The Creative Productions Behind UFC’s Rise
Just like NBA means basketball's highest level, the UFC has become a byword for MMA's best. The UFC's creative promotion and branding deserve some credit....
Petar Petrov
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Ghost X Gardens – “Hitting The Bricks” Reaction
"Hitting The Bricks" is a short history lesson of how to live the life of a full-on rock start, a fasinating true story of talent recognizing talent....
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Historian – “Familiar Bell” Reaction
"Familiar Bell" carries everything we love about Historian - subtle melancholy and spacey melodies that take you to a different, ethereal state of mind....
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The Soft Underground – Morning World Reaction
'Morning World' is an incredibly eclectic mix of grunge ballads and bangers that evokes both nostalgia and hope for a better grunge future....
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THECLECKTIK – “I Found You” Music Video Reaction
The "I Found You" music video does exactly what good music videos are meant to do – visually portray the feel of this stylishly simplistic and playful song....
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The Soft Underground – “Ghosts” Reaction
The Soft Underground's "Ghosts" is reminiscent of a dark comedy/drama, letting you seamlessly take in its serious message without enveloping you with too much darkness....
Forget Traditional Humor, Dramedies and Dark Comedies Are the Cure to Your Gloom
'Dramedies' and dark comedies that don’t make you forget your drama, but help you reevaluate it and capture some of its bitter-sweet beauty is the type of cinematic experience with real healing power....
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The Soft Underground – “Rachel” Reaction
The Soft Underground's "Rachel" has a distinctive rocky energy that feels spontaneous and natural, yet anything but chaotic. It evokes film car chases and Temple of the Dog all at once....
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THECLECTIK – “I Found You” Reaction
THECLECTIK's "I Found You" is a pleasant, somewhat innocent, yet modern-sounding song which is a rare combination in today’s day and age....
The acclaim of The Shape of Water: Shaped by the Kuleshov Effect and Del Toro’s reputation
Everyone is entitled to their own film preferences and opinions, and nobody could say who’s right and who’s wrong. All we can do is keep the Kuleshov Effect in mind, try to take the filmmaker’s reputation out of it, and watch a film as it is....
When Conventional Isn’t Enough: Metaphors, Allegory, and Satire in Films
Metaphors, allegory, and satire are very ambitious storytelling approaches that certainly wouldn’t work for all films and ideas, but when done right, the results can be truly eye-opening; they are the sort of art that can change a culture’s course, and usually for the better. And few directors can do it as masterfully as Greek director and screenwriter Yorgos Lanthimos....
Assassin’s Creed Black Flag And Other Video Games Whose Reality Changed My Own
Dismissing video games as a wasteful leisure is basically like dismissing art altogether. Because video games, at their best, are a beautiful amalgamation of storytelling, cinematography, music, and entertainment which makes for an immersive learning experience and an art form like none other....
The Overlooked Beautiful Noir Melancholy of True Detective’s Second Season
True Detective Season 1 got us hooked on its plot twists and mystery, but it didn't do anything beyond that. True Detective Season 2 is where Pizzolato's talent for writing dark, melancholic and deeply human noir unfurls. Just like in his debut novel Galveston....
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Historian – Expanse LP Reaction
Historian is an LA-based psych-folk band which evokes the audio image of a tripping-on-acid Leonard Cohen. And just like a psychedelic journey can have almost diametrically opposite in nature stops, so does Historian’s Expanse LP....
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The Begowatts – Grande Charade EP Reaction
Powerful, melodic and lonesome guitar solos and sections, as well as instrumentals and vocals to match, are pivotal to the band's sound, making The Begowatts’ Grand Charade an EP even picky, nostalgic rock lovers would find themselves tapping and playing air guitar to....
Bill Burr, it’s funny cause it’s true
Stand-up comedy is without a doubt the best vocation for edgy individuals and borderline assholes who like to speak their witty minds. Which category Bill Burr falls into is for everyone to decide for themselves, but one thing is certain – hardly anyone takes as much advantage of this unprecedented freedom of speech as he does....
How sad music makes the bitter feel sweet
There are times when art makes us experience emotions and ideas that we might not have even experienced in real life. At other times, it becomes a dreamcatcher, bringing to the surface the subtle thoughts from the depths of our minds and the nuanced feelings from the bottom of our hearts, and capturing them for us to understand. There is hardly any other art form where this beautiful power is as palpable as it is in music, and more specifically - sad music....
What does all this mean for Louis C.K.’s legacy?
Another one of our idols has fallen from grace, perhaps with the hardest fall yet. How will Louis C.K.'s perversions in real life affect his legacy?...
Why trance is as real as any music
Mediocrity, whatever form it comes in, is rarely accompanied by large fluctuations in opinions because it simply can’t provoke enough investment and emotion. Hardly any other music genre falls on both ends of the love-and-hate spectrum the same way electronic music's most melodic and stirring manifestations - trance....
Do filmmakers that write and direct have more distinguishable styles?
Few directors like Tarantino, Lynch, and Burton have managed to create entire worlds of their own, ones whose trademarks we feel right away. Worlds that seem like most of those signature traits are the result of the collaboration between director and writer, and how could it be any other way? Most of the time the two are the same person....
What would a 90’s revival mean?
Reviving some of the animated classics from the 90's would surely get a lot of nostalgic people hyped. But unless a remake, whatever form it might come in, manages to capture their original essence and give it a fresh spin rather than just be more bait, I’d say some things are better off left in the past....
Petar Petrov
Petar loves stories in all shapes and forms, whether they come from the imagination, or are real-life moments, captured and told in imaginative ways. Writing gives him the chance to focus on making his own stories - through words, traveling, having a social excuse to drink a bit more than others, or staying in his pijamas all day long.