Star Trek Beyond: Spoiler-free Review

For aficionados of space sci-fi franchises such as myself, this is it! 726 Episodes. 13 Feature films. 50 years of being a pop culture phenomenon – that’s Star Trek for you. Part of the charm of watching these new reboots comes from experiencing the five decades-old series return to life … Continue Reading

Places to Eat on Campus

The students in college are broadly divided into three non-exclusive sets. The first set includes those people who try to eat regularly from the Food Court, or one of the messes they’ve diligently subscribed to, the second set of people are the ones who’re halfway into the first and halfway … Continue Reading

Udta Punjab: Spoiler-free Review

“Drugs di maa di!”
You already know what’s in store when a film arrives with a tagline such as that one. But what you probably didn’t know is that Abhishek Chaubey’s vivaciously spirited visualization of the fast-moving drug scene in Punjab is nothing short of an appalling masterpiece – one … Continue Reading

Shakespeare Retold: A Review

Manipal’s Kalamanch presented a pair of one-act plays in, ‘Shakespeare Retold’, held in the Library Auditorium. The first play was a direct adaptation of The Tempest and the second- Gulaab- was an indianised version of Macbeth. Shakespeare’s stories are undoubtedly beautifully stitched together with a deep understanding of our race, … Continue Reading

‘The Jungle Book’ Review

The Jungle Book. Need I say more?

When I first heard that Disney was remaking The Jungle Book into a live-action movie, I’ll admit I was all too excited. But at the same time, I was really quite worried about whether they’d ruin it.

For most of us, this movie … Continue Reading

Deadpool: The MTTN Review

With an opening credits sequence that insults every person who would be fawned over in a different movie, Deadpool confirms, right at the beginning, that it is exactly what it’s been sold as: A lesson in not taking yourself too seriously. If only the Indian censor board had paid more … Continue Reading

Airlift: MTTN Review

No, this is not Argo. There, I said it! One question that has been bothering most ever since they saw the feature trailer. Airlift is its own film, a spellbinding story that gradually builds tension along the way, and one that never really made it to our history textbooks. … Continue Reading

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