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19/07/2022
By Harry Gay
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RETROSPECTIVE: Gangnam Style turns 10

Harry Gay navigates through the viral sensation’s far-reaching impact: from The Annoying Orange to Noam Chomsky, and everything in between. July 15, 2022 marked the tenth anniversary of PSY’s ‘Gangnam Style’ release into the world. In that time, this South Korean pop hit has had a lasting le

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23/06/2022
By Harry Gay
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RETROSPECTIVE: Batman and Robin and the Caped Crusader’s eternal identity crisis

For its 25th anniversary, Harry Gay reflects on the tug-of-war between grit and camp that led up to the Dark Knight’s most polarising cinematic outing. On 26 June 1997 – almost 25 years ago to the day – Joel Schumacher’s Batman & Robin premiered in Australia.. The film, which sta

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03/06/2022
By Harry Gay
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RETROSPECTIVE: 5 years on, The Mummy has aged like a rotting corpse

It failed as a reboot, as a starting point for a cinematic universe, and, of course, as a movie. Harry Gay revisits Universal Studios’ disastrous 2017 remake of The Mummy. Last month marked the 5-year anniversary of Universal Studios’ failed Mummy reboot. The Tom Cruise-led film is notorious

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05/05/2022
By Fynn Ferdinands
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Retrospective: The Legacy of Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man, 20 Years Later

In light of Jon Watts’ ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’, which shattered box office records in December, the decade-old question re-emerged: Who is the best Spidey? Yes, it is impossible to deny the charm of Andrew Garfield and Tom Holland. However, to many fans who grew up in the 90s and early 2000s

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18/04/2022
By Harry Gay
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RETROSPECTIVE: DIG! is the Explosive Rock Doc You Need to See

Last month, The Brian Jonestown Massacre released a new track, ‘The Real’, and announced they would be dropping two albums in 2022 – one in June, and one in October. With a big year ahead for the band, now is a great time to revisit the band’s 2004 documentary Dig!. The film follows the

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05/04/2022
By Harry Gay
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Retrospective: A look-back on The hunger games’ 10 year legacy

Last month marked the 10th anniversary of The Hunger Games gracing our cinema screens, and its impact on young adult novels and cinema as a whole is still being felt today. Adapted from Suzanne Collins’ YA series of the same name, the film is set in a dystopian world in which society is divided in

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07/02/2022
By Niamh Elliott-Brennan
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RETROSPECTIVE: Nirvana’s ‘Nevermind’ is a timeless ode to non-conformity

Nirvana became the figurehead of a disenfranchised, anti-establishment generation overnight; they burnt bright and burnt quickly.

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