There is a wave of nostalgia and sentimentality sweeping through the gaming world as of late, evidenced by the release of titles such as Unravel, That Dragon, Cancer and Oxenfree. Games like these are giving players a chance to peak through a different kind of lens, a lens which focuses on emotional healing and resuscitates the memories …
In director Noah Baumbach’s 2014 film While We’re Young, Ben Stiller’s ageing Generation-X’er is fawning over the supposedly “democratic” pop-culture tastes of his new-found millennial friends. With a video collection where The Goonies rubs shoulders with Citizen Kane, a representation of the meeting of low art and high art if there ever was one, Stiller’s …
Drew Struzan might be the name you first think of when someone mentions movie poster artist, but few can argue that the work of John Alvin is not a equally iconic. Alvin’s art has be collected in great effort into one tight package in The Art of John Alvin by his wife Andrea Alvin. The …
For some of the oldsters out there they may recall the 1973 Gamble & Huff-produced R&B hit single “I’ll Always Love My Mama” by the musical group The Intruders. This musical anthem was certainly a lyrical tribute to caring mothers and how their sacrifices shaped our childhood and adulthood. This finger-snapping song definitely captured the …
Walt Disney passed away December 15, 1966, and in the decade that followed, the Walt Disney Company struggled to define itself. Should the company stay beholden to Walt and his vision, asking themselves what Walt would do, or should they take the opportunity to try something new? The decades that followed Walt’s death were a …
BMX Bandits Directed by Brian Trenchard-Smith Written by Patrick Edgeworth and Russell Hagg Australia, 1983 The 1980’s saw a big boom in the sport of BMX racing, and the bikes began appearing in several Hollywood and non-Hollywood productions. Long before Rad, and a year before E.T. put BMX bikes on the world stage, Ozploitation legend …
Throughout the month of December, TV Editor Kate Kulzick and Film Editor Ricky D will review classic Christmas adaptions, posting a total of 13 each, one a day, until the 25th of December. The catch: They will swap roles as Rick takes on reviews of television Christmas specials and Kate takes on Christmas movies. Today …
Bye Bye Billy (Miranda Webber) Gallery 1988 has quickly become one of the world’s most talked about art galleries. Opened in 2004 on the famous corner of Melrose and La Brea, by California natives Katie Cromwell and Jensen Karp, the gallery has become the nation’s number one destination for pop-culture themed artwork and the premiere …