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Reality TV (or “unscripted television”) is nothing new. While these days the term might hold the connotation of being a little over-produced, sometimes a little shlocky, and maybe with a hint of guilty pleasure with shows like Keeping Up with the Kardashians or Kitchen Nightmares, the genre has a long history. Taking a broader, more […]
Pepe Silvia, this name keeps coming up over and over and over again. Who is Pepe Silvia? What happened to him?
In recent years, Netflix in the continent has heightened. Netflix’s first African series, Queen Sono, premiered in February 2020. South Africa was the first country that the streaming giant gifted its first Netflix original, a series titled Shadow. Since the company expanded its streaming services to Africa, there have been isolated deals with celebrities like […]
Your parents tried to warn you. Don’t take candy from strangers. And in 2011, a film titled Take This Lollipop attempted to relay the same message to internet users worldwide. This film was an interactive horror short film that touched on the subject of information security in the internet age, and it went completely viral […]
While many people hail Spirited Away, the 2001 animated film created by Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli, for its captivating visuals, it also offers deep emotional insights that will make you think differently about how you treat other people. One character in particular, No-Face, forces viewers to consider the ways in which people deal with […]
In recent years, the film genre kaiju has become more popular than it’s ever been. Kaiju is a Japanese word that translates to English as “strange beast”, but the word has come to refer to pretty much any movie in which you have giant monsters causing mayhem and destruction. If your mind is going immediately […]
Have you been wondering why Hollywood keeps on reusing the same material over and over again? Regardless of how you feel about some of the recent reboots that have come out, let’s take a look at this trend in depth. Reusing Material Reboots, revivals, do-overs, remakes, adaptations, and more seem to be pervading the cinema. […]
Nearly everyone has a Pixar movie that they absolutely adore. The computer animation studio is renowned for their ability to create child-friendly G-rated feature films that have weighty underlying messages, making them relatable to viewers of all ages. Perhaps one of the best examples of this is their 2008 film WALL-E. A futuristic tale of […]
Originally aired in 2005 on Nickelodeon as a show geared toward children, Avatar: The Last Airbender has garnered a massive amount of popularity in recent years among teenagers and adults, continually cracking Netflix’s “Top 10” most-watched list. Set in a fantastical world of magic, martial arts, and mythical creatures, this show includes serious questions about […]
While there’s no denying the cinematic genius of films like The Shawshank Redemption or Pulp Fiction, every once and a while, a movie comes out that is so atrociously bad that it sneaks its way into our all-time favorites lists. Movies like Troll 2 and Plan 9 from Outer Space have helped to pioneer a […]
One of the worst chapters in the history of politics took place on 6th January 2021. A congressional session was in place to confirm Joe Biden’s victory in the recent Presidential Elections when right-wing extremists stormed the Capitol Building. They came straight from a rally being held by Trump only a short distance away. Before […]
If there has been anything positive to come from the 2020 global pandemic, it’s the ability to shamelessly binge watch TV and not face the wave of guilt brought on by friends who desperately want a night out at the bar. Introverts everywhere can finally sit back with ease knowing that not only are their […]
A consensual hallucination experienced daily by billions of legitimate operators, in every nation … A graphical representation of data abstracted from the banks of every computer in the human system. With this definition of cyberspace, we can trace the starting point of our journey toward the matrix. William Gibson published his novel Neuromancer in 1984, […]
The Rise of Streaming When streaming services first hit the scene in the mid-aughts, the distribution method wasn’t taken seriously, particularly by network and studio executives and distributors. But, over the years, it quickly grew into a staple of society, becoming a primary method of consuming television and cinema content as millions switched from traditional […]
Andri, an anxious teenage boy, hides and represses his sexuality in fear of his masculine father’s reaction but, on the eve of Andri’s first date, he finds a clever way to reveal his secret.
Disney announced a spate of upcoming projects at its 2020 Investor Day. This included updates on the Marvel, Star Wars, and Disney Studios. It also announced milestones with Disney+ and its other streaming services. Although, that’s not the news. What caught people’s attention in-between Disney’s 52 announcements was that Disney was collaborating with a Nigerian […]