• Ultimate Displays of Romance in Film and TV

    Love in movies and TV shows pave the way for the idealisation of romantic gestures, making it more and more difficult for people to live up to these standards. Here are a few that made Santhana Kanapathippillai fall in love with the characters and crave excitement and glamour in...
  • Book To Film Adaptations: Carmilla

     Ed Farley Following on from Orla Newstead’s ‘Film VS The Novel: What is the Ultimate Form of Storytelling’, Ed Farley compares the book and film versions of Carmilla.   “The book is better than the film” is something I have heard multiple times, yet haven’t ever been able to...
  • Could A Video Game To Film Adaptation Ever Work?

    Daria Paterek After the recent release of the Uncharted trailer, I wanted to reflect on the legacy and commercial success of video game to film adaptations. Super Mario Bros was the first movie based on a video game, which began a long legacy of video game adaptations. This later spawned...
  • Is ‘Detroit: Become Human’ Coming To TV?

    Alex Tyndall With rumours that Detroit: Become Human, a highly acclaimed story-based video game, might be coming to our TV screens, Alex delves into her hopes and concerns regarding a potential remake.  There has been recent speculation within the gaming community that Sony Pictures, responsible for films such as Casino Royale, Spiderman 1,...
  • The Paradoxical Progressiveness Of The New ‘Gossip Girl’ Reboot

    It should have been no surprise to anyone that the new 'Gossip Girl' reboot would have a focus on updating its social politics. Its predecessor debuted in 2007 to a very different social and political culture. However, is the show's 'woke' rebranding well-intentioned and something we want to see...
  • Disney+’s Loki Finds Its Place In The Marvel Cinematic Universe

    Emily Fletcher Marvel has once again expanded its cinematic universe through its Disney+ exclusive shows. Loki follows the Norse God of Mischief as he is snatched from the established timeline of the MCU by the Time Variance Authority (TVA), a seemingly all-powerful agency seeking to eliminate those who veer...
  • Marvel Is Finally Addressing Institutional Racism Through ‘The Falcon And The Winter Solider.’

    Sarah Harris **Warning – Spoilers Ahead** After Marvel explored new territories with the hit series, WandaVision, expectations for their next Disney+ series, The Falcon and The Winter Soldier, were high. It’s important that Marvel are finally using their platform to create a dialogue on important and relevant issues If...