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Hawkeye episode 2 — out now on Disney+ and Disney+ Hotstar — gives us pieces of what Marvel's Christmas series is good at. Deep into the second episode, Jeremy Renner's title character goes LARPing. That's short for live-action role-play. It's like a mix of cosplay and acting where you behave like a fictional character — it's like fandom but extreme. Hawkeye/ Clint Barton (Renner) has to do this because LARPers take their craft very seriously — a bunch of them are cops and firefighters — and so if Hawkeye wants to avoid…

Hawkeye episode 3 — out now on Disney+ and Disney+ Hotstar — gives us more villains; I'm considering Jack Duquesne (Tony Dalton) to be one for now. It properly introduces the antagonist Maya Lopez/ Echo (Alaqua Cox) who was teased last week at the tail end of Hawkeye episode 2. Heck, Hawkeye episode 3 was nearly named after her (“Echoes”). Maya is important to the Marvel Cinematic Universe given Marvel has already confirmed the Echo spin-off. Hawkeye episode 3 also teased a big bad in “Uncle” whom you don't want to mess…

Reliance Jio on Tuesday updated its prepaid recharge portfolio with one-year of Disney+ Hotstar Mobile service that Disney+ Hotstar announced last month. The new Jio prepaid plans come at the existing price band between Rs. 499 and Rs. 2,599. The plans have a range of validity options and include high-speed data access as well as voice and SMS message benefits. Jio also included a Rs. 549 data add-on pack that bundles the Disney+ Hotstar Mobile subscription alongside offering 1.5GB high-speed data access.Jio prepaid…

Hawkeye episode 4 — out now on Disney+ and Disney+ Hotstar — kicked off the second half of the new Marvel Cinematic Universe miniseries by driving into a higher gear. There was more intrigue in general around female characters this episode. Hawkeye episode 4 introduced the Black Widow character that we were promised last December — and then set up at the end of the Black Widow movie earlier this year. Florence Pugh returned as the wise-cracking super spy Yelena Belova, though she didn't get any words in on Hawkeye episode…

Hawkeye episode 5 is out now on Disney+ and Disney+ Hotstar. If you're still reeling from the no-holds-barred rooftop fight from last episode, fret not. This episode is all about more revelations, some known, some rumoured, and some, well, King-size. We get a whole lot of Florence Pugh's Yelena Belova, as she finally faces off with Kate Bishop — albeit not quite in the way you may have imagined. We also see Clint Barton aka Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner), who is forced to don an old suit to take care of a few things. The episode…

Hawkeye episode 6 — out now on Disney+ and Disney+ Hotstar — put a neat albeit predictable bow on a humdrum Marvel series, the smallest of the lot we've gotten so far. The Tom Hiddleston-led Loki was seismic due to its multiverse angle. The Elizabeth Olsen-starrer WandaVision was innovative and brilliant at times. And The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, with Anthony Mackie and Sebastian Stan, dealt with some big ideas even though it failed to deliver. The only debate I'll have about Hawkeye, now that it's done, is which…

Human — the new Hotstar Specials series, with Shefali Shah (Delhi Crime) and Kirti Kulhari (Four More Shots Please!) in the lead — is set in the murky world of medical malpractice and unethical drug trials. Naturally, this hits different during an ongoing pandemic in its third year now and with a third wave sweeping across the country. (In fact, Human acknowledges its existence multiple times — including a pharma boss complaining how the trials for their unapproved COVID vaccine brought them to their knees — though it's…

The Great Indian Murder, out now on Disney+ Hotstar, is an insanely disastrous adaptation of a maddeningly ambitious novel. It's based in parts on Vikas Swarup's 2008 whodunnit Six Suspects — Swarup is best known for the book that got made into the Oscar-winning Slumdog Millionaire — which, through its six titular suspects, comments on virtually everything under the sun. Class, politics, indigenous, nationalists, spoiled elite, the unprivileged, and Gandhian principles — you name it, Swarup's book attempts to tackle it.…

The Book of Boba Fett was always going to fight an uphill task. Only the second ever live-action Star Wars series — all seven episodes are now available on Disney+ and Disney+ Hotstar — it arrived at the tail end of 2021, following two seasons of the beloved The Mandalorian. That's two full seasons of Grogu, better known as Baby Yoda, carving a place in our hearts through instantly meme-able moments. Two seasons of a bounty hunter (Pedro Pascal) kindling his paternal spirit, overcoming his dislike for droids, and…

Turning Red — out Friday on Disney+ and Disney+ Hotstar — is only the third original effort in Pixar's 27-year history of releasing movies to be centred on a female character. (A couple of sequels or spin-offs fall into the bracket, making for a grand total of five out of 25 movies. The other 20 are male-driven.) Turning Red is responsible for an even bigger Pixar first behind the scenes, with director Domee Shi — an Oscar winner for her 2018 short Bao, released in front of Incredibles 2 in cinemas — being the first woman…