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…
The Cabin in the Woods: a brilliant subversion of tropes
“I thought there’d be stars. We are abandoned.” Another year, another 31 Days of Frights! This time around, I started off the gauntlet with a modern horror classic: The Cabin…
The Time Traveler’s Wife: a fate-driven romance in reverse
The Time Traveler’s Wife - BOOK (2003) Dead people need us to remember them. Even if it eats us. Even if all we can do is say ‘I’m sorry’ until…
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…
Call Me By Your Name: the cloudy realm of first love
Time makes us sentimental. Perhaps, in the end, it is because of time that we suffer. My first interaction with Call Me By Your Name was when I saw the…
The Beguiled: seduction and betrayal in the gothic South
1966 introduced the world to Thomas P. Cullinan’s The Beguiled. The gothic thriller was made into a movie starring Clint Eastwood just five years later, followed by a second adaptation…
