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  • ‘Crash Course in Romance’ should be on your watch list and here’s why!

    ‘Crash Course in Romance’ should be on your watch list and here’s why!

    At a time when both Bollywood and Lollywood seem to be contesting to out cringe the other by producing the most awkward movies anyone has ever seen, we’re here to provide you a K-drama recommendation that is currently among the top ten most popular shows on Netflix. Take a step back from the saas-bahu kay jhagray, the satti savitri verses the slutty savitri trope and take a deep dive with us in to this enemies to lovers K-drama that revolves around a blossoming relationship between a celebrity math teacher and a single mother.


    1 Food as a love language

    If you’re a food lover, and want to escape from reality to take a deep dive in to a different culture worlds, then this is the perfect show. The central bond that keeps the main characters together is their love for food. This is what has helped K-dramas establish their own space, an emphasis on how love can be found in the most simple things, like making food for someone. We have two broken characters who have suffered hardships because of finances, poor mental health and poverty, learn to come close to one another because of their shared love for a particular dish.

    2 The greenest of green flag enemies to lovers story out there.

    Unlike Pakistani dramas where apparently enemies to lovers means adding aik kilo badtameezi and do chamach thappar to make the most recoiling drama ever, K-dramas have been lauded for championing unproblematic, wholesome male leads who respect and empower the women around them. Choi Chi-Yeol is a celebrity math professor whose in popular demand among students all across Korea to ace math in high school, however his crippling anxiety and depression is giving him insomnia and an eating disorder. However, when he crosses paths with Haeng-Seon, a hard working single mother who runs a cafe to support her daughter’s education, they both help each other overcome their trauma and soon start falling for each other.

    3 Explores the cut-throat competition within private schools and mental health struggles of students

    Aside from the comedy and the light-hearted banter between the main leads, the show is not afraid to address the practice of private schooling, and how the mental health of students is impacted as they compete for the best grades and colleges. The drama is set in the backdrop of the upcoming CSATs in Korea, and how students are pressurized by their parents and teachers to work hard everyday to get the best results. Mostly, the show also reflects how the privilege’s of good education comes at a high cost, with the struggles of Nam Haeyi, who comes from a working class background, and struggles to get good grades like the rest of her peers because she is unable to afford expensive private tuitions offered by academies after school.

    4 Wholesome supporting characters

    One of the most endearing tropes that have kept setting k-dramas apart from any other form of entertainment is the emphasis over found families, that as we grow old we can pick and choose our own family members, rather than the ones we are linked to by blood. In this show, aside from the male leads, side characters like Haeng-Seon’s autistic brother Jae-Woo, are fleshed out to provide more depth to the story, and especially with the way he forms a bond with loner characters like Chi-Yeol, to help him learn about the bond of family for the first time.

    Crash Course in Romance plays every Saturday and Sunday on 8 pm on Netflix.

  • Netflix shares full list of globally trending shows and movies

    Netflix reveals the list of the top 25 movies and series trending globally.

    Here’s the list of the top 25 trending movies and series:

    Movies:

    1. Viking Wolf
    2. You People
    3. True Spirit
    4. Pamela, A Love Story
    5. Infiesto
    6. Bloodshot
    7. Sniper: Ghost Shooter
    8. The Hurricane Heist
    9. Vadh
    10. Nobody
    11. Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
    12. An Action Hero
    13. Spider-Man: No Way Home
    14. F9
    15. The Prince & Me
    16. Narvik
    17. Mission Majnu
    18. Let Him Go
    19. Sniper: Ultimate Kill
    20. The Throwaways
    21. Last Seen Alive
    22. The Nanny Diaries
    23. All Quiet on the Western Front
    24. Raangi
    25. Crisis

    Series:

    1. Ginny & Georgia
    2. La chica de nieve
    3. Wednesday
    4. Lockwood & Co.
    5. Physical: 100
    6. Alchemy of Souls
    7. La Reina del Sur
    8. Til Money Do Us Part
    9. Vikings: Valhalla
    10. Crash Course In Romance
    11. Class
    12. Cunk on Earth
    13. Fauda
    14. The Unbroken Voice
    15. Chainsaw Man
    16. Freeridge
    17. Şahmaran
    18. Les Combattantes
    19. Pablo Escobar, The Drug Lord
    20. The Interest of Love
    21. Record of Ragnarok
    22. Café con aroma de mujer
    23. The Glory
    24. Kings of Jo’Burg
    25. Gunther’s Millions 
  • Bhai, Bhenoo, Netflix nay bata diya how it will stop you from password sharing

    Bhai, Bhenoo, Netflix nay bata diya how it will stop you from password sharing

    Welp! It looks like Valentines Day has arrived early, with Netflix acting like a kabab mein haddi for you and bae’s downtime.
    The streaming giant has released a new set of rules and regulations to stop users from sharing their passwords. The streaming giant has updated their Help Center page with details of how users will be stopped from borrowing their sister’s, friend’s or elder brother’s account from now onwards.

    According to the new guidelines as reported by Streamable, Netflix accounts are only shareable within a household. To ensure that devices are connected to the original Wi-Fi, users are required to log in to the app from their primary location, and watch something every 31 days. If a user’s device has been blocked incorrectly, they can contact Netflix in order to get it unblocked.

    To prevent outsiders from sharing an account with someone who isn’t a part of the Netflix household, the app revealed they would block access if the user signs in to their account from elsewhere.


    One of the most controversial rule introduced has been surrounding requirements for travelling users, who wondered how they can log in to the streaming website through their devices.

    Netflix will block your access if users sign in to the app outside their home. For traveling users to work around this, if they wish to use the app on a hotel television, they can request the company to send them a temporary code while signing in. This will allow them access to their account for seven days.

    To track users on whether they’re using internet within their household, Netflix will be using information like IP addresses, device ID’s and account activity.

    However, these list of rules as uploaded by Streamable, are not currently present on the Netflix Help Center page, but they are accessible through Wayback Machine, which means that the app is changing a few rules before enforcing the password protection policy.

    According to the new update on their Password Sharing Page, if users logged in to their device outside their homes, then they would be asked to verify their device by sending a verification code to the primary owner’s email address before using Netflix.

    Especially if a user is travelling, they will no longer be blocked from access if they logged in to Netflix from a different Wi-Fi, but they must occasionally verify their device after a few days.

  • Fans petition for Percy Hynes White to be removed from ‘Wednesday’ after rape allegations

    Fans petition for Percy Hynes White to be removed from ‘Wednesday’ after rape allegations

    Trigger warning: sexual assault, grooming, harassment, rape

    Fans of Netflix’s smash show Wednesday have started a petition to remove Percy Hynes White from the show after several women came forward to accuse the actor of harassment and rape.

    It started with a thread by twitter user @milkievich who shared that she knew White and his friends, and had attended their house parties where they would invite women they thought were attractive. The user said the men would then get them drunk to have sex with them.

    The thread soon lead to many other women coming forward with the same allegations, which were shared under the same thread. Currently, the hashtag #cancelpercy is trending on Twitter, with fans calling for Netflix and Jenna Ortega to remove White from the show.
    The actor has disabled his Instagram comments, and has yet to respond to the allegations.

  • ‘Shame people can take our tragedies and make money’ Jeffery Dahmer’s victim’s mother speaks out on Golden Globes win

    ‘Shame people can take our tragedies and make money’ Jeffery Dahmer’s victim’s mother speaks out on Golden Globes win

    Netflix documentary ‘Dahmer-Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer story’ has been panned by families of the serial-killer’s victims for profiteering off from their tragedy and glorifying a killer.
    While accepting the Golden Globes Award for Best Actor, Evan Peters said in his speech how hard it was to do the film, and how he hoped it would further lead to some good in the world.
    The mother of one of Dahmer’s victims has criticized Peters for his speech in an interview with TMZ. She pointed out that Netflix consistently profits from making movies and documentaries about serial killers, and will glamorize and further add grief to the families who suffered because of Dahmer.
    ‘Nothing good will come from Evan’s award for the Netflix series. She says it just adds to the grief for the families of the people Dahmer killed, replaying the tragedy over and over.’
    The mother said that Peter’s should have made his acceptance speech about the families who had suffered because of Dahmer’s action, and also encourge Hollywood to stop glorifying serial killers.
    “Evan should have used his acceptance speech to mention the families who are still suffering from Dahmer’s crimes, or to say Hollywood should put an end to telling stories about killers and glorifying them.”

  • Netflix drops teaser for second season of ‘Wednesday’

    Netflix drops teaser for second season of ‘Wednesday’

    Netflix dropped a teaser on their social media pages for the second season of its surprise November smash hit Wednesday. It features the titular teenager typing on a typewriter in her room. The girl is seen writing ‘THE END?” and then smirks to herself at the end of the video.

    Wednesday’s season two has been the subject of much speculation recently with some news sources claiming that the show was moving to Amazon for its second season. The specualtion was fulled by Netflix not imemdiately announcing that the show was being renewed for a second season.


    The Addams Family spin-off was created by Alfred Gough and Miles Miller, and directed by Tim Burton.


    It stars Jenna Ortega, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Luis Guzman, Gwendoline Christine, and Christina Ricci, who starred as Wednesday in the 90’s movie.

  • ‘The Legend of Maula Jatt’ enters the ‘200 crore club’, smashes previous records

    ‘The Legend of Maula Jatt’ enters the ‘200 crore club’, smashes previous records

    The Legend of Maula Jatt headlined by Fawad Khan, Hamza Ali Abbasi and Mahira Khan is by far the most expensive film to come out of Pakistan. It is unquestionably the biggest Pakistani release ever internationally.

    The film opened to packed houses on October 13th and earned record-breaking figures on day one despite the fact that it is not currently playing in every theater in the country.

    Bilal Lashari’s directorial has become the first film in Pakistan’s history to earn 100 crore domestically. This achievement was announced by the makers on social media handles.

    Breakdown

    It earned 4.4 crores locally and 4.9 crores internationally on its opening day, making it a total of 9.3 crores.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEa7cv11Fb0

    Four-day Weekend Collections

    In its extended weekend, the film collected over 50 crores globally.

    According to a recent report in Deadline, this action-fantasy movie has broken box-office records within its opening weekend. So far, The Legend of Maula Jatt has collected over half a million dollars. Across 79 locations in the UK, the film has earned $355,000, making it trend at no. 9 on the charts. In the US and Canada, the film grossed $290,000 and $235,000 respectively. On the other hand, in Australia, it earned $160,000. In both Canada and Australia, the Pakistani movie is trending at No. 6 in the charts, while in the United Arab Emirates, it reached No. 1 after earning over $515,000.

    The Legend of Maula Jatt has opened in 25 markets worldwide, including Norway, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, and South East Asia, and overall it has grossed $2.3 million globally.

    First Week Collections

    The Humaima Malick and Gohar Rasheed starrer has garnered 80 crores, globally in its first week of release.

    These figures surpass the lifetime receipts of every Pakistani movie and have set new records. The Legend of Maula Jatt is poised to set additional records now that the second weekend has begun.

    Second Weekend

    Its second-weekend collections gave a new hope to the industry. The magnum-opus crossed the unprecedented 100 crore mark post its second-weekend collections. This made it the first-ever Pakistani feature film to achieve this target.

    200 Crore Club

    TLOMJ‘s winning streak continues as the magnum opus becomes Pakistan’s first offering to hit the PKR 200 crore mark, globally.

    Producer Ammara Hikmat shared the update on her Instagram handle.

    Earlier this month, the official Instagram account of TLOMJ shared that the Bilal Lashari directorial has beaten the Laal Singh Chaddha and South Indian blockbuster RRR’s box office collection in Britain.

    RRR (2022) - IMDb

    The post read, “Another day, another achievement! The Legend of Maula Jatt beats the highest-grossing Indian movie of 2022, RRR’s lifetime business in just 17 days in the UK.” A few days ago, it was reported that Pakistan’s most expensive movie has beaten the lifetime number of Aamir Khan starer Laal Singh Chaddha in the UK, in just 13 days.

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    According to British film publication Screen Daily, Maula Jatt, released by Moviegoers Entertainment, accumulated £44,149 (Rs11.5 million) on its fifth weekend. Its performance has dropped considerably lower than many competitors as its run continues at 54.6 percent, bringing the film to almost £1.3m (Rs340 million). That’s more than the £1.26m (Rs329 million) of this year’s Tamil epic Ponniyan Selvan: I.

    The Legend of Maula Jatt has become the highest-grossing Punjabi film globally according to its official Instagram account, the film made $7.8 million (Rs1.7 billion) at the worldwide box office within four weeks of its release.

    The movie’s first teaser was released in 2019, which managed to receive a thunderous response worldwide for its cinematic grandeur, exceptional star cast, and mega-scale production.

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  • Which Netflix movie does Imran Khan want us all to watch?

    Which Netflix movie does Imran Khan want us all to watch?

    If you’ve been wondering what to watch next on Netflix, don’t worry, Imran Khan has you covered. We have been given a solid movie recommendation, and that too from a former Prime Minister.

    On Wednesday, Imran Khan, the Chairman of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), recommended a Netflix movie to his supporters. During a televised speech, he asked his followers to watch the film to understand how officers investigating Salman Shehbaz’s money laundering case died.

    Although Khan did not name the movie, he said it was about a serial-killing nurse who murdered people via insulin injections.

    The movie is ‘The Good Nurse ‘ and it was released on Netflix on October 26, 2022. The film stars Hollywood A-listers Jessica Chastain and Eddie Redmayne. It is based on the real life story of serial killer Charles Cullen, a male nurse, who killed 29 people during his 16 year medical career before his arrest in 2003, mostly through injected insulin.

    Cullen, who is currently incarcerated at the State Penitentiary in New Jersey, was eventually handed down 11 consecutive life sentences.

    The Good Nurse holds a 76 per cent review aggregator score on Rotten Tomatoes and has generally received praise for the lead actors.

    It’s not everyday that a former Prime Minister recommends a movie. We might as well watch to see if it’s worth the hype.

  • Critics unimpressed by Harry and Meghan docuseries

    Critics unimpressed by Harry and Meghan docuseries

    The first project produced for Netflix by the Duke and Duchess of Sussex has left critics’ mostly unimpressed. Almost five days after the first three episodes of the duo’s docuseries titled ‘Harry & Meghan’ was released by the streaming giant, the reviews are in, and they are not very kind.


    Washington Post has termed ‘Harry & Meghan ‘ a “yawner”, with a reviewer asking if the couple “have anything else to say”.


    Hollywood’s entertainment magazine of record, Variety, was no less unkind, writing : “The Sussexes surprise us yet again, with just how narrow their vision of their fame is, how pinched and unimaginative their presence on the world stage has become.”

    On American online magazine Slate, reviewer Nadira Goffe called the series, “a bit of a mess”, stating that it can’t decide if it wants to be a “history analysis or juicy tell-all”.

    French reviewer Laura Sagalovitsch minced no words either, stating that the Sussexes are, “nothing but a vague actress and a fallen prince, both united behind the idea of selling to the highest bidder the story of their undying vacuousness”.


    Germany’s Der Spiegel asked it’s readers why Harry s telling this story on the very platform that is “currently exploiting his mother’s sad life as entertainment in the mega hit series The Crown remains unclear. Perhaps it has to do with a lot of money.”

    The New York Times tempered it’s review, writing that the docuseries “has all the intimacy of Instagram”.


    The series is however, a ratings bonanza, currently behind Tim Burton’s Wednesday on Netflix. Given the hefty price tag that Netflix is paying the Sussexes for the joint productions, many media outlets are speculating whether the streaming service will be forced to review it’s production terms.

  • Humayun Saeed opens up about his deleted scene from Netflix’s ‘The Crown’

    Humayun Saeed opens up about his deleted scene from Netflix’s ‘The Crown’

    The reigning king of Pakistani cinema, Humayun Saeed is currently basking in the glory of his last blockbuster film London Nahi Jaunga and season 5 of Netflix’s globally successful web series, The Crown.

    For his part in Season 5 of The Crown, Humayun Saeed recently disclosed on Mazaaq Raat that he had to go through several auditions. When he submitted his initial audition, he was shortlisted. When he was eventually chosen for the series, he then re-auditioned with a romance scene.

    An extremely emotional moment that was left out of the series, according to Humayun Saeed, was also disclosed. They had to remove the sequence because they were unable to make the episodes of the television series longer than an hour. Diana informs Dr. Hasnat that she would be willing to convert to Islam for him at the moment. Although Humayun claimed to have appreciated the moment, it was ultimately removed.

    Prior to the series’ release, Humayun chatted with Dawn’s Maliha Rehman and talked about Netflix’s award-winning juggernaut.

    On being asked about the casting process, Humayun said, “It started with a call from Hamid Hussain, who is now my talent agent. He used to manage Bollywood star Nargis Fakhri, and I was in touch with him earlier to cast Nargis in my film. We had remained in touch since then.”

    He added: “One evening, I got a call from him, and he informed me that there was a really important international project that he had in mind for me, but I would need to send an audition for it. I only remember auditioning for the first few projects at the start of my career, but I know this is a norm in the West and agreed to it.”

    So, he sent the audition in, and soon after he was asked to do an online reading with Elizabeth Debicki, who jas essayed Princess Diana in the latest season. After ten days of waiting, he was told that he has bagged the role of Dr. Hasnat Khan.

    See the Cast of 'The Crown' vs. the People They Play in Real Life

    ‘The Crown’ follows the lives of the British Royal Family and Season 5 sees us in the 1990s nearing the end of Prince Charles and Lady Diana’s marriage. Enter Dr. Hasnat Ahmad Khan, played by Saeed, a British-Pakistani lung and heart surgeon who is most well-known for his romantic relationship with Princess Diana from 1995 to 1997, referred by her as “Mr. Wonderful”.

    We just got a first glimpse of his character where he looks barely recognizable. Attention to detail in a show like ‘The Crown’ of course is incredible and it’s the same for Humayun’s look. 

    When asked about his research and prep work before stepping into the role, he had this to say:

    “Before filming began, I got to do a workshop with a real surgeon in the UK to understand how a surgeon would behave and react on the job. Of course, I knew about Dr Hasnat Khan even before I got this role. After my casting was confirmed, the team shared research material with me on the doctor. It included a few interviews, as well as, some images.

    “Dr Hasnat Khan is a very private person, which was why he and Princess Diana broke up — he couldn’t handle being in the limelight. Due to this, there is very limited material on him available in the public domain. So, I had to study whatever was shared with me in detail.”

    Humayun, for most of his career, is seen playing the hero, so when asked about his transformation into a down-to-earth not very fashionable doctor, he had this to say:  

    “I would sometimes try to push up my hair right before a scene,” he laughs, “but the stylists on set would immediately notice and they would put my hair back in place. When I saw myself on screen for the first time, I was completely taken aback! I didn’t look like Humayun Saeed at all but like the doctor.

    “On a serious note, the makers of ‘The Crown’ are extremely particular about details, and the look that they had created for the doctor had to be followed to the tee. It was very impressive seeing firsthand how they looked into every tiny nuance.”

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEa7cv11Fb0&t=4s

    Humayun also talked about how he could let his diet go for a change, seeing as how he’s often playing the hero which requires strict regimental diets. 

    “More than being intimidated, I feel that this show puts extra responsibility on anyone who is part of it,” he mused. “People naturally have strong feelings about characters in the show, and memories of the events that we are depicting. Also, some of the people we are representing are alive or have family members who are still alive and that means all of us who are part of this show has to take the responsibility of our roles seriously.”

    He also lauded the screenwriter Peter Morgan for handling each character’s portrayal sensitively, calling it the show’s biggest highlight.

    Speaking about the energy on set, Humayun revealed that most of his scenes were opposite Elizabeth Debicki, and that he was in awe of her commitment to her craft. Elizabeth of course, is best known for her work in ‘The Great Gatsby,’ ‘Guardians of The Galaxy Vol. 2’ and ‘Tenet.’

    The artist doesn’t think that the series will give him a boost as an actor, rather he hopes to apply all his learnings from this experience to his future projects.