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December 1, 2023
Thank You For Coming – Lively Ride That Falters at Climax
After watching her play a politician’s daughter running away from her male chauvinist fiance in the gritty thriller “Afwaah”, it was fun to watch Bhumi Pednekar rush into getting herself a groom just to have an imaginary happy ending in “Thank You For Coming”. But that’s not what the film is about.
Directed by Karan Boolani, this 2023 comedy is focused on female pleasure and has been written by Radhika Anand and Prashasti Singh. Protagonist Kanika Kapoor (Bhumi Pednekar), the daughter of a single mother, recounts the story of her life and how she has been terribly unlucky with men, especially in the bedroom. In an ironic twist of fate, Kanika has fantastic drunk sex on the night of her engagement party but cannot remember with whom. So, Kanika and her best-friends Tina Das (Shibani Bedi) and Pallavi Khanna (Dolly Singh) embark on a mission to find out who she had a raunchy night with.
From a dreamy unsure teenager who encounters a regrettable first boyfriend experience, to blooming into a confident optimistic young woman who’s willing to give love a chance where she finds it, Bhumi Pednekar is charmingly likable as the capricious Kanika Kapoor. Her character is a comedic mix of a clueless airhead and self-aware intelligence because she does realize that maybe the problem lies within her. Pradhuman Singh delivers an endearing performance as Kanika’s dorky fiancé Jeevan, a shy businessman from a joint-family who’d do anything for her. Anil Kapoor has a mildly funny cameo as one of Kanika’s ex-boyfriends and Sushant Divgikr also plays her favorite ex Karan, who rightfully thinks Kanika might be in need of therapy. Shehnaaz Gill’s character was a running gag through the film, who’d randomly appear in different scenes and lend a friendly ear to Kanika.
The music in the film is foot-tapping, featuring a groovy new version of the 90s pop hit ‘Pari Hoon Main,’ sung by Sushant Digikr for ‘Thank You For Coming’. All the songs are woven smoothly within the plot and complement the story well. A more fitting choice for Kanika’s engagement party would have been an upbeat number with traditional Indian beats, instead of the song “Desi Wine,” which, though catchy, lacks the energy typical of desi wedding tracks. Dressed in their finery, Kanika and friends go crazy dancing, but it feels like they are moving to a different song.
As far as the theme of female pleasure is concerned, “Thank You For Coming” serves as a fun starter pack for younger women to discuss the subject with their friends and partners. The film has an entertaining first-half and it’s only in the last half-hour that the writers lose their grip on the plot as they pivot from its light-comedic tone to a more serious mood. After portraying reliable, strong female friendships throughout the runtime, Tina and Pallavi, who are like Kanika’s pillars, disappointingly morph into mean girls, even if temporarily. And despite being a laudable sex-positive film, the script unwittingly ends up placing the entire onus of achieving sexual gratification on women, exonerating men with a conversation reminiscent of a “boys will be boys” mentality. But, in essence, the takeaway message is this: we should all take responsibility for our own happiness, making it a fitting moral of the story.
Rating: 6 on 10. You can stream “Thank You For Coming” on Netflix.
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November 30, 2023
Gen V Season One Review – A Bloody Good Mess
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Set in the same chaotic universe as “The Boys,” where superheroes abound, the elite among them serve as branded corporate ambassadors for a nefarious money-making syndicate known as Vought, “Gen V” focuses on a younger generation of supes studying at the Godolkin University, an institute exclusively for students with superpowers. Like “The Boys”, this series is made for an adult audience, with lots of violence, gore and the first episode jumping out of a Stephen King horror novel. So, be prepared for blood, lots of blood.
Created by Evan Goldberg, Eric Kripke, and Craig Rosenberg, season one of “Gen V” is divided into eight episodes, with Jaz Sinclair playing protagonist Marie Moreau, an orphan with troubling secrets, who gets a full scholarship to Godolkin University. The scholarship could be her ticket to becoming a top superhero with Vought, but her future is threatened when she gets entangled with a few other students to investigate an underground facility called “The Woods”, where young superheroes are being illegally experimented upon. This is the kind of show you’d enjoy best if you’ve already seen “The Boys”, because there are lots of references, easter eggs and cameos of already established characters throughout the runtime.
Click here for links to episode-by-episode reviews of “Gen V” Season One
The one place where “Gen V” trumps “The Boys” as a series is the fact that it explores a lot more universal relatable themes than its predecessor, including college friendships, blooming romances, mental health issues and sexual diversity. Oh and also the Gen Z struggles of trying to become a social media star online. In some ways, ‘Gen V’ resembles a twisted version of ‘X-Men Evolution,’ the animated show that focused on teenage mutants learning to control their powers while also facing adversaries. ‘Gen V’ essentially follows a similar premise but with college students equipped with wacky powers and primary enemy might be their own professors. The characters thus often grapple with profound moral dilemmas, torn between embracing false narratives that serve their personal interests and standing up for the greater good of those around them.
The other primary characters are all Marie’s peers – there’s the number one student on campus, the gorgeous ‘Golden Boy’, portrayed perfectly by Patrick Schwarzenegger, a character who seems like he could take on Homelander (Vought’s top superhero). Cate Dunlap is dynamic as Maddie Phillips, a supe who can manipulate people by touching them. There’s the gender-fluid supe called Jordan Li, portrayed alternatively by London Thor and Derek Li. Jordan possesses superhuman strength, agility, durability, and the ability to switch between two distinct male and female personalities. Chance Perdomo plays Golden Boy’s best-friend Andre Anderson, a young idealist who is the son of a famous retired superhero and feels burdened by the weight of having to follow his father’s footsteps. The most fun young supe is Marie’s roomate Emma Meyer, who can shrink to the size of an ant and is played endearingly by Lizze Broadway. However, despite a kind heart and a sunny personality on the surface, Marie suffers from body dysmorphia and crippling insecurities, but she is a loyal, reliable friend. Asa Germann plays Sam Riordan, one of the kids who is experimented upon at “The Woods”, and his character is the most mentally disturbed of the lot.
It takes some time to warm up to the new protagonists, especially Jaz Sinclair’s Marie Moreau, so as the plot progresses, all the characters begin to grow on you. The special effect in the series is gritty, despite being quite exaggerated at times, but it only adds an entertaining eccentricity to the violent show. If there’s one thing that ‘Gen V’ falls short on, it’s in presenting viewers with an intimidating evil villain. After Homelander’s bloodthirsty Superman act, it’s was a tough task to create an antagonist of the same larger-than-life caliber. However, the antagonist in season one doesn’t even come close to being as nefarious as some of the secondary villains in ‘The Boys’.
Each of the eight episodes have some fantastic twists and turns, including a few disturbingly shocking scenes and a few mind-bending sub-plots too. So, like I warned A scene from Gen Vin my episode-by-episode review for the series – avoid eating while watching the show. Episode eight ends with a big “WTF” twist, which is delightfully dark and hilarious. The kinds that make you want to demand a season two.
Rating: 8 on 10. Stream the series on Prime Video.
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Jujutsu Kaisen Season 2 Episode 19 Review
Hope you are here after Jujutsu Kaisen Season 2 episode 18. Minor spoilers ahead
No, no, no! Some of us were definitely not prepared for this episode, not after watching Nanami Kento die in the last edition while regretting all the books he didn’t read. But those who’ve already read the original manga series by Gege Akutami obviously know what to expect, the rest of us have to sit back in suspense and watch two crucial fights unfold simultaneously.
Titled “Right and Wrong Part 2”, Jujutsu Kaisen Season 2 Episode 19 continues with Mahito’s battle with Itadori Yuji. But what Yuji doesn’t know is that Nobara Kugisaki is also locked in a fight with Mahito’s clone not too far away. It’s a tense episode, featuring a fast-paced first half that follows the two Jujutsu sorcerers as they confront the crafty and sadistic Mahito, who always has some trick up his sleeves, the simplest of which includes running away from the battlefield. The essence of teamwork and camaraderie among the students is subtly and succinctly captured as they take on a formidable foe. However, Mahito knows how to hit Yuji where it hurts the most…
The second half of the episode takes us back to 1999, offering viewers a beautifully nostalgic flashback to Nobara’s childhood. She is portrayed as a feisty young schoolgirl who stood up to bullies and befriended the lonely new student at her school. After the incessant barrage of blood-soaked Shibuya scenes, Nobara’s flashback marks a slight shift in the animation style, featuring bright countryside backdrops that provide a refreshing visual break. It almost feels like watching a wistful Makoto Shinkai film about two little girls growing up in a remote village.
Soon enough, viewers are pulled back to the current timeline, and the episode concludes with a significant plot twist that is essentially foreshadowed in the first few minutes. “Right and Wrong Part 2” is a dynamic edition, which marks another emotional high-point in the series.
You can stream Jujutsu Kaisen on Netflix or CrunchyRoll.
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Family Switch Review – Freaky Friday x 2 But Half the Fun
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Jennifer Garner is not new to playing a teenager waking up in an older woman’s body; she played the memorable Jenna Rink in “13 Going on 30.” So, Garner was probably the first person creators of “Family Switch” thought about while deciding to remake the 2020 French comedy “Family Swap” AKA “Le sens de la famille,” which follows a family’s adventures as the members find themselves in each other’s bodies.
Written by Victoria Strouse, Adam Sztykiel, and Amy Krouse Rosenthal, “Family Switch” is a Christmas-themed body-swap comedy directed by McG, whose last feature film directorial was “The Babysitter: Killer Queen”. “Family Switch” is essentially like Lindsay Lohan’s “Freaky Friday,” but with the entire family of six switching bodies, not just the mother and daughter. In the funniest twist, there’s a baby that ends up being in the pet puppy’s body.
The opening scene for the film doesn’t really inspire much confidence – Jennifer Garner and Ed Helms play the married couple Jess and Bill, who are dressed like Christmas candy, dancing over-enthusiastically to a remixed version of “Santa Claus is Coming to Town” for their kids, who couldn’t care less. While Garner’s dance is cute, Ed Helms tries too hard to pull off a Jim Carrey-like impression and is more annoying than funny. The couple has a baby called Miles and two teen kids: soccer enthusiast CC (Emma Myers), aiming for the national team, and the nerdy Wyatt (Brady Noon), an asocial high-school sophomore who has already secured an interview with Yale University. Jess is an overworked working mom who wants daughter CC to prioritize grades over soccer. On the other hand, Bill, a laid-back music teacher, hopes Wyatt will enjoy life like other kids his age and not skip his time at school to head off to college. The parents and kids obviously don’t get along and get a lesson in understanding each other due to freaky twist of waking up in each other’s bodies.
The decision to portray an athlete sister and a studious brother was a nice change from the usual jock brother and geek sister trope. Jennifer Garner and Emma Myers are adorable as the bickering mother-daughter duo, Jess and CC, and it’s essentially their performances that makes “Family Switch” a fun Christmas watch. Jennifer’s Jess is a helicopter mom, much like her role in her last Netflix family-comedy “Yes Day”, where she wasn’t likable at all, but in “Family Switch” she switches to more endearing shade of motherhood. Brady Noon delivers an entertaining transformation from an introverted shy teen to playing a confident middle-aged man stuck in a teen’s body, but his scenes are not as amusing due to poor comedic writing. Matthias Schweighöfer was hilarious in his small cameo as Rolf, a German dog-trainer who is the family’s neighbor and tasked with babysitting Miles and the dog, while everybody else figures out how to reverse the swapping.
The special effects involving baby Miles acting like a dog after the switch were terrible. It reminded me of “Son of the Mask,” which has a rating of less than 3 out of 10 on IMDb, so that’s not a compliment. The creators didn’t have to go over the top with the baby’s dog-like antics, because it just makes the scenes jarring and not funny. In fact, despite being a comedy, “Family Switch” is barely funny but shines best in some of the more emotional moments and simple bonding scenes between the characters. Like when CC is playing soccer with her friends or the entire family happily dances at a high-school party or when they all jam to a Christmas song.
Rating: 5.5 on 10. You can stream “Family Switch” on Netflix.
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November 29, 2023
A Good Day to be a Dog Episode 8 Review
A Good Day to be a Dog’ plot overview: The protagonist, Han Hae-na (Park Gyuyoung), accidentally kisses her colleague Jin Seo-won (Cha Eun-Woo), triggering a curse that transforms her into a dog from 12 am to 6 am every day. The only way to break the curse is for the same person to kiss her while she’s in her dog form. However, Jin Seo-won is afraid of dogs, so Han Hae-na tries to help him overcome his fear so that they can end the curse as soon as possible.
Episode eight of ‘A Good Day to be a Dog’ ends with a super cute romantic scene featuring Hae-na and Seo-won, and it won’t be too surprising if this episode turns out to be a fan favorite. The plot now focuses on new entrant Kang Eun Hwan (Kim Min Seok), a journalist/youtuber who finds out about Hae-na’s family curse and attempts to blackmail her into either exposing herself or giving him money. While Hae-na and family figure out how to deal with this new nuisance, she also faces the dilemma of telling the truth to Jin Seo-won as she is running out of time to end her curse and could end up being a dog for the rest of her life. Meanwhile, Seo-won learns that Coco isn’t a real dog like his nephew Choi Yul (Yoon Hyun-Soo) told him.
The first half of the edition was bumpy and with a few story twists that were annoyingly unreal and could’ve been tweaked with more realism for the onscreen adaptation. For example, Seo-won barges into Eun Hwan’s place unannounced, then chases him to a dark alley, where magically, Eun Hwan summons his lackey with a dog to intimidate Seo-won. When the character Lee Bo-kyeom (Lee Hyun-woo) does unexpected things, it’s fun because he is supposed to be a supernatural being with powers, but Eun Hwan is a petty villain who gets too much screen time (even though Kim Min Seok does a good job at portraying an evil bully) & power over others.
While Hae-na is usually shown as a mature, decisive teacher, who is quick-witted (remember the number of times she helped Seo-won?), it was disheartening to see her turned into a helpless damsel in distress in this episode. She doesn’t even attempt to put up a fight against the scheming Jang Eun Hwan and even her usually feisty older sister Han Yoo-na doesn’t mutter a word against the man. The dramatically serious tone of this episode complete with a cliched villain doesn’t mesh well with the overall plot, unlike the school-bullying issue featured in episode 5 of “A Good Day to be a Dog”. Although, there are a few funny scenes featuring Hae-na’s parents, as they try to scare Yoo-na’s disgruntled ex-boyfriend.
Overall, episode 8 felt overstretched but finally pushes the story much forward as far as the primary plot is concerned. It ends with a romantic moment between Hae-na and Seo-won as the two protagonists finally pick up courage to reveal their feelings for each other. Park Gyuyoung and Cha Eun-Woo are adorable as the lead pair and deliver a memorable rainy romantic scene in the last minute. Since there have been plenty of hints that Lee Bo-kyeom has plans to drive the couple apart, the real conflict of the tale will only be unraveled in the coming episodes. And the mystery over the historical reasons for the dog curse continues to be under wraps too.
You can stream A Good Day to be a Dog on Viki.
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Fingernails Review – Makes Love Look Tiring
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If a scientific test could prove whether you and your partner are truly in love with each other, would you take it? Even hypothetically, it sounds slightly bizarre, doesn’t it? To imagine a machine could prove something so subjective… However, the 2023 sci-fi romance/satire “Fingernail” is based on this very fictional premise, where protagonists live in a world where a controversial new technology claims to give couples a sure-shot result on whether they are in love with each other. Both subjects must be willing to part with a fingernail for the test, which is then placed in a machine that can only yield three possible results – a 100% match would mean the couple is in love, a 50% match means only one of them is in love but it can’t specify who, and then there’s a 0% match which means neither of them shares a strong romantic bond.
Directed by Christos Nikou, who has co-written the script with Sam Steiner and Stavros Raptis, “Fingernails” follows Anna (Jessie Buckley), who gets a job at a ‘Love Institute’ and begins to question her feelings for co-worker Amir (Riz Ahmed), despite being in a committed relationship with Ryan (Jeremy Allen White), with whom she has a 100% match. But all didn’t seem hunky dory with the pair even before she met her new distraction.
This is the kind of farcical satire that would’ve been a lot more entertaining to read than to watch it unfold at a snail’s pace on your screen. With an almost two-hour long runtime, “Fingernails” unravels too slowly, with its far-fetched premise gnawing at the practical parts of the viewer’s mind. However, Jessie Buckley as the hopeless romantic Anna, trapped in a routine relationship with Ryan keeps this flimsy film alive. Anna is a passive hopeless romantic who puts too much faith in love-tests and does little to fix whatever problems she has with her partner. Jessie Buckley vividly portrays Anna’s claustrophobic feelings, her loneliness, and the second-hand joy she derives from watching young couples do exercises at the love institute to help increase their bond.
Riz Ahmed as Amir doesn’t seem to believe in romance at all, and something just feels off about him throughout the runtime, like he is up to no good and that there would be some sinister twist by the end of the movie about his motives. That wasn’t really the case. Jeremy Allen White is wasted in his small supporting role as Ryan, who claims he is madly in love with Anna, but is ridiculously oblivious to the obvious signs – that Anna is growing distant.
“Sometimes being in love is lonelier than being alone, you know?” Anna says in a climactic scene, and that’s what “Fingernails” does manage to capture best—the sense of isolation that might come from being in a romantic relationship where one partner starts to feel invisible and perhaps parts with too much of their individual self to accommodate the other. It’s a sluggish film, with a lot of scenes that are either deliberately or unwittingly annoying. However, the climax neatly concludes Anna’s tale with a rebelliously positive twist—the kind of ending you genuinely hope for after enduring all the nonsensical “love exercises” and “love tests” throughout the film.
Rating: 6 on 10. You can stream “Fingernails” on Apple TV.
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Migi to Dali Episode 9 Review
Story so far – Based on a manga by Nami Sano, this mystery-thriller series follows orphaned identical twins, Migi and Dali, who pretend to be one child called Hitori to their adoptive parents Sonoyama Osamu and Sonoyama Youko. Migi and Dali take turns to play Sonoyama Hitori, while they try to find out their biological mother’s murderer in Origon village. The twins decide Eiji Ichijo is the culprits but invite danger into their lives by meddling with the Ichijo family.
Migi to Dali episode 8 ended with Eiji rushing to save Migi from the death trap at the Halloween event set up by Dali. A post-credit scene also reveals that Eiji is severely injured but is recovering at the hospital. So, episode 9 focuses on Migi trying to find out why his mother’s killer tried to save him. Meanwhile, the relationship between the twins remains strained due to Dali’s deception (pretending to be a girl without telling his brother).
This edition exemplifies everything that makes “Migi to Dali” such a bizarrely quirky anime series to watch—it’s darkly humorous, with creepy scenes, weird characters, and serious murder attempts. And to top it all off, it highlights the strong bond between the twins, especially Dali’s reliance on Migi, despite him being the colder, shrewder, stronger, and smarter brother. New secrets connected to Eiji’s mother are revealed and she emerges as the primary antagonist of the series, and is freakishly maniacal, like a demon out of a Junji Ito manga.
I feel like this was one of the strongest episodes in the anime series so far, with the story rapidly inching closer to an exciting finale, pushing the twins into the lap of danger and packing in an emotional yet childish confrontation between the two. All crucial characters of the anime either make an appearance or find a mention in the edition and there’s plenty happening, so the creators don’t even need to rely on the usual horror like background music to build suspense. For those who haven’t read the original manga, “Migi to Dali” is definitely at its most interesting juncture right now.
You can watch “Migi to Dali” on Crunchyroll.
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November 28, 2023
An Instant Dad Review – One Manchild & a Little Lady
Ricky is a womanizing bachelor who only has one-night stands and has zero plans of settling down and having a family. So, when a ten-year-old girl turns up at his door claiming to his daughter, Ricky goes into panic mode, hoping to push the responsibility on someone else so that he can continue to live his carefree single life. Will the man-child be able to shrug off his new duties or finally grow up?
Written and directed by Jennifer Gatero, the 2023 Kenyan film “An Instant Dad” stars Blessing Lung’aho as protagonist Ricky and Hannah Wanjiku as his newfound daughter Amy. How these two strangers navigate their father-daughter relationship forms the crux of the story. The film is a bit like the 1987 hit “Three Men and a Baby,” which follows three eligible bachelors discovering a baby on their doorstep, leading to comedic struggles in raising the child. At least Ricky doesn’t have to endure sleepless nights changing diapers, but looking after a ten-year-old isn’t easy either.
The cinematography is very straightforward and almost makes the film look like a documentary or a YouTube VLOG about parenthood. Ricky’s first meeting with Amy is low-key hilarious, and most of their initial interactions are very awkward, which might cause second-hand embarrassment to the viewer too, but the characters being ill-at-ease around each other makes sense for two people who don’t really know each other. So, while the awkward dynamic works for the first half of the film, as the plot progresses, the growing friendship between Ricky and Amy doesn’t have the genuine warmth Jennifer Gatero attempts to portray.
While Blessing Lung’aho is convincing as the philandering bachelor trying to come to terms with the realities of being a father, child actor Hannah Wanjiku seems to hold herself back in the scenes that require her to exhibit big emotions of a child. Ricky is often seen hanging out with his group of friends at a pub, and while some of their banter is amusing, the camaraderie isn’t palpable, largely due to the lack of enthusiasm displayed by the supporting actors.
Less than 80 minutes long, “An Instant Dad” is an interesting attempt at exploring dad-daughter relationships and reminded me of Kevin Hart’s ‘Fatherhood,’ which is a heartwarming tale of a single-widowed father raising his baby alone as his wife dies after giving birth. As the climax approaches, Jennier Gatero jams in another sub-plot which the story can’t explore well due to the limited runtime – Ricky’s complex relationship with his own parents. With some improved dialogue writing, “An Instant Dad” could have been much more moving, but it still makes for a decent one-time watch.
You can stream the film on Netflix.
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Last Call for Istanbul Review: NYC Can’t Make It Spicy
Who in their right mind in the 2020s leaves their cellphone in their checked-in bag for a long international flight? In fact, most airlines don’t even allow passengers to pack active cellphones in checked-in bags. But that’s the basic premise of the Turkish 2023 romantic flick “Last Call for Istanbul,” where a woman’s bag gets swapped with someone else’s after she gets off at New York airport, and a stranger who was on the same flight helps her out. “I am ruined, my phone and purse were in that suitcase,” the pretty lady tells the man. And you wonder what’s in the giant big purse around her arms?
Directed by Gonenc Uyanik and written by Nuran Evren Sit, “Last Call for Istanbul” (Original title: Istanbul Için Son Çagri) starts off dumb and gets only marginally better after the ridiculous opening scene. Kivanç Tatlitug plays Mehmet, the knight in shining armour to Serin (Beren Saat), who is visiting New York for work. While they manage to find the man who took Serin’s suitcase, he is only able to return it the next morning, so Mehmet & Serin decide to have a fun night together in NYC, do things they cannot do in Turkey and bid each other farewell the next day. But as sparks fly between the two, will they really parts way the next day?
While both lead actors are great-looking, they have very little chemistry, so that already dilutes the charm of this supposed romantic-comedy. There are some minor things Mehmet does or says which are akin to micro-aggressions and there’s a twist in the second-half that explains why he behaves the way he does, but that won’t wash away the unease some viewers might develop about his character. For example, he gets visibly upset & questions Serin, when she decides to take part in a raunchy contest at a bar. What is his problem if the stranger woman he met few hours ago is having the time of her life?
“Last Call for Istanbul” is filled with lengthy and dull conversations between the lead actors. In between, they attempt to inject some fun, but it proves barely entertaining for viewers. Suddenly, in the second half, the movie takes a serious turn into a sob story about a failing relationship. However, like most modern romances, a therapist unrealistically comes to the rescue, and years worth of resentment magically vanish, like Cinderella’s raggedy dress disappears with the flick of a fairy godmother’s wand.
The climax is painfully cliched, but with a title like “Last Call for Istanbul”, it seemed obvious that the makers would go for the “rush to the airport in the last minute to confess your love” scene. They could’ve avoided it, but they did not. Unless you are a big fan of lead actors Kivanç Tatlitug and Beren Saat, this isn’t the kind of love story that would hit a chord with romance fans.
Rating: 4 on 10. You can watch the film on Netflix.
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November 27, 2023
Ron Kamonohashi’s Forbidden Deductions Episode 9 Review
Two murders, one remote island, and multiple suspects – Ron Kamonahashi is ready with his forbidden deductions to reveal who the real culprit is, with his sidekick Totomaru, of course. The ninth episode of the anime series “Ron Kamonohashi’s Forbidden Deductions” marks the third part of the observatory murder case and begins with a dark, somber shot of the observatory as rain pours outside.
For a plot overview, read – Ron Kamonohashi’s Forbidden Deductions Episode 1 Review
This episode unfolds at lightning speed, with Toto explaining how the first murder was meticulously planned inside the locked room to frame Ron. Within the first half of the edition, the murderer is revealed, and some drama ensues. For the first time, Ron sort of reveals where he got that mysterious red tattoo on his neck and in a cool twist, there’s a connection to the new murders that have taken place. Even though he cracks the complicated case on the island, Ron realizes there might be a bigger conspiracy afoot to discredit him.
The latter part of this episode becomes significantly more intriguing with the introduction of two new characters, albeit on the periphery—Ron and Toto remain unaware of their backgrounds. These newcomers may hold clues to Ron’s disgraced status at BLUE, the prestigious detective school that prohibits him from conducting investigations. As new antagonists emerge, apparently scheming against the brilliant detective, “Ron Kamonohashi’s Forbidden Deductions” is set to become even more entertaining.
You can stream “Ron Kamonohashi’s Forbidden Deductions” on Netflix.
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