I’ve been waiting- like an idiot- for a dinosaur movie to match the unparalleled brilliance of the first Jurassic Park for years. I really, really wanted to like Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, because I really thought this would be my best chance at getting it. And for the most part, I think I did. Promo […]

Edit: Another old essay here, slightly punched up for your silky smooth reading pleasure. Originally this was waaaay more academic, and even more boring than it is now, if you can imagine that- I was in that weird fugue state, mid-way through writing my dissertation where everything I wrote was surrounded by lead-lined, anti-enjoyment walls […]

Edit: This is a blog post I wrote for uni a few years ago. There are a couple more, I might give them a spruce up and fling them on here if they turn out to be any good. Anyway here’s a slightly improved version of some old recycled shit.   I admit to being […]

  I have never been what you would call a huge Star Wars fan. I always enjoyed the first three enough whenever I came across them, but when I was growing up, my first real, earth-shattering, life-affirming cinematic revelations were Jurassic Park, and later the Lord of the Rings trilogy (both of which I hope to […]