Film and TV Series

Alfred Hitchcock’s, ‘Family Plot’ is an excellent thriller/ mystery movie which is created in color. Back in the day, most of Alfred’s movies were only black and white. It’s based on a novel named “The Rainbird Pattern”. It shows how a couple earns a bounty from the police by searching for someone with the help of the lady’s spirituality. There’s no establishment of location in the beginning scene and directly starts with a young lady, who is supposed to be in touch with a spirit to help her client. The young lady, madam Blanche, pretends to be a spiritualist and is with a client who is an old rich lady. The rich lady’s sister had an illegitimate child who was given up for adoption and should now be around 40 years. The rich lady then gave Blanche an offer of 10,000 dollars to find out the nephew to make him the heir to the Rainbird family throne of the rich lady. Blanche accepts the offer and now goes to her boyfriend who is a cab driver. He helps Blanch by providing her with info...

Character analysis of the lead roles: Andrew , the main character whom the story is mostly about, is hard-working but doesn't appreciate what his conductor-cum-teacher, Fletcher does with him. He feels like he's on top of the world when Fletcher chooses him but finds it amusing and insulting when Ryan, the new substitute is chosen. Towards the end of the movie, he gets insulted again by Fletcher on stage because that cost him his job at Shafer. But he gets back to Fletcher by being one of the greatest drummers of that time, by insulting him and starting without his cue. Big mistakes that Andrews commits is that he doesn't confirm with his bandmates what is to be played at any rehearsal or premiere. Fletcher , to begin with, is over abusive. It's granted that a teacher is supposed to push their students ahead but that doesn't mean that the teacher gets over abusive. Abuse can be fine up to a certain extent with adult students as long as it's done on a perso...

  Life is Beautiful (1997) Exposition : The story begins in a wonderful scenario of Italy where Guido (main lead) and his friend Ferrucio are on their way to meet Guido’s uncle, and later Dora (female lead) falls into Guido’s arms or vice versa repeatedly, he’s instantly amazed by her beauty then leading this into their marriage and them having a son. Rising Action : The Nazis take Guido and his son, and are being put on a train for the concentration camp while his wife too doesn’t want to be left behind without them and boards the train too. After reaching the camp, the men and women are separated but Guido finds ways of telling his wife that he remembers and loves her while working very  hard also trying to make it all seem sweet for his only son. Climax : The war is over and Guido instructs his son about being safe and coming out of the hidden tank only when there’s utter silence while also trying to search for his wife, but later, Guido was killed in the corner by the ...

Bebaak B ebaak is a short film and Filmfare award winner based on a true story which shows us the system of the society controlled by men, over women wherein here, they require women to cover up to be more respectful and acceptable by society. It shows how a girl named Fatin, who isn’t wealthy enough faces misogyny by a trust staff member who tries to discipline her for a scholarship. It shows how the main character of this film, leaves her entire career just to go against the thinking of women to be fully covered from head to toe. T he story begins at a home where a family of three sisters, a brother and the parents stay together. Fatin, the eldest sister, and the main lead feels alienated when she wears a hijab or bourka. She misses her class to go for an interview and informs her friend about it. She hides the reality of where she’s going and uses a word like “Town” to seem modern and to fit in. She goes with her father, reaches the destination, and now talk about asking money f...

  American Sitcom Series- Everybody Hates Chris The series named ‘Everybody Hates Chris’ ends very abruptly and is something which shocked a lot of the fans. The end is made very similar to a scene from ‘The Sopranos’. Chris, the main lead is a student who is purposely made late by his class teacher, due to which he faces the brunt of not graduating from high school. He then gives a diploma (G.E.D.) exam which as per Chris, stands up to the same level of education as graduating high school. When the results come in, his mother sees the result and Chris asks his mother what it says and the scene is cut right there with no proper explanation as to what happen. This series was made based upon the life of Chris Rock, the comedian and as per the timeline, Chris Rock’s father passes away the next year after him passing his G.E.D. in real life. It could’ve been difficult for Chris Rock to show the reality and maybe hence the abrupt cut. How I wished the ending could’ve been: I w...