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SPONSORED LINKS Directed by Israel Adrián Caetano, Netflix’s ‘Togo’ is a crime thriller movie that follows the titular protagonist, an aged man who works as a car attendant near a supermarket. Though homelessness is hard, he manages it through strangers’ kindness and sincerity towards his work. Togo befriends Mercedes, a teenage girl who leaves a troubled home environment to live on the streets and help him with the car parking. However, their uneventful life is soon disrupted when local traffickers threaten them and their friends to peddle drugs....

A chilling sequence of events that occurred one day in April 1989 was uncovered months later, leading to shock and horror all around. The Avery family, consisting of Dennis and Cheryl and their three daughters, were murdered in a grave, with everything pointing to a cult-connected killing. Netflix’s ‘Devil in Ohio’ is based on these very slayings, with the leader Jeffrey Lundgren eventually being sent to prison with other cult members....

The town of Manchester in England was greatly shocked by the discovery of a 17-year-old pregnant teen, Sana Ali, who had been murdered in her own home. The body was stabbed 43 times, with a few stabs planned to kill her unborn baby. The investigators quickly discovered that the heinous crime was committed by Mindy Sanghera, who had an illicit relationship with Sana’s husband, Sair Ali. Though Mindy had been convicted and imprisoned, the evidence against her remains largely circumstantial....

In the ninth episode of ‘My Hero Academia’ season 6 titled ‘Katsuki Bakugo: Rising,’ Aizawa cuts off his leg before the quirk-erasing bullet takes his powers away. However, a split-second mistake gives Tomura the opening to injure Eraser Head severely after which he plans to unleash a decaying wave. Luckily, Deku manages to keep him off the ground using Blackwhip and tries to finish the fight mid-air by unleashing a barrage of attacks on the villain using all his strength....

‘Only Murders in the Building‘ season 2 edges near a conclusion with Mabel and Charles discovering important pieces of the puzzle that is Bunny Folger’s death. The ninth episode, titled ‘Sparring Partners,’ sees Mabel confronting Detective Kreps. On the other hand, Oliver settles the debate over his son’s parenthood once and for all. However, the trio must still figure out who is trying to frame them for Bunny’s murder and the overall plan of the mastermind....

After Nicolas Pesce’s stellar debut with the pure nightmare fuel ‘The Eyes of My Mother’ in 2016, the anticipation was certainly high about his sophomore feature, ‘Piercing.’ While still unequivocally part of the horror genre, the latter movie is more of a psycho-erotic thriller than an out-and-out gorefest, although there are plenty of blood and disturbing visuals in it. It is the cinematic adaptation of Japanese author Ryū Murakami’s 1994 namesake novel....

Directed by David Ayer, who is well-known for his work in ‘Training Day’ and ‘End of Watch,’ ‘The Tax Collector’ is a mixed bag that fails to reach its full potential. However, it still manages to keep you entertained with its gory action, and themes surrounding religious and familial drama. If you’ve watched the film and you’re looking for a brief rundown of its themes, characters, and it’s ending, we have you covered in the explainer below....

Netflix’s ‘The Curse of Bridge Hollow’ is an adventure comedy directed by Jeff Wadlow. It revolves around Sydney, a teenager who relocates to the titular town with her parents. However, Sydney soon discovers the dark secrets and sinister evil hidden inside her new home. After she inadvertently unleashes an unspeakable evil on the town during Halloween, Sydney teams up with her science teacher dad, Howard, to save Halloween and the town....

Edge-of-the-seat means something very different until one watches a Safdie brothers film. To be clearer, the previous statement does not imply anything about the comparative intensity of the duo’s movies, but about what they make you feel: stressed and worried. ‘Uncut Gems‘ is another Safdie brothers film that manages to do that. It never lets viewers stop wanting to pull their hair out till the very last scene. The film stars Adam Sandler and is set in a New York that is not seen much on the screen....

TLC’s ‘My 600-lb Life’ chronicles the journey and challenges of morbidly obese persons striving to shed their extra pounds — around 600 lbs — to live a healthy life. Every unique patient and their experiences as a result of their interactions has made the series amass a considerable fan base. In their journey, they receive guidance from Dr. Younan Nowzaradan, AKA Dr. Now, who provides a personalized diet and exercise regimen to help patients lose weight....

Lifetime has a laudable roster of thrillers, and ‘Her Deadly Sugar Daddy’ is another fantastic addition to the network. The premise follows a 21-year-old girl named Bridget, who graduates from college and moves to a new town with her best friend, Lindsay. She desperately needs a new job to support her career as a budding author. As a result, Bridget joins Anthony Gloss, a business tycoon, in the role of an executive assistant....

Spearheaded by director Terry Ingram, Hallmark’s ‘Mid-Love Crisis’ revolves around Mindy, who is on the cusp of turning fifty. As a teacher who has been once divorced, she is experiencing a terrible mid-life crisis, as she feels that she has nothing to look forward to in the future. Moreover, apart from Mindy’s daughter and her girlfriend, Emily, she forces herself to celebrate her 50th birthday with her ex-husband Marc and former boyfriend, Sam....

A classic love story, ‘Sylvie’s Love,’ revolves around Robert (Nnamdi Asomugha) and Sylvie (Tessa Thompson) who meet in the summer of 1957. Since their lives are headed in different directions, they are forced to part ways until they meet again after many years. The film’s rich visuals capture the essence and elegance of the 50s and 60s perfectly, for which choosing the right location is vital. We got curious to know where it was filmed, so we dug further, and here is what we found!...

‘The Christmas Bow’ is a romantic film airing as a Miracles of Christmas event on Hallmark. It follows Kate Malone, whose musical career is put on hold after a hand injury. Patrick is a family friend and a physical therapist who moves back home to care for his mother after his father passes away. As Patrick deals with major changes in his own life, the two reconnect after many years and find love....

Even if you take out Marvel’s share from the humongous 40% of this summer’s total business, Disney still would be reigning supreme, a cume that I suspect will only be on the rise with Disney’s two upcoming major releases, ‘Maleficent: Mistress of Evil’ and ‘Frozen 2’, coupled with a few Disney+ releases and a very similar line up next year as well. The bottom line is that I don’t think Disney has had a better year than this at the box office, and it only has to get better from here....

Science fiction has always been one of the boldest genres of storytelling. Its limitlessness allows a storyteller to take things as far as possible as long as they never lose sight of reality. Of course, reality can mean any number of things, and in ‘1899’ Baran bo Odar and Jantje Friese concoct a confounding tale of simmering mysteries and the fluid nature of what “real” means. The story takes place on a ship called Kerberos....

SPONSORED LINKS ‘Tales From The Loop’ is an American science-fiction series that is based on the neo-futuristic paintings by the Swedish artist, Simon Stalenhag. The artwork features an unsettling mix of countryside people and their daily lives blended with the likes of aliens, robots, machines, and other forms of artificial intelligence that are hard to comprehend but open to interpretation. Created by Nathaniel Halpern (Legion), the series is set in the ’80s and follows the lives of the people who reside on the land of a small rural town, above a mysterious machine called ‘The Loop’....

Based on an original concept by late legendary actor and martial artist Bruce Lee, ‘Warrior’ is an action-drama that focuses on Chinese immigrant Ah Sahm (Andrew Koji) as he arrives in San Franciso in 1875. Sahm, a martial arts prodigy, quickly finds himself pulled into Chinatown’s Tong Wars as he ends up becoming a hatchet man. The show explores America’s racial history and its connection with the immigrant experience. For this list, we’ve put together a bunch of similar shows to ‘Warrior’ that you can queue up next....

‘Dirty John’ Season 2 is based on Betty Broderick and how she ended up killing her ex-husband and his second wife, Linda Broderick. The case was quite sensational when it came out in the early 1990s. Who is Betty Broderick? Betty Broderick was born in 1947 and grew up in New York. Her family was strict, and she later stated that she was trained to be a good housewife from an early age....

In the seventh episode of ‘Blue Lock’ titled ‘Rush,’ team Z finds themselves on the verge of elimination as team W has managed to gain a 4-3 lead thanks to Kuon’s collusion with them. Meanwhile, Chigiri is struggling internally as he recalls the brutal injury that almost ended his career and took away the confidence to rely on his natural game. However, as he sees Isagi’s fighting spirit and reluctance to give up till the end, his perspective begins to change....