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More web-series reviews to entertain you during the lockdown 😊😊 !! Stranger Things – I first saw a glimpse of this series about a couple of months back, as it had come out with a new season.   While seeing some scenes, I thought it to be for kids.   When the lockdown happened, I read the reviews of this series again and then decided to see it.   The synopsis is as under… In a small town where everyone knows everyone, a peculiar incident starts a chain of events that leads to the disappearance of a child, which begins to tear at the fabric of an otherwise peaceful community. Dark government agencies and seemingly malevolent supernatural forces converge on the town, while a few of the locals begin to understand that there's more going on than meets the eye.  Even though the story is of school kids, some of the kids’ characteristics make you smile throughout the series.   You can also see them grow before your eyes, in each season, as it has been 4...

More web-series reviews to entertain you during the lockdown 😊😊 !! Wild Wild Country – This is a Netflix documentary series about the controversial Indian guru Rajneesh (Osho), his one-time personal assistant Ma Anand Sheela, and their community of followers in the Rajneeshpuram community located in Wasco County, Oregon.   All you want to know about how Rajneesh set up his commune in Oregon and what kind of backlashes he faced.    The series is more about Anand Sheela as she became the face of the commune.   You have the inner team of Rajneesh telling you the entire facts.   It has interviews of both the Rajneesh team as well as the people who were opposed to the commune.   Interesting series where you get to see both sides feeling what they did was the best. You can actually feel the tension between the groups as if it were happening now.     A definite watch for one time since it is a documentary.   According to critics the docum...

More web-series reviews to entertain you during the lockdown 😊😊 !! Dark – This series was introduced to me by Ranga, the son of one my friend-cum-relative in Delhi.   He asked me to see this and thought maybe I will like it.   Thanks Ranga!! The synopsis is as follows… Dark is a German science fiction thriller web television series. Set in the town of Winden, Germany, Dark concerns the aftermath of a child's disappearance which exposes the secrets of, and hidden connections among, four estranged families as they slowly unravel a sinister time travel conspiracy which spans three generations. Throughout the series, Dark explores the existential implications of time and its effects upon human nature. The story begins in 2019, but spreads to include story-lines in 1986 and 1953 via time travel, as certain characters of the show's core families grow aware of the existence of a wormhole in the cave system beneath the local nuclear power plant, which is under the ma...

Continuing from the earlier blog, some more movies reviews… The Best Offer (Italian) – “In the world of high-end art auctions and antiques, Virgil Oldman is an elderly and esteemed but eccentric genius art-expert, known and appreciated by the world. Oldman is hired by a solitary young heiress, Claire Ibbetson, to auction off the large collection of art and antiques left to her by her parents. For some reason, Claire always refuses to be seen in person. Robert aids Oldman in restoring and reassembling some odd mechanical parts he finds amongst Claire's belongings, while also giving him advice on how to befriend her and deal with his feelings towards her. Also, a friend of Oldman, Billy Whistler helps him to acquire a secret private collection of master paintings.”   A very nice movie with a humorous twist in the ending.  Perfect Strangers (Italian) – “On a warm summer evening, the loving couple of Rocco, a plastic surgeon, and Eva, a therapist, are expecting their go...