It should be no surprise to anyone that our culture is rapidly drowning in lowbrow media. The perception that as a race we are being worryingly dumbed-down is not something new. Is this gradual intellectual decline something we can stop? ...
Read More »The Maze Runner: Welcome to the Glade
The Maze Runner is yet another dystopian teen film based on a bestselling YA novel. Haven’t we had enough of these already? From the trailer, I didn’t really have any idea what the film was about. It looked action packed ...
Read More »Nostalgic Impulse: Equilibrium
‘…The disease is human emotion.’ Walking out of The Giver on the weekend, my partner asked me if I had ever seen Equilibrium, ‘it’s just like The Giver – sort of – but has added kung fu with guns.’ Well, ...
Read More »Quirky vs cheeseball: Independent romantic comedy films
I recently saw What If (also known as The F Word) at the cinema. It was a predictable and silly indie rom-com. I didn’t think much of it, but it did get me thinking about the difference between the slick, ...
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