The Society of the ‘Fight Club’ is the Society of the Spectacle

When Jack, the lead protagonist and narrator of Fight Club (David Fincher, 1999), is at work, he monologues that “with insomnia, … More

Navigating the Hollywood Monsters of the ‘Resident Evil’ Videogame Franchise

Following an arc from the haunted house terror of the original release in 1996 through to an explosive apex of … More

‘The Sopranos’: Mythologizing the Gangster Genre

In a 1933 publicity piece for the film Blondie Johnson, Warner Brothers declared that, “The value of [gangster] films now … More

‘Sherlock’: “The Six Thatchers” Goes Beyond Disappointing Into Downright Nonsense

Holmes’ abductive methodology, through which an observed inference is arrived at through considering the known facts, may prove useful in … More

The Best TV of 2016: Preacher

Preacher occupies the foul-mouthed and gore-soaked terrain somewhere between NBC’s cancelled Constantine (2014) and the Starz network’s Ash vs Evil Dead (2015-). All three shows … More

The Best TV of 2016: Planet Earth II

Planet Earth II is a six-part British nature documentary from the BBC, but only considering it as such would be as … More

The Best TV of 2016: Game of Thrones

When you play the game of thrones, you win or you die. When you play the game of thrones, you … More

The Best Film of 2016: Nocturnal Animals

Near-naked ladies cavort on the enlarged frame in slow-motion close-up. The sizeable sirens brazenly fill the dimensions of our headspace … More

Future Technology in the ‘Star Trek’ Reboots: Complex Future(s)

With our first explorative adventure in Future Technology in the ‘Star Trek’ Reboots:Tethered and Performative, we examined how, through looking … More