Feature First

Bhargav Chandramouli
Managing Editor, Co-Founder
Based in Chicago, Illinois. An aspiring singer and director, Bhargav is currently pursuing his undergrad in Marketing, Information & Decision Sciences, and Film in Chicago. Since co-founding Feature First, Bhargav focuses on industry analyses, box office reports, quality movie reviews, and helping maintain consumer engagement across all social platforms.
The writing team for HBO’s reboot adaptation of Harry Potter has extended past Francesca Gardiner and Mark Mylod.
As an Asian-American who grew up with ADHD, a lot of Dìdi felt very targeted towards me. Several scenes in the movie were directly ripped out of my life! From Chris’ (Izaac Wang) klutziness to his daring personality, I felt like I was watching a parody of my own life on the screen.
Martin Scorsese revealed at a Q&A event at the Jacob Burns Film Center that he doesn't want to make films with a lot of extras.
Blumhouse will be giving us our annual dose of Artificial Intelligence horror with Afraid (stylized AfrAId). Starring John Cho and Katherine Waterston, the story will revolve around an AI smart home device named AIA (pronounced EYE-YA), which, in a similar beat to MEGAN, becomes increasingly attached to the host family. 
The box office this year has been substantially smaller than last year due to last year’s Hollywood strikes, leading the first half of 2024 to be barren. But the latter half of this year is ramping up! Here are 70 more movies coming out this year, and where you can watch them!
Following her appearance on the Shut Up, Ryan podcast where she announced a “mini tour”, Ariana Grande is receiving backlash for a made up rumor about her being a cannibal.
As an immense fan of her work, having spent thousands of minutes listening to her music, I found it would be a fun task to do an objective ranking of Grande’s discography. One that balances what’s popular within the fanbase, for specific reasons, with critics and general public reception.
Due to the overwhelming performance of Pixar’s Inside Out 2; which has amassed $1 billion within 19 days, making it the fastest animated film ever to achieve this goal; Universal has decided it would be best for Wicked to not compete against Moana 2 at the box office. The part one adaptation of the Broadway classic was originally slated for November 27, 2024, until Disney surprise announced that Moana 2 will be released this year. 
His Dark Materials writer Francesca Gardiner has been tapped to showrun the upcoming Harry Potter HBO Original TV Show. Mark Mylod will direct episodes of the show, which will premiere on HBO and MAX.
As an avid fan of the new seasons of the show, I’ve had some expectations for these new episodes. Join me in my ranking of the new episodes!