Month: January 2017

Video Games The Last of Us Part II

The Last of Us Part II

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 …

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52 Films By Women 3. Suffragette, directed by
Sarah Gavron

3. Suffragette, directed by
Sarah Gavron

A Life of Sacrifice in Suffragette   Get ready to leak from every orifice (maybe not every orifice…). Gavron’s Suffragette is a humbling and very real distillation of what women faced in their battle to better not just their own lives, but the lives of the future female generations and, man oh man, does it hit …

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Movies La La Land

La La Land

One of the Most Revered Films of Last Year, La La Land is Easily the Best New Movie Musical in Forever   “Magic is from people.” So said Donald Glover at the Golden Globes last week after winning Best Actor in a TV Series – Musical or Comedy for Atlanta. That same evening, Damien Chazelle’s La La …

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Trump Five Days From Trumpaggedon

Five Days From Trumpaggedon

Let’s Take a Look at What Might Have Been the Craziest Week of This Entire Donald Trump Ordeal So Far   Last week, all of these things actually happened in the real world: America’s most revered living actress received a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Golden Globes and used her speech to criticise President-Elect Donald …

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52 Films By Women 2. Clueless, directed by
Amy Heckerling

2. Clueless, directed by
Amy Heckerling

Knowing You’re Hot Shit, But Not Knowing You’re Clueless   Jane Austen still knows what’s up, with yet another contemporary re-interpretation of one of her novels, this time Emma. Haven’t read the literary classic? Well, here is a lightweight summary: spoilt, considerably smug lady gets bored and fancies herself as a matchmaker. Absorbed with social class …

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Video Games Who’s Your Overwatch Character?

Who’s Your Overwatch Character?

What Your Favourite Overwatch Character Says About You   Undoubtedly the break-out online multiplayer game of 2016, Blizzard Entertainment’s Overwatch is an impressive combination of intuitive team-oriented combat, robust gameplay, beautiful maps and, most remarkably, 23 unique playable characters to choose from. Each one has a killer design and distinctive vocal profile, as well as a specific set of …

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Movies/TV Golden Globes Recap

Golden Globes Recap

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 …

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News & Events Can White People Suffer Discrimination?

Can White People Suffer Discrimination?

“White Boys” to “Fuck White People”: The Racist Spectrum That Occasionally Affects Caucasians   Reading the title at the very head of this article, brushing aside that it’s clearly a loaded question, I’m sure a lot of you will have an immediate response: “Yes, of course they fucking can. You ever heard of ablesim, or …

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