The wickedly pulpy Bollywoodian crime-revenge-family drama, Savage Beauty, is a kind of Succession, set in South Africa, with Black actors. If in American shows, the characters are all look sleek, clad …
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Cowboy Country: Created by Brian Watkins, Outer Range is not a straight cowboys-on-ranch series. It is a fascinating, sometimes confusing, blend of sci-fi fantasy, mythology and family drama. The best thing about stories …
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Spy Versus Spy: Mick Herron created with his Slough House series of novels, a wonderfully absurd world of espionage. The most memorable character in his books is Jackson Lamb, the foul-mouthed and flatulent …
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The viewer gets a non-touristy look at London, but there was no real reason for this series to be set in the UK capital. The comparison to Luther, with its troubled …
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Don’t Mess With Mom: The six-part series, Mai, begins with Sheel sweeping the house, washing and drying clothes, cooking, to establish that the woman (Sakshi Tanwar) is an ‘ordinary’ homemaker. As …
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Lies, Deceit and Family Mayhem: In the OTT space in India, thrillers seem to be popular regardless of the violence, sex and profanity that are the norm. A few of …
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Murder, He Wrote: The publishing industry is going through tough times, and Anthony Horowitz’s novel Magpie Murders captures the end of that glorious era, when writers of bestselling whodunits could make millions …
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Science To Go: The timing of this web series could not have been better. Rocket Boys, comes at a time when the country seems to be regressing into memories of a …
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Say Boo : Characters on screen are often dangerously clueless, like the couple in Sam Bhattacharjee’s web series, Barun Rai And The House On The Cliff. In real life, anybody with half a …
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Riotous Rajneeti: The not-so-humble upstart, Nograj, has had quite a journey from radio to YouTube to cinema in the form of the successful 2018 Kannada film Humble Politiciann Nograj, directed by …