The Familiar Yet Unfamiliar Horror of The "Milk" Games

 

CONTENT WARNING: Mental Illness, Trauma

This is Milk Inside a Bag of Milk Inside a Bag Milk... and its sequel, Milk Outside a Bag of Milk Outside a Bag of Milk... and the sound of an electrical short-circuit you're hearing right now is my anxiety sensors flaring off uncontrollably.

A Non-Committal, Short Review of the "Barbie" Film

 

After many tribulations, I finally managed to watch the Barbie film, in an arena with annexed bar, atop a small hill, above the bustling of a small lake town. It's probably the second best environment for the showing right after a loudly coloured vacation villa. Life in Plastic is Fantastic and all that.

A VERY Unexpected Queer Reading of the “Critters” Franchise (GREMPOSTING: FINALE!)

 

(WARNING: the following article acts as a supplemental read and conclusive thoughts to my thorough Twitter thread on the subject of the “Critters” film series, which was itself spurred by a nostalgic look back at the “Gremlins” film series. Read that for context.)

The point of re-evaluation, of finding new meanings and interpretations within a text, aligns with the idea that Art, much like the world itself, is not a monolithic entity. Culture, language, society change over time, priorities shift and so does the way in which we interact with fiction. Art reflects its cultural environment and the environment reflects the image of human experience back to Art.