American Psycho: Do All Psychopathic Murderers Look That Celestial? Given an R Rating for a reason, this film is based on the novel which was famously banned in several countries for its controversial and explicit content. In other countries, like Australia, the book was wrapped in a protective cover. Thankfully, much of the intensely graphic …
Looking at Music that Popticon Doesn’t Often Give it’s Fair Due, Here’s What We Enjoyed in Triple J’s Hottest 100 This afternoon, countless Australians around the country gathered to have a barbie and a game of beach cricket in order to commemorate our unblemished history and awesome treatment of Aboriginal people. Many will take …
La La Land Got Nominated For Everything… Seriously After a controversial two year run of nominating only white people in every acting category, the Oscars decided to stop playing the, “We can’t be racist, we have black friends!” card and actually nominate some people of colour. So, in that regard alone, we’re off to a …
Our Second Instalment on the Shows We Really Wish Were Still Around Last Year
We Take a Look at Some of Our Favourite Programs That, For Whatever Reason, Weren’t Around Last Year
The Upcoming Sequel to the Best Video Game of the Modern Era Might Actually Be a Really Bad Idea These shouldn’t be SPOILERS because you really should have done your earthy duty and played this but, in case you haven’t, go and do that now before this ruins the best game you haven’t gotten around …
It’s Mostly Business as Usual with Some Few and Far Between Surprises at this Year’s Golden Globe Awards The 74th Golden Globe Awards open in a uniquely Golden Globes way, with a lacklustre musical number where host Jimmy Fallon is upstaged by Justin Timberlake before the teleprompter cuts out and he awkwardly jokes about …
Introducing Popticon’s Weekly Reviews of Films by Female Directors Last year, I head about a movement called ’52 Films By Women’. Sparked by the unequal gender opportunities in the film industry, Women In Film (WIF) started the initiative in 2015, asking people to join the pledge to “watch a film a week by a woman for …