“We had such potential, such promise. But we squandered our gifts, our intelligence. Our blind pursuit of technology only sped us quicker to our doom. Our world is ending. But life must go on.” On September 9th, 2009, Focus Features released the animated movie, named after the number – 9,…
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“टोकरी” और टोकरी से उम्मीदें: मूवी रिव्यू
मेरे लिए, एक अच्छी एनिमेटेड फिल्म की परिभाषा हमेशा डिज्नी, पिक्सर, घिबली, एनीमे और फ्रेंच एनीमेशन स्टूडियो से बनकर आई हुई फिल्में हैं। इन स्टूडियो से शानदार कहानियों और एनीमेशन ने हमेशा प्रभाव छोड़ा है। ये मनोरंजक, सूचनात्मक, जानने में अच्छे हैं, लेकिन बड़े पैमाने जुड़ती नहीं हैं। स्क्रीन…
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“Tokri” and hopes from the basket by a Mumbai girl
For me, the definition of an excellent animated movie has always revolved around Disney, Pixar, Ghibli, Anime, and accessible movies from French animation studios. Brilliant stories and animation from these studios have always left an impact. They are entertaining and informative but remain largely non-relatable. These movies were subtly a…
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Cameron Britton as Ed Kemper and Richard Jewell
This painting is an honest attempt to draw Cameron Britton about whom I got to know from the Mindhunter series on Netflix, season one. Mindhunter’s first season is based on the life of Ed Kemper, a high IQ American serial killer also known as the “co-ed” killer for the…
Bulbbul: Movie Review
I’ll be honest, when I watched the trailer of Bulbul, my initial thoughts were that we don’t need another “Dayan” (witch) movie in India. There’s enough of women turning into snakes or flies’ stories that do not provide any value. I was in for a surprise. The movie is a…