The Discovery (2017) – Connections of Choice and Regret

“We’re a bunch of people running around making the same mistakes over and over, and I don’t know why we think it’ll be different somewhere else unless we learn what we’re supposed to while we’re here.” – Will (Jason Segel) The Discovery presents the concept of another plane of existence after this reality has been

The Lighthouse (2019) – There Be Madness

“Should pale death, with treble dread, make the ocean caves our bed, God who hears the surges roll, deign to save the suppliant soul” The Lighthouse, inspired by many sailor myths and lore within the sea faring landscape in the 19th Century, presents a hauntingly claustrophobic setting. The decision to film in grey tones, heightens

The OA: Part 2 – Lessons in Cyclical Dimensions

“We shall not cease from exploration, And the end of all our exploring Will be to arrive where we started And know the place for the first time” T.S. Eliot The arrival of the series The OA brought about many viewers questioning and revelling in its mystical and mysterious non-linear storytelling arc. Whereas dimensions are

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

Oats Studios: Rakka (2017) – Are We Worth Saving?

The second instalment of the three episodes that concentrate on the spectacular visual creations from the people of Oats Studios, directed by none other than Neill Blomkamp. Just a re-cap, Oats Studios was created to branch out on online sources with their short sci-fi creations to get a reaction and feedback from the audience. With

Black Mirror: Shut Up And Dance (2016) – A Driving Fear

A crack or a smear, Can darken or blur the image in the mirror. Can you see past the problems? Or are you relying on that ruined image, To be the real you? There are more choices, Than what is given. All it takes is your initiative, To clear away the dirt. Black Mirror episodes

Colossal (2016) – The Monster in the Metaphor

From all of the choices we could make, We seem to go for the ones that give us pleasure From addictive temporary fixes Through the ignorance of not understanding The abuse we endure or project. Only we can choose. Our monstrous selves Can teach us a lesson And show us who we really are. From

John Wick (2014) – Help, Punish or Kill…

What’s in a name? A name that could curse the heavens, a name that condemns your life? Cursed. A cursed life. It’s the gut reaction of calling someone cursed, calling them names to place them in a different place from your own. Or is it another way to warn others? It is how you make