måndag 30 december 2024

Things to look forward to (or at least check out) in 2025

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In many ways, cultural-consumption-wise, 2025 promises to be the same procedure as last year . That is, there will be continuations of serie...
fredag 20 december 2024

Why is the Moana/Vaiana sequel a box-office hit?

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So, I watched Moana 2  ( or Vaiana 2 , as it's inexplicably called in Europe ) at the cinema this week. And it was OK. It didn't irr...
torsdag 5 december 2024

The mysterious appeal of Netflix Christmas films

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I have a shameful confession. Not only have I watched both the A Christmas Prince  trilogy and The Princess Switch trilogy on Netflix; since...
torsdag 21 november 2024

Anticipation list follow-up: expectations met, mostly

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Back in January, I did one of my almost-yearly "things to look forward to" posts (restricted to the area of pop-cultural consumpt...
torsdag 7 november 2024

My problem with witches

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My feelings about the latest Marvel TV series Agatha All Along are mixed. On the one hand, I think it's a solid-quality product and muc...
onsdag 23 oktober 2024

Neo-Victorian or just set in Victorian times?

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Once again, a thorough analysis of why Dungeons and Dragons – Honor Among Thieves  is so entertaining proves too challenging (look, just tak...
onsdag 9 oktober 2024

Pretentious TV entertainment

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It's a sad truth (all right, I don't find it that sad) that it's easier to trash something than to gush over it. And so, once m...