telltale: my take on what I watch on screen

Trust, talking and truth - Words said by Jean Millburn (Gillian Anderson) in the premier episode of season 2 - is an apt representation of season 1 of sex education which dropped on Netflix in 2017. Teens trust a kid in their class and talk to him about sex related issues who in turn speaks the truth to them. As a plot-line, this was refreshing and funny. The creators kept it simple. Season 2, however, expands the scope beyond this and it's three central characters - Otis, Maeve and Eric. In terms of the story, Season 2 picks off from where season 1 ended.  As the school break gets over, Otis Millburn (Asa Butterfield) - the sex kid - and the rest of the class are back to Moordale High. Maeve Wiley (Emma Mackay) is back too albeit without the dash of pink hair which drew comparisons of Emma Mackay with Margot Robbie. The sex clinic is up and running as well saving the day for hundreds of helpless horny kids. But this time around they have competition from Jean, Otis...

Brad Pitt and Leonardo DiCaprio. Quentin Tarantino. Expectations with 'Once upon a time in.. Hollywood' were sky high. Add to that the news that the famous Tate-la Bianca murders would intertwine with the story, made O.U.A.T.I.H. a must watch movie in 2019. Which makes it that much more weird that I watched it only recently, 6 months after it was released. I missed watching it on the first weekend and discouraging reviews (from friends and critics) dashed my hopes which led me to avoiding it completely. Come February 2020, thanks to Amazon Prime and a wonderfully worded review from Raja Sen, I decided to go for it. And it turned out to be a lot more fun than what I had anticipated. The chemistry between Pitt and DiCaprio makes it worth your time and money. Described as a relationship which is 'more than a brother and little less than a wife', their on screen friendship is refreshing and believable. Rick Dalton (DiCaprio) is an actor who is past his prime i...