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Winter Came Hard: A Light-Hearted Breakdown of the Heart-Wrenching Battle of Winterfell

After a relatively tame first two episodes, the 82-minute third Game of Thrones episode gave fans a dose of what propelled the show into must-see TV in the first place - the gruesome and unpredictable deaths of their most beloved characters. Warning, an article has many spoilers!

Jackie Thakkar March 21, 2016

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Ms Marvel Does Representation Right

I’ve been wary of western attempts to frame subcontinental characters, but Ms Marvel is a welcome attempt at getting representation right.

Fizza A. March 20, 2016

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Bollywood Romances Don’t Work the Way They Used To

On paper, Brahmastra had every right to think it would revive the larger-than-life romance. The fact that none of the Ranbir Kapoor-Alia Bhatt spark translates on screen says a lot about mainstream Hindi cinema’s dated ideas, and the modern viewer’s demand for nuance.

Takshi Mehta March 20, 2016

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Mary Poppins Returns Review: A Whimsical Critique of the Big Bad Adult World

If the chief villain of Mary Poppins Returns is the big bad adult world, then the cutthroat bankers are its henchmen, and the dancing lamplighters its underdog heroes. The film illustrates the impact that collective action can have, even in the face of powerful institutions.

Kahini Iyer March 20, 2016

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Spider-Man Survived Thanos, But Got Caught in Hollywood’s Web

The panic to #SaveSpiderMan was sparked by a fallout between two Hollywood megastudios: Sony and Marvel. It was a reminder that we, the fans, don’t call the shots; that’s left to stuffed suits in polished boardrooms. They wield the power of life and death over our favourite characters and properties.

Dushyant Shekhawat March 20, 2016

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Are the Emmys the Most Boring of All Award Functions?

Award ceremonies have long been criticised for being self-indulgent affairs, designed by the rich, white, and famous – for the rich, white, and famous. If the Emmys this year, defined by its snubs, were any evidence, there’s still a long way to go before that changes.

Kahini Iyer March 19, 2016

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Spunky Maheep Kapoor, Where Were You? Meet the Star of Fabulous Lives of Bollywood Wives

Visually stunning but supremely vacuous, The Fabulous Lives of Bollywood Wives is a glistening heap of mediocrity, except for the binocular-wielding one-woman crime patrol of Juhu, Maheep Kapoor.

Kahini Iyer March 19, 2016

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In Marriage Story, Noah Baumbach Crafts the Love-Story In a Divorce

There is no battle in the stinging, visceral Marriage Story, a drama centred around divorce, the ultimate war against domestic decency. That’s because it doesn’t take sides, but offers a perspective, arguing that sometimes there’s no other way to love someone than to stop being in love with them.

Poulomi Das March 19, 2016

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BoJack Horseman Does What The Simpsons Can’t

A cartoon featuring a horse person is a better illustration of the millennial situation than most live-action and other shows with regular humans.

Dushyant Shekhawat March 19, 2016

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Couch, Meet Potato: Where Can You Find 2018’s Biggest Emmy-Winning Shows?

Discovering new shows is the millennial equivalent of a day at Disneyland. What’s better than discovering that most of this year’s Emmy-winning shows are already sitting on your Hotstar Premium account, just waiting for some love?

Simran Kapoor March 18, 2016