Dark Souls III and Ratchet & Clank On April 12th last year, new additions to two beloved video game franchises were released to much anticipation and fanfare. In most ways, they couldn’t have been more different from one another: there’s Dark Souls III, a moribund slog through an oblique medieval world full of blisteringly difficult enemies requiring …
Roller Derby and Bruises the Size of Your Face I love any movie with an underdog and a hidden talent. Bliss (Ellen Page) certainly checks both of these boxes in the delightfully entertaining Whip It, directed by Drew Barrymore. Stifled by a small-town life where roads lead to dead-ends, Bliss and best friend Pash (Alia …
This Touching Tribute to Her Marriage is the Final Word on How She’s Been Faring Since Last Year’s “Revelations” Two years ago, on the seventh anniversary of her marriage to rapper/mogul Jay Z, Beyoncé uploaded a video of her performing the stripped-back ballad “Die With You”. It’s undoubtedly her best song that hasn’t seen wider …
Apparently This is “The First Day of the Rest of Your Life”. I Am Utterly, Incontinently Terrified by That Notion I can’t do a typical write-up for this episode, recounting the plot and remarking on its significance, trying to parse out some thematic relevance in proceedings or discussing how the characters move from A …
“I Know Kung Fu!” Thomas Anderson (Keanu Reeves) drifts through his life, publically as a corporate worker, and secretly hunched over his computer as the hacker Neo. He exists with a nagging, desperate feeling that something isn’t right. This can’t be all there is. He is correct, as he finds out when confronted by …
We Got in Touch With James Wynn, The Best Underground Rapper You Should Get Around James Wynn, a 19-year-old rapper and singer from Buffalo, NY, is on the cusp of becoming your new favourite unheralded artist. Beyond his talent for sing-song hooks and a bevy of musical skills extending across multiple instruments, the dude has developed …
The Aussie Festival Has a Pretty Fantastic Lineup This year’s lineup for Splendour in the Grass was just released. Previous years have seen headlining artists as diverse and spectacular as OutKast, The Strokes and Lorde. Then again, we’ve also had Mumford & Sons, so there’s always some cause for concern in the leadup to …
“Something They Need” Ignores its Audience’s Needs, Suffers Wildly For its Rampant Stupidity Let’s get the obvious out of the way: there’s no way for this to be a satisfying episode of television on any terms, least of all those set by The Walking Dead. When we left off last week, Sasha had entered the Saviours’ compound on …