Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein at 30: A Melodrama with a Monster Problem
Frankenstein is one of the most adapted pieces of literature, with seemingly endless film versions. We’re getting two more high-profile...
Kyle Barratt
The world is full of mysterious creatures whose existence spark constant debate. Scotland have the Loch Ness monster, North America have big foot and the Himalayas have the Yeti but none can hold a candle to England's mythical beast. The Kyle Barratt has eluded scientists for decades, many doubt he even exists and is really a man from Ealing named Carl. Yet time and time again proof arrives in the form of completed and well written articles.
An Ode to my Favourite Ambient Sound Effect, Found in Alien, Blade Runner, & Star Wars
Alien. The 1979 horror masterpiece by Ridley Scott, one of the most acclaimed horror films of all time; a truly...
Lovecraft Country: A Decent Anthology Show Ruined by a Terrible Serialised Plot
Lovecraft Country is the kind of show I usually love. The kind of show I usually champion. A weird genre...
The Best and Worst of The X-Files Season 2
In 2019 I wrote about the best and worst aspects and episodes of the first season of The X-Files, hoping...
How Will The Last of Us Part II Be Adapted For Television?
The following article contains spoilers for The Last of Us Part II and therefore spoilers for future seasons of the...
The First Attempt at a Fargo TV Series was a Failure
I remember first learning of a Fargo TV series from an issue of Empire, soon before the first season began...
The Continental: A Fun But Frustrating John Wick Prequel Full of Wasted Potential
The Continental isn’t the John Wick spin-off I thought it would be. The hotel for hitmen sparked imaginations when it...
The Endless Repetition of Gotham Knights Killed the Completionist In Me
Round, like a circle in a spiral Like a wheel within a wheel Never ending or beginning On an ever-spinning...
Why Ole Munch is the Ultimate Fargo Character
Fargo, despite its artifice as a true story, its genre as crime drama, is at its core a modern American...
My Hopes for For All Mankind Season 5
The fourth season of For All Mankind ended much like the second. After a season of storylines slowly brewing, they...
