The kind of emotions sports evoke is sometimes hard to comprehend. For someone not bothered with it life goes on unfettered. For the rest, it's an emotional rollercoaster.
Movie Review : Whiplash
★★★★ If I tell you that this diabolically entertaining spellbinder is about a student trying to master the arcane art of jazz drumming at an elite music conservatory, you might get all bored and pass on it. That would be really stupid though !! Whiplash is a battle to the death. It’s also a well... Continue Reading →
Decade in Review : Best T20I Batting Performance
Aaron Finch 156 (63 balls, 11 fours, 14 sixes) England v Australia | The Rose Bowl, Southampton | August 29, 2013Compared to the other batting feats in this list which involved calculated risk-taking under extreme pressure on the biggest stages, this one came in the first of a two-game T20I series towards the end of... Continue Reading →
How Game of Thrones caved-in to the Norms of Television
There’s no one explanation for how Game of Thrones became a culture-spanning phenomenon. Slipping into the microscopic gap between the Golden Age of Television and the binge-watch era, HBO’s fantasy epic earned an investment of resources from its network that would have been unthinkable previously for such a budget-conscious medium and managed to bind together a diverse group... Continue Reading →
Book Review : ‘I was a Drug Addict’ by Ravindra Singh
About the Book My Rating : 4.5 / 5 Plot : A first-hand memoir of a young boy and his experiences and struggles as a drug addict. He narrates his life story right from boarding school experiences to the hippie phenomenon in the 1980's to his rehab and subsequent experiences with the withdrawals. Review The... Continue Reading →
The Office : Michael Scott’s Finest Moments as a Businessman
In case you're not aware of the level of admiration I have for 'The Office', first of all this and secondly, have a look at this old post of mine !! Now if you're still reading this, I bet you are interesting in reading anything related to one of the most original characters of all time,... Continue Reading →
Movie Review : Trainspotting
★★★★ It's a really honest portrayal of drugs and is surely one of the finest "drug" movie out there. There's a joyous feeling coupled with despair that really pervades that film and I think it does the subject justice. Danny Boyle's classic holds up terrifically well. PlotMark Renton (Ewan McGregor), a young man with few prospects and... Continue Reading →
Movie Review : Mission: Impossible – Fallout
★★★★ In an era of sloppy and forgettable action flicks on the one hand and overly serious “gritty” franchises on the other, the Mission: Impossible movies strike a pleasing balance between memorable action sequences and smaller-scale character intrigue. They’re whatever the opposite of “self-important” is. Fallout is not only the best pure action movie of summer 2018,... Continue Reading →