In search of a classic fine dine restaurant where you can have a decent conversation over lunch or dinner, coupled with selected variety of good wine and soft music that matches perfectly with the ambiance? Well you have stumbled upon the right place. Kria, a restaurant opened recently in Koramangala, … Continue Reading
Rogue One: Star Wars Review (Spoiler-Free)
Let’s face it – very few films truly appeal to everyone in this age of cynicism where 3D-CGI blockbusters are a dime a dozen. As much as I would have loved to indulge myself in a sheeny cavalcade of space battles and those “prequel-style” CGI set pieces, (get my sarcasm, … Continue Reading
Restaurant Review: Basil
When Basil opened its doors back as millennium turned, it must have been a very different place. But so was Manipal, and so was the world. Through the years, Basil has seen consistent reinvention even as the world around did the same, dispelling any possibility of going stale on the … Continue Reading
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: A Review
Disclaimer: This review is meant for Witches and Wizards. Muggles (read: People who’ve been living under a rock for all these years and wondering what all the Harry Potter hype is about,) may experience issues understanding half the things stated below and feel lost. Spoilers follow for those in the … Continue Reading
Double Tamasha
ADA (Absolute Dramatics Addiction), a dramatics club of MIT, organized a two-play centrestage, Tamasha, on the 11th of September (Sunday) at 6 p.m. at the AC Seminar Hall in AB-2. The show was open to everyone, and entailed no entry fee.
The first play, Do-nar, scripted by Rahul … Continue Reading
Double Bill: A Review
Shakespeare revolutionised theatre and brought shades of grey to its traditional forms. He portrayed human nature as a spectrum of thoughts, beliefs, and ideas. Modern theatre works along these lines, where the theatre is not simply a reflection, but a source of reform and awareness. The confusion in the hearts … Continue Reading
Ghostbusters: A Review
Let’s start by addressing the elephant in the room. This movie doesn’t just pass the Bechdel test, it soars through it like an Andhra boy from Chaitanya, Narayana and Kota attacking the JEE. It is the collective orgasm of every pop culture-related feminist fantasy. It is the cumulative, screaming release … Continue Reading
BFG – Movie Review & Analysis
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“I is reading it hundreds of times, and I is still reading it and teaching new words to myself and how to write them. It is the most scrumdiddlyumptious story.’
Sophie took the book out of his hand. ‘Nicholas Nickleby,’ she read aloud.
‘By Dahl’s Chickens’
– The BFG
Suicide Squad: Spoiler-free Review
It’s no secret that critics have been slamming the latest DCEU effort for a good whole week now. And while I personally don’t feel Suicide Squad is the shoddy, tonal disaster that most of these critics are making it to be, it’s really hard to recall one single area where … Continue Reading