If you grew up watching movies in the 80s and 90s, then you’ve already seen Stranger Things. Try this: It’s 1983. In a leafy, non-descript American suburb, a shady government agency accidentally open a portal to another dimension, unleashing a mysterious monster which picks locals off in the woods. One of these locals is Will … Continue reading
The final season of Buffy the Vampire Slayer is unfortunately the worst one yet. Season six certainly had its problems, but retained for the most part the strength of its core characters and their development, and even though it made mistakes, the season wasn’t afraid to try and break new ground, to push the series … Continue reading
Buffy was originally, supposed to end with its fifth season. The show’s television contract with WB was up and Whedon wrote ‘The Gift’ as the program’s final episode. But the demand remained, with fans desperate to spend more time with the Scoobies, and against all odds, the show was picked up by UPN and continued … Continue reading
Season five is the best season of Buffy. It’s the show at its most confident and most assured, taking the strongest elements from previous seasons – the darkness and stakes of season two, the consistency of season three and the character development of four, and working them into a perfect television combination. With the transitional … Continue reading
Season four stands as the transitional moment of the show – it’s the bridge between the more-care free school days and the much darker years to come. There’s a lot of change here – the school has gone, and with it, the dynamic of the library scenes and their structure, as well as the high-school-as-hell … Continue reading
The show has never been this confident. Running fresh from the success of season two, Buffy’s third season is its strongest yet, a solid, highly consistent 22-episode run with non of the shakiness of previous years; everyone here – from writers to directors to cast – knows exactly what they’re doing and the show flourishes … Continue reading
Season Two of Buffy the Vampire Slayer is, right from the start, a far more accomplished piece of television than the first season was. With the foundations already set into place, Whedon and his team of writers are able to craft the show they always wanted, and Buffy becomes a far more complex, darker and … Continue reading
Buffy the Vampire Slayer first aired on television roughly fifteen years ago and is now remembered as one of the most important and imaginative programs to ever grace the small screen; a highly creative, impressively well constructed genre-bender which defied all odds, Joss Whedon’s seminal late 90s show is often found at the top end … Continue reading
David Lynch has proved himself to be one of the world’s most interesting and unique visual filmmakers. His movies generally possess an eerie, dreamlike quality, with plots heavy on symbolism, surrealism and duality and peppered with moments of bizarre humour and nightmares. One of Lynch’s most interesting projects, however, appeared on smaller screens – Twin Peaks first … Continue reading
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