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The Ninth Year: The Haunting of Swill House

A Rant on Chronic Pain

Alright, sometimes I plan what I’m going to write here, and sometimes I just wake up and it hurts and I need to talk about it, alright? Alright. Alright!

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The Decade in Review: 2012

Sometimes, you’ve just got to go with what makes you happy.

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Catch up on our previous 2011 article right here!

Louise’s Pick: The Cabin in the Woods

Honourable Mentions: Looper, Wreck-It Ralph, The Imposter

Now, my previous picks, they have been all about sheer magisterial grasp of the cinematic art form. I Saw The Devil and The Skin I Live In are not so much films to enjoy as films to endure to come out a better person – well, what’s left of you, anyway.

But Cabin in the Woods? Cabin in the Woods is different. I mean, to be fair, there is an extraordinary amount of skill on display here, as director Drew Goddard pulls apart the horror genre at the seams and tosses it back together again with killer mermen, tequila, Fran Kranz, and probably my favourite Chris Hemsworth performance to date; I’m a huge slut for the world of horror, and, in those terms, Cabin in the…

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The Worst TV of the Decade

Let’s face it: there’s been a lot of bad TV this decade. I should know, I’ve written about most of it: Smash, UnREAL, Riverdale. But what is truly the worst of the worst, the true bottom of the barrel that nobody should have been scraping in the first place? Well, I’m here to tell you (my opinion on the matter). Without further ado, let’s get into it!

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Star Wars Cinematic Universe Retrospective: Episode VII – The Force Awakens

By a Finn X Poe stan till the end

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Watchmen S1E8: A God Walks Into Abar

love love.

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Movie Review: Knives Out

Okay, but who doesn’t love a camp little mystery?

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An Asshole’s Guide to Not Hating Yourself

Hi! I’m Louise, and I’m an asshole.

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The Decade in Review: 2011

I have never seen a film like this – and frankly, hope I never do again.

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Star Wars Cinematic Universe Retrospective: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi

Someone EXPLAIN the incest kiss to me

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Don’t Mention the Cricket: The Underrated Brilliance of Outside Edge

Ah, ’tis the season: if you’re British, like mine fine self-ine, you’ll be cracking out the box-sets and settling down in a haze of fizzy faux-booze and mince pies and suchlike to inject some comedy charm straight into your needy veins.

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