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Avsar (Hindi) [Opportunity]

This Hindi movie is a pretty straightforward slice-of-life story that tries to give a modern look at what it's like to be a single, professional gay man. It dives into how he understands who he is, the chances he missed out on, and the personal choices he’s made along the way. The director used three parallel timelines to tell the story, which honestly didn't make much sense to me. While the core idea was actually pretty interesting, I really feel like this would have worked way better as a short film considering the point it was trying to make. Still, it wasn't a bad watch. The plot centers on Rachit, a city professional, and his friend Shikhar as they hang out for an evening. Rachit is a polished, urban guy, while Shikhar has more of a "small-town" rustic vibe, and you can really see the contrast between them when they talk. As the night goes on, Rachit starts thinking back to some old memories from a long time ago. He remembers being an intern after college in ...

Loveless Society (Thai Mini-Series)

This was such a pointless series and a show that need not exist in the first place. With low production quality, the acting is non-existent, the plot is pedestrian, the whole thing is filmed on an iPhone, the editing is incompetent, the sound is poor, and there's no ending. It just... stops. The show thankfully is just 4 episodes of about 40 minutes each, so the torture doesn't stay long for you.

Nut works at a small advertising agency. His colleagues and grinds are a girl So, a guy named Mick, who he has been friends with for 6 years. Mick has a secret crush on Nut. Nut's feelings for Mick are unclear to us. For a new competition, the Boss hires his relative/consultant to work with this team so they can potentially win the award which will be bog for the company. Apparently Guy had seen one of Nut's previous work called "Loveless Society" and was quite inspired by the creator and that is why he also wanted to work with Nut on this collaboration. Guy does come out as an arrogant person for some reason. While he make Nut and his team work extra hard for this competition, him and Nut have this friend enemies turned sudden attraction. While this is happening there is some office politics around their designs being sold to a rival company. Mick is initially held responsible but soon he clears the air. He also confesses his love to Nut but he is, for some reason, infatuated with Guy. The two men have sex and to be honest, I dont even know what really happens in the end. It was all very boring , confusing and I didn't care at all.

The main couple here is supposed to be Guy and Nut, but sadly they have no chemistry at all. Guy is an unlikable love interest, appearing rude, arrogant, and sleazy in almost every scene. Besides an unattractive personality, there's no chemistry between the leads. Their relationship is not just loveless, but it's also joyless, passionless, and meaningless. Why are they together is very questionable. In fact, in first episode I thought Nut and Mick were together in a relationship, but I guess that was not the case! Besides the so-called romance, even the work-related subplots get executed clumsily and many scenes aren't written well. The narrative tends to be ridiculous and tacky instead of realistic and down-to-earth. I am not even sure if there was a story here, or maybe the makers had an idea but they really did not know what to do with it and where to take it. Amateur actors, bad direction, extremely poor sound and editing; there is just nothing redeemable about the show. Almost in ever seen, the background music was louder than the dialogues itself. And why this title? Uff!! I can't recommend this at all. (1/10)

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