While it was only labelled as such roughly a decade ago, the MeToo movement has been around a while, but only started to gain momentum once more women stepped out and decided to talk about their own experiences with sexual violence and harassment. In the early days of the movement, many of us found ourselves…
Author: The Postmodern Pelican
Lilo & Stitch (2025)
At some point in the last fifteen years, the Walt Disney Company simply seemed to stop caring about originality. This is a far cry from the studio that not only defined the art of mainstream animation, but single-handedly was responsible for nearly a century of entertainment, capturing the attention of generations of viewers. Like any…
Easy Money (1983)
We all dream of becoming repulsively rich, to the point where money means nothing other than being the fuel that propels a lavish, over-the-top lifestyle – or at least this is what the general culture seems to think is the case, since everyone is seeking ridiculous amounts of wealth, which is either a result of…
The Actor (2025)
Paul Cole wakes up in peculiar surroundings – it appears to be a small Midwestern town, and it seems to be somewhere in Ohio, according to the people he encounters. He doesn’t know how or why he got there, and he is desperate to get back to New York City – no one in this…
Meet the Applegates (1991)
Whenever the subject of domesticity and suburbia comes up in a film, I tend to refer to the time David Lynch very effectively stated “I discovered that if one looks a little closer at this beautiful world, there are always red ants underneath”, a simple sentiment that says everything we need to know about the…
Suspended Time (2024)
We all remember where we were when our respective governments announced the discovery of a new flu-like virus that was rapidly spreading across the world, impacting the lives of the global population in a way we had not seen in decades. The COVID-19 pandemic was a peculiar moment, and while it is still technically a…
The Great Escaper (2024)
There are some stories that are simply too fascinating to be anything other than entirely truthful – as the old adage goes, sometimes reality can be stranger than fiction. A decade ago, there was a mild flurry caused by a man by the name of Bernie Jordan, a 90-year-old veteran of the Second World War…
Amazing Grace (1974)
We all know the feeling of sitting around a table at a family reunion, where the pleasant conversation comes to a grinding halt as whispers are passed around the table – someone (usually an older relative who believes that they have a stronger grasp on reality) has said something racist, sexist or otherwise extremely bigoted….
It Follows (2014)
For about as long as we have been sentient, there have been stories designed to stir a reaction – laughter and melancholy are some of the more common ones, and we also see efforts to mystify and enthrall in many cases. However, by far the most fascinating form of artistic expression, at least in terms…
On Becoming a Guinea Fowl (2025)
If you were to drive down any rural or countryside road in Sub-Saharan Africa, chances are that you would spot one of the unofficial birds of the continent, the guinea fowl. These plump, uniquely-coloured birds are icons of many regions of Africa, and are often seen as welcome additions to any homestead, farm or rural…
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