On Sex and Bridgerton
One Saturday afternoon when I was about 10-years-old, I found a DVD when I rummaged through a cousin’s drawer looking for spare change to...
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Marvel Kalu
- Jan 8, 2021
- 3 min
Film Review: Pixar's Soul
When it comes to Pixar films I’m always prepared to be taken on an emotional journey and Soul did exactly that. Despite being in the dark...
Akachi Priscilla Mbakwe
- Dec 21, 2020
- 3 min
It’s Time to Give RHOP Her Flowers
RHOP is the underdog of the Real Housewives Franchise. The show is currently in its fifth season and only now has it gained a cult-like...
Ope Oduwole
- Dec 16, 2020
- 3 min
MOBOs 2020 Review: Why Was it so Important?
“When people didn’t recognise us, we recognised ourselves”, stated Sir Steve McQueen as he accepted his Inspiration Award at the MOBO...
Sabrina Fearon-Melville
- Dec 10, 2020
- 3 min
In Defence of: Amy Dunne
Amy Dunne without a doubt is one of the best female antagonists of the 21st century. Hailing from Gillian Flynn’s book Gone Girl,...
Karen Chalamilla
- Dec 7, 2020
- 3 min
Film Review: Lovers Rock
In the second release from the Small Axe compilation, Lovers Rock, McQueen abandons a heavily plot-driven production and instead leans...
Sabrina Fearon-Melville
- Oct 16, 2020
- 4 min
Jonetsu Nights: Connecting Black Culture with East-Asian Cinema
Having encountered Jonetsu Nights’ platform on Twitter I was excited to learn more about them as a brand, their mission and how they’re...
Karen Chalamilla
- Oct 7, 2020
- 4 min
Lovecraft Country Review: S1E8 'Jig-a-Bobo'
After last week’s reprieve of a bottle episode centering Hippolyta and her galactic adventures, the eighth episode of Lovecraft Country...
Ada Kalu
- Oct 4, 2020
- 5 min
Selah and the Spades: A New Kind of Movie
‘Okay. Bobby, it’s just so funny to me that you really believe after all these years you could do what I do for even a second of your...
Naila Aroni
- Sep 29, 2020
- 4 min
Lovecraft Country Review: S1E7 'I Am'
For Besse Springfield, Josephine Butler, and the Mino warriors of Dahomey. For discoverers. In this weekly dose of history and adventure,...
Sabrina Fearon-Melville
- Sep 24, 2020
- 4 min
Lovecraft Country Review: S1E6 'Meet me in Daegu'
Episode 6 of Lovecraft Country finds us in a different time; to be precise 1949 in Daegu, South Korea. We finally meet up with Atticus's...
Karen Chalamilla
- Sep 21, 2020
- 2 min
5 Things We Love About Moira Rose
Schitt’s Creek swept the 2020 Emmys last night with a staggering nine awards. This delightful piece of comedy is incredibly deserving for...
Leo Lechiile
- Sep 17, 2020
- 5 min
In Defence Of Molly Carter
To any true fan of HBO’s Insecure, it is clear that Molly (played by the wildly talented and now Emmy nominated Yvonne Orji) runs a fine...
Ope Oduwole
- Sep 16, 2020
- 4 min
Lovecraft Country Review: S1E5 'Strange Case'
“I enjoyed my entire day using the only currency I needed, whiteness” If I had to assign an overarching theme to this episode, it would...
Karen Chalamilla
- Sep 8, 2020
- 4 min
Lovecraft Country Review: S1E4 'A History of Violence'
This week, HBO’s adaptation of Lovecraft Country took an adventurous turn with an Indiana Jones-esque episode that promised to be a...
Naila Aroni
- Sep 1, 2020
- 4 min
Lovecraft Country Review: S1E3 'Holy Ghost'
In it’s foremost episodes, Lovecraft Country has displayed that it’s greatest strength is a narrative that merges historic tragedy and...
Sarah Oladele
- Aug 28, 2020
- 3 min
Tenet Review: Bond on Steroids
Those aware of Christopher Nolan’s masterpieces are no stranger to the sheer ‘mind-blowing’ that ensues after watching one of his...
Ope Oduwole
- Aug 24, 2020
- 4 min
Lovecraft Country: Pairing The Black Experience & The Supernatural
From police brutality to derogatory language and microaggressions, racism is a wound inflicted on the black community that refuses to...
Sabrina Fearon-Melville
- Aug 19, 2020
- 3 min
In Defense of Eli Pope
Scandal (2012-2018) has been one of Shonda Rimes’ greatest accomplishments, 7 seasons and 124 episodes of politics, drama and romance but...
Paula Abu
- Aug 4, 2020
- 6 min
Jake Peralta Isn't Real
Like most people genuinely seeking to learn at the beginning of the 2020 wave of Black Lives Matter Protests, I picked up the first thing...
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