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Netflix cancels deal with ‘Laal Singh Chaddha’ after box office failure

Aamir Khan’s streak of bad luck has struck once again, following the massive failure of “Laal Singh Chaddha” at the box office. The “Dangal” star has now lost out on a Rs 150 crore deal with Netflix as well.
23 August 2022, 10:54 AM

Wednesday Promises to Breathe New Life into an Iconic Character

The trailer has made me once again find my love for Wednesday Addams and I sincerely hope the series won’t disappoint.
19 August 2022, 11:00 AM

The Netflix K- Drama Effect: How women are moving to Korea to find love

What is now being referred to as ‘The Netflix effect’, hundreds of women in their early 20s, mostly originating from North America and Europe are visiting South Korea and flooding local hostels. This movement caught the attention of Min Joo Lee, a postdoctoral fellow at Indiana University Bloomington researching on Korean gender and race politics who decided to take a deeper look into it.
18 August 2022, 12:20 PM

Gaiman’s Paradox: When adaptations are overanalysed

The approach to critiquing any adaptation is to judge it as a separate piece of work, rather than as a companion piece for the book.
10 August 2022, 13:08 PM

Netflix’s ‘The Sandman’ re-creates Neil Gaiman’s world in its own image

If you didn’t read The Sandman, watch The Sandman. If you read The Sandman, don’t expect the same magic as in the pages.
7 August 2022, 13:00 PM

Netflix faced brief streaming outage

Streaming giant Netflix’s faced a brief disruption in its streaming services across all devices, the company said recently.
28 July 2022, 16:23 PM

‘Persuasion’, ‘Bridgerton’, ‘Emma.’ What’s missing from these quirky period dramas?

Studios seem to think female characters need to be glossed with a “zany” and “feisty” persona in order to be relevant. 
27 July 2022, 18:00 PM

Netflix’s adaptation of Persuasion is disappointing

The movie sets the overall tone to be comic rather than tragic.
20 July 2022, 10:35 AM

Now you’ll have to pay extra for sharing passwords on Netflix

Streaming giant Netflix has been experimenting to find solutions after months of declining subscriber numbers. The streaming platform took an experimental measure recently in countries like Argentina, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Dominican Republic to prevent password sharing.
19 July 2022, 17:50 PM

Netflix’s future could be in jeopardy

Streaming giant Netflix’s future seems to be hanging by a thread as it is set to report its second-quarter earnings today. The announcement is shaping up to be one of the most significant moments in the history of the streaming platform.
19 July 2022, 10:30 AM

How Netflix plans to find its inner ‘Star Wars’

Netflix broke Hollywood's rules to create a $82 billion global streaming colossus that the rest of the entertainment industry rushed to copy. But as growth slows, it is looking backwards for a way forward, borrowing a page from Walt Disney's playbook.
19 July 2022, 03:59 AM

Netflix’s ‘Persuasion’ misunderstands Jane Austen’s novel entirely

The problem with Netflix’s adaptation of Persuasion is that it doesn't know what it wants to be.
15 July 2022, 15:01 PM

What We Loved About Stranger Things Season 4

The wait for the fourth season was particularly long, but worth it.
5 July 2022, 14:59 PM

5 Most Interesting Stranger Things Season Finale Fan Theories

Stranger Things Season 4 Volume 1 ended with quite a few unanswered questions.
30 June 2022, 06:01 AM

Netflix fires 300 employees

Streaming giant Netflix recently revealed that it laid off 300 employees, i.e. about 4% of its workforce, in the second round of job cuts aimed at lowering costs after they lost subscribers for the first time in more than a decade.
24 June 2022, 08:13 AM

Wasfia Nazreen all set to climb Pakistan’s K2 as the first Bangladeshi

Wasfia Nazreen has won her stardom for being the first Bangladeshi in the world to climb the Seven Summits or the highest mountains of every continent. Being “the first” in many of her achievements, Wasfia will now attempt to summit K2 as a Bangladeshi.
16 June 2022, 10:38 AM

Squid Game in Real Life?

The world got hooked on the violent and psychotic survival K-Drama Squid Game after the creepy robot yelled, “Red Light. Green Light.” The phenomenal K-content kept the viewers at the edge of their seats from beginning to end. Much to the joy and excitement of its loyal fans, Netflix recently released a teaser for the second, long-awaited season 2 of Squid Game. Besides that, Netflix took it up a notch by ordering a brand-new reality show, Squid Game: The Challenge. This series claims to boast the largest cast of 456 players and a historic cash prize of $4.56 million in reality TV history!
16 June 2022, 08:45 AM

Another round of Squid Game? Netflix says yes

Global megahit "Squid Game" will return for a second season, Netflix Inc announced on Sunday, offering a few hints about what is to come in the dark Korean drama.
13 June 2022, 04:52 AM

The much awaited “The Sandman” series premieres in August

As someone who is a big fan of The Sandman series, I was ecstatic at the announcement, with only a little bit of dread over whether the adaptation will do right by the comic series.
8 June 2022, 14:33 PM

5 books to read after you’re done binging 'Stranger Things'

These books, full of horror, humour, grisly monsters, and misfit kids, are the perfect remedy to fill the gap in your time until the show returns with more episodes. 
6 June 2022, 09:14 AM