Film Review: Split (M. Night Shyamalan, 2017)
Film Review: Split (M. Night Shyamalan, 2017) Title: SplitRelease: 20th January 2017Writer & Director: M. Night ShyamalanGenre: Thriller, Horror Three girls are kidnapped by a man with 23 distinct personalities, and must try and escape before the apparent...
Netflix Shows I’m Currently Watching
Netflix Shows I’m Currently Watching As well as books, I really love watching TV shows. I often prefer them to films. With TV, you can have hours to extend the story rather than fitting everything into a couple of hours. It was great doing a degree in Film &...The Oscars 2016: My Reactions
The Oscars 2016: My Reactions Last night’s Oscars ceremony was a three-hour slightly mad event filled with surprises, odd animations and talks about race. (And a hell of a lot of Mad Max: Fury Road.) I’m going to give my reactions and thoughts about the...
Harry Potter & The Cursed Child Script Release & The Wizarding World as Transmedia Storytelling
Since starting university in 2013, a big interest of mine has been audience engagement with media, and ‘transmedia narratives’. According to media and fan culture guru Henry Jenkins (2007): “Transmedia storytelling represents a process where integral...
My top 3 Christmas films!
If you hadn’t noticed already, I LOVE CHRISTMAS. It makes me so happy and it’s definitely my favourite time of year. One thing that I’ve never really been a huge fan of though is Christmas films. I’m pretty fussy with them! I don’t like...
