Horns (2013) – Demonic Double Meanings

“She was my garden of Eden. And God knows how beautiful it was until that night. You know, no one is born evil. The devil himself was a fallen angel. But sometimes when you go through hell, the only way out is to walk deeper into the fire.” – Ig From Joe Hill’s book of

Horizon Zero Dawn (2017) – Mechanical Harmony

The landscape within Horizon Zero Dawn is a beautiful thing to behold. Even the robots, their physical appearances copying that of various animals that are no longer on Earth adds a pleasing visual touch. To bring the reality of a post-apocalyptic world, anthropologists were consulted to authenticate the world’s decay over a millennium, making everything

Howl’s Moving Castle (2004) – An Alliance of Head and Heart

Howl’s Moving Castle, a beautifully animated tale following a hat shop owner, Sophie, and how she gets wrapped up in the chaotic but magical world of witches and wizards. From the very beginning, we understand what kind of character Sophie is by how the people around her react and judge her; she places herself as

Soul (2020) – How Jazzing Can Be Enough

You know, lost souls are not that different from those in the zone. The zone is enjoyable, but when that joy becomes an obsession, one becomes disconnected from life. – Moonwind The soul can be a funny thing; its regarded as an incorporeal essence of a living being, and yet, because of the many religious,

The Addams Family (1991 & 1993) – Happy Family Values

The Addams Family is the most refreshing take on the nuclear family unit, submitting a more dark and satirical inversion to the ideal American household for decades. From the Charles Addams cartoons of these unnamed characters in 1938, this sparked an inspiring goth cultured, thoughtful and loving family unit that were quite happy to stay

Wildling (2018) – Catalyst of Puberty

Wildling: an uncultivated plant or undomesticated animal. But surely there is more to this name, this mythological creature, than what others have told you? Look further and find the human in the monster for yourself. A 2018 American horror/fantasy that uses puberty as the catalyst for extreme changes, and mixing it with supernatural and monstrous

I Care A Lot (2020) – The Profit of Cruel Intentions

“There’s two types of people in this world. Those who take and those that get took. Predators and prey. Lions and lambs.” – Marla Greyson Whether or not you born into circumstances, the name of the game is what you do with what you have. Whether you let yourself become part of the herd, or

Fish Tank (2009) – California Dreamin’

Fishtank, a uniquely hardened British film presenting the coming-of-age journey of a 15-year-old girl in an Essex council estate, it follows like a fly on the wall; giving the audience a glimpse into a broken home and how resilience and determination has made hardened walls between each family member. From the mother’s jealousy of her

Tomorrowland (2015) – An Attempt at Optimism

A blurring of reality and fiction In creation for a utopia Can have its own problems from within. It takes the right mind set The right beginning To make the right kind of tomorrow. Thinking outside of the box; finding that spark of optimism; feeding the right wolf can portray a new tomorrow, a new

Oats Studios: Firebase (2017) – The Power of Threes

This is third and last instalment of the three episodes that concentrate and perhaps encourages others to give Oats Studios a watch on YouTube and Steam for free. With Neill Blomkamp at the helm, it’s been a beautifully crafted burst of sci-fi shorts with effects that could make the big production companies do a double