Controversies, surprises and uplifting moments – 2018 was the year of football
Football is rightly lauded as the king of sports and 2018 was another year where this sport proved why it is held in such a high regard. Since this was also a FIFA World Cup year, there were already...
View Article‘Not so fantastic’: The Crimes of Grindelwald wanted to be so much in such...
I wouldn’t call myself a massive Potter-head, but I am definitely fond of the franchise that was weaved around everyone’s favourite bespectacled wizard. I have read all of the books and watched every...
View ArticleHalloween: Like they say, 11th time’s the charm… almost
I don’t really blame fans of the Halloween franchise. Back in 1978 when the original first came out, I can perfectly imagine how the movie could have scared the living daylights out of the audience....
View ArticleFrom “the special one” to “the bitter one”: Is Jose Mourinho a dead man walking?
The ‘special one’? No, not anymore. These days it would be more appropriate to call Jose Mourinho ‘the bitter one’, or perhaps the ‘the grumpy one’, and if we are perceptive enough to read the writing...
View ArticleWestworld is everyone’s favourite show, but does anyone really get it?
It might sound a tad bit clichéd, but I don’t usually judge people for their choices in life. No matter how bizarre, absurd or quirky these personal preferences are, you wouldn’t find yours truly...
View ArticleBest World Cup ever: VAR controversies, major mishaps, outstanding goals and...
According to a vast majority of people, this might just have been the best FIFA World Cup ever. And probably for one of the really rare moments in my life, I wouldn’t be a total cynic and would align...
View ArticleFIFA World Cup Final: The mind says France, but the heart wants Croatia
FIFA World Cup in France, way back in 1998, might not be my first recollection of football’s biggest event, but it surely is the most vivid one. Les Bleus came out victorious in the final against...
View ArticleSicario: Day of the Soldado might be trash, but it’s an incredibly stylish trash
Being a sequel is such a sad state of existence. You are doomed being stuck between a rock and a hard place. Where critical analysis of a follow-up’s cinematic merit is the proverbial stone and the...
View ArticleThe title of ‘The Assassination of Gianni Versace’ is enough incentive to...
Let’s be honest here. How many of us actually know who Andrew Cunanan is? Not many, I’d assume. Now how about this man called Versace, ring any bells? Forgets the instrument that goes ding-a-ling when...
View Article#FIFAWorldCup18: The only thing that worked for Argentina was Nigeria’s bad luck
This is a clipping of a supposed interview, attributed to Pelé, going viral on social media these days. It goes as follows: https://twitter.com/EPLBible/status/1011371753539604486 This citation, to the...
View ArticleJurassic World: Fallen Kingdom is an action-adventure, but mindless-bore...
Back in the early 90s, when the original Jurassic Park first came out, I never got the chance to watch it right away. Make no mistake, this dinosaur galore was the biggest deal in terms of flicks...
View ArticleWith #SpainvsPortugal, we get to have dessert before finishing the starters
Imagine getting the chance to have your dessert before you are even properly done with the starters. Now that is precisely how the Friday night derby at the Fisht Olympic Stadium in Sochi feels like....
View Article‘Lost in Space’ will make you want to fly into outer space to reconnect with...
I am sure we all have some favourite books from our childhood that have profoundly influenced our collective lives in one way or another. The Swiss Family Robinson happens to be one of mine. Johann...
View ArticleMohamed Salah: The Egyptian King and Liverpool’s mind-boggling,...
While it may seem extremely ridiculous now, but last summer when Mohamed Salah was bought in, for what now seems like a measly £36.9 million, Liverpool owner John W Henry was found grumbling to his AS...
View ArticleThe Alienist might not be the greatest show ever, but it is definitely worth...
My love for a crime thriller with a period setting should not be a surprise to anyone anymore. So when the adaptation of Caleb Carr’s 1994 bestseller The Alienist was announced, I was already sold. The...
View Article#UCLFinal: If Real Madrid have ice in their veins, then Liverpool have fire...
A lot of opposition fan base mocks Liverpool supporters for their eternal optimism. “Next year will be your year” is one of the catchphrases we Reds are endlessly teased with. But is anticipating...
View ArticleAs Premier League ends, can Chelsea and Liverpool land a spot for next season?
We never do things the easy way, now do we? With 37 matches down and just one more round to play, Liverpool is one of the only four teams in the Premier League that will go down into the final day...
View ArticleThe Mechanism is not Narcos, but it serves as an intriguing and exotic...
Remember the Panama Papers? Well, of course you do. For starters, there was a time when this corruption scandal was all our local media had to offer. Be it night or day, Panama was the go-to content...
View ArticleDespite Tom Hardy’s good looks, the ‘Venom’ trailer will not pull anyone to...
I will put my hands all the way up for everyone to see and candidly admit that I have no idea who this Venom person is. I don’t know about him and frankly, I don’t care either. But now, since I have...
View ArticleClash of the titans: Ronaldo vs Lewandowski, Salah vs Dzeko – who will make...
With the first legs of UEFA Champions League (UCL) semi-finals encounters being played this week, the long and arduous road to Kyiv is finally in its homestretch. On one hand, we have a couple of usual...
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