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Harry Potter: Return to Hogwarts - A warm hug of nostalgia

Harry Potter: Return to Hogwarts - A warm hug of nostalgia

Fabhiha Maimuna 2022-01-06 11:53:46

As the shot of wintery London streets zooms in, our beloved familiar faces receive what millions of people wished to receive since their childhood - a Hogwarts letter with that red seal.  Whistl...

Last season of F is for Family charmingly deals with generational trauma

Last season of F is for Family charmingly deals with generational trauma

Shadya Naher Sheyam 2022-01-05 20:31:10

The Netflix original F is for Family, created by Bill Burr and Michael Price, depicts everyday family life in the 1970s.  The show unabashedly depicts the messed-up Generation X, but it also add...

Actress Bidya Sinha Mim ties knot 

Actress Bidya Sinha Mim ties knot 

-- 2022-01-04 20:51:47

Actress Bidya Sinha Saha Mim tied the knot on Tuesday with banker Sony Poddar at a five-star hotel in Dhaka. Many showbiz stars have greeted the newly-wed couple in photographs posted on social media...

The Wheel of Time: Robert Jordan’s fantasy chronicle renewed

The Wheel of Time: Robert Jordan’s fantasy chronicle renewed

MEHENAZ SULTANA 2022-01-03 16:37:34

The hyped-up TV shows in 2021, to some extent, have been about fantasy book adaptations. One of the most anticipated TV shows of this genre was The Wheel of Time.  The first season of the series...

Abbas Kiarostami films that delve deep in philosophy of life

Abbas Kiarostami films that delve deep in philosophy of life

Shadya Naher Sheyam 2022-01-03 12:11:30

Without Abbas Kiarostami, cinema would only have two spheres of existence - private and public.  He taught cinema that there is a third dimension - the personal - that it cannot infiltrate.&nbsp...

Shironamhin to celebrate silver jubilee through an eventful year

Shironamhin to celebrate silver jubilee through an eventful year

Mashfiq Mizan 2022-01-02 16:00:08

Shironamhin groupies can buckle up for a mythical 2021 as their favourite band, in partnership with ‘Brandmyth Experiential,’ announced year-long events across the country and over the bor...

Don't Look Up - A slapstick mockery of the capitalistic reality

Don't Look Up - A slapstick mockery of the capitalistic reality

Shadya Naher Sheyam 2022-01-01 14:53:47

In Adam McKay's Don't Look Up, there are nearly as many Hollywood titans as there are stars in the galaxy – plus at least one wayward comet.  To their horror, a low-ranking astronomer prof...

Lyricist Russell O'Neil found dead, suicide note found

Lyricist Russell O'Neil found dead, suicide note found

-- 2021-12-31 19:27:45

Police discovered the hanging body of noted lyricist Mehboobul Hasan Russell, popularly known as Russell O'Neil on Thursday night at his residence in the capital. He was 47. His body was recovered fr...

Elton John pushed to play at Princess Diana's funeral

Elton John pushed to play at Princess Diana's funeral

-- 2021-12-31 11:01:40

Buckingham Palace received a personal appeal from the Dean of Westminster to allow singer Elton John to perform at the funeral of Princess Diana, newly released government documents show. Wesley Carr...

Stone Ocean makes Jojo's adventure more bizarre

Stone Ocean makes Jojo's adventure more bizarre

Iftekharul Islam 2021-12-30 17:31:36

‘JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean’ is the fifth instalment of the JoJo anime series, released on Netflix on December 1, 2021.  It is adapted from the sixth part of JoJo&rs...

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...