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                                                                      (Movie Review) “Past Lives” (2023) A colleague of mine urged me to watch Past Lives repeatedly, and me being the lazy sloth that I am, kept procrastinating it for no particular reason. Finally, the day before yesterday, after watching Untamed , since I had nothing better to do, I decided to watch Past Lives . As soon as I started watching the movie, I couldn't help but notice its resemblance to another film I saw recently in the theatre. I had watched the  Materialists  last month. The story was, to be frank, nothing exceptional. It was predictable and pretty straight forward. Having said that, what really got me going was the cinematography; the colour schemes and the sedate pace of narration. You could pause the movie at any point du...

                          (Series Review) "Untamed" (2025) - Miniseries Morality is a many-sided compass. When people say “moral compass”, we are, in fact, way off the mark. It assumes that there is only one moral north and south. Though it may sound controversial, I firmly believe that morality is almost always a relative notion. It has a lot to do with the priorities in one’s life. Even the judicial processes fall short frequently while dishing out justice. The system often ends up being a mere frame of reference. It simply is incapable of covering the vast gamut of human depravities. It is scary being reminded of what crimes human beings as a race is capable of committing and to what extent the people at the receiving end can go to ensure that justice is served, even if it is outside of the established institutions. Untamed is a limited series on Netflix, written by Mark L. Smith. Smith is known for writing the screenp...