Aniara: sci-fi at its most fascinating and bleakest
“Myself I questioned, but gave no reply. I dreamt myself a life, then lived a lie. I ranged the universe but passed it by — for captive on Aniara here…
The enthralling, cyclical world of Cloud Atlas
Ah, Cloud Atlas, my beloved. I read/listened to this book at the end of 2025, and I haven’t shut up about it since. The premise itself is unique enough: six…
Ballerina: a cliched return to the world of John Wick
While the miniseries The Continental showed us the backstory of Winston Scott, Ballerina is the more novel spin-off of the John Wick franchise, focusing on an entirely new character in…
Disobedience: a clash of Jewish culture and queer identity
There's nothing quite like watching a sapphic movie, enjoying it, checking out the source material, and realizing said sapphic-ness was not quite as heavy (or even present in the first…
Mickey 17 & The Monkey: one actor, two characters
After my best friend and I made a double feature out of Mickey 17 and The Monkey, I commented about the unintentional parallel between the movies: they both featured a…
Mufasa: entertaining nostalgia bait with touches of heart
I stand by the fact that if OUAT had done a Lion King episode, Mufasa would be Scar’s tragic backstory. (Or, as I was so fond of calling those villain-origin…
12 Angry Men endures, from the 50’s to the 90’s
I recently watched 1957’s 12 Angry Men with a friend who recommended it. She said, “You don’t expect a movie about twelve guys arguing in a room to be so…
Does Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes live up to its predecessors?
Ah, Planet of the Apes. We’ve come from latex masks and low(er) budgets to seamlessly CGI’ed chimpanzees and gorgeous, transporting settings. But has the quality of storytelling remained the same?…
Netflix’s Nimona elevates the themes of Stevenson’s heroine
I first read ND Stevenson’s Nimona back in high school, a year or two after it was published in 2015. (Published by HarperCollins, that is - it began as a…
The Old Guard: Movie Review
Once, when I was a kid, I saw a brief glimpse of a movie playing on the hotel TV. Flipping through channels, I paused there. It would be years before…
