"Bridgerton" recently waltzed right back onto our screens for its third season — this time centring on the love story between Penelope Featherington and Colin Bridgerton. In this season, Penelope, secretly the gossip columnist Lady Whistledown, grapples with revealing her true identity while on a mission to find herself a suitable spouse. Colin, on the other hand, returns from his travels with newfound confidence.
The 77th Cannes Film Festival concluded yesterday, leaving behind a trail of scintillating premieres, captivating performances, and the award-season buzz.
The curtains have closed on the 77th Cannes Film Festival, leaving behind a trail of scintillating premieres, captivating performances, and awards season buzz. From established titans of cinema to burgeoning talents, this year's edition offered a diverse feast for cinephiles.
“Baby Reindeer” plunges viewers into the chaos of Donny’s life. His relentless pursuit of success leaves him vulnerable, exposed, and surprisingly naive to readily avoidable situations. Gadd’s performance is the heart and soul of the show. He portrays Donny with a complex mix of vulnerability, frustration, and dark humour. While Donny can be unlikable at times, Gadd manages to evoke empathy for the character, showcasing the emotional toll of his situation.
“Scoop” dramatises the events surrounding the BBC’s “Newsnight” team securing a highly anticipated interview with Prince Andrew in 2019. During this time, Andrew faced mounting pressure to address his controversial association with notorious sexual predator Jeffrey Epstein. In an effort to address the situation, he agreed to an exclusive interview with seasoned broadcaster Emily Maitlis.
“The solitude of the mind” is described as humanity’s greatest weapon by a character in the show, but Liu’s writing highlighted how solitude might also be humanity’s greatest detriment. If someone is allowed too much authority to carry out any plan, they may unintentionally turn against their own kind. The extraterrestrial species leave no room for misunderstanding as they operate through groupthink and communicate instantaneously.
The movie seemed to throw in every cinematic trick in the book– the black and white to colour transition, the fish eye lens, the peephole, the title cards, the hackneyed steampunk aesthetic. As an audience, I was impressed by the detail, coordination, passion and planning behind this movie – all of which made it impossible to be distracted. The surreal and vibrant world of “Poor Things” earns your attention.
Television has given us countless memorable characters, storylines, and relationships over the years. The yearning, angst, and eventual romantic connection between fictional couples weave our daydreams of one day finding true love like theirs. These on-screen pairs have not only entertained us but also inspired us with their love stories. We have curated a list of the seven most favourite TV show couples that have left an indelible mark on our hearts.
Ministry of Codes is a laudable initiative founded by Prapty Rahman with the aim to impart knowledge about science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education, especially programming and robotics, among children. It offers a wide range of products, like STEM toys, tutorials, and classes, depending on age groups.
At the turn of the 21st century, director Sam Raimi brought Spider-Man to the silver screen, starring Tobey Maguire as the titular character. It heralded one of the best comic book villains - Willem Dafoe’s Green Goblin – and redefined the superhero genre into something exquisite. Without Raimi’s films, the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) as it is today, being the most successful media franchise of all time, wouldn’t exist.
Being a fan of hip-hop for as long as I can remember, there could not have been a better song than “Sing” for me to get introduced to your oeuvre. Before I knew it, I was listening to the entire album on repeat and recommending your music to my friends. We knew the lyrics to each and every song on “Multiply (x)” like the back of our hands and jammed to it in the middle of classes, during recess and even used up our parents’ phone credit on weekends to sing duets.
Being inspired by magazine photographs, Reyad Abedin was elated to get a phone with a camera when he was just a young kid in college.
Owing to a globally challenging year, the aim was to inspire people to capture moments that reflect unity and resilience. The judges sifted through over 700 photos by 200 photographers from 74 countries. As the event is one of the most coveted competitions in the global photography space, the win is a towering achievement for Mumu.
Fantasy movies and shows are growing popular by the day because they allow us to escape into a world not bound by the laws of reality, with larger-than-life narratives of enemies to lovers, unlikely heroes, chosen ones and heroic quests, among other things.
No one does Halloween like Hollywood celebrities and this year was no different. Despite Covid-19 restrictions, they have pulled out all the stops for the spooky occasion.
Set in the year 10191, “Dune” starts off as the Padishah Emperor transfers the stewardship of Arrakis, the only planet where the supernatural spice mélange can be found, from House Harkonnen to House Atreides’ Duke Leto. What follows is an epic intergalactic chess game with parables of colonial oppression, monopolistic competitions, ecological disasters, technological advancements, and power struggles.
Syed Sadia Hossain is the first Bangladeshi to receive the Inspiring Women in Engineering Student Member of the Year Award by the Global Committee of Women in Engineering.
When Netflix announced that their film “Extraction” is set around locations of India and Bangladesh, everyone was excited in these regions. We don’t usually see Hollywood movies surrounding the Asian premises.
