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Tuesday, April 1, 2025
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Topic: TV series

HBO’s ‘The Last of Us’ boosts Sony gaming sales

Sony Interactive Entertainment CEO Jim Ryan said that every time an episode of the show dropped, the game’s sales shot up.

Better Call Saul on Netflix is right up there with Breaking Bad. Its finale is for the ages

Conclusion of Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould's masterpiece is fittingly sombre. It's built on stand-out cinematography and Bob Odenkirk’s flair.

Neil Gaiman’s The Sandman is Doctor Who for adults. What hurts it is Netflix’s release strategy

Netflix's TV series based on the fantasy novelist’s comic book The Sandman isn't afraid to take you through multiple time jumps without making it confusing.

Modern Love: Mumbai is all about ‘ishq, mohabbat, pyaar’. But it’s not that ‘modern’

Modern Love: Mumbai's attempt to create a desi version of the US series is worth it. But choosing to not show how Covid changed love is too big a miss.

Moon Knight, the Disney+ miniseries is a refreshing departure from usual Marvel template

Director Mohamed Diab's six-episode-long Moon Knight covers themes of dissociative identity disorder, Egyptian mythology, love, and the eradication of evil from the world. 

Grim, scary, warped — the world of Ozark beyond psychological trauma and physical violence

The medley of several eccentric characters, backed by a superlative script and direction, makes Ozark one of the best thriller-drama web series of the last decade.

Why are sitcom dads still so inept? Look at Homer Simpson

We studied how often sitcom dads were shown together with their kids in three key parenting interactions: giving advice, setting rules or reinforcing their kids’ behaviour.

TV serials, shows will be back on 13 July after 100-day break, but with a Covid plot twist

Socially-distanced scene settings, limited staffing, pay cuts and longer shoots — Covid has changed what happens both in front and behind the camera.

Netflix, Amazon Prime series are not against cinema. They have just repackaged it

In a world where visual media is being increasingly viewed on phones and laptops rather than in actual cinemas or on TV sets, perhaps the terms “cinema” and “television” no longer even make sense.

Authoritarian & Aryavarta: Why Deepa Mehta’s new Netflix series Leila rings a bell

Netflix series Leila presents a dystopian world where an authoritarian regime wants you to follow your own rules, behind walls guarded by thugs.

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Modi’s Bangkok visit: India-Thailand friendship is heading for a strategic upgrade

PM Modi’s visit to Thailand next week for the BIMSTEC Summit and bilateral talks offers a chance to build on deep-rooted ties and explore new areas of cooperation.

ATM withdrawals to get costlier from 1 May. What you need to know

RBI lifted ceiling on interchange fee on ATM withdrawals through circular issued Friday. Interchange fee is amount one bank pays another to facilitate ATM transactions.

Backed by new orders, HAL’s order book swells to Rs 1.84 lakh crore in FY 2024-25

HAL says it booked Rs 30,400 cr (provisional & unaudited) as revenue for financial year ending on 31 March, 2025, as against Rs 30,381 cr in the previous financial year.

Thank you Trump for putting tariff gun to India’s head. That’s the only way we’d be forced to reform

Trump threatening to pull the trigger might be just what is needed to wake up India’s self-congratulatory establishment from its headline-managing fantasies.