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Film… Movie Review: Sinners 14 Feb 20266 Feb 2026 Ryan Coogler’s Sinners is the kind of film that reminds you why cinema matters. Set in the Deep South of the 1930s, it’s a lavishly serious vampire blowout that doubles…
Blogging… When Did Not Liking Something Stop Being Enough? 25 Jan 202624 Jan 2026 There was a time when not liking something was just… ordinary. You’d watch a show, read a book, try a game, shrug, and move on. It didn’t require a statement…
Film… Movie Review: Megalopolis 24 Jan 202623 Jan 2026 Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis arrives with decades of anticipation behind it, a passion project finally brought to life. It’s a film that aims for grandeur, blending philosophy, spectacle, and operatic…
Film… Movie Review: Superman 11 Jan 20268 Jan 2026 Settling in to watch James Gunn’s Superman, I braced myself for the weight of expectation. This is a character whose cinematic history is crowded with origin stories, reboots, and reinventions,…
Pop Culture Politics JOE – 2025 Year in Review with Ian Hislop 19 Dec 202519 Dec 2025 Alongside the usual Spotify playlists and Reddit stats, one of the sharpest annual roundups comes from PoliticsJOE. Each December, they sit down with Private Eye editor Ian Hislop to pick…
Pop Culture Private Eye – The Year In Review 2025 17 Dec 2025 December always brings a blizzard of “year in review” content. Spotify tells you what you’ve been looping, Reddit reminds you of your strangest obsessions, and YouTube floods you with “best…
Film… Film Review: Civil War 14 Dec 202514 Dec 2025 Alex Garland’s 2024 film, Civil War, is not a comfortable film. It’s not meant to be. From its opening frames, it drags the audience into a near-future America fractured by…
Pop Culture… TV Review: The Capture, Season 1 13 Dec 20258 Dec 2025 Ben Chanan’s The Capture begins with British soldier Shaun Emery (played by Callum Turner), recently acquitted of a war crime in Afghanistan. Just as he tries to rebuild his life,…
Pop Culture… Hades and Hadestown: Two Journeys Through the Underworld 18 Nov 202518 Nov 2025 I admit this is becoming something of an obsession, but you're clicking the link and reading the post. Who is the real problem here? The Underworld has always been a…
Film… Sorcery and Consensus, Part 2: Drawing Inspiration from Doctor Strange for Your Games of Mage: The Ascension 5 Oct 202528 Sep 2025 There’s something undeniably compelling about Doctor Strange’s brand of magic. It’s not just the swirling mandalas and gravity-defying set pieces; it’s the way his sorcery feels earned. It’s ritualistic, intellectual,…
Film… Sorcery and Consensus, Part 1: Doctor Strange Through the Lens of Mage: The Ascension 27 Sep 202521 Sep 2025 Marvel’s Doctor Strange films are, on the surface, kaleidoscopic spectacles of spellcraft and multiversal peril. But beneath the swirling portals and time loops lies a surprisingly nuanced meditation on belief,…
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