The Marketing Department: The Lion King Trailer Analysis
“ah, yes, of course that Hornbill is actually esteemed political show host John Oliver!”.
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The Ninth Year: The Haunting of Swill House
April 11, 2019
April 10, 2019
Trying To Make Sense of AHS 1984
Wow! It’s American Horror Story-o-clock already? Yes, the first trailer for the next season, subtitled 1984, is here, it’s probably pretty queer, and it’s going to be going ahead without Evan Peters. And hey, as your local cynical American Horror Story scholar, I think it’s only right that I take a look at it, right? To the teaser!
April 9, 2019
Movie Review: Pet Semetary
The search for a good adaptation of this brilliant book continues
April 8, 2019
A Beginner’s Guide to Self-Harm
Well, I got you there with that clickbait title, didn’t I? This isn’t actually going to be a guide on how to self-harm, because I feel like my desperation for views hasn’t quite dipped that far yet. But I do want to talk about the stuff you may not know about self-harm, and why it doesn’t necessarily work the way you might think it does. Trigger warning for discussion of self-harm and suicide.
April 6, 2019
No But Listen: On Ryan Gosling
Okay, let’s settle this Ryan Gosling thing once and for all
Ryan Gosling. Either that name has you trying to pre-book tickets or searching for the “x” button on your browser so fast that your fingers start to melt. For some reason, this leading man seems to be one of those most divisive figures in Hollywood today; either you adore his performances in critically acclaimed movies like Drive and Ides of March and can’t wait to see what he does next (like my boyfriend inexplicably does), or you’re baffled by the spoon-faced, goose-named flavour of the month who doesn’t seem to realize that his five minutes of stardom should have finished about four years ago (like I very logically do). In fact, this is a debate that happens my boyfriend and I have at least twice a week and now we figured that (since we both write and have pointlessly strong opinions about pop culture) now was as good a time…
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April 5, 2019
Is the IT Movie Better Than the Book?
We’re going to be taking a look at Pet Semetary this week, so why not catch up on our previous Stephen King coverage with this deep dive into IT?
Like many readers, Stephen King occupies a special place in my pop culture education. For many years I wasn’t interested in reading at all: in fact, I actively avoided it throughout my childhood in favour of TV shows, film, and football. Unsurprisingly it was the Harry Potter series that sparked my interest in the written word. I was 12, the movie adaptation was coming out in a few months, and I decided to see what all the fuss is about. Don’t worry, this article has very little Potter in it: the internet doesn’t need me to keep that obsession alive. What JK Rowling’s novels did do, especially with Prisoner of Azkaban onwards, was gradually delve into darker themes and settings, making it the perfect platform for my introduction to books with more bite. So I asked my mother about this guy called Stephen King. His books could be seen in…
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April 5, 2019
The Scariest TV Scenes in History
So, a couple of weeks ago, my writing partner and I wrote an article over on our film blog, No But Listen, about the scariest scenes in movie history, and that got me to a-thinking. I love all things horror, and it seemed a shame to stop there when there’s so much freaky shit on TV to delve right on into. So while these may not be the scariest scenes in TV history, they’re certainly the ones that kicked the emotional crap out of me when I first saw them and the ones I most often bring up in therapy sessions. Time to rake over some traumatic childhood (and miscellaneous) memories!
April 4, 2019
The Marketing Department: Joker Trailer Analysis
wait, okay, hold on a hot second
April 3, 2019
Sugar Rush Recaps: S1E2/3
I can’t believe I have to put this here, given that I’ve seen this show before, but somehow I forgot that these episodes would need a trigger warning for rape.
So, we’re back – thanks for all the support on the last recap. It’s been so cool to see how many people watched this show growing up, and how formative it was for so many people in terms of their queerness and otherwise; I’m thoroughly enjoying getting back into it, so without further ado, let’s take a look at episodes two and three, shall we?
April 2, 2019
Anatomy of a Career: George Lucas
So how exactly did a man with only a half-dozen films under his belt come to define decades of blockbuster cinema?
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