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George RR Martin reveals that the Targaryens are ‘flawed human beings’ as House of the Dragon streams on Disney+ Hotstar
Fp Staff •Talking about House of the Dragon, Martin said, “The story is about very flawed human beings who can be capable of good and monstrous things; capable of being courageous and a coward."
The Baby review: HBO dark comedy about killer baby lays bare the brutality of forced motherhood
Prahlad Srihari •The Baby, on Disney+ Hotstar, does anything but sugarcoat the pains and pressures of motherhood
We Own This City review: Spiritual follow-up to The Wire exposes a failure of policing and public policy
Prahlad Srihari •We Own This City takes nonlinear storytelling to an extreme, but once you get on its wavelength it rewards your patience.
Twenty years of The Wire: How HBO show put America's crime underbelly on pop culture map
Archita Kashyap •The biggest achievement of The Wire, which premiered on HBO in 2002, has to be the direct tone and uncompromising focus on the flaws in America’s law and order system and class divide.
Euphoria Season 2 review: Zendaya's cult HBO show is the most effective when it's thoughtful, not explicit
Manik Sharma •While a lot of the second season feels like a doubling down on the shock and angst of the first, there are some standout episodes that are reminders of just how moving the series can be when it wants to be serious rather than just provocative.
Book review: In Putting the Rabbit in the Hat, Brian Cox channels the acerbic voice that got him popular on Succession
Manik Sharma •Brian Cox, who plays Logan Roy on Succession, admits to having made poor choices, and rather refreshingly does not restrain the smell of regret from escaping the pages.
Decoding the soundtrack of Euphoria: From the underground to the instantly recognisable, from 1950s to 2020s
•A collage of flashbacks, daydreams, nightmares, and rhythmic music videoesque sequences, Euphoria uses the interplay between its eclectic soundtrack and Labrinth’s recurring score to create a “wild fantasia that blends a raw naturalism with hyper-reality.
Brian Cox hopes memoir doesn't 'put a full stop' on his life: 'I’m sure there’s more'
•Titled Putting the Rabbit in the Hat, Brain Cox's book chronicles the actor’s journey from humble beginnings in Scotland, to being the toast of Hollywood, thanks to his Emmy nominated role in hit drama Succession
From The Batman, The Lord of the Rings to our very own Brahmastra, 2022 will be a year of varying nerdgasms
Suchin Mehrotra •There is a purity and reassurance to the fact that even at a time when box office returns may be uncertain and moviegoing may be on the decline, the number of exciting stories and rich new worlds to explore and get lost in certainly isn’t.
And Just Like That review round-up: Sex and the City revival celebrates women in 50s, but is more 'self-serving than self-aware'
Trendingdesk •Created by Darren Star, who also made the first season of Sex and the City, the much anticipated And Just Like That follows the story of three main characters played by actresses Sarah Jessica Parker, Cynthia Nixon and Kristin Davis.