Diane Goes to Vietnam, in Search of Her Roots, Solitude and Closure
The Dog days are over in Bojack Horseman. They truly are. A few minutes into the fifth season's second episode, Diane and Mr. Peanutbutter started talking about their divorce papers. My heart broke when I realized my favorite couple on…
Netflix’s Ghoul: Guilt, Tyranny and the Monsters among Men
Quietly released on 24th August, Ghoul is a sharply directed, enigmatically paced political allegory, with a dash of supernatural spices thrown in for good measure. The little ads and marketing you may have seen for the miniseries suggests the reverse…
Mission Impossible- Fallout Blows all Competition Out of the Water
I can scarcely believe what I am saying, but Mission Impossible might just be the best action franchise of the last 20 years. While the jury may still be out on the former, it’s safe to say that Mission: Impossible- Fallout…
Why Luke Skywalker And Harry Potter Must Leave Their Homes Behind
Heroes and ordinary people alike must embark on journeys throughout their lives. To embark on these journeys, however, we must first leave our own homes. This is captured in the classic three act narrative structure of the Hero’s Journey monomyth.…
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them Revisited
With the trailer for Fantastic Beasts and The Crimes of Grindelwald fresh in everyone’s mind, now seems as good a time as any to revisit the first tale featuring Newt Scamander’s adventures in the 1920s. Despite decidedly unfavorable results in…
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Small on Stakes, Big on Wholesome Fun
Ant-Man has always been the odd duckling of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Not the ugly duckling. That would have to be Thor: Dark World or Iron Man 2. But it’s odd, because the first Ant-man was good, but fell well…
Why The Legend of the Super Saiyan is a Timeless Parable
I have been trying to write Dragonball short stories lately. It's exciting and terrifying at the same time. I have written Superman and Captain America. But Goku is different. And so is Vegeta. The first time I watched DBZ was in…
Winter is Here- With Promised Actions, Cold Burns and a Fandom Unhinged
HBO’s Game of Thrones is a phenomenon- that’s old news. Now, this phenomenon happens without any schedule. August 2017 has truly been one glorious month of our lives. When we could be sitting in traffic, missing our classes or just…
Owned “Two”- How to Own Your Sound
It both pays and sucks to be a band with a buzz. For bands like this, on one hand there’s the chance to turn all the attention into legitimate devotion, but on the other there’s the great risk of faltering…
Westworld Review: Not the Next Game of Thrones, and It Doesn’t Need to Be.
Not only is Westworld HBO’s latest hit, it may well be on track to become its biggest hit. That might seem like a tall order, but the show has already pulled off the most successful first season in the network’s…
