This is one of my few film reviews that is actually topical, so it's worth noting here that this contains major spoilers for Joker and I would recommend watching that film before reading this. Ok, so this is an interesting one. It’s worth prefacing a few things. The first is that in terms of comic books, …
This post contains spoilers for Eyes Wide Shut, and I would recommend watching that before reading. In my last two posts on film, I’ve looked at films centred around romance, and their differing takes on it. Pale Flower and Phantom Thread both square their aim onto troubled relationships and aim to try and find the beauty …
This is one of those posts that I’ve been slightly dreading writing. Whenever I have to write about something I don’t particularly like, or something that I’ve only recently seen or played, the words and ideas flow pretty reasonably. But when it’s a piece of media like this, that I have such a strong affection …
I'd suggest watching Pale Flower before reading this. The film was released on the Criterion Collection, but you might be able to find it elsewhere. So, admittedly this one is a bit odd. I tend to write about a set number of subjects on this blog that I don’t really deviate from; JRPGs, Ace Attorney and …
At 13 entries, this marks the longest of my lists this year, probably more to do with the fact that I watch a lot more films than I do play games or watch TV. Now, like my other lists, this isn’t ranked, but I do keep a very informal running list of everything I watch on …
This post contains spoilers for Fullmetal Alchemist, the Fullmetal Alchemist anime and won't make any sense if you haven't seen at least one of them. Perhaps a natural consequence of being a Japanese student at university, I have recently found myself drawn slowly back into the murky waters of anime. A big contributor to this …
2017 continues to prove itself excellent as we move into the realm of cinema; I've seen about 50 films this year, so not everything, but not a shabby amount either, and there's a lot to recommend. You might notice that this list is in alphabetical order; that's because I was, in fact, having such a …
This time of the year is when everyone and their mum comes up with their best things of the year, but you should listen to me because... um, I write it down I guess? In all seriousness, this year has been pretty good for entertainment, even if it hasn't been so good for the rest …
When I walked out of seeing David Brent: Life on the Road the other day I thought to myself (as I'm sure many of you did); did the world really need a David Brent movie? The answer, of course, is no; David Brent got a near perfect ending in the Christmas special of The Office all …
Mild spoilers ahead I just want to first preface this by saying that I hate everything surrounding this movie. I hate the internet cry-babies who don't want women in their Ghostbusters, I hate the people who prejudged the films on trailers which, by the way, are unrepresentative and I therefore also hate (most of the …
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