One of the longest-lasting tropes in fiction has been team-up stories, where characters combine their unique attributes and personalities to create a collage of relationship dynamics and storytelling possibilities, with several books, comics and movies being responsible for some truly… Continue reading "KPop Demon Hunter"
Christmas films can be a dime-a-dozen and sometimes only exist to create some harmless festive cheer and spout an obvious message. While that could be seen as pandering and very limiting (which it is in some respects), a good handling… Continue reading "A Boy Called Christmas"
Hayao Miyazaki is arguably one of the world’s greatest filmmakers, and his prolific work within Studio Ghibli has resulted in what many consider some of the greatest animated movies ever conceived. Much like other famous artists, he seems unable to… Continue reading "The Boy and the Heron"
Stephen King hasn’t always had the best film adaptations, but it’s always reassuring when you come across not only a film that seems to capture his spirit and tone of voice on the screen, but also a director who can… Continue reading "Gerald’s Game"
The 2023 Netflix biopic, Maestro, is a quintessential example of the follies surrounding the Academy Awards and how movies try to appease them. Throughout its almost century long lifespan, the Oscars have created a stereotype of movie that many can… Continue reading "Maestro"
The 2018 Netflix Christmas film, The Christmas Chronicles, probably could’ve fallen into a backlog of several other holiday-themed movies Netflix have at their disposal, yet it seemed like with enough decent advertising and public awareness about a film where beloved… Continue reading "The Christmas Chronicles"
When it was announced that there was going to be a Netflix series based on Wednesday Addams, the daughter of the popular Charles Addams comic strip family, it no doubt led to some excitement, but it also would’ve been met… Continue reading "Wednesday"
It feels like it’s been a long time since a show has taken over the world quite like Squid Game has. Released during the latter half of 2021 on Netflix, Squid Game wasn’t just a very successful show, its arguably… Continue reading "Squid Game"
