Dishika Zaman School is like our second home. We grow up learning things, socialize with people we never knew in our life before. Soon they become the persons we value the most. They become our partners in everything –from sharing food to doing almost all kinds of mischiefs. They know us well just as we…
May 2016
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Time [Part 2]
Syed Nasir Ershad It has become a well-established fact that while it is important to work hard for earning livelihood to meet the physical requirements, we need to satiate our inner souls too to live an honorable and blissful life. Because, the aim should not be only to live the life in its ordinary sense…
Kenya’s most recent movie: Barbershop
Taqi Yasir As functionally directed by Malcolm D. Lee, “Barbershop: The Next Cut” retains the lively yet stage bound feel of its workplace-comedy predecessors (including 2005’s Queen Latifah-starring spinoff, “Beauty Shop”). Despite the occasional cutaways to homes, schools and other outside locations, the movie derives its energy almost entirely from the bristling quality of the…
Dutch TV Series review: Zwarte Tulp (Black Tulip)
Taqi Shaan Black Tulip is a Dutch drama about two families who are trying a black tulip to grow. Black Tulip is the first Dutch first series will be broadcast through the video on demand at Dienst Videoland. The first season was released in its entirety on March 30, 2015. On January 24 2016 was…
Why “One Punch Man” is living up to it’s hype
Tasfiah Tasneem Richi One-Punch Man is adopted from a manga series. The manga was drawn by Yusuke Murata and was written by a person with a pseudo name ‘One’. This manga began its journey as an online Manga. It became viral overnight and was soon escorted to a bigger audience by the Shonen Jump Company,…
BTS sets fire to their fans’ hearts by releasing their new song “Fire”
Tasfiah Tasneem Richi BTS needed to release fire to continue upon a remarkable 2015 that covered two remarkable EPs, two sold-out U.S. tours and an groundbreaking appearance on the Billboard 200 albums chart, for their early 2016 release. And fortunately, they made it. “Fire” is the lead single from “The Most Beautiful Moment In Life:…
Russia Box Office: ‘Crew’ Stays No. 1 with $14M
Taqi Shaan The year’s most anticipated local release, Ekipazh (Crew), stayed atop the Russian box office for a second consecutive weekend, crushing local and Hollywood competition. Nikolai Lebedev’s disaster movie, distributed by Central Partnership, grossed $4 million in its second frame for an income of $14 million. Crew, a remake of Alexander Mitta’s 1979 movie…
Rita Moreno & Quentin Tarantino to Get AFI Honorary Degrees
Shaan Yasir Rita Moreno and Quentin Tarantino are joining the class of 2016. The legendary actress and Oscar-winning director are set to receive honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts degrees from the American Film Institute for their “contributions to the art of the moving image,” the organization announced Monday. Moreno is known for her role as…
‘Oldboy’ as ‘The Handmaiden’ to Bow at Cannes
Muhammad Taqi A new documentary about Oldboy premiered last Friday during the Jeonju International Film Festival in South Korea, and the occasion brought together two of the country’s most iconic creatives, director Park Chan-wook and producer Syd Lim. The two spoke to fans as they looked back on the 2003 Cannes Grand Prix-winning cult film,…
Box Office Verdict for ‘Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice’
Md. Taqi Yasir The verdict is in: Zack Snyder’s Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice will end up as the No. 7 comic book movie of all time at the worldwide box office to date, not accounting for inflation. BvS is all but done with its run has grossed $862.9 million globally, including $325.1 million…