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There is nothing more exciting than your favourite book becoming a movie – now you can relive the magic of the book in only a couple of hours. However, many book adaptations fail to please the BookTok (Book Tiktok) community. The Love Hypothesis, Ali Hazelwood’s romance novel released in 2021, had its own movie adaptation air on Amazon Prime in… Read more: The Love Hypothesis: Book Versus Movie

5 months into its release, it’s highly likely that you are intimately familiar with the movie title ‘Obsession’. Having grossed just shy of $523 million USD worldwide, it’s not surprising that the breakthrough horror has maintained its hold within the cultural zeitgeist and been one of the most prominent talking points regarding modern media in 2026. Coming from the creative… Read more: You Get What You Wish For in Obsession

With 2025’s Backrooms, Kane Parsons takes his unsettling YouTube creation to the big screen. The results aren’t quite perfect, but there’s a LOT here to be excited about. When Kane Parsons first uploaded his Backrooms video to YouTube in 2022, I highly doubt he was thinking about directing Chiwetel Ejiofor a few years down the line. The video looked like… Read more: The Internet Is Hollywood’s New Horror Factory

Get ready to dress up in your best cosplay because it’s time for another Ritual. Two years after their first concert film, Rite Here Rite Now, Swedish rock band Ghost have returned to the big screen with Ghost: 2 Big to Rig, a concert film shot entirely on 16mm film. This time, band frontman Tobias Forge has taken a step… Read more: Ghost: 2 Big to Rig: An Indecisive Spectacle

Project Hail Mary is a movie released in March 2026, based on the novel of the same name by Andy Weir. Protagonist Ryland Grace wakes from an induced coma and finds himself in a spaceship with two dead astronauts. As he recovers body function and memory, he finds that Earth was threatened by an unknown force consuming the Sun. The… Read more: Movie review: Project Hail Mary.

The Legend of Kitchen Soldier, is a military fantasy comedy set in modern day South Korea and directed by Jo Nam-hyung. The drama is adapted from JRobin’s Korean manhwa of the same name. Following his father’s death, protagonist Kang Sung-jae (Park Ji-hoon) enlists in South Korea’s military and is transferred to fictional Ganglim Outpost, only to discover the remote military… Read more: The Legend of Kitchen Soldier: A Recipe For Absurdity

Noah Kahan’s The Great Divide is an album that threatens to fill your eyes with tears and your heart with overflowing emotions. Noah Kahan is a 29-year-old pop/folk artist from Vermont. Generally viewed as kind and authentic, his brand and personality is very pure, down-to-earth and humble. Affectionately known by fans as an “evil little banjo man”, Kahan is currently… Read more: The Great Divide: Noah Kahan’s Fourth Album Continues to Devastate Listeners  

Do you know how to write a check? Fix a hot water boiler? How about cooking an entire roast chicken for a dinner party? I don’t, probably because I’m 24. Neither do the characters in “Adults”. FX’s “Adults” just aired its second season on August 27th, 2026. Written by co-writers Ben Kronengold and Rebecca Shaw, it follows five mid-twenties friends… Read more: Gen Z are finally “Adults”. Allegedly. 

With the pre-release marketing for Grand Theft Auto VI being in its final months, Rockstar Games, the developers, have switched strategy from lengthy public silence to showcasing the highly anticipated game in action. After months of frustration growing over the lack of showcased gameplay footage, Rockstar Games and Netflix announced the release of Grand Theft Auto VI – Extended Look. While… Read more: Grand Theft Auto VI: Extended Look – A Gaming Phenomenon

Poor Benson Boone. The internet has decided he’s public enemy number one, and I’m not convinced half the people making fun of him even know why. Scroll through TikTok or X for long enough and you’ll eventually find someone admitting they “don’t even know why” they hate him—it just feels right. That’s not criticism. That’s a group project. Because here’s… Read more: Benson Boone Isn’t the Problem With Pop Music — He’s the Proof

A song from 1993 may sound strange next to one released in 2025, but White Summer Unboxing manages to put them together. This latest live album was released on August 20, includes 19 collaborative songs from Terence Lam’s White Summer concerts in Hong Kong last year. The name “Unboxing” comes from the seven-metre white cube on the stage, where a… Read more: Three Decades of Cantopop: White Summer Unboxing Review

Ever wondered what a Nine Inch Nails rave would sound like?

After about ten years of monsters, experimental researches, and excursions to the Upside Down, Stranger Things finally comes to an end. Season 5 provides numerous action, cool graphics, and emotional scenes. However, Stranger Things’ complicated and lengthy plot might be difficult to understand sometimes. Stranger Things debuted on Netflix in 2016, and the plot was rather simple. Will Byers vanishes… Read more: The End of an Era: Does Stranger Things Season 5 Deliver?

Gracie Abrams debuted in 2019 and has only gained popularity since. Spotify (2026) describes the artist as being amongst the stand-out singer-songwriters of her generation. Amongst the artists’ many accolades, Abrams was named artist of the year in 2023, earning her a GRAMMY and reached #1 in the UK for her album The Secret of us (Spotify, 2026). The critically… Read more: Daughter from hell: To Relate or Not to Relate

The Grammy-nominated, Jamaican-American singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, Masego’s latest album, Fix Your Face, takes a more personal approach, exploring themes of love, grief, faith and growth across 16 songs. Masego’s third studio album, released on 17 July 2026, explores vulnerability while still drawing on R&B, soul, hip-hop and Jamaican influences that shape his art. Written over three years and shaped by his life experiences and the LA fires that destroyed his home in 2025, the album reflects his shift from freestyling to intentional writing and storytelling, evident in its lyrics and the journey of its track sequencing.

Obssesion poster  What happens when someone gets exactly what they have always wanted, only to discover that their wish was a terrible mistake? Obsession, directed by Curry Barker, takes this frightening idea and turns it into an entertaining mix of horror, dark comedy, romance, and psychological tension. Although the film begins with a familiar story about unrequited love, it quickly develops into… Read more: Be Careful What You Wish For: Obsession 

For seven long years, it was assumed that the mythological Lausse The Cat had run away to the wilderness to live out the rest of his nine lives. With the release of his classic EP The Girl, The Cat and the Tree (2018), Lausse perfected a lo-fi, jazz-infused style of hip-hop which captured thousands of fans, but as quickly as… Read more: The Mocking Stars: How Lausse The Cat pranced back on to the mainstage of Underground Hip-Hop

Stella Lefty has had an enormous year. After “Boston” became a viral hit and climbed to No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100, she released her highly anticipated debut album Long Way Home. But while the album is catchy and easy to listen to, it raises one big question: does Stella Lefty actually have a sound of her own?

With a limited discography and songs repeated multiple times a night, CORTIS’ PUT YOUR PHONE DOWN tour divided fans over what makes a concert worth watching. Hearing a favourite song twice at a concert might feel like a bonus. By the fifth time, it starts to raise a different question: how many songs does an artist need before they’re ready… Read more: CORTIS Repeated Songs on Tour. Was That the Point?

Perhaps the hardest thing about saying goodbye to Heartstopper is that while the story may be over, the characters’ futures are only just beginning…

Lead graphic Data from Formula 1. Monza is usually Ferrari territory. On Sunday, however, the biggest Italian story belonged to a Mercedes driver – and it travelled far beyond the circuit. Kimi Antonelli came from 19th on the grid to win the 2026 Italian Grand Prix at Monza, becoming the first Italian driver to take victory in his home Grand… Read more: From P19 to Prime Time: Antonelli’s Monza Win Becomes a Media Moment for F1

What do you expect when listening to an album? The same sounds on each track, or unexpected jumps between genres? ENHYPEN, a six members South Korean group known for their music and concept storyline, attempts to answer that question with their eighth mini album, THE SIN: BLISS. Six members, six tracks, different genres, structured to create contrast and introduce their… Read more: The progression of experimental music in K-Pop: ENHYPEN introduces EDM, Techno, and Funk.

By: Yuxi XU baike.baidu.com On May 9, 2026, 29-year-old Chinese creator Liu Ziyu released a short AI film called Zombie Scavenger on Chinese social media. The 3-minute-34-second film attracted international attention the following day, when Hollywood-based AI filmmaker PJ Accetturo, known online as PJ Ace, shared it on X, praised it as one of the best short films he had seen… Read more: Zombie Scavenger: How AI Is Changing the Path into the Media Industry

This review contains spoilers. Silent Hill F is filled with factors that are determined to corrupt Hinako’s life. Some have claws and too many limbs. One even blooms into haunting red flowers, stripping human bodies into something beautifully disfigured. But the worst ones do not look anything remotely close to a monster at all. On the 24th of September 2025,… Read more: Silent Hill F: There are worse things than monsters

Not often do I walk out of a movie with more questions than I entered with. However if that was intended then it worked on me with Backrooms. Kane Parsons, the Director of the film and Creator of the Backrooms I.P., created a movie that wouldn’t be my usual film of choice, but may be something I need to rewatch… Read more: I Don’t Know What Really Happens in the Backrooms…and That’s the Point

For decades, transgender characters have existed at the margins of mainstream superhero comics, often appearing as supporting figures or isolated milestones. In June 2026, DC Comics placed two transgender superheroes at the centre of Justice League: Dream Girls, a four-issue miniseries released as part of its annual DC Pride initiative. Written by transgender writers Nicole Maines and Jadzia Axelrod, the… Read more: Beyond Representation: Transgender Heroes Take Centre Stage in Dream Girls

Featured Image from Pet.Net on Steam GOOD MORNING PET.NET NATION! – Will (musrattus)  Pet.Net is a virtual pet game that hearkens back to the time of the very first Tamagotchi and old, anonymous web forums. I didn’t think reliving that experience was possible anymore – with Web 2.0 being replaced by large-scale commercialization and data-hungry robots – but musrattus and… Read more: Super Cute and Seriously Noughty: Pet.Net’s Charming Combination of Mobile Virtual Pets and Chaotic Web Forums

Comparisons between various Nintendo English localised otome game male romantic interests from 2020 to 2026, reveal a subtle increase in mainstream game developer engagement with yandere. This trend suggests that Japanese otome games featuring yandere are transitioning from a niche interest in the West to having more mass-market appeal.  Claude turning into a monster tree holding Yuhiru in Over Requiemz (2026).… Read more: Crazy 2D Men on Nintendo are the Future

Your life shouldn’t revolve around a celebrity you will never even make eye contact with. Your sports team losing shouldn’t mean you drown your sorrows in drinks. And why are you mad at a celebrity’s dating history like you ever even had a chance with them? The level of fan obsession is only escalating. Some obsessions are minimal. Maybe your… Read more: From Fan to Foe: The Dangers of Obsessive Fandom

Generative AI can make videogames now: this is the future.

People are being rewarded for not having to think. We have short form video causing brain rot, AI removing some human creativity, and now cheaper insurance for letting cars do the work. Cars that can malfunction. Zurich insurance recently announced they will discount insurance for owners of self-driving vehicles. In Australia, our laws prohibit fully autonomous cars. The driver must… Read more: Insurance discounts for self-driving cars. Premature?

Men’s growing frustration towards their limited selection compared to women in clothing stores has opened my eyes to the same problem with cats and dogs. All humans wear clothes, why do women deserve a greater selection? All animals have the same basic needs, what do dogs do to earn easier access? Dog owners like to argue that dogs are the… Read more: Pet stores’ LIMITED cat selection compared to dogs is the EQUIVALENT of clothing stores’ men’s versus women’s section

They’re saying she’s creepy, her eyes look weird, her gaze is weird. I couldn’t disagree more.

Amazon Prime’s newest rom-com The Love Hypothesis, adapted from a novel by BookTok favourite Ali Hazelwood, is not a movie that screams ‘scary’, and yet it’s one I’m terrified to watch. It’s not that I’m anticipating many jump scares in the story of awkward, sexy scientists who fall in love while fake dating, rather I just know there’s no way… Read more: We Need to Stop Turning Good Books into Mediocre Movies

From protest songs like Bob Dylan’s “Blowin’ in the Wind” to, more recently, Bad Bunny’s “Lo Que Le Pasó a Hawaii,” artists have always been vocal about their personal and political beliefs. So why is it suddenly not okay when the lyric comes out of the song and is said loudly into a microphone in the form of a speech?… Read more: Ed Sheeran did pick a side — Genocide

Is knowing the difference now an essential life skill of the 21st century? How do you tell when reading online that the information is legit? How do you know when something is AI-generated? Is Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology changing society? When Bill Gates, Microsoft co-founder, sounds worried, shouldn’t we all be listening? “…the ability to tell what is true from… Read more: Fake or Not?

Sony has decided that the physical game disc is on its way out. Apparently, owning the games we play has become an inconvenient tradition… In July, Sony announced that physical disc production for new PlayStation games will end in January 2028. The company says this reflects the way most PlayStation players now access their games. For Sony, it seems like… Read more: Sony Wants You to Stop Owning Your Games

Growing up, colouring-in meant raiding the same battered tin of pencils that had lived in the house since the phone was attached to the wall. Now it’s a $100 + “professional grade” set, a curated Pinterest board, and the quiet dread that your shading isn’t smooth enough to post online. Somewhere between self-care and aesthetics, social media has turned hobbies… Read more: The “Cozy Hobby” Industrial Complex is Ruining Hobbies

They say the best climbers are the ones with the worst memory. That is how National Geographic wunderkind Jimmy Chin remembers it, anyway. If you’re familiar with the Sad Dudes Who Climb Stuff genre, you will recognise Chin from his academy award-winning documentary Free Solo, which sort-of follows Alex Honnold’s ascent of Yosemite’s El Capitan. Or Meru, a cinematic lament for the tragedy… Read more: Woe is he: National Geographic and the pornification of Sad Dudes Who Climb Stuff

Are you sick of playing the same competitive multiplayer game over and over again? Are you tired of booting up Overwatch for the 10th year in a row when gaming trends have evolved so deeply? Valve probably agrees with you, and they have a brand new experience in the works that you can play right now for free: Deadlock. This… Read more: Deadlock is the Next Evolution of Gaming

I don’t think I have ever been more impressed with the NRL. Since Jai Arrow was forced into medical retirement following his diagnosis with Motor Neurone Disease, the rugby league world has completely rallied around him. And I don’t mean an Instagram post, a minute of applause and everyone forgetting about it by Monday. The NRL literally changed its rules.… Read more: The NRL Got Jai Arrow Right. So Why Stop There?

When is the last time you fact checked something you saw online? It’s a question we don’t often ask ourselves. In the digital age, we have access to more information then ever before. But if you search any topic, from cooking hacks to makeup tutorials, within seconds you’ll come across misinformation. The problem is so prevalent that a recent study… Read more: We’re all Falling for Misinformation and We don’t Care

Until recently, I haven’t been able to consider an Electric Vehicle (EV), as the majority had cost upward of $40K. I accept that the scientific evidence overwhelmingly supports reduction or elimination of fossil fuel emissions, but Internal Combustion Engine (ICE) vehicles have been more cost effective and practical. My 24-year-old Toyota is remarkably frugal and comfortable for my daily 90km… Read more: EVs and 21st Century dilemmas

What happens when a professional cosplayer makes a public statement that sparks the opinion of an entire community? In early 2026, cosplay influencer Stella Chuu made a statement that sparked online controversy amongst the cosplay community world-wide. “Cosplay contests aren’t actually part of the cosplay community.”– Stella Chuu For anyone on the outside, this statement may seem like no big… Read more: Are Cosplay Competitions ‘Worth It’?

“Whether you’re going for 1 book or 100…” — Goodreads There it is: the annual reading challenge. A little number sits quietly on your screen, waiting to be conquered. Goodreads encourages readers to set a goal, track their progress and see how their friends are doing. You can even collect digital achievements along the way. It sounds harmless. But when did… Read more: Reading is Not a KPI

On the 25th August 2026, people around the world were either going to bed or waking up to the sad news that country icon Dolly Parton had passed away. After Dolly’s family made this news public, the internet erupted as influencers spread misinformation about Dolly, and President Trump created an AI-generated image of Dolly walking around the White House with… Read more: Dolly Parton: Misinformation about a country Icon

Australia apparently doesn’t want backpackers anymore. Except the government seems to have forgotten exactly the kind of work these backpackers do. The Working Holiday Maker (WHM) program is changing to require a ballot entry system for second and third-year visas, with caps of 45000 and 5000, respectively. This work isn’t exactly a “holiday” either. It’s work far away from any… Read more: Australia needs backpackers more than backpackers need Australia

It’s Daylight Saving Time Once Again Ah, social media. Be it ever so mundane, you can be absolutely certain that somebody, somewhere, has the most incomprehensible, unhinged and body temperature take imaginable. And for clarity, I mean body temperature like that feeling of walking in a pile of hot dog vomit at 2 AM while investigating the horrific noises coming… Read more: Spring Forward and Fall Back (into Eastern States Supremacy Hot Takes)

Players of the Forza Horizon series have long been aware of its increasingly safe approach to change, where “new” content is often just recycled from previous games. Would you like to drive a car that was easily obtainable in previous games? Great, it may return in the latest sequel as a timed exclusive within the festival playlist! As a fan… Read more: Forza Horizon’s Festival Playlists are its Biggest Mistake

America’s Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders depicts young female athletes and their aspirations to become team members on, arguably, one of the most famous cheer squads. Season 3 of the TV series, released on June 16th, 2026, portrays the power imbalance between the cheerleaders and the NFL authorities, built on gender inequalities. America’s Sweethearts, Season 3 highlights the enforcement of traditional… Read more: The Outdated Gender Expectations of America’s Sweethearts

GTA 6 Poser – Rockstar For about ten days in August 2026, an anonymous account calling themselves “Cyberleek” was the biggest story in gaming. Grand Theft Auto VI is probably the most anticipated release in the gaming industry, so any unofficial peek at it was always going to blow up, starting August 18, Cyberleek gave the internet plenty to chase.… Read more: Grand Theft Auto VI’s Leaker is an Advocate for gamers? The Money Trail Says Otherwise

Conan O’Brien has found an unusual way to make friends around the world: arrive in their country, insult them and wait for them to return the favour. Now in its third season, Conan O’Brien Must Go sends the former late-night host around the world to meet fans he first encountered through his podcast, Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend. Season 3… Read more: ‘Conan O’Brien Must Go’ Proves That Being a Terrible Tourist Can Make Great Travel Television

The final season gives the Pogues a satisfying goodbye, but repeated treasure hunts and JJʼs absence keep it from matching the thrill of earlier seasons. Five seasons of danger, treasure and narrow escapes, and the biggest thing missing from the Pogues’ last adventure is not gold. It is JJ Maybank. Released on Netflix on 20 August 2026, the final season picks… Read more: Outer Banks Loses Its Spark Without JJ

This statement by Sony’s legal team makes the claim that you cannot own a digital game, because only 1 entity can own the game at a time. This was accepted by the courts, and if you consider ownership as having all rights and full control, then they make a valid point. Section 1.4 of the EULA does say “1.4 The License to… Read more: You will own nothing and be happy

Ted Lasso is finally back after a 3-year break, and you better believe that after the ending of Season 3, fans have been anxiously anticipating the return of this feel good series about an American football coach who makes his way across to the UK to lead a struggling English soccer team. The show known for its upbeat heartwarming feel… Read more: Ted Lasso Returns

Few TV shows that debuted within the past year have evolved from a niche premiere into a full cultural phenomenon as fast as Heated Rivalry. The six episode series, adapted from the second book in Rachel Reid’s Game Changers series, premiered on Crave in Canada on the 28th of November 2025. Over the course of the following 10 months, it… Read more: Heated Rivalry Turned a Romantic Hockey Novel Into a Worldwide Phenomenon 

When director duo Phil Lord and Christopher Miller announced they were adapting Andy Weir’s best-selling novel Project Hail Mary, expectations were exceptionally high. Following the success of Weir’s previous adaptation The Martian, sci-fi fans wondered if lightning could strike twice. Released in theaters worldwide in March 2026, the film follows Ryland Grace, a middle-school science teacher who wakes up from… Read more: Deep Space Physics Meets Human Heart in Project Hail Mary

Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, Stanley Tucci in The Devil Wears Prada 2 (Dir David Frankel, 2026)  “Netflix lighting” is online shorthand used by critical audiences to explain the phenomena of modern media all taking an identical stylistic appearance. Though referred to as “Netflix” lighting, the term is used often in reference to any piece of contemporary media that dons a… Read more: Why Does Everything Look Like That? “Netflix” Lighting”in The Devil Wears Prada 2

After watching Spider-Man: Brand New Day for the second time this week, it became obvious to me why this is the Holland Spider-Man movie fans have actually asked for, riding on the back of the success of No Way Home which brought back both Andrew and Tobey. Peter Parker’s big transformation isn’t triggered by a cosmic entity or a new… Read more: Spider-Man: Brand New Day or Same Old Story

Science fiction is a strange film genre. It is one of the most common genres for crossovers like sci-fi fantasy or sci-fi horror. Arguably, the most common trope across all sci-fi films is the “something is dying, we have to go to space and fix it”. In 1998 we had Armageddon, then again in 2014 with Interstellar and once again… Read more: A Ryan Gosling for All – Project Hail Mary (2026)

Image 1: Poetry Poser The beauty of William Shakespeare’s work wasn’t the writing; it was the art in the performance. I considered these words as I sat drinking my lime-infused cider and muttered the words of another well-known modern poet. The words of these two literary heavyweights echo in my ear as I recite the words of my original poem:… Read more: Slam Poetry: Is Pure Poetry in the Points?

A literary analysis unpacking an emotional rollercoaster of a song.

By Rashmila Karki Image: CNN, 2026 In times of disaster, social media serves as a vital medium to circulate the information. People use social media to find details about the condition of the disaster-stricken areas, damaged roads, rescue operations and even to locate the missing relatives. But after the devastating floods struck Bhotekoshi river system of Nepal on 26 August,… Read more: When Disaster Goes Viral: The Surge of Misinformation During Nepal’s Floods

In Zach Cregger’s horror mystery, the question is: what happens when nearly all the kids in a classroom suddenly vanish one night? The movie is scheduled for release on 8 August 2025 and will tell the tale of a community who’s trying to figure out what happened to the 17 children, and why there’s one who’s still alive. Cregger does… Read more: Weapons: When Fear Turns a Community Against Itself

In 2006, Nintendo revolutionised the gaming community by releasing its Wii. With this, Wii Sports was launched, which included Miis, customisable characters that users could play as. In 2011, Nintendo released its 3DS, an upgraded version of the beloved DS, a compact, easy-to-play console. For many, the DS and 3DS were integral parts of their childhoods. In 2014, Nintendo released… Read more: Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream, A Reimagined Relic.

Louis Theroux’s Inside the Manosphere is a documentary film which investigates one of the internet’s largest online communities: the ‘manosphere’. Released in March of 2026 on the world’s largest streaming platform, Netflix, the documentary explores this increasingly controversial yet shockingly influential community, and its various ‘manfluencers’ leaders; featuring prominent male digital creators, streamers and podcast hosts. Throughout the documentary film,… Read more: More harm than good? Louis Theroux: Inside the Manosphere 

Grand Theft Auto VI is still more than two months away, but the game is already changing the way the industry moves around it. Rockstar Games has confirmed GTA VI will launch on November 19, 2026 for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S, ending a wait that has stretched more than a decade since Grand Theft Auto V first released… Read more: The GTA 6 Effect: How One Game Is Already Reshaping the Gaming Industry

Phantom Lawyer, co-written by Kim Ga-young and Kang Cheol-gyu, and directed by Shin Joong-hoon, is an Autumn-release 2026 supernatural legal K-Drama that’s heartbreaking and emotional, while exploring how desire and envy affects people, alive and dead. It’s about Shin I-Rang (Yoo Yeon-seok), a law graduate unable to find work due to his deceased father being a corrupt prosecutor. Rather than… Read more: Phantom Lawyer: Following the spirit of the law, but not the letter

As a horror enthusiast I find that the horror-comedy sub-genre can be difficult to balance, yet Widow’s Bay does it perfectly. Created by Katie Dippold and mainly under the direction of Hiro Murai, Widow’s Bay manages to not only balance the tone between horror and comedy but also gives a common horror trope a new perspective. The story is about… Read more: Widow’s Bay: A Fresh Perspective on the Horror-Comedy Sub-Genre

Netflix’s Tires has never looked like a typical big-budget comedy, and that is probably the best thing about it. Most of the show takes place inside the fictional Valley Forge Automotive Center, where the staff spend almost as much time insulting each other as they do working on cars. By Season 3, that simple setup has become the show’s biggest… Read more: Tires Season 3 finally finds its identity

“Rock Your Body” arrived before many Gen Z listeners, including me, were old enough to remember it. Yet when its sound returned through Don Toliver’s “BODY”, it felt strangely familiar. That connection became real on August 22, when Justin Timberlake unexpectedly joined Toliver during his Miami concert. They moved from “Rock Your Body”, released on Timberlake’s 2002 album Justified, into… Read more: From “Rock Your Body” to “BODY”: How Don Toliver Made Nostalgia Feel New

The Spider-Man adventure of Tom Holland is continuing with Destin Daniel Cretton’s film, Spider-Man: Brand New Day. The film, which is scheduled to hit theaters on 31 July 2026, is a completely new iteration of the Spidey character than what fans saw in Spider-Man: Homecoming. After Spider-Man: No Way Home, few people can remember Peter. So he has lost out… Read more: Spider-Man: Brand New Day: Can Spider-Man Still Feel Human?

One Punch Man was once one of the biggest examples of how anime could combine comedy, superheroes and spectacular action. The first season, released in 2015, became a worldwide success thanks to Madhouse’s impressive animation and visual direction. The story follows Saitama, a bald superhero who became ridiculously powerful after three years of training and can be defeat most enemies… Read more: One Punch Man Season 3 Loses Its Punch and How Weak Animation Ruined It

If Megan Thee Stallion isn’t enough for a man, then just who is?  The recent breakup between both Megan Thee Stallion and NBA athlete Klay Thompson is much deeper than the shallow waters of any celebrity relationship drama. After April 2026, amidst very public accusations made by Megan of Klay cheating on her in the past, and Klay confirming this… Read more: Megan, Klay and Debunking the Myth of the “High-Value” Woman

The animated film “Niu Lai”, which was released in China on August 5th, initially received no attention. According to the Associated Press, the film earned about ¥10,000 in its first 10 days after release, but later, because more people saw the mocking remarks online, the box office saw a sharp increase. This is not because the audience suddenly recognized its… Read more: From the Screen to Memes: How Did “Niu Lai” Become a Social Media Event

Ariana Grande is well known for her powerful voice, high notes and catchy pop songs. However her eighth studio album, “Petal”, feels different from what many listeners may expect. Instead of making every song loud and dramatic, Ariana Grande chooses a software and darker sound. The album explores fame, pressure, relationships and personal growth might not grab everyone’s attention straight… Read more: Ariana Grande’s “Petal” proves That Power Does Not Have To Be Loud

What if a movie could sell itself? Not through endless trailers and advertisements, but through the people watching it. That is what makes Obsession so interesting. The 2026 horror film has become a major online talking point with fans creating edits, memes and videos around the film. But this attention was not entirely accidental. Its marketing campaign was designed to… Read more: When the fans become the marketing team- How Obsession shows the growing power of fan driven marketing

We are finally seeing a true representation of women in sport reaching the mainstream, and this time we can be confident it won’t be cancelled. Apple TV’s Ted Lasso is entering its fourth season after a widely successful, 13-time Emmy Award-winning run of three seasons. It covered Premier League football team AFC Richmond, coached by fish-out-of-water NFL coach Ted Lasso.… Read more: Ted Lasso – How a True Representation of Women in Sport can Finally Get the Success it Deserves

Turning 400 pages of a slow burn romance and drama into eight television episodes leaves little room to translate the character development and growth on the pages. The television series Off Campus, released on the 13th of May 2026 is based on the bestselling novel ‘The Deal’ by Elle Kennedy. This drama romance follows music student Hannah Wells, and Briar… Read more: Off Campus: From 400 pages into eight episodes

Perth has been left off the festival’s 2027 route, raising concerns about the dwindling festival scene in Australia’s west coast. St Jerome’s Laneway Festival has released a statement confirming it will skip Perth and Adelaide in 2027, limiting shows to Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne before finishing in Auckland. The decision marks an end in a lengthy streak for Perthites who… Read more: Laneway Takes The High Road

Warning: Contains Spoilers Imagine finally seeing the fictional boyfriend you have been obsessed with brought to life, only to realise he is not quite how you imagined him. That was my experience watching Off Campus. I loved the show, but as someone who read and loved Elle Kennedy’s The Deal, there were definitely moments where I found myself thinking: maybe… Read more: Off Campus: I’m Cringing, But I’m Still Watching

Source: IMP Awards, Image Copright: Disney & The Refinery Camp Rock 3 premiered on the Disney Channel on the 13th of August, rounding out the franchise sixteen years since the last sequel, Camp Rock 2: Final Jam, and almost twenty years since the first Camp Rock movie aired in 2008. The film has garnered mixed reviews, with fans and critics… Read more: ‘Camp Rock 3’ Is Exactly What It Says On The Tin

Olivia Rodrigo’s latest album, “you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love”, combines lyricism with genre blending to create a beautiful exploration of a relationship from start to end. There is very little to critique about this album, but is it perfect? This is Olivia’s third studio album and perhaps one of her most vulnerable albums. Her last… Read more: you seem pretty sad for a girl in love (2026): the perfect album?

The year 2026 has been great for cinema, and we are only in September with even bigger releases on the way. We’ve seen well-received films such as Backrooms and Obsession, another amazing Christopher Nolan film in The Odyssey, and the widely praised Spider Man: Brand New Day, which has earned over $2.4 billion at the box office. In November we… Read more: The Mandalorian & Grogu: A small but thrilling return for Star Wars on the big screen

#LionelMessi #Argentina #FootballNews Messi’s reaction in his final match losing against Spain. Credit: Associated Press/Pamela Smith On August 31st 2026, the football world received shocking news. At 39 years old, Lionel Messi officially announced his retirement from international football, closing out his famous  21-year career with the Argentina national team. For over two decades, Messi played as the main player… Read more: The End of an Era: Lionel Messi’s Retirement

If you do not know Pokémon, you are living under Mount Fuji. Yet if you know Digimon, you are “alone on this bro 🙁”. I am exaggerating, but as a manchild who grew up with both franchises in the mid-2000s, there is a surprising dominance of Pokémon’s popularity over Digimon’s despite both franchises encompassing identical game and film media premises… Read more: Digimon Story: Time Stranger Review – Digivolving into something greater

Fantastic Film Festival Australia finished its seventh year on 15 May. The festival ran for three weeks across Melbourne and Sydney. Organisers say it was the biggest and most successful year so far. FFFA 2026 ran from 23 April to 15 May. It took place in four cinemas: Lido Cinemas and Brunswick Picture House in Melbourne, Thornbury Picture House, and… Read more: Fantastic Film Festival Australia Ends Its Biggest Year, Launches New $10,000 Prize

In my first hour at Trosky Region, I was a lowlife, wandering from place to place in dirty clothes, starving and exhausted. The villagers mocked me and commented on my smell. I ended up breaking into houses to steal food, coins and whatever clothing I could find. The game had another plan for me. I was browsing Steam when I… Read more: Nobody in Bohemia Cares That You’re the Protagonist.

How to Fish has a simple way of making fishing interesting: let players fight their catch. Released on 20 August 2026 by Dazed Games, the game quickly attracted attention. Dazed Games reported that it sold more than one million copies in two days. Its strange mix of fishing and weapons makes that popularity understandable, but the experience left me wanting… Read more: How to Fish Review: A fun fishing trip, but not perfect.

In a world where young people aren’t getting into relationships as frequently, the essence of intimacy ends up being The Invite’s most prominent fantasy. Going into the film, which is seemingly just about two couples having a dinner party, and almost by surprise, you get one of the funniest and most touching films of the year. I would not be… Read more: Olivia Wilde’s The Invite makes intimacy painfully funny

I love Taylor Swift. I should make that clear from the beginning – she has been the soundtrack to my life for over a decade. But having her music on repeat does not mean every track makes the playlist. Released in October 2025 after the Eras Tour and her engagement to Travis Kelce, The Life of a Showgirl (TLOAS) trades… Read more: Not Quite a Showstopper, Still Worth the Applause: Taylor Swift’s Album The Life of a Showgirl (2025)

Toy Story has always been a narrative that follows the ideas of change and letting go, where across the franchise the core characters have faced abandonment, growing up, and the uncomfortable reality that childhood doesn’t last forever. And yet despite this, more than 30 years after Woody and Buzz first appeared on our screens, Pixar can’t seem to follow its… Read more: To Infinity and Beyond… Again: Is Pixar Struggling to Let Go of Toy Story?

A newly released anime that uses a simplistic art style similar to older Japanese animated shows, Daemons of the Shadow Realm, blends traditional and modern artistic techniques for storytelling. This ongoing anime came out in April 2026, consisting of 24 episodes available on Crunchyroll, with its last episode airing on 12th September 2026.  This series centres around a pair of… Read more: Daemons of the Shadow Realm is old-timey, progressive and a little weird

Kane Parsons’ film Backrooms which released in May 2026, is a psychological horror that transforms an internet horror fad into a feature-length cinema experience. The concept of the backrooms originated from a viral image posted to 4chan and later Parson’s series of YouTube videos, representing the growing influence digital culture has over mainstream media. Parsons’ unusual career trajectory from YouTube… Read more: Welcome to the Backrooms: From Internet Myth to Cinema History

Drake did not just return with an album. He returned with three. On May 15, the rapper simultaneously released ICEMAN, HABIBTI and MAID OF HONOUR, turning what had been a long-awaited comeback into an unexpected 43-track takeover. While the three albums explore different sides of Drake rap, R&B and dance, ICEMAN emerged as the centrepiece. But beneath the historic numbers… Read more: Three Albums, One Comeback: Is Drake’s ICEMAN Enough?

*Spoiler Alert Tony, the biopic of celebrity chef, author and television host Anthony Bourdain, landed in Australian cinemas in August. The story follows 19 year old Bourdain during a transformative summer that would change the trajectory of his life.  Bourdain leaves home after learning he has missed out on a writing scholarship and follows his crush, Nancy, to Provincetown, Massachusetts.… Read more: Tony: a Coming-of-Age with a side of Bourdain 

(Image credit: Peacock) Love Island USA operates on a highly entertaining and engaging premise: place a bunch of attractive singles in a luxury villa on a tropical island, take away their phones and access to the outside world, add a few even hotter bombshells, and watch the love and chaos unfold in real time. However, Season 8, which aired this… Read more: Love Island USA S8: Love, Conflict and Manufactured Reality

Pixar’s latest Toy Story film looks at how technology is changing the way children play. Toy Story 5 brings back some of Pixar’s most favourite characters, including Woody, Buzz Lightyear, and Jessie. But this time, the toys face a different kind of problem: technology. Released in June 2026, the film follows Bonnie as she becomes interested in a new tablet… Read more: Toys Story 5: Is Technology Better than Toys?

A lot of recent YA shows reach for Gen Z authenticity and come up hollow. Sterling Point lands it, combining familiar plot beats with enough wit and sensitivity to feel new again. Amazon Prime Video’s YA drama, from creator Megan Park (My Old Ass), follows 17-year-old Annie Jacobson (Ella Rubin) and her twin brother as they inherit their estranged grandfather’s… Read more: No Wi-Fi, No Problem: Why Sterling Point’s Digital Detox Actually Works

By Daniel Almanza Photo: Pexels — clothing waste France has introduced new environmental fees on ultra-fast-fashion clothing. The new rules mainly affect online companies such as Shein and Temu, which sell large quantities of low-cost clothing and continually add new products to their websites. The fees started on 1 September 2026. According to Euronews, companies will pay fees of €0.50… Read more: Can France´s New Fees slow down Shein and Ultra-Fast Fashion?