Pop culture

ESSAY / Daddy issues and female writers: About absent fathers in pop culture

In "Daddy," the speaker's inability to speak is not merely personal trauma but a symbol of women's historical silencing.

Nostalgic holiday movies to rewatch

Nostalgic holiday movies to enjoy this time of the year.

The need to recognise propaganda in pop culture

Popular culture is a product of its time, representing the politics and ideas of a specific era.

Fallout sets a new bar for video-game adaptations

Fallout expands upon the beloved and critically acclaimed role-playing game franchise, and successfully introduces it to a new audience.

Anime / The First Slam Dunk is sports anime distilled to its essentials

The First Slam Dunk has, in many ways, perfectly distilled everything that makes sports anime good.

Blue Eye Samurai: A visually stunning portrayal of a samurai’s vengeance

What Blue Eye Samurai excels at is elevating common archetypes and plotlines with high levels of finesse.

Living a pop culture fantasy

Anica Hossain shares her cosplaying experience – how she got into it, what it takes to cosplay, and how enthusiasts can get into this art form of brining fictional characters to life.

The little black dress and its hypnotic black magic

The fact that there is no limit to the ways a black dress can be styled is a fact universally acknowledged.

#Entertainment / 5 things you didn’t know about J K Rowling’s Harry Potter

Whether you are in the wizarding world or amongst muggles, you have heard of Harry Potter and his friends Hermoine and Ron fighting against the dark arts and taking Voldemort on head first. J K Rowling’s creation of the magical world has dominated the screen and ever since, the franchise has become timeless.

January 21, 2024
January 21, 2024

Living a pop culture fantasy

Anica Hossain shares her cosplaying experience – how she got into it, what it takes to cosplay, and how enthusiasts can get into this art form of brining fictional characters to life.

September 4, 2023
September 4, 2023

The little black dress and its hypnotic black magic

The fact that there is no limit to the ways a black dress can be styled is a fact universally acknowledged.

July 30, 2023
July 30, 2023

5 things you didn’t know about J K Rowling’s Harry Potter

Whether you are in the wizarding world or amongst muggles, you have heard of Harry Potter and his friends Hermoine and Ron fighting against the dark arts and taking Voldemort on head first. J K Rowling’s creation of the magical world has dominated the screen and ever since, the franchise has become timeless.

July 27, 2023
July 27, 2023

Hosting Pokémon battles with your friends

These online Pokémon games have grown into immersive experiences for an individual to dive into

July 13, 2023
July 13, 2023

From breezy musings to gusty convictions

As you go through the book, you face heavier winds. In the section titled ‘Gale’, Professor Mortuza explores the history of the establishment of our education system, the contentious nature of the semester system at our universities, the issue of campus ragging, corruption within our educational institutions, and various other compelling topics. In this section, he faces the topics head on.

May 23, 2023
May 23, 2023

Iconic cartoon characters embodying mental health disorders

Looking back on these characters, we notice that there is more to these depictions. 

April 30, 2023
April 30, 2023

Tetris: An unexpectedly thrilling tale about legal rights dispute

Tetris (2023) is a very fictionalised and an incredibly fun watch.

April 12, 2023
April 12, 2023

Why recent horror movies aren’t as appealing

Horror is a genre heavily reliant on imagination and there are countless variations of it.

April 9, 2023
April 9, 2023

The appeal of A24 movies

With A24, it feels like they have mastered subverting expectations.

April 6, 2023
April 6, 2023

Animation is more than just children’s cartoon

If even the most esteemed critics don’t take such a prestigious award seriously, how do they expect the rest of the world to?