Jul 6Member-onlyI didn’t like Elvis… I loved it!Story Elvis tells the story of the King of Rock and Roll, Elvis Presley, told by his manager Colonel Tom Parker. I saw a TikTok on my way back from watching the movie that said the movie did not focus on Elvis, rather it focused on Tom Parker. An argument could…Movies7 min read
May 30Member-only‘Top Gun: Maverick’ shows that sequels made 30 years after the first one can work.Story Taking place 36 years after the first one, Top Gun: Maverick sees the return of Pete ‘Maverick’ Mitchell training a team of the best Navy pilots at TopGun, in a mission that blurs the line between life and death. What I like about the story is how detached it is…Film5 min read
Feb 24Member-onlyFlee deserves its Oscar nomination.Flee tells the story of Amin Nawabi, an Afghan refugee detailing his life for the first time since seeking asylum in Denmark There is so much more to the story (though it doesn’t feel right to call it a story seeing as Amin himself is telling us about the things…Movie3 min read
Jan 27Member-onlyBlackberry Babes is PEAK Nollywood, and I kinda love it.Story Blackberry Babes revolves around a group of university girls and their obsession with blackberries. It shows how much importance they have placed on the phones and the lengths they would go to have them. Given the name and central theme of the movie, it’s pretty dated. The ‘Blackberry craze’ ended…Films5 min read
Jan 27Member-only‘The Last Airbender’ is the worst movie I have ever seen and will haunt me forever.This review contains spoilers, but let’s be honest you’re not going to watch this film. I’m someone who gives movies the benefit of the doubt because films are subjective, but I’m not doing that with this movie. It really is that bad. Story The story takes place in a world where…Films11 min read
Jan 27Member-onlyYour Name is a visual masterpiece with a compelling storyStory Your Name tells the story of a teenage boy named Taki who lives in Tokyo who inexplicably switches bodies with Mitsuha, a teenage girl who lives in Itomori, a town in the Japanese countryside. You are familiar with this story archetype, two people from different worlds who are connected by…something…Anime5 min read
Jan 6Member-onlyKiki’s Delivery Service is a movie I needed to watch.Story Kiki’s Delivery Service tells the story of a young witch named Kiki who leaves her hometown to venture out on her own. She ends up in a new town and uses her flying abilities to start a delivery service. The story is one about an individual finding themselves. At the…Moveis5 min read
Oct 14, 2021Member-onlyThe only thing I could say at the end of Train to Busan was “Wow what a film.”Story Fund manager and workaholic Seo Seok-woo takes his daughter, Su-an travel to Busan to celebrate her birthday with her mother and Seok-woo’s estranged wife. Unbeknownst to them, a zombie apocalypse is rapidly spreading throughout Korea. Movies like this one usually have a simple story that anchors you to a few…Movies5 min read
Oct 7, 2021Member-only‘Speed Racer’ really isn’t THAT badStory A young race car driver by the name of Speed Racer (no seriously that’s his name) has dreams of winning the Grand Prix and become the world champion following the death of his older brother. …Film6 min read
Oct 7, 2021Member-onlyIf No Time to Die is good enough for my Dad, it is good enough for me.Story After leaving active service, Janes Bond is brought back into the fold by an old acquaintance who leads him to a new enemy with a dangerous new weapon The interesting thing about the story is that it feels old and new at the same time. Given that this is not…Movies6 min read