Released on the 22nd of September, Travels with My Father is a new venture for British comedian Jack Whitehall. After a series of comedic shows such as Fresh Meat and Bad Education and a number of stand-up tours, Whitehall chose to change medium and try his hand at a travel show for his new artistic…
Modern journalism & writing, combined with the proliferation of social media platforms like Twitter that promote brevity over anything, the more hyperbolic a statement typically the more successful that statement is, be it a Tweet, an article or something else. If someone were to suggest something was “okay” or “pretty good” on social media, unless…
As another Netflix original comes rolling around in the form of American Vandal, it left me wondering – are any of these “Netflix Originals” actually generating enough subscribers to actually justify the cost of pumping out show after show at a furious rate? The answer is that Netflix is in more than $20 billion in…
Spoilers… Netflix’s new original film Okja opens with a fantastic scene which sets up the image that the Mirando Corporation, the film’s evil-doer, is trying to sell to the public. Tilda Swinton perfectly embodies this ad-like PR dream, with her energetic, confident and heroic demeanour. Like a prophetic Steve Jobs, Lucy Mirando (Swinton’s character) unfolds…
What happened at the 70th annual Cannes Film Festival? If you paid even the slightest attention to this year’s edition of the renowned festival, you may have heard of the controversy that surrounded the screening of Okja, the latest feature film by Bong Joon Ho (Memories of Murder, Snowpiercer). If you have not, here is…
There has been an emerging trend of rebooting or adapting old series or franchises into newer content for television lately – Prison Break, 24, Will and Grace, Lethal Weapon. However, networks are not limited to looking at TV and cinema screens for inspiration. The CW saw the 78-year-old popular comic franchise Archie Comics and used its…
Sing Street – what did this movie do to me? I’m writing this at 3:20 on a Sunday morning because I’ve been left stunned by its impact: the energy, emotion, and optimism that it brings, packaged with an inspired soundtrack. In a year that has seen so many critically recognised films with sensitive topics and…
Black Mirror is back, and arguably at its best. Charlie Brooker’s most talked-about series is as surreal, yet scarily relevant, as ever. The newest season re-visits the futuristic possibilities of social media, technology, and life in general. Exploring topics such as growing old, humanity vs propaganda, virtual reality, and the impact that social media could,…
‘The Netflix Treatment’ is, if you didn’t know, when a forgotten film or television series finds new legs on the streaming platform, typically in the form of a new series. Famous examples of the ‘Netflix Treatment’ at work include the liberation of Arrested Development from Fox (though we’re still waiting on that film, Hurwitz), the…