Remove the Malaysian-Tamil setting, and  Kabali  plays like… a Rajinikanth movie. A revenge drama. It would be silly to expect grime and grit in a mega-budget Superstar movie whose seemingly endless pre-release publicity has spanned the earth to the sky (courtesy, Air Asia), but given that Pa. Ranjith is behind the camera, there is a sense of a letdown. It’s as though, given the biggest stage of his still-young career, the director went up before the audience and got a severe case of the jitters. The meat of  Kabali  is a gangster story that attempts to tease out some history about Malaysian Tamils. The suits Kabali wears aren’t just a fashion statement. The coat, the tie – they’re symbols of a rung of capitalism people like Kabali weren’t allowed to set foot on. (They’re also a nod to Ambedkar’s sartorial tastes.) But as with Ranjith’s  Madras , these are scribbles on the margins of an all-too-familiar story. The primary narrative thread in  Kabali ...

Sony's "Gravity Rush 2" is coming and will debut exclusively on PlayStation 4. The release date has been confirmed on Dec. 2 in the United States and the United Kingdom; and here are the details we have so far. The good news came to light when Sony's Associate Product Marketing Manager Brian Dunn spilled the beans on  PlayStation Blog  on July 18, Monday. Bunn announced that the sequel to the physics-defying hit will finally launch on Nov. 30 in Europe and will be followed on Dec. 2 in the US and the UK. Bunn then revealed that "Gravity Rush 2's" pre-order on PlayStation Store will start on Aug. 2. He added that individuals who pre-order "Gravity Rush 2" from participating retailers will apparently get alternate white customer downloadable content (DLC) for the game's main character, Kat (Kitten in Japan) and the Select Soundtrack featuring nine tracks the game, as well. What's more, players who pre-order from the PlayStation Store will...

"One Piece" creator Eiichiro Oda drops the information in an interview on July 20, Wednesday, that the manga series is done by 65 percent. An interview with Oda was printed by the second issue of the "Dai One Piece Shimbun" promotional publication, in which he tells the public that the storyline of the most popular manga of all time is finished at around 65 percent, according to  The Anime News Network . He also said in the same interview that he doesn't plan to work on any long Manga series anymore other than "One Piece." Four years ago, in an issue of the One Piece Shimbun in 2012, Oda stated that he had finished 60 percent of the storyline of the series, which gives us a five percent progress for four years. At this rate, we should expect the series to continue for several more years before it reaches its conclusion. In an article published by  Crunchyroll , if Oda continues to write at his current pace, we should expect 13 more years from the serie...

Pokémon TV shows are among the most watched titles on  Netflix  in a number of countries around the globe following the release of the PokémonGo mobile game which has taken the world by storm, a spokesperson for the streaming service told CNBC on Thursday.  Netflix has a number of Pokémon shows available including "Pokémon: Indigo League", "Pokémon: XY", "Pokémon: Hoopa and the Clash of Ages" and "Pokémon: Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction". "Pokémon shows have jumped into the most popular titles in many countries around the globe where we have Pokémon titles available," a spokesperson told CNBC in an emailed statement. The revival of the Pokémon cartoons comes after the augmented reality mobile game PokémonGo was released earlier this month. It has  gained tremendous popularity  and people are spending an average of 43 minutes per day playing, more time than they spend on WhatsApp and Snapchat, according to SimilarWeb. U.S. firm Ni...