Originally published in print September 2022. From the live action remakes of animated Disney movies to the Star Wars sequels, people are starting to identify adaptation with badly made cash-grabs preying on our nostalgia. Nostalgia is powerful for the same … Continue reading For love or money?: the Percy Jackson remakes and nostalgia
Originally published in print November 2020. It seemed like, for all of last summer, you couldn’t move anywhere on YouTube without being greeted by an ad for Cobra Kai. It felt inescapable, and so I wrote it off in annoyance. … Continue reading Cobra Kai’s Back Baby!
2001’s Lara Croft: Tomb Raider was the harbinger for a slue of video game adaptations that failed to set the world on fire. Doom, Ratchet and Clank, Resident Evil, and Assassin’s Creed are all examples of critically panned video game … Continue reading Tomb Raider: Just Another Average Reboot? “This iteration of Lara Croft is young, inexperienced and at many times, out of her depth.”
Sky Atlantic Airing Weekly: Tuesday 9pm ⚈⚈⚈⚈⚈ It is happening again. Or is it? After twenty-six years of waiting and wondering, Twin Peaks is back. With all the media fanfare, teasers and online speculation, Peaksmania is at a fever pitch, … Continue reading Back Once Again – Twin Peaks: The Return