An Ordinary Review

Acclaimed filmmaker Ron Howard recreates the miraculous mission to rescue 12 young football players and their coach who were trapped in the Tham Leung caves in Thailand 🇹🇭 in June 2018. The incident had captivated the entire world and millions were praying for the safe rescue of all thirteen people. British cave rescue council members Rick Stanton and John Volanthen along with other rescuers from...

Five Days At Memorial is a drama series based on the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina that struck US coast in 2005 and devastated the city of New Orleans. The drama series chronicles the terrible impact of the hurricane on a hospital and how it affects the doctors, nursing staff and critical care patients as they gasp for survival and rescue effort. It goes into morally conflicting decisions that we...

Darlings is a dark and quirky comedy that deals with a serious issue of domestic violence. It is a first time production from Alia Bhatt and she has partnered with Shah Rukh Khan’s Red Chillies Entertainment. The movie stars Alia Bhatt, Shefali Shah, Vijay Varma and Roshan Matthew in main roles. The movie is available on Netflix #netflix #redchilliesentertainment #aliabhatt

The Terminal List is an action thriller based on a novel by Jack Carr. It stars Chris Pratt and he is supported by Constance Wu, Taylor Kitsch, Jai Courtney and Jeanne Tripplehorn. The series is an Amazon Prime Original. #amazonprime #theterminallist

The Tourist is an Australian Western Thriller. It is a story of a man (Jamie Dornan) who has lost his memory and with that has lost the information of something valuable that people want to know from him, but he has no idea who they are and what they want to know from him and why they want to kill him for that. The series stars Jamie Dornan (fifty shades of grey) Danielle Macdonald (unbelievable)...

Tehran is an Israeli spy series that has Mossad pitted against Iranian sepah intelligence agents in a cat and mouse game of carrying out fatal missions in Iran. Season 2 is in continuation where season 1 left off. Niv Sultan, Shaun Taub and Shervin Alenabi reprise their roles from S1 and are joined by Glenn Close. The series is available on Apple TV+ #appletvplus #tehran #spyseries #spythriller #m...

Gaslit is a political drama that explores the making of the watergate scandal and how it affects the people who are involved in it after it gets exposed. The series provides an in-depth look into how the scandal was planned, what went wrong and the repercussion thereafter leading to the resignation by President Richard Nixon in 1974. The series stars Julia Roberts (she also is an executive produce...

The Invisible Man is based on the science fiction story written by H G Wells way back in 1897. The story has been adapted multiple times in movies right from black and white era. The last adaptation that was loosely based on the story was in 2000 movie Hollow Man starring Kevin Bacon and Elizabeth Shue. The Invisible Man that came out in 2020 stars Elizabeth Moss (Handmaid’s Tale, Mad Men) The mov...

Top Gun Maverick is the sequel to the iconic 1986 movie Top Gun directed by Tony Scott. That movie was a milestone in the start of Tom Cruise as an action hero. This sequel is directed by Joseph Kosinski, the acclaimed director of Tron Legacy Top Gun Maverick stars Tom Cruise and he is supported by Jennifer Connelly, John Ham, Miles Teller, Monica Barbaro, Glenn Powell with special appearances by...

The 355 is an action film from the production that brought you Jason Bourne. It is helmed by an all women action team led by Jessica Chastain, Diane Kruger, Penelope Cruz, Lupita Nyong’o and Fan Bingbing. They are supported by Sebastian Stan and Edgar Ramirez in a special role. The movie is about secret agents of multiple countries chasing a secret weapon to prevent it from falling into wrong hand...

Deep water is a psychological thriller from director Adrian Lyne, who is known for his work on 9 1/2 weeks and academy award nomination for Fatal Attraction. It is a Hulu movie that is streaming on Amazon Prime in India. The movie stars Ben Affleck and Ana De Armas with support from Tracy Letts, Grace Jenkins and Finn Wittrock. The movie is recommended for mature audiences only. It has adult scene...

Anatomy of a Scandal is a mini series, which is a legal drama from the makers of Big Little Lies and The Undoing. The series is based on the best selling novel by Sarah Vaughan. It stars Sienna Miller, Rupert Friend and Michelle Dockery in key roles. The series is available on #netflix #anatomyofascandal #siennamiller #rupertfriend

Pieces of her is a thriller web series on Netflix It is based on a NY times best seller novel by the same name. The series explores mother daughter relationship in the backdrop of daughter’s quest to find out who her mother really is. It stars Toni Collette and Bella Heathcote in main roles. #piecesofher #tonicollette

Mai (means mother) is an engaging thriller web series on The series is a quest of a mother to find out who killed her daughter and why. The series is led by Sakshi Tanwar and she is supported by Vivek Mushran, Raima Sen, Prashant Narayanan, Seema Bhargava and a host of other actors. This series is from the same production house that got you the popular series Paatal Lok.

Gumnaami is a Bengali-Hindi movie that dramatises the Mukerjee commision proceedings that were setup to explore the theory of Gumnaami baba being Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose. Netaji’s death has been shrouded in mystery with multiple theories floating around. The movie gives an overview of all the popular theories and then focuses on one that claimed that they mystic saint called Gumnaami baba was...

Humans Of Covid, To Hell and Back authored by Barkha Dutt chronicles the human stories from the pandemic in India. It touches on key phases of the pandemic and its impact on people. The stories are based on her extensive coverage of the pandemic where she travelled 30,000+ kms across the length and breadth of the country meeting countless people and capturing their pain, sorrow and hope in dealing...

The Batman is new adaptation of the most popular DC character. This rendition is helmed by Matt Reeves who made the hugely successful Planet of the Apes sequels. This one stars Robert Patinson in the titular role and he is supported by Zoe Kravitz as Selina Kyle a.k.a Catwoman, Andy Serkis as Alfred, Jeffery wright as commissioner Gordon, Colin Farrell as Penguin and Paul Dano as Riddler. It also...

This Netflix documentary will provide you an investigative report on Boeing 737 max issue that led to 300+ people dying on two air crashes in 2018-19. The documentary also provides insights on what went wrong in Boeing culture that led to quality and safety issues denting their reputation of make safe airplanes #netflix #documentary #boeing737 #boeing #downfall

An intense drama from HBO that explores the trials and tribulations in a marriage. The series is a remake of a Swedish series. The series plays out like a tele play where both Jessica Chastain and Oscar Isaac engage in deep conversations around the reasons they are drifting apart inspite of the intense love they have for each other. The series is available on Disney Hotstar in India and HBO MAX in...

Unpaused - Naya Safar is a 5 part anthology series of short stories from pandemic times. It covers interesting slices of experiences from covid times, each of them capturing a different emotion. The series is available on Amazon Prime India

Bhoothakaalam is a Malayalam horror drama starring Revathi and Shane Nigam. It is an interesting drama that unfolds slowly into a horror that will leave you chilled and disturbed. The movie boasts of fabulous performances by lead actors and adept direction by Rahul Sadasivan. Check out my review and provide your feedback and ratings

Human is an Indian web series focused on an interesting premise of drug trials and how pharma companies and hospitals exploit and abuse poor people for drug trials. It exposes the murky and dark world of medicine and also reflects on the greed and ambitions of doctors who would go to any length to achieve their objective. The series is available on Disney Hotstar in India. It stars Shefali Shah an...

My review of a gritty drama starring Sandra Bullock. The movie also stars Vincent D’ Onofrio, Jon Beranthal and Viola Davis. The movie is available on Netflix

This is a review of a web series based on the mystery thriller story by Harlan Coben, an American novelist. The web series is available on Netflix