Reviewing and Writing About Films and Video Games
Introduction: An Uninvited GuestLynn Spigel has outlined that when the television set was first introduced into the post-war American home it was advertised in domestic magazines as a revolutionary new device that could bring the family together through the act of watching television (1992, p. 39). Milly Buonanno similarly argues that the incorporation of... Continue Reading →
Don’t Breathe is the new horror creation from the team that brought us the latest Evil Dead reboot. Don’t Breathe sees three friends (Jane Levy, Dylan Minnette, and Daniel Zovatto) break into the house of an elderly blind man (Stephen Lang) who has supposedly hidden a lot of money somewhere in his house. However, the... Continue Reading →
Based on the short film with the same name, Lights Out is an imaginative horror that preys on our innate fear of the dark. Whenever the lights go out a mysterious shadowy figure known as Diana (Alicia Vela-Bailey) appears where the only safe place from her is in the light. This, in theory, is a... Continue Reading →
When a group of supervillains including Harley Quinn (Margot Robbie), Deadshot (Will Smith), Captain Boomerang (Jai Courney), and Katana (Karen Fukuhara) amongst others are forced to work together for a secret government taskforce you would be forgiven if you imagined David Ayer’s latest addition to the DC cinematic franchise Suicide Squad to be exciting or... Continue Reading →
What made the original Mirror’s Edge so enthralling when it released back in 2008 was its simplicity in both visual style and gameplay. The world was minimalistic in its design with a lot of white and blue that painted a futuristic city with popping red to highlight objects of interest that helped guide you through... Continue Reading →
Do you remember reading the Roald Dahl classic or watching the 1989 animated adaptation in your youth and being terrified of the child devouring giants and enchanted by the magic? The latest adaptation of The BFG somehow manages not to deliver any of this and instead substitutes what makes the story so special for fart... Continue Reading →
Thirteen years after Finding Nemo, the animation-wizards at Pixar have finally given us a sequel that is worth the wait as Nemo, Merlin and the lovable Dory swim back in to our hearts for one more adventure. It may have been a generation since our favourite animated fish have appeared on screen but Finding Dory... Continue Reading →
As with director Nicolas Winding Refn’s recent films, Drive (2011) and Only God Forgives (2013), The Neon Demon is just as visually stunning from the first frame all the way to the last. It is also as controversial and over-the-top as could be expected as a follow-up to Only God Forgives that culminates in an... Continue Reading →
If ever there was a game that could be called true Art, it is developer Playdead's INSIDE.
Hello, kind people of the internet! I have just found out that I have been shortlisted to be a guest writer on a cinema blog. Now, it's a matter of who can get the most views for their article as part of the competition. I therefore need whoever is reading this to do me a small... Continue Reading →
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