalism, pacifism, love and family are the critical themes in Hayao Miyazaki’s films. None of his movies is in a rush; they have a serene way of storytelling and a feel-good vibe. ...

Is Watchmen the greatest superhero comic adaptation ever made?

Is Watchmen the greatest superhero comic adaptation ever made?

Iftekharul Islam 2022-03-06 13:03:03

When we think of superheroes, we imagine costumed characters of high morals fighting against evil to defeat them. Is the conflict between good and evil as white and black as it's seen in superhero mov...

Top 5 movies to watch this month

Top 5 movies to watch this month

Shadya Naher Sheyam 2022-03-05 12:03:55

The month of March is, like the other months, filled with lots of exciting movie releases in theatres and on the OTT platforms. If you are wondering what to watch, here is a recommendation list for yo...

Uncomfortable sides of racism 'Get Out' through bone-chilling horror

Uncomfortable sides of racism 'Get Out' through bone-chilling horror

Iftekharul Islam 2022-02-28 16:12:35

Horror films tend to offer various forms of unearthly creatures and serial killers preying on humans in many ways. Get Out comes as a stand alone film among this popular genera which shows an aspect...

Pinocchio - the timeless children’s classic turns 82

Pinocchio - the timeless children’s classic turns 82

Iftekharul Islam 2022-02-24 15:23:38

The works of Disney have been an integral part of children’s lives since the 1930s to this day. Targeting children audiences, Walt Disney Productions left many long-lasting impressions from crea...

Mehzabin’s first OTT film 'Redrum' is a perfect crime thriller

Mehzabin’s first OTT film 'Redrum' is a perfect crime thriller

Shadique Mahbub Islam 2022-02-24 14:20:24

The corpse of a popular singer, his pregnant wife, a semi-dysfunctional family, a suave but conflicted detective, and a perfect crime - a perfect recipe for a detective thriller. Bangladeshi audience...

‘From Paris with Love’ is a fast-paced Travolta action

‘From Paris with Love’ is a fast-paced Travolta action

Iftekharul Islam 2022-02-22 17:31:18

‘From Paris with Love,’ the name may seem like a romantic movie. But don’t let this fool you, as this movie is all about gunslinging action sequences and fighting terrorists. ...

Death on the Nile fails to meet the expectations of Agatha Christie fans

Death on the Nile fails to meet the expectations of Agatha Christie fans

Iftekharul Islam 2022-02-19 12:35:10

When talking about detectives in English literature, Hercule Poirot is considered the second most famous detective of all time.  Agatha Christie’s widely popular detective novel series has...

Silence of the Lambs: Hannibal is still the most fearsome antagonist

Silence of the Lambs: Hannibal is still the most fearsome antagonist

Iftekharul Islam 2022-02-15 15:06:51

Horror movies are considered the cult favourites in Hollywood. They draw a large audience and succeed at the box office most of the time; only a few manage to reach the Oscars. In 92 years of Academy...

'Taxi Driver' is still as intriguing as it was 46 years ago

'Taxi Driver' is still as intriguing as it was 46 years ago

Iftekharul Islam 2022-02-08 18:48:22

In the early ‘70s, the Vietnam war ended and the veterans who fought returned to their country. Suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, many veterans found it hard to blend into existing...

Coraline - a beautiful children’s film with horror elements

Coraline - a beautiful children’s film with horror elements

Iftekharul Islam 2022-02-02 12:30:39

Humans are social beings; they crave attention and validation like everyone else. Teenagers often get frustrated when they don’t get their wanted attention.  But what happens when they fin...

Tremors: Underground monsters of the Hollywood cult

Tremors: Underground monsters of the Hollywood cult

Iftekharul Islam 2022-01-31 14:46:05

Hollywood had an array of monsters portraying from humanoid Frankenstein in 1931 to natural predators of Jaws in 1975. All of them had one thing in common, opposing humans.  In 1990, Ron Underwo...

Liam Neeson's 'Taken' has a separate fanbase

Liam Neeson's 'Taken' has a separate fanbase

Iftekharul Islam 2022-01-30 13:01:54

Human trafficking is a severe problem in the modern world; millions of people become victims of it each year.  But what happens when the daughter of an ex-CIA operative gets abducted for traffic...

Timeless ‘Before Sunrise’ continues to spread love in the 27th year

Timeless ‘Before Sunrise’ continues to spread love in the 27th year

Iftekharul Islam 2022-01-27 12:55:38

Love is an emotion that many people express and explain in different ways. The concept of love has been attempted to explain by many filmmakers over decades, but ‘Before Sunrise’ stood out...

Spencer portrays Princess Diana in a never-seen-before way

Spencer portrays Princess Diana in a never-seen-before way

Rassiq Aziz Kabir 2022-01-26 17:04:25

"Diana, they can't change, you have to change"  This line from the movie Spencer probably signifies the life of Princess Diana as a Royal more than anything else.  Constantly trying to fit...

The Town: Ben Affleck’s another successful directorial venture

The Town: Ben Affleck’s another successful directorial venture

Iftekharul Islam 2022-01-24 13:40:49

The Town is the second film directed by Ben Affleck, which delves into a crime thriller involving bank heist, Irish mobsters and a crime leader torn up between his life of crime and love.  This...

The Royal Treatment: A typical Netflix romp, tad too silly

The Royal Treatment: A typical Netflix romp, tad too silly

Rassiq Aziz Kabir 2022-01-22 19:29:32

If you are just home from a day's work and looking for something light and wholesome to cheer you up, The Royal Treatment on Netflix can literally give you a royal treatment. It’s a movie that w...