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By Avik Basak Breaking Bad remains one of the best TV series of all time that ended with a somewhat tragic finale showcasing the death of its primary protagonist, Walter White aka Heisenberg. After that, we were left wondering about the fate of White’s sidekick, Jesse Pinkman as it was not made clear as to what direction his path took and that is where El Camino comes in and promises to shed light on the character’s future. This much is known to everyone who has seen the trailer. Do not worry, I am not going to divulge anything more about the plot to spoil the film for anyone who has not seen it yet. El Camino takes the non-linear route to unfold in its just over two-hour runtime. I will say only this much that it contains flashback sequences as one could guess from the trailer. Now, the question I found myself asking when I first heard about this film is that can anything which comes so many years after that series finale evoke that same feel and mood? Can it rea...

By Avik Basak When you go for a film that stars the likes of Hrithik Roshan and Tiger Shroff and has been titled, “War”, you enter the theatre with some predisposed ideas. After going through its 2-hour and 34-minute marathon runtime, one can surely say that most of those thoughts come true but does that make the movie worth spending your valuable time and money? I will leave the answer to you as it depends on what you are looking for while heading to the theatre. The film begins with Kabir, a superspy played by Hrithik Roshan who has been denoted as ‘the best’, has supposedly gone rogue and has been killing Indian soldiers and agents. Hence, he needs to be brought down and the task is given to his favourite protégé, Khalid played by Tiger Shroff as he claims to know the former better (or you may ask, “Does he?”) and the titular ‘war’ begins between them. Now, to be honest, the leading men do quite well and genuinely try to portray their characters the best the...