Every year countless TV shows make their debut and try to impress the audience; some manage to carry into a second season while some don’t go beyond the first season for one reason or the other. This year many TV shows debuted...
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Dial H for Hitchcock
BOOK REVIEW The name Alfred Hitchcock will always come up whenever a list of best directors of all time is compiled; however, not much is known about the British director’s earlier works or the films that contributed most to his...
Book review: Iron Man — Beginnings
Omair Alavi|Published December 1, 2018 Ever wondered what a superhero would do if someone double-crossed him or had some of his tech (in case of Iron Man) stolen and modified for evil? In Iron Man Beginnings, Marvel takes you on...
Understanding Clint Eastwood, the director
BOOK REVIEW Ever wonder what makes a successful filmmaker great and achieve the status of being legendary in his lifetime? Follow Clint Eastwood’s iconic journey as a director through Bernard Benoliel’s Masters of Cinema: Clint...
This happens only in Pakistan
The way our batsmen threw their wickets away just to show that they don’t like taking pressure was perhaps more stupid than a comedy movie that no one likes Pakistan may be the top team when it comes to the T20 format but since...
Book review: The Mighty Thor — An Origin Story
Omair Alavi|Published November 24, 2018 Before there was a Thor feature film or an Avengers movie, there was Marvel’s The Mighty Thor, a superhero that debuted 50 years back but has gone to become a favourite for all those who...
NON-FICTION: THE MYSTERY OF DHONI
Omair Alavi Published November 18, 2018 The coolest captain in Indian cricket, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, may be on the verge of hanging up his gloves, but ever since his debut in international cricket in 2004, he has developed more...
Stan Lee Thanks for the marvellous ride
Omair Alavi|Published November 17, 2018 Illustration by Muhammad Faizan Stan Lee, the maestro who passed away on November 12 was behind the creation of some of the most-loved comic characters of Marvel, that went on to achieve...
Masters of Cinema – Steven Spielberg
BOOK REVIEW Steven Spielberg may not say much but his work speaks for itself; he’s not even on the cover of his own book, which in fact has a portrait of ET, one of the most ground breaking characters ever created in cinema. The...
Book review: Avengers Battle with Ultron
Omair Alavi|Published November 10, 2018 The biggest concern of parents is that they don’t want their kids to learn English ‘slangs’ through comics, and understandably so. However, they can’t stop kids from learning about their...