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This appeared in the FPJ in November 2023 Earlier this year, Hollywood writers and actors felt the threat of AI’s shadow looming over their careers. Fearing job losses and losing creative control, they came together to strike, demanding protection and fair compensation….
A decade ago ago – i had blogged the bulk of this post. written on her birtdhay it was my listing of her favourites. Today, as i hear news of her passing on, i just look at the treasure trove of work…
Soul by Pixar is a great way to end your 2020, and start your 2021. Ask anyone, and they will tell you that 2020 was a strange sort of year. A year that called into question everything that we knew, and the…
Solo A Star Wars Story takes you to the origin story of one of my favourite characters in the Star Wars Universe, Han Solo. Played by Alden Ehrenreich, Han Solo is the younger version of the rogue pirate we saw for the first…
Conflict (Documentary) available on Netflix, is the story of photojournalists who cover conflict. It tells 6 discrete stories of 6 different photographers, from different parts of the world, who document some of the worst conflicts on earth, today. Conflict on Netflix, a…
If , like me, you were brought up on a steady diet of commando comics, then the story of Dunkirk would be familiar to you. A beleaguered British Army, chased to the ocean by the all powerful German Army. And, a motely…
My twitter TL bubbles over with Kangana Ranaut and Karan Johar ping pong. She said, he said, she said, columnists said, anchors said. Lots of people with lots of views. Honestly, i couldn’t be bothered, except to say one thing. If you…
Shah Rukh Khan and Nawazuddin Siddiqui sparkle in this tightly paced, masala mix.
Many moons ago, i watched a war film called Operation Daybreak, the story of Czech partisans – fighting for the British Army – whose mission it is to assassinate Reinhard Heydrich . Heydrich was the brain behind the plan for the Final…
I finally got to see Dear Zindagi. A story about a young woman – a cinematographer – who has everything going for her. She is confident, talented, good looking – and yet feeling completely out of sorts. Nightmares. Insomnia. A sense of…