Quick take: Akhanda2 has high-octane action sequences but falters from underwhelming writing and patriotic fervour. Usually, the Telugu mass masala cinema is unsubtle while dealing with all sorts of battles and challenges. Akhanda 2 is unsubtle while dealing with a war and an unprecedented geopolitical challenge.The Tibetan army launches a biowarfare operation against India. It chooses the Maha Kumbh Mela as the triggering point to spread the virus in the country. With trouble brewing and situation worsening, the Prime Minister instructs DRDO to develop an antidote. Scientist Janani (Harshaali Malhotra) successfully creates it. But the enemy troops begin to hunt…
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Mario ready to fight in The Super Mario Galaxy Movie The Super Mario Galaxy Movie just dropped a sneak peek at The Game Awards 2025, months ahead of its debut. The animated film broadens the world of the massive Nintendo franchise and follows The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023), which grossed over $1.3 billion worldwide. Both movies are produced by Illumination’s Chris Meledandri and Nintendo game director Shigeru Miyamoto. Check out the teaser below: The preview may be short, but it’s filled with action and has fans buzzing with excitement. In the sneak peek, Bowser Jr. traps Mario and Luigi…
Princess Cruise Lines Going Down With the Ship Seat … Woman Sues Company For Alleged Broken Chair Published December 11, 2025 5:25 PM PST | Updated December 11, 2025 5:58 PM PST Princess Cruise Lines is being sued by a woman who says the company doesn’t run a tight enough ship … alleging they allowed her to sit on a chair, which broke while she was on it. Marie Cassano says she took a trip with PCL in January 2025 … during which she went to the theater onboard to take in a show. However, MC claims she had a…
A Palestine benefit single from an ensemble including Brian Eno, Neneh Cherry, and Nadine Shah is out today. Credited to Together for Palestine—the British-based operation that put on a major benefit concert in September—“Lullaby” is a cover of the traditional Palestinian song “Yamma Mweel El Hawa,” which Peter Gabriel has adapted from an English translation. The Palestinian musician Nai Barghouti arranged and recomposed the song with Shards’ Kieran Brunt. Watch the accompanying video below.Upon the song’s announcement, Eno said in a press release that they were aiming for the United Kingdom’s coveted No. 1 spot on the Christmas singles chart. “After…
Shantanu Maheshwari is currently in South Korea. The actor has recently interacted with the K-Pop girl group X:IN and achieved an incredible feat. For those unaware, his film, Love in Vietnam has won two awards at the Seoul Global Movie Awards 2025. Besides the film showcasing in India, it was earlier this year screened at the DaNang Asian Film Festival in Vietnam. Interestingly, the makers have arranged a special screening for the Korean audience of the film. Shantanu further shared his excitement on winning big at the awards show. He said, “It was such an unbelievable moment to witness Love…
Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic was arguably the biggest reveal from The Game Awards 2025, but it may be a long time before we’re actually able to play it. Taking place in the beloved version of the galaxy far, far away first established by Knights of the Old Republic in 2003, Fate of the Old Republic is helmed by the same director, Casey Hudson. In the official reveal from Star Wars, Hudson and Lucasfilm Games vice president and general manager Douglas Reilly were interviewed about the project, which seems to only be taking off. Star Wars: Fate of…
Bay Area Massive Gas Explosion Caught on Video … Two Missing, At Least 6 Injured Published December 11, 2025 5:58 PM PST Two people are missing after an explosion in the San Francisco area … and a doorbell camera captured the moment of the scary blast. The incident took place in Hayward, California Thursday afternoon — a city about 18 miles south of Oakland — on what seems like an otherwise normal afternoon in the clip. Dramatic footage captured by a home’s Ring doorbell camera shows a massive explosion rocking a large building across the street in Hayward, California. “We…
No better place to premiere a first look at the upcoming movie adaptation of Street Fighter than The Game Awards. At the annual video game trailer-fest, this early teaser trailer revealed an intense fidelity to the original game series, while spotlighting many iconic characters fighting each other. (Making it a big improvement on past Street Fighter movies.) Directed by Kitao Sakurai, Street Fighter stars Noah Centineo as Ken, Andrew Koji as Ryu, Roman Reigns as Akuma, Callina Liang as Chun-Li, Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson as Balrog, David Dastmalchian as M. Bison, Cody Rhodes as Guile, Vidyut Jammwal as Dhalsim, Eric…
Hema Malini recently hosted a prayer meet in Delhi for her late husband Dharmendra. She, along with their daughters Esha Deol and Ahana Deol, honoured the actor’s memory with the meet. The gathering took place at Dr Ambedkar International Centre. The veteran actress arrived with her elder daughter Esha at the meet. Her younger daughter Ahana also joined them soon. As per a video by the news agency ANI, Hema and Esha placed flowers in front of Dharmendra’s photo. The emotional mother and daughter duo bowed before the photo. Then they entered the hall to proceed with the rest of…
After all the success Phasmophobia has earned, it’s wild to thinkit’s still in Early Access. Although the co-op ghost-hunting phenomenon has since moved from PC to PS5 and Xbox, it’s officially joining the Switch 2 family as of next year. Developer Kinetic Games revealed live at The Game Awards that Phasmophobia is not only coming to Switch 2 in 2026, but that the 1.0 version of the game is still planned to release next year. Phasmophobia Is Set For Switch 2 Now It’ll Be On All The Major Consoles Phasmophobia has been a runaway success since it launched in Early…