stuff by paige

 I watched Happy Death Day  a few years back and I didn't recall it being terrible, so when Happy Death Day 2 U popped up on my Netflix home screen I thought I would give it  a go. The overall premise of this film series is that the main character, Tree, gets stuck in a ground hog day situation and has to solve her own murder in order to escape the loop. In the first one she successfully manages this, however in this film more characters get dragged into this loop through her boyfriend Carter's room mates science project. This project ends up being the main solution to the time loop problems, and also explains how the time loops started in the first place. Rather than being a slasher comedy like the first film, this movie fits into a weird sci-fi teen drama genre. This mixture of genres could have made for an interesting and potentially good watch if it wasn't for the fact that the acting and narrative are just not very good. I overall felt that this film really did not ...

 Just to start off; I'm not particularly a fan of the To All The Boys franchise. The first one was okay, as cheesy as it is, but I really do not think the world needed a second or third instalment.  I found out about To All The Boys: Always and Forever through a YouTube advert, and I was set on watching it just to see if I was right, that the film would literally just be a two hour long drawn out version of the trailer. And I was right. There was nothing of surprise for me in this movie as I already knew exactly how it was going to go, as the trailer had told me everything that I needed to. Usually a trailer is a sneak peek into a film, intended to entice you to want to see more, but apparently whoever put this movies trailer together didn't get the memo. Anyway, onto the film. The main narrative arc which the main characters Lara-Jean (Lana Condor) and Peter (Noah Centineo) go through during this two hour long movie is whether they will end up going to Stanford together and...

 "If you don't document yourself it's simple, you just don't exist."  Spree follows the story of Kurt (played by Joe Keery) an outcast individual who aspires to be a social media influencer. Whilst working as a Spree driver, Kurt comes up with a deadly plan to become viral with his account KurtsWorld, with a series which he titles 'The Lesson.'  This social media thriller starts off painting Kurt in a somewhat positive light, revealing that his family is struggling and that he really just wishes to have friends or people who find him cool and want to listen to him, which is a major aspect of how social influencers stay relevant.  I initially felt quite sorry for Kurt, however things took a sinister turn as Kurt's 'Lesson' is revealed - he is murdering his passengers live as a ploy to gain viewers and buzz around his channel. The murders are set up in a prank style format, which makes the one viewer which he does have believe that he's not ...

 I would put a spoiler warning for this film but there's really no need to; we all lived through it. Death To 2020 is a documentary/mockumentary covering the shambles of a year which was 2020. I enjoy a good documentary as much as I love a mockumentary, so this film was right up my street. Featuring multiple famous faces, including Samuel L. Jackson, Hugh Grant, Lisa Kudrow and Joe Keery to name a few, the film tells the story of the past year through "interviews" and news clips, making commentary on all things political, pandemical and social. There were so many events covered which I myself had forgotten took place in 2020, so the film served as a sort of revision session - I would definitely put this film on a future history class syllabus.  Of course, key events which were discussed extensively included the COVID-19 virus, the BLM protests, and the presidential election. With the coverage of COVID, the film highlights how many large companies and businesses, such as c...

 Now, I don't usually enjoy costume dramas - partly because of an old lecturer who was so obsessed with them it made me never want to hear of them again - but I actually found Bridgerton enjoyable.  Bridgerton follows multiple girls attempting to find husbands in 1813, Regency Era England, narrated by the all-seeing Lady Whistledown, an anonymously ran paper documenting all of the gossip which takes place during the season.  Filled with fancy frocks, suave suitors and a whole lot of risqué business from the very first episode, I found myself surprisingly intrigued by the show. Despite being set in 1813, the show is far from what you expect, displaying a more updated perspective on the era, with many laugh out loud scenes and some Maturely Rated ones also. The main storyline which weaves throughout the show follows the relationship between Daphne Bridgerton, a beautiful debutante with skin that would put a Glossier model to shame, and the Duke of Hastings, Simon Basset, ...

 Yes, I did force myself through the final season of The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina.  It was... definitely interesting. My enjoyment of TCAoS began to derail after season two, if I am completely honest. It progressively got worse, straying from it's originality and just becoming a spookier version of Riverdale. (Understandable, it is made by the same people). Season Four was kind of painful to sit through, and there were many points where I felt like packing it up and retreating to a dark room where I could nurse my eyes after having them bombarded with, may I say in terms of story line, very irrelevant topless images of pretty much every single male character in the show. As much as I love Ross Lynch, I did actually want to see him act, and not just his nipples.  This season follows Sabrina, the other Sabrina, and their family and friends as they use their witchy and occult ways to prevent the end of the world. I found myself overwhelmed during many of the episodes...

 Sweet Home is a Korean Horror Drama series which I watched partly out of boredom than anything else, and is a show which I have very mixed feelings about. The shows premise is very promising; a group of apartment residents fighting for survival in an apocalypse where anyone could turn into a blood thirsty monster.  This promise however was let down by the very evident lack of production value in the CGI department, a surprising lack due to the CGI monsters having a significant on screen presence from the first episode. Many of the monsters are reminiscent of those which I have seen in other series or films, however they are not executed even half as well. I am honestly not kidding when I say I have seen scarier and more realistic monsters in a Play Station 2 game.  Alongside this, there is some very bad acting, which thankfully improves as certain characters die off. Despite the main major issues I had with this show, I did manage to sit through the whole thing. This...