Clickable links in red Subject: The MiG-21’s retirement from the Indian Air Force in September 26, 2025 Its not every day that such a momentous and truly historic event happens and is celebrated publicly. There have been many planes before in the Indian Air Force/ Armed Forces history but none of them have been the […]
Clickable links in red Genre: Historical Epic Platform: Theatre Time: 2 hours 53 minutes Director: Christopher Nolan Cast: Matt Damon (Odysseus). Tom Holland (Telemachus). Anne Hathaway (Penelope). Robert Pattinson (Antinous). Lupita Nyong’ (Helen of Troy and Clytemnestra). John Leguizamo (Eumaeus). Samantha Morton (Circe). Zendaya (Athena). Charlize Theron (Calypso). Plot: Queen Penelope of Ithaca waits for […]
Embedded/ Clickable links in red Time to read : Genre: Historical Epic / a doomed Slave Rebellion/ based on true story. Platform: Amazon (Rent) Time: 3 hours 17 minutes (original time; Amazon 3 hours 1 minute) Director: Stanley Kubrick Cast: Kirk Douglas (Spartacus). Laurence Olivier (Crassus). Jean Simmons (Varinia). Charles Laughton (Gracchus). Peter Ustinov (Batiatus). […]
Genre: Spy thriller cum war movie Platform: Lionsgate Play thru Amazon (Paid) Time: 8 episodes x average 45 minutes Languages: English. French. Arabic. Kurdish Cast: Félix Moati (Antoine Habert). Mélanie Thierry (Anna Habert). Souheila Yacoub (Sarya Dogan). James Krishna Floyd (Nasser Yassin). Jaouhar Ben Ayed (Iyad Bel Tagi). Dean Ridge (Paul Wilkins). James Purefoy (Stanley). […]
This is my 200th Post since November 2022 . I have been steadily posting every sunday and I wanted something special and chose the classic The Seven Samurai Clickable Links in red It can be argued that Akira Kurosawa’s film The Seven Samurai is highly influential worldwide as it put post WW2 Japan on the […]
Genre: Indian War Movie (TV series) Platform: Netflix Time: 6 episodes x average 55 minutes Cast: Siddharth (Squadron Leader Ajay Ahuja). Jimmy Shergill (Wing Commander ‘Tony’ Dhanoa). Adil Hussain (Air Marshal Vinod Patney). Abhay Verma (Flying Officer Rajpal Singh Dhaliwal a.k.a. Dhali). Mihir Ahuja (Flying Officer C.H. Bal Reddy a.k.a. Baldy). K.C Shankar (Squadron leader […]
Clickable links in red Genre: Spy Thriller Platform: Jio Hotstar Time: 6 episodes x average 48 minutes Cast: Simon Pegg (Danny Patrick). Sian Brooke (Barbara Napier). German Segal (Vadim Trusov). Danny Sapani (Charles Francis). Cloe Pirrie (Lt.Col. Roz Cavendish). Jason Tobin (Nicky Chan). Hannah Khalique-Brown (Saara Parvin). Ed Stoppard (Foreign Secretary Richard Marston). Plot: Danny […]
Genre: Spy Thriller Platform: Amazon Prime – paid (thru BBC Player) Time: 5 episodes x average 45 minutes Cast: Gemma Arterton (Kate Henderson). Rafe Spall (Stuart Henderson). Alex Kingston (Rose Trewen). Galaxie Clear (Fiona Henderson). Avi Nash (Ravindra “Rav” Sangvhi). Mark Stanley (Ryan Walker, MP and Foreign Secretary). Alexander Terentyev (Sergei Malinski, SVR operative). Plot: […]
Clickable links in red Genre: Spy Thriller Platform: Jio Hotstar Time: 6 episodes x average 48 minutes Cast: Hannah Khalique-Brown (Saara Parvin). Simon Pegg (Danny Patrick). Maisie Richardson-Sellers (Kathy Freeman). Edward Holcroft (James Cox). German Segal (Vadim Trusov). Tinatin Dalakishvili (Marina Yeselova). Mark Rylance (John Yeabsley. Plot: As part of her University Computer science course, […]
Genre: Spy Thriller Platform: Jio Hotstar Time: 10 episodes x average 50 minutes Cast: Michael Fassbender (Martian). Jeffrey Wright (Henry Ogletree). Katherine Waterston (Naomi). Harriet Sansom Harris (Dr. Blake). Saura Lightfoot-Leon (Daniela aka Danny). Jodie Turner-Smith (Samia Zahir). Richard Gere (Bosko, Head of London Station). India Fowler (Poppy).Hugh Bonneville (James Richardson). Plot: Martian is […]