Dracula (1931) Analysis, Part 2

Happy New Year’s, everybody! I still can’t get the DVD player in my PC to work properly, so this is not going to be quite the analysis I had originally planned. But it should still work, I hope. Join me
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Dracula (1931): An Analysis, Part One

Good day, everybody! How’s everybody doing? Freezing their buns off? Good. So today is the first day of my analysis of old Universal horror movies. And today we’re gonna start with the one that started it all: Dracula (1931), starring
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The Great Untwist of The Last Jedi

You’d be amazed at what a good night’s sleep can do for you. No, really. You would. The need to throttle an entire fandom just kind of… disappears after a good night’s sleep. So today, I want to talk about
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Star Wars: The Last Jedi (Probably) Isn’t Going To Be That Dark

It’s been a good week for me, I got to admit. Aside from one bit of oddity from Pablo Hidalgo (which ultimately works out way more in my favour than it doesn’t, but I still think it’s bullshit), everything that’s
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For My Ally Is The Force, And A Powerful Ally It Is: A Discussion on What The Force Actually Is, And How Many Star Wars Get It Wrong

I think, outside of my university days, that’s probably the longest title I’ve ever written. At least for an essay. But this is too important a subject to be ignored. Many Star Wars fans have a conception of the Force
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The Last Jedi

Hey, remember that time when they killed off Superman? Or replaced Batman with some darker and edgier twerp? Or that time when Dan Slott totally ripped off J.M. DeMatteis and replaced Peter Parker with Doc Ock? You remember how those
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I Don’t Believe, They Actually Did It: They Went and Cloned Darth Vader

Yes weirdos and gentlefreaks, we are discussing Kylo Ren today! Simultaneously the most undeservedly controversial Star Wars character ever and also the most literal Darth Vader Clone ever. Join me under the cut!

The Monster Under Your Bed Has A Name

And that name is Snoke! Yes weirdos and gentlefreaks, we are going to be talking about Snoke, easily one of the creepiest, nastiest, vilest monsters that have ever crawled out of the Dark Side in Star Wars. And yet, easily
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Leia’s Most Daring Pilot

Three. Weeks. Until. Star Wars: Episode VIII-The Last Jedi. How will we ever survive? By reading about Poe Dameron, of course. Join me under the cut!

For the love of Finn!

Happy Ripoff Day, everybody! How are we today? Already dreading the endless turkey sandwiches? Excellent, that’s what you get for ripping off a Canadian holiday. But I’m not solely here to berate you about American’s inferiority complex. No, today I
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