WHAT is it with films about pigs? They always leave you an emotional wreck at the end of them. I’m looking at you, Babe and Charlotte’s Web. Netflix’s newest film Okja successfully follows this trend of films about pigs. The film opens in 2007, Lucy Mirando (Tilda Swinton) has taken over multinational food company Mirando, think a […]
Month: July 2017
Review: Spider-Man: Homecoming
Spider-Man: Homecoming is not the best Spider-Man film there is, but it is certainly not the worst. Going into the film, you’ll need a bit of understanding of the Marvel Cinematic Universe and some of the stories that have already played out. The film opens following the Battle of New York, depicted in the 2012 […]
Review: The Handmaid’s Tale
“AND she said, behold my maid Bilhah, go in unto her; and she shall bear upon my knees, that I may also have children by her.” Genesis 30:1–3, King James Bible. This passage sets the tone for the dystopian series, The Handmaid’s Tale. In the not-too-distant past, or future, the US is at a turning […]