The Offbeat Critic

About a decade ago, when we had to watch a movie, the first thing me and my friends used to do was to check tickets online and then either pay a convenience fee so that we could book our favourite seats in the hall if it was a movie which was in demand or we used to take a risk by looking at the number of empty seats and reach the theatre in time hoping those favourite seats were not booked by someone else. Either way, the internet helped us in this small little mission. A decade later a lot has changed with internet data prices at very low prices, OTT applications are the talk of the town. These applications are now fighting for a space on our mobile phones. When we would hear about a movie most of us would check on either Netflix or Amazon Prime if it is English, Disney+ Hotstar, SonyLiv, Zee5, ALTBalaji, ErosNow, SunNXT if it is in a regional language. So when I was searching about these applications, I came across an advertisement on YouTube for MUBI. MUBI is a Subscription-bas...

Where to Watch: Netflix After watching a lot of sports documentaries on both Amazon Prime and Netflix about teams I knew or heard of, I decided to watch a series about a team I was not aware of.  “Boca Juniors” is an Argentine Football Team based in Buenos Aires which plays in the "SuperLiga Argentina" and if it does well in this league, it qualifies for the “Copa Libertadores”, the highest level of football in South America. (The equivalent of the UEFA Champions League in Europe). As both these tournaments are not broadcast in India, I thought it would be a great chance to explore football on the other side of the planet. I was thoroughly disappointed. This series has 4 episodes, each episode running about 40 minutes, and features parts of the 2017-18 season of the club. While other football series had mostly 5-6 hours of content, I wondered how they managed to show it in less than 3 hours. This series suffers from pacing issues. The first two episodes show the team’s ...