Never Let Me Go: a haunting, reality-based dystopia
Looking back, I can’t remember when I first became aware of Kazuo Ishiguro’s Never Let Me Go. It might’ve been on Goodreads, where I saw it praised as one of…
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…
Daybreakers: a ridiculously fun vampiric ride
“Life’s a bitch, and then you don’t die.” If I’d watched this movie as a child, its freaky worldbuilding, fast-paced plot, and green-blue Twilight filter probably would’ve endeared it to…
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest book to movie
“Tell me, doctor, do I look like a sane man?” One of my favorite pastimes is reading a book or short story, then finding and watching all the adaptations of…
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…
