Where would the internet, or indeed movies, be without fan theories? Sometimes, fan theories can set off unlikely creative sparks. For instance, Captain America fan turned writer Ed Brubaker noted that the presumed death of Bucky Barnes was never firmly established. In 2004, Brubaker resurrected Bucky as the Winter Soldier.
Luisa Cotta Ramosino mercatornet.com Luisa Cotta Ramosino is an Italian television writer and creative producer; she is also a regular contributor to the website Sentieri del cinema and Scegliere un film, an annual collection of film reviews. Dark Waters: A true story about an epic legal battle Rob Bilott
James Chapman University of Leicester Coverage of the passing of Sir Sean Connery has inevitably been dominated by his legacy as the screen’s first – and best – James Bond. Connery’s “Bond, James Bond” moment near the beginning of Dr. No (1962) is one of the iconic moments of cinema
As a fan of the goth genre from its earliest days, I was, like many goths, always puzzled by “normies” who assumed that goths must all be suicidal misery-gutses. On the contrary, most goths, at least the first wave of goth, regarded the genre as fun. It was all
In a past life, I was a literary buff and Rebecca, written by the brilliant Daphne du Maurier, was one of my favourite books. There is something particularly haunting about a novel whose main character is already dead; that sets the scene for a major backstory as well as the
Sophia Martinson mercatornet.com Sophia Martinson is a writer with a primary focus on cultural and family topics. She lives with her husband in New York City. If you are susceptible to bedtime spooks, you would do well to avoid watching The Invisible Man at night. The recent science-fiction
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theplumlist.com The highly anticipated Netflix Original movie about Sherlock Holmes’s teen sister was met with widespread praise from critics. NPR says, “The world of this film is a pleasure to disappear into, and in Enola, Brown has found a role to which she seems perfectly – even uncannily – matched.
A handful of ex-employees who designed software for social media companies left their jobs and are on a mission to tell the world about the manipulative software they now regret. A cynic might suggest they’re after their own slice of media revenue. When I was there I felt
The motivations and tactics of an ultra-wealthy minority bent on governing the world have been laid bare in Climate Hustle 2, a film just released on-line. What began in 1968 as the Club of Rome with a campaign to limit world population growth, found in 1988 that they
Kevin Mooney papundits.wordpress.com Kevin Mooney is an investigative reporter for The Daily Signal, at The Heritage Foundation. Politicians, media figures, and Hollywood elites who maintain lavish lifestyles while advocating restrictions on carbon dioxide emissions are on full display in a new documentary. The BFD. In a scene from
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Without a doubt, Mignonnes, or Cuties as it is titled on Netflix, is the most controversial film of this and probably many years to come. Much of the controversy has come about sight-unseen, something I always try and avoid. So, I steeled myself to watch it. Is it as
Dave Pellowe goodsauce.news Netflix CEO Reed Hastings has defended his company’s stubborn refusal to remove the movie “Cuties” from its streaming service by sharing an article from left-leaning website The Verge which defends the movie. The opinion piece labelled “independent” by Hastings claims the criticisms of the
