There's been a lot of debate about social media and its impact on the culture, but I argue, that it's just bringing out what's already bubbling beneath the surface.
Black Mirror features four seasons full of captivating stories. Creator, Charlie Brooker, delves into our fascination with technology and our addictions to them. Here social science fiction is introduced with fresh perspective, hard-hitting visual effects, and modern insights. Of all the sci-fi shorts produced, three episodes stand out as the most compelling: "Nosedive," "San Junipero," and "USS Callister."
Check out some of this past weeks most talked about and interesting trailers like Once Upon A Time In Hollywood, Black Mirror: Season 5, Terminator: Dark Fate, Westworld III, and more.
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.
While streaming services do tend to perpetuate the argument that millennials and generation Z-ers require media delivered to them immediately rather than waiting, I also think that the quality of content also happens to be better because it’s smarter.
After a four-year hiatus, Charlie Brooker made his return to the screen with Black Mirror Season 6, with time being the main protagonist.
Thinking about what the Earth's "Before" and "After" the coronavirus outbreak might look like, you can't help but feel like we're in a film, scripted by a higher force.
We kick the new year off with a heated debate about Louis C.K., Kevin Hart, R. Kelly, and the pros and cons of this current outrage culture we live in. Oh, and the Golden Globes.
