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From Shah Rukh Khan's blockbuster Pathaan to the Oscar-nominated All That Breathes, here's what to see on OTT this week
From Pathaan to All That Breathes, a number of films and web shows have been released this week that you can binge-watch this weekend.
Binge drinking, binge watching and the downward trajectory of Indian cinema
Rousing agitation, promoting extremism and pushing the toxic Leftist ideology by using cinema as a cloak was still nascent. That propaganda would come much later as we shall see
Break the binge: Are your TV habits becoming a problem?
During COVID lockdowns, research shows many of us spent more time binge-watching than usual but binge-watching can become problematic or addictive
Crime Stories: India Detectives review: Grisly, enticing series with perverse undertones
Despite my own shamefully perverse, unending fascination with the genre, Crime Stories: India Detectives is precisely the kind of show I binge hard, but find equally hard to recommend.
With Disney's WandaVision and The Mandalorian, audiences show preference for weekly installments over binge-watching
Shows like Disney’s The Mandalorian have proved that delivering episodes to an entertainment-hungry nation in small tantalising viewing snacks is equally as effective as the all-you-can-watch feast. Audiences want to be tickled and teased.
Health
High screen time associated with poor dietary patterns, disrupted sleep, increased stress, finds study
The study found that heavy users, who spent an aggregate screen time of 17.5 hours per day across all devices, reported the least healthy dietary patterns and the poorest health-related characteristics, including a significantly high BMI
In Rasika Dugal, Mukul Chadda's Banana Bread, how a real-life couple became co-creators of a social distancing satire
Rasika Dugal and Mukul Chadda, a real-life couple, play neighbours whose wavelengths do not match until they crave for each other's company during lockdown.
Health
Binge-watching may be fun, but here are five reasons why it can be utterly harmful for health as well
There’s a flip-side to binge-watching, and most people indulge in it without realising the harm it is doing to their mind and body.
Binge interrupted! Netflix confirms testing video ads between episodes
Netflix has apparently confirmed that between episodes it was no show advertisement videos.
Netflix shares jump by 20 percent following increased worldwide subscriptions
The stock, however, was down 12.7 percent this year as investors fretted about slowing growth in its domestic market and increasing competition.