Despite being a wide-encompassing medium, Anime has always been burdened with an unfortunate reputation, one that despite an ever-growing mainstream, just can’t seem to shake. Yet even among the most reluctant fans, one show rises head and shoulders above the rest. In 1998, Cowboy Bebop … Continue reading Cowboy Bebop (2021)
With its complexities and anxieties, we often miss out on the joys of growing old. Yes, the spectre of death does lurk around every day, but the fleeting nature of youth shouldn’t stop every once in a while and smell the flowers. In 2021, M. … Continue reading Old (2021)
Television has been a vital tool for the latter half of the 20th century, far from being just an entertaining focal point. Can be a powerful force for education and social change, showing us far-off vistas, and new ways to see the world. An ongoing battlefield … Continue reading Being the Ricardos (2021)
Audiences have a hard time embracing conclusions, always calling for more. You might have moved on as a creative, with new projects on the horizon, yet still, audiences want more stories, or at least a supposed better conclusion. In 2021, after some personal tragedy and … Continue reading The Matrix Resurrections (2021)
With constant consolidation and acquisitions, creative ideas can be lost in limbo, other times, they just lack the commercial viability to be available for eternity. The era of streaming has rectified this somewhat, with catalogues of content available at a click of a button. Yet … Continue reading Space Jam: A New Legacy (2021)
Venom walked a tightrope between being gritty and not alienating its younger fanbase, even though it didn’t receive as stellar reception, polarisation doesn’t seem to be a huge barrier to success. A somewhat negative reaction isn’t enough to stop a multibillion-dollar company from telling its … Continue reading Venom: Let There Be Carnage (2021)
The end of the world has been on a lot of people’s minds recently. Yes, we are practically powerless against the microscopic unknown, but a fate just as cataclysmic can be brought by man-made microscopic microbes. The fact that everything we ever created, believed in, … Continue reading The Stand (2020-21)
Movies and Video Games have moved on a long way since the mid-90s. Technology offers sights that minds couldn’t previously imagine. Attitudes also evolve, what once was shocking quickly become tame, and impressive feats of strength and technology become commonplace. In 2021, the infamously violent … Continue reading Mortal Kombat (2021)
The Real Mr. Positive 