What is the best kind of movie or show you can watch? One with clever writing, compelling characters, and an interesting story? Or one where you can simply turn your brain off and sit back and enjoy yourself? Well, in an era of film and TV where distribution studios are constantly churning out “legacy sequels”to blockbuster juggernauts, you may be shocked to hear that the show that manages to strongly appeal to both sides successfully, is Cobra Kai.Continue reading‘Cobra Kai Never Dies’: how ‘The Karate Kid’ legacy sequel manages to be the best around
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Almost 18 years since the original series was released, Netflix have dropped a live-action adaptation of ‘Avatar: The Last Airbender’. You’re probably thinking: our childhood favourites are being ruined by live action remakes! But hold your disappointment– Netflix might not have dropped the ball on this one just yet. The Owl’s Ieesha Still has skipped through the Tik Tok hate train, and the endless articles and comparisons online, and she’s here to tell you: the live action is good!Continue readingIs Netflix’s ‘Avatar: The Last Airbender’ worth the watch?
If it was possible to turn the experience of completing a jigsaw puzzle into a movie; Knives Out would be it. While watching this 2019 mystery film, the complexity of the plot hooks you in and you’ll become a detective yourself as you try to figure out what happened.Continue reading‘Knives Out’: the mystery film with more twists than a rollercoaster
It’s a powerful analogy. A comet 5-10km in length is plummeting towards earth. In 6 months and 14 days, humanity will become extinct. That is, unless, the Government listens to the scientists and takes immediate action. The Owl’s Elaine Obran watched ‘Don’t Look Up’ as Australian politicians began their campaign for the 2022 Federal Election and she couldn’t help but notice the parallels.Continue reading‘Don’t Look Up’: is Australian politics also looking down?
‘Jeen-Yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy’ is a three-part Netflix documentary that tracks the extraordinary rise to super-stardom of arguably the world’s most recognised rappers/music producers: Kanye West. Produced and narrated by “long-time friend” Clarence “Coodie” Simmons, this documentary for the most part is an extraordinary fiasco and treasure trove of footage of West’s early success. Unfortunately, the lines become blurred and the true intention of the docuseries is brought into question.Continue reading‘Jeen-Yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy’: review
Fast cars, big names, huge egos and tons of drama, what else do you want from a sports television show? ‘Drive to Survive’ has became a huge success the last four years because of those factors and the newest season — Season 4 — certainly didn’t disappoint.Continue readingSports television’s biggest new drama: ‘Drive to Survive’ Season 4
Over the last few months of 2021 the Netflix original ‘League of Legends: Arcane’ took the world by storm. After its release on Netflix in November, everyone was singing its praises. The series was Netflix’s most-watched show in November, as well as being the highest-rated Netflix original ever with a perfect rotten tomatoes score of 100%. Across November and December, my social feeds were inundated with people telling me that Arcane was perfect. It wasn’t until the Christmas break that I decided to see what everyone was talking about.Continue readingArcane: the art of nailing fundamentals