WHAT TO WATCH
ARRIVAL :
Arrival is an American sci-fi film based on the short story - “Story of Your Life” by Ted Chiang.
The movie is centred around the life of a linguistic Louise Banks (Amy Adams), who is recruited by the Army to communicate with extraterrestrials who have arrived in 12 spacecrafts at different spots across the globe. It is not your typical sci-fi film but one of those rare movies in which every element, every moment, every note, comes together in glorious harmony.
At the army camp, she meets a physicist Ian Donelly (Jeremy Renner), along with whom she attempts to decipher the language the aliens seem to attempting communication in. What follows is about to leave you speechless in the end as the movie takes you on one hell of a ride before delivering a climax you never expected.
SPOTLIGHT :
This Academy Award Winning Biographical Picture revolves around a journalism team “Spotlight” and it’s investigation into widespread and systemic child sex abuse cases by Roman Catholic priests in and around Boston, United States.
With an all-star cast including Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton, Liev Schreiber, the movie never drops it’s intensity for even a moment. Expect a heavy dose of drama and crime to keep you rooted to your couch for a couple of hours.
WHAT TO READ
THE KITE RUNNER
This masterpiece by Khaled Hosseini is a gripping and emotional story of betrayal and redemption that will thrill but also deeply move. It narrates the story of Amir and Hassan, two best friends living in Kabul.
As a child, Amir commits an act of betrayal towards Hassan which will go on to haunt him for the rest of his life. Later, Amir and his father are forced to flee Afghanistan as the Taliban regime grows in power. Upon moving to America, Amir begins his quest for redemption, righting the wrongs he committed all those years ago in Kabul.
The story is fast-paced with not a single dull moment and the vivid descriptions will force you to pause and admire at many instances along the book.
It’s bound to keep you amazed till the end.
AND THEN THERE WERE NONE
Described by Agatha Christie herself as the most difficult of her books to write, this is her best selling novel and also considered to be one of the finest mystery books of all time. The narration begins with 10 people being summoned to an island under different pretexts. Upon arrival, they discover that they are the only people on the island with no way to leave.
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The night of their arrival, an unknown recording plays and accuses each of them of murder at some point in their past and says that they’ve been brought here to pay for their crimes. Gradually, all of them are killed one by one in seemingly mysterious ways until none are left.The beauty of this novel lies in the extreme level of detailing of the plot and the impossible to predict ending. You are bound to wonder till the last few pages- Who did it & how ?
