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Review: 'Queer' (2024) - "I'm not queer, I'm just disembodied"
Queer’ is a story of obsession and addiction, manifesting itself in the form of William Lee’s love interest, (If you can call it that) Eugen
LeviKaye
Feb 45 min read
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Curtains Up, Crisis Offstage: Trump’s Inauguration as a Divisive Spectacle
Last week, the Oscar nominations marked the official start of awards season. However, another theatrical performance from the week demands f
Sophie Boyle
Feb 26 min read
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Review: John Crowley's - We Live in Time
We Live in Time is an exploration of love, grief, and the fleeting nature of life’s most precious moments, produced by A24- a studio known f
Madison Challis
Jan 214 min read
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Album Review: Ethel Cain - 'Perverts'
Ethel Cain’s latest album, Perverts, is a sharp departure from the haunted Americana of Preacher’s Daughter. If her 2022 debut mapped a Sout

Madison Challis
Jan 153 min read
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Review: Gwen Stefani's "Bouquet" - why can't women choose to embrace tradition?
But what are the unforgivably reactionary views espoused by Stefani on her first pop-county record? The album’s critical reception might sug
Graeme Sinclair
Jan 135 min read
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Girlhood in Review - What's in and out for the girl in 2025?
2024 has been the year pop music made a strong comeback, cute aesthetics reigned supreme, and everyone discovered Sonny Angels. Being a girl
Atlanta Tsiaoukkas
Jan 104 min read
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Why are We Obsessed with Hot Criminals? A deep dive into Luigi Mangione's appeal
Having a strong sense of social justice often leads many of us to place Luigi Mangione on a pedestal, viewing him as a modern-day Robin Hood

Madison Challis
Jan 83 min read
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The Holdovers: reflecting on the meaning of family during the festive season
But Alexander Payne’s The Holdovers represents a side of Christmas we often overlook. Sometimes, we don’t have the family we yearn to have w
Amy Tonta
Jan 64 min read
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Seeking Connection and Celebrating Solitude: My time solo travelling
When I left the UK to travel across Australia in January 2024, I had no concrete plans to guide my journey and no real expectations about
Izzy Lepone
Jan 33 min read
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Celebrity infidelity: How do Hollywood’s cheaters get away with it?
A tale as old as time itself: people cheat. The public’s usual response is to reprimand the cheater and console the victim.

Charlotte Lewis
Dec 28, 20245 min read
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Exploring the Magic Through the Ages: The Disney Post-Renaissance Era (2000–2008)
The Post-Renaissance Era followed the incredible success of the Renaissance but marked a transitional period for Disney Animation. During th

Madison Challis
Dec 22, 20244 min read
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A Richard Curtis Christmas: That Christmas and Love Actually
Holiday films have a unique way of distilling the chaos and charm of the season into a concentrated two-hour capsule of joy, drama, and refl

Madison Challis
Dec 19, 20243 min read
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Why Are So Many People ‘Holding Space’ For Wicked?
The release of the new Wicked film has sparked a major uproar on social media, with interviews featuring the cast - particularly Cynthia Eri
Phoebe Barks
Dec 17, 20244 min read
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Bloated but Earnest: Megalopolis (2024) Review
Chances are, if you willingly opened a review of Megalopolis, you already know what you’re expecting to hear. You know about the very long a
Cameron Cade
Nov 17, 20244 min read
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The Wild Robot (2024): A Heartfelt Meditation on Parenthood, Progress, and Purpose
Director Chris Sanders, known for his blend of soft humanity and sharp technological commentary, brings us The Wild Robot—a stirring explora

Madison Challis
Nov 6, 20243 min read
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Exploring the Magic Through the Ages: The Disney Renaissance Era (1989–1999)
This era coincided with a leadership change at Disney, with Michael Eisner as CEO, Frank Wells as president, and Jeffrey Katzenberg leading

Madison Challis
Nov 3, 20245 min read
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Exploring the Magic Through the Ages: Disney's Bronze Age (1970-1988)
The Bronze Age films reflected the uncertainties and changes of the time. With Walt Disney's passing, the studio was at a crossroads, trying

Madison Challis
Oct 27, 20245 min read
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Surgical curation of the self: The obsession with Instagram dump culture
The last few years have seen a cultural shift in social media whereby people are sharing excessively, blurring the private and public parts
Rhea Patel
Oct 17, 20244 min read
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Growing Pains…and Racist Tweets?: The Racist past of influencers
Many of us have been made privy to the racist past of white influencers and celebs online. Is this merely a part of coming of age? Or emblem
Elohor Efakpokire
Oct 15, 20244 min read
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