A lot of effort has been made to infuse some dark humor into They Will Kill You. Honestly, it works in patches. You will love Asia Reaves as Beetz - a woman who can do only wrong, including being in the wrong places, being penalized by the law, and learning a whole lot of violence wizardry during her time in prison. The movie takes no time to set up a storyline. You pretty much land in the limited substance that the movie has, providing a glimpse of Asia Reaves and her sister and their struggle to survive, thanks to an abusive father or guardian who was definitely better off being dead.

If you can recall movies that have people using humans as game for their hunting pleasures, They Will Kill You will seem rather similar. If you recall movies that highlight the super-rich revering cults to extend their regime, They Will Kill You will seem way too similar. However, if you try recalling women in lead roles for increasing the body count, They Will Kill You just might stand out with Asia Reaves' crazy hairdo headlining the massacre. Asia excels in her role. She does not look overly muscular or unnaturally crazy. She seems intent on doing what she does best - exact revenge and do a whole lot of killing as a part of it.

I genuinely felt that Heather Graham was wasted here. She cannot be just one of the many rich kids who are mandated to offer human sacrifices in a crowd of overprivileged folks - they should have given her more screen time. The best thing about They Will Kill You is chaotic handling. It unfurls into the fifth gear just about 10 minutes into the movie. The moment Asia lands at the mansion, you get that feeling - this place is about to turn red, and someone [Asia] will be seen raising a machete to chop up a whole lot of us...

Verdict?

This is not a spin-off of Ready or Not.
Great to see women using the axe and machetes to carve up a few.
Not meant for kids. Not meant for those who don't enjoy the body count.
A one-time watch that you enjoy for a while but forget soon.
Asia Reeves is on her way to some major Hollywood stardom.

There is this unapologetically evil genius aura about him that makes it so convincing. Sorry to spill the beans, but Keaton is also the original 'Whisper Man'. The storyline is about someone who has started killing again, in a similar fashion. However, it is Keaton who stands out despite the presence of Robert De Niro. The manner in which his eyes light up when choking his own son with his own hands, and forcing himself to watch this horror of a moment, remains in your mind as the credits roll in. Truly, the new or the latest Whisper Man is no match for Keaton, but still, the movie is worth the watch.

The storytelling is not rushed or slow - just about simmering, perfect given that audiences today are as knowledgeable as the entire CSI crew on prime time shows. There is also not a lot of explanation of how this evil works against small kids by strangling boys with their faces covered. This is how Keaton also tries to explain it - sometimes, the darkness inside has to emerge, and that is what the movie is about. There are different types of darkness that the content shares with you. There is one in a crime novelist's mind after the demise of his wife, as he struggles to raise their only son. There is one more in his mind, filled with hate toward his father [Robert De Niro], without any second chances.

And then, his little boy seems to be visited by the ghost of a girl [her identity withheld until the last moment] who stays by his side even as he is kidnapped and held up in a creepy room by the wannabe Whisper Man. Perhaps the most disturbing bit of darkness lurking in the movie is the reason why Keaton happens to be the indicted Whisper Man, and why his own son needs to repeat his acts. The reasons feel more awful if you look closely at how Keaton explains it. There is a moment when Robert De Niro addresses these reasons, and Keaton looks visibly disturbed at being found out - these moments will pass you by if you are fiddling with your remote as the movie tries its best not to be dramatic, even during the tell-all scenes.

If you have already seen too many serial killer movies, the plot will not shock you. If you find it hard to digest that someone would unapologetically strangle young boys because of their own damned childhood, some scenes might challenge you. Overall, the pace of the movie is quick. Even hunting the neighborhood and finding the new Whisper Man does not take time. The real juice is in what makes these guys kill - the mind at work; either it captures your attention, or you are repelled by it!

Casting? Truly heavyweight
Robert De Niro wasted? I think, yes
Goof-ups? Many of them that you might not notice
Michelle Monaghan wasted? Again, a yes
The plot? Nothing new, but Michael Keaton makes it work and keeps it believable

Body Horror is perhaps the right niche and definition for Lee Cronin's The Mummy. You will find plenty of it spread across the movie. Expect skin, nails, meaty flesh, hair, bodily fluids, and blood to take center stage every time a sequence builds up. The movie does not explain much. It does not dig into the origins of the prehistoric evil that is known to rip apart families - it is just there - sometimes in a mummified tomb and then as something that can be transferred from one vessel to the next medium. The good thing about Lee Cronin's The Mummy is that it does not relent. There are no family vacations or happy moments. The entire movie is about the darkness, including the family's desperation to save their own.

If you like body horror, scripts that weave in the family angle rather than hormone-high teenagers, and a story told without losing pace, Lee Cronin's The Mummy can be a good watch. The faces might not seem familiar. However, everyone does their job rather well. The possessed girl is convincing. The folklore horror also seems believable. The ending was really good - it creates a type of closure you would want to see. A few scenes might clearly resemble possession-themed horror movies, but that is something you just cannot escape - any story where evil has taken over a human body needs some twisting of the bones, drainage of blood, and an inhuman, creepy, raspy voice. The good thing is that Lee Cronin's The Mummy uses all of this in the right proportions. It doesn't present research to support its storyline, and the body-horror scenes are perfectly controlled.

There is AI, but it does not feel out of place. There are predictable reactions from the parents, but they seem genuine. A massive crater in the backyard concealing a mummy's tomb can also be allowed if you are not trying to pick your brains. A father who wears the same expression of shock for nearly 90 minutes is also forgivable. Even the Egyptian cop, who is predictably in perfect shape in every possible way, convinces you because she does not overdo her anxiety about working on a missing persons case over nearly a decade!

Walk into any neighbourhood shop in Dwarka early enough in the morning, and you'll catch the owner doing something that has nothing to do with commerce and everything to do with faith — lighting an agarbatti in front of a small framed photo tucked behind the counter, well before the first shutter fully lifts. It looks like a private ritual, and it is, but it's also strikingly ordinary once you realise almost every shopkeeper on earth is running some version of the same quiet ceremony. Strip away the specific gods, coins, and salt, and what you're left with is a global, remarkably consistent human habit: treating the first transaction of the day like it decides everything that follows.

Bohni in India and Pakistan: Why the First Sale of the Day Matters So Much

In India and Pakistan, this habit even has a name — bohni, the belief that the day's first sale sets the tone, in terms of luck, for every sale after it. Shopkeepers try to ensure the bohni transaction happens in cash, ideally at full price with no haggling, and customers are expected to be generous rather than difficult during it, since walking away from a genuine bohni buyer without a sale is considered inauspicious. In some regions, the first cash received gets spat upon lightly to ward off the evil eye, or touched reverently to each eye as a gesture of thanks. It's not unusual for a shopkeeper to chase a small loss on the first sale just to avoid an empty-handed opening.

Haal Khata in Bangladesh: Closing Old Ledgers to Start the Year Fresh

Bengali traders take this further once a year rather than once a day. On the first day of the Bengali calendar, shopkeepers close out their old ledgers entirely and open a fresh one in a custom called Haal Khata, inviting customers in to settle old debts and start clean. Hindu traders mark the occasion with a special puja, while Muslim shopkeepers write "Bismillah" at the top of the new ledger before a single entry goes in. Sweets and small gifts get handed out to customers as part of the ceremony — a shop essentially resetting its relationship with everyone who owes it money, once a year, on purpose.

Have you experienced days when, out of the blue, without any history of things, and with no medically substantiated diagnosis, your skin develops maroon, reddish patches all across your face? It is hard to explain exactly what happens here, but I have suffered from this problem since 2005. I finally nailed it down to extreme anxiety that causes these flare-ups, but read around- AI or Google search- you will not find a lot of convincing answers regarding the diagnosis. I think anxiety-induced skin eruptions are a real thing. Perhaps, by now, there should be a well-defined name for this condition, if not a disease. I recall getting these patches and then running to a neighborhood chemist to give me something to compress it and cool it down. Needless to say, nothing really worked. You have to just talk to yourself and stop hyperventilating, but the problem is that you are trying to calm yourself down when your body is already reacting to something you have been carrying in your mind. I even had a teammate about 12 years back who had the same symptomatology. In her case, the entire face would develop red spots, like pox or chronic acne, and by evening, when her nerves settled, they would vanish! Literally, vanish without a trace.

 

There is absolute truth in believing that the kettlebell is the true king of all body conditioning equipment!

This is for anyone who truly believes that kettlebell movement engages the whole body and that there is no other exercise that comes close - you were absolutely right! I am now about 8 months into kettlebell movements. I can say this with utter confidence - there is nothing out there in the form of fancy gym equipment that challenges, engages, and conditions the body like a weighted kettlebell. I use the word "kettlebell" because of another truth that my journey with the KB has uncovered - working out with light kettlebells is to just get used to the range of movement that swinging the kettlebell induces, but if you want to see real results, you have to get slightly uncomfortable. You have to choose kettlebells that are a bit beyond the realm of easily swinging them upwards or towards the side. A slightly heavier kettlebell really works out the entire body. Even those movements that are not intended to target the core do it anyway. This is why I truly believe that the love for kettlebell and its growing global credentials are not a passing phase - this is not an Instagram trend - this is here to stay. 

A bit of personal insight before we delve into the actual discussion - I chanced upon Rumali Curls via Instagram without really searching for this body movement. It has been a month, and I have progressed to just a 7.5 kg dumbbell in each hand while doing it. However, I don't use it as a means to grow muscles or build the biceps. For me, Rumali Curls are more about a whole-body movement, and something that warms up and works out the entire body before I get into heavy weights. I find them easy and without any major risks. You don't have to do 100 reps in the first week. You will feel it work the entire upper body with some strain on the upper arms...

There is something slightly amusing about the way the modern gym keeps rediscovering exercises that Indian wrestlers have been using for generations. The Rumali bicep curl, also described in some fitness circles as a Rumali dumbbell swing, looks quite different from the familiar bicep curls most people perform in front of a mirror. Instead of moving the dumbbell in a simple up-and-down line, the exercise uses a flowing circular path that brings the arms, shoulders, torso, and core into the movement. Its connection with traditional Indian kushti training also gives the exercise a story that goes beyond the current obsession with finding the “next” gym movement, because this is less a new fitness invention and more an old training idea being viewed through the lens of today’s strength and conditioning culture.

What Exactly Are Rumali Bicep Curls?

The first thing to understand is that Rumali curls are not simply regular bicep curls performed more quickly. The movement is built around a circular or semicircular path in which the dumbbell travels across the front of the body, moves down and outward, and then comes back toward the shoulder. The arm still performs elbow flexion, so the biceps remain involved, but the exercise asks the shoulder, forearm, torso, and hips to help control the movement as well.

The Night Around Us (2026): looking forward to what seems like a different version of Dracula!

A Man Who Has Lost His Faith

Chris Schwab's Dracula: The Night Around Us moves Bram Stoker's vampire story out of Victorian Transylvania and into contemporary America. At its centre is Dr. John Seward, now a psychologist working at a state mental-health facility. Seward is not introduced as the commanding Van Helsing-type hero familiar from many Dracula adaptations. He is an ordinary, somewhat disillusioned man whose faith in other people has been badly worn down. Seward meets Mina, a wary single mother who has moved into the apartment building with her young daughter, Lucy. Lucy is open, funny, and immediately more trusting than her mother. Seward develops an easy affection for the child, and his relationship with Mina gradually gives him something he had been missing: a reason to believe that human connection is still possible. The film deliberately compresses Stoker's enormous cast. Schwab combines elements of Jonathan Harker and Van Helsing into Seward, while altering Lucy and Mina from their roles in the novel. It makes the story depend on Seward's emotional investment in this little family.

What Is Genetic Trauma? A Concept That Went Mainstream Through TV

The HBO series Watchmen introduced a lot of people to a phrase that sounds almost like science fiction: genetic trauma, the idea that whatever your ancestors lived through might still be sitting somewhere inside you, encoded rather than just remembered. It's a striking idea for a superhero show to drop casually into dialogue, and it stuck with viewers for good reason — most of us already suspect, in some vague unscientific way, that we're carrying more from our families than just their eye colour and their taste in food. The question worth actually answering is whether that suspicion holds up to scrutiny, or whether it's just a good line dressed up as biology.

Genetic Trauma vs Generational Trauma: Why the Terms Get Confused

These two phrases get used interchangeably online, which muddies the water considerably. Generational trauma — sometimes called intergenerational or transgenerational trauma — is a well-established concept in psychology describing how the emotional and behavioural aftermath of trauma gets passed down through families: parenting styles shaped by fear, silence around painful history, anxiety absorbed by children who never lived through the original event at all. Genetic trauma is a much narrower, far more contested claim — that trauma can leave an actual biological mark on your DNA's packaging, one inheritable through eggs or sperm. One is broadly accepted in family psychology. The other is a genuinely fascinating, still-unsettled area of science called epigenetics.

Delhi Traffic Congestion: Why the City Finally Needs a Health Checkup

Every driver in this city has, at some point, treated a traffic jam the way you'd treat a stubborn cough — annoying, familiar, something you just push through without asking what's actually causing it. I've spent enough hours crawling along the Dwarka Expressway during construction phases to know that instinct well. But somewhere in the last two years, that instinct has started changing, quietly, in the background. Delhi's traffic is finally being treated less like an unavoidable mood and more like a patient whose vitals are worth measuring properly — pulse, pressure, the works — instead of just being complained about at dinner.

Traffic Management System India: How Bad Is the Congestion, Really?

The numbers, once you actually go looking for them, are sobering rather than surprising. India ranked as the fifth most traffic-congested country globally and second in Asia in 2025, with commuters facing an average congestion level of 37.4 percent, and Delhi placed seventh among Asia's ten most congested cities that year. A Boston Consulting Group estimate found that congestion across Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru and Kolkata alone costs the Indian economy roughly 22 billion dollars annually. That's not a number you feel while sitting at a red light, but it's the number that eventually justifies why three separate, serious traffic-intelligence systems have all decided Delhi is worth diagnosing properly.

Relationship Compatibility: What Your Body Decides Before Your Mind Does

Office Anxiety: When a Colleague's Gaze Becomes a Workplace Problem

The Mouth Keeps Score Even When the Mind Won't Admit It

There is something disturbingly deep that connects apartment owners in Delhi like me with their walls...

Every Dwarka monsoon, my wall and I have the same argument. It shows up as a patch. I paint over it. It comes back a few months later, slightly bigger, slightly smugger. This time I decided to actually think it through instead of just reaching for the roller — and it turned into a much longer, much more useful rabbit hole than I expected. Sharing the whole thing here, because if your apartment has a "problem wall" too, you've probably had some version of this exact conversation with yourself. While you read this, please note that you will need lots of patience, oodles of DIY enterprising spirit, the will-try-again composure, and defiance of raiding Afghan armies that plundered our nation to be an apartment-owner with moisture-free apartment walls in Delhi.

Date/Time stamp: 2025-08-15, 14:03 — this is when the test was run. (Worth noting as a teaching aside: this date was actually wrong on the device — a good example that a machine's internal clock is a separate, trivial setting from its actual measurement accuracy. Don't let a wrong timestamp make you distrust the electrical readings themselves.)

TEST REPORT / BATTERY TEST / REPLACE BATTERY — this is the tester's final verdict, printed in bold as the headline result. Everything below is the data that led to this conclusion.

Now the core readings, explained one by one:

1. SOC: 98% (State of Charge) — how full the battery is right now, like a fuel gauge. This just means it was charged at the time of testing. This number alone tells you almost nothing about the battery's actual health.
2. Voltage: 12.70V — the resting voltage across the terminals. A healthy, fully-charged 12V battery normally sits around 12.6-12.8V, so this looks completely normal on its own — another number that can mislead you if you stop here.
3. SOH: 38% (State of Health) — this is the real headline number. It measures how much usable capacity remains compared to when the battery was new. At 38%, the battery has lost roughly two-thirds of its original ability to perform, even though it's currently charged.

The Complete Guide to the Alien & Predator Cinematic Universe

A fact-checked, deep-dive viewing order and connections guide

If you're new to sci-fi horror, the Alien and Predator franchises can feel intimidating — over 45 years of movies, prequels, crossovers, and reboots, with connections buried in background props and single lines of dialogue. Here's the full timeline, the props and quotes that actually tie it together, and which connections are confirmed on-screen versus confirmed later by the filmmakers themselves.

Phase 1: Earth and the Hunters

Long before humans built starships, alien hunters were already visiting Earth, using our ancestors and our wildlife as target practice.

Prey (2022) — set 1719, North American Great Plains

A young Comanche warrior named Naru defends her tribe from a technologically advanced alien hunter. Late in the film, a wounded French fur trader named Raphael Adolini gives Naru a flintlock pistol in exchange for medical help, engraved "Raphael Adolini 1715." That same engraved pistol is what a Predator gifts Danny Glover's character as a trophy of respect at the end of Predator 2 (1990), nearly 280 years later in the story's internal chronology. It's the single clearest confirmed prop connection anchoring the whole modern Predator timeline together, and it's genuinely on-screen, not just fan theory.