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Never Have I Ever was a Netflix phenomenon after its debut last year, especially making Maitreyi Ramakrishnan a breakthrough star of the summer during the lockdown and it has returned with its sophomore season to give us a front-row seat at Devi Vishwakumar's teenage antics once again because its clear no matter how much we hate it, the teenage drama never gets old.  Season 2 starts out where we left off last season and we get right into relatable Indian family rules Devi once again struggles with. This season, Devi has two guys into her, Ben and Paxton. Now, she has to choose who will make her last weeks in Los Angeles more memorable before she moves to Indian indefinitely.  This new set of 10 episodes follows the previous season's pacing and features just as much laugh-out-loud comedy this show has to offer, but it's hard to deny some moments are a bit far-fetched from its last season but that doesn't make it a bad thing. For some reason, this new season seems to be m...

 NON-SPOILER AREA It all ends here. The Loki finale takes a direction portraying the final chapter Marvel has never taken before. Or at least not to this extent. Although not the shortest episode of the season, the episode however feels as if it ran for 10 minutes leaving us breathless, frustrated, and excited for the future of the MCU.  The finale not only turns a rooting character to the dark side but also introduces one that could be the next Thanos-level antagonist to return in a possible crossover in the making (most likely the featuring next Avengers roster). Apart from all the questions being answered, Loki's finale is unenthusiastically less tame compared to the finales in WandaVision and The Falcon and The Winter Soldier. I disagreed when it came to the criticism towards their respective finales, however, the finale we watched yesterday ended being more anticlimactic than most MCU endings, let alone one's that are considered as season finales.  With that aside, f...

Black Widow was one of the most anticipated releases of 2020 before the pandemic hit and suffered through several delays before finally being able to be experienced in the cinema as well as the comfort of our homes. The day has come, Marvel-lites but was it worth the wait? In case you were wondering how Natasha has her own movie after her untimely death in Avengers Endgame, well, that's because it takes place between the events of Civil War and Infinity War.  On the run from General Ross, Natasha gets brought into a predicament that involves the Red Room, the Russian program that creates female assassins they call the Black Widows, and with the help of  Yelena, Natasha's sister, they attempt to take down the menacing organization once and for all.  'Widow gives Natasha Romanoff, one of the more underrated Avengers, an entire movie to not be sidelined from much bigger characters, considering since Natasha is already a big character herself being one of the original members...

Loki has once again broken the minds of Marvel-lites everywhere with the all-new episode filled with easter eggs and a bigger revelation towards everyone's most relied-on theory as to who the real antagonist is. This week's episode is called Journey Into Mystery and does it ever live up to the title? Yesss. This whole episode is a hell of a journey on its own even if it is within a bigger journey of Loki becoming more instead of following the growth of the other Loki we watched throughout the first three phases of the MCU.  With the additions to the show as well as future members of the MCU, Loki has once again proved to exist to only make itself better as each episode passes. Unfortunately, Loki is coming to an end next week and we can't help wondering if the finale will be as satisfying as we want it to be. With Marvel Studios previous shows, finales haven't exactly had good luck but good faith is set within the hype of Loki's finale, which makes us less worrried....

Everyone is really obsessed with the dystopian theme these days, especially since we are close to being in one ourselves. While we wait for ours to eventually be over, the Chris Pratt-starring one is a movie audiences don't want to miss. The Tomorrow War is Amazon Prime's latest original release that they bought from Skydance due to its inability to play in cinemas but the first thing I thought of when watching this film was how much this movie was deserved to be watched on the big screen.  The movie is set a year from now in December 2022 where soldiers from the future warn us of an incoming alien apocalypse that threatens human existence in 30 years' time. Biology teacher, Dan Forester (Pratt) is forced to join a mission that leads him on a time-bending adventure to save the human race.  Portrayed as yet another alien action film that was doomed to fail, but watching it brings back the old saying 'you should never judge a movie from its trailer'. I mean... that...

SPOILER-FREE AREA It is clear that the recent episode of Loki is one to remember. 'Nexus Event' had officially broken the internet by the time I had the chance to even watch the episode and it was for good reason. The episode the cast and creators have been teasing for us to keep our eye on is finally here. Episode 4 finally touches on the mind-bending parts of the show and with only two more episodes left in the season, it's hard to wonder what happens next.  Although fans predicted the outcome as of date what was expected has already happened. It is clear Kate Herron did indeed portray what fans want in this show but it is made clear that she is leaving the Marvel Studios ever-apparent pattern to drop the bigger bombs and plot twists for the final two episodes that are highly anticipated to blow fans minds.  As of this week, it is still a mystery as to who the real antagonist of this show is as well as who is the real protagonist which makes this Loki storyline a tier hig...