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EXCLUSIVE! Interview with Jedi Master Yoda
Dropped by the Arré office, look who.
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From Space Odyssey to Satellite TV
Today, modern space missions are no longer about human beings exploring the final frontier but about increasing the number of channels on our TV screens and updating Google Maps.
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How the Oscar-Winning Laura Dern Made Us Fall in Love With Unlikeable Women
Laura Dern is everywhere. In Marriage Story, for which she bagged a Supporting Actress Oscar, she’s effective as the ruthless divorce lawyer Nora. In Big Little Lies, she’s the rich and manipulative Renata Klein, who threatens neighbourhood moms. What Dern does so often is flip an unlikeable woman on her head and reveal what lies beneath.
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From Han Solo to Han So-So: Why the New Star Wars Will Disappoint Its Die-Hard Fans
It isn’t too difficult to understand why Solo: A Star Wars Story flatters to deceive. At the centre of it all is a disappointing, yawning, Harrison Ford-shaped void that is impossible for his successor Alden Ehrenreich to fill.
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Stop Obsessing over Your Weekend if You Want to Enjoy It
After an entire week in a cramped office, weekends are the rare and sacred times when we begin to live out our dreams. But in trying to eke out every last drop of entertainment from those two days, we’re forgetting how to have spontaneous fun.
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Adam Driver Might Not Win an Oscar. Why That’s Not Such a Bad Thing
In Noah Baumbach’s Marriage Story, Adam Driver's 24th outing in a career spanning a decade, the actor delivers everything that an Oscar-worthy performance stipulates – ingenuity, credibility, and a range of emotional intensity. Yet, he might not win the Oscar.
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Kyunki Kylo Ren Bhi Kabhi Kool Tha
As much as I enjoyed The Force Awakens, The Last Jedi was simply disappointing. There’s only that much one can tolerate an Emo Kylo Ren; I’m sure even his underlings mock him at the watercooler after lunch every day.
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What Not to Say to Cosplayers at Mumbai Comic Con
As the Mumbai Comic Con takes off this weekend, please make sure to brush up on your pop culture trivia to avoid upsetting any of the cosplayers. Under no circumstances, ask the dude dressed as Black Panther the capital of South Africa or offer Rani Padmavati a light.
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Finding Comfort in Star Wars after a Week of Distressing News
The thought of watching another Jedi vs Sith battle while protests raged across the country was enough to cause a little guilt. But at the demonstration against the Citizenship Amendment Act in Mumbai’s August Kranti Maidan, I realised that even here, there were people resisting the Dark Side of the Force.