Film Reviews & Blog
Welcome to my blog! This space features a collection of written pieces, including long-form film reviews, essays, media theory and analysis and the occasional university assignment.
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Introduction I recently set up a Minecraft Hunger Games (Survival Games) server for our annual LAN party. I haven’t done much with Minecraft configuration in a while, so I was surprised by how little documentation exists – especially for running
- Academic, Development
- Academic, Design
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“Last mile” networks typically refer to the final leg of a communications network that connects service providers to end users. It refers to both the physical infrastructure and technologies responsible for delivering telecommunications services from a provider’s network to individual
- Academic, Design
Fresh water is becoming increasingly scarce. Between climate change, population growth, and the industrial sector, projections indicate that by 2025, over half the world’s population will live in water-stressed regions. This disparity in access to water resources is only compounded
- Academic, Movies
This report acts as a companion piece to an online exhibition, game and dataset investigating the Academy Awards as a reflection of contemporary audiences. The paper begins by outlining the goals and background of my project, discussing the purpose of
- Academic, Music
As digital platforms evolve, they often fall victim to their own greed. ‘Enshittification’, a term coined by Cory Doctorow (2024), details this process – outlining an online platform’s decline from a user-centric entity to a profit-driven behemoth. In Doctorow’s own
- Design, Other
The internet is becoming increasingly garbage. We live in a world where every click is tracked, every scroll is analyzed, and – more often than not – the content you’re interacting with online has been created for the sole reason
- Movies
After finally making it to the end of Maestro (after 3 failed attempts) I can now say I’ve seen each of the Best Picture nominee’s for the 2024 Oscars. With that, I present to you my somewhat controversial Oscar rankings
- Academic, Other
Canberra, the meticulously planned capital city of Australia, serves as a unique example of artificiality in urban development. In a nation characterized by organically grown cityscapes, Canberra highlights the intersection between human ambition and the developed world, showcasing the pros
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1950s Australia saw a period of economic growth and revival, marking a notable departure from the difficulties wrought by the Great Depression and World War II. Over this time, Australia’s cultural landscape flourished, marking the beginning of an arts renaissance
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Ryoji Ikeda’s installation ‘micro | macro’ (2015) presents an audiovisual experience that combines the intricacies of quantum physics with immersive media technologies. The work looks to critique humanities’ perceptual strive for self-understanding, placing the viewer in contrast with the truly
- Academic, Music
As the world becomes increasingly connected, we begin to see significant shifts within the global music landscape. The works of King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard (or ‘King Gizzard’) perfectly exemplify this, highlighting the influence of interconnectedness within modern music.
- Academic, Design
This report outlines my participation in two research experiments and their application to the field of Human-Computer Interaction and contemporary web design. The first experiment investigates the effects of music on an individual’s focus, with the other researching the usability
- Movies, Reviews
Although I’ve been trying to refrain from reviewing films I’ve already watched multiple times, sometimes I simply can’t help myself, especially if it’s fresh in my mind. One of my all-time-favourite documentaries comes in the form of “Searching for the
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Cumberbatch’s best acting performances to date, ‘The Imitation Game’ is a dramatic retelling of the life of Alan Turing, his role as a WW2 crypto analyst and the way through which the ‘Enigma Machine’ (a German encryption device) was cracked.
- Reviews, TV Shows
Recently, I asked on Instagram what you’d like to see these reviews about – and I had a number of people asking about TV shows. Don’t get me wrong, I love TV shows – however due to the nature of
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‘Eternals’ was the first Marvel film I skipped watching in cinemas since ‘Guardians: Volume 2’ and, by sheer coincidence, it turned out to be what I consider as the worst attempt at a MCU movie to date. Like, this thing
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Although 1917 is a film that’s been consistently praised for its editing and creative direction, it took me a suprisingly long while for me to bump it to the front of my watchlist. A film presented in one-take is impressive,
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After recently finding my TikTok FYP forcefully stuffed with a number of pirated snippets of this film, I knew it’d be something I needed to give a crack, even though online reviews suggested otherwise… and I’m glad I did. “Focus”,
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The Importance of Sound Design within Amélie At a fundamental level, modern film consists of two primary components; visuals and audio. Although both are equally as imperative to a film’s experience, it’s significantly easier to overlook the latter. Flashy VFX,
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I’d be lying if I said i wasn’t going into”Don’t Look Up” without high hopes and although Netflix originals have the reputation of being very hit-or-miss, from my point of view this film felt like it couldn’t go wrong. A
- Academic, Design
Magazine covers are one of the most prominent forms of imagery within print media. In a world where the ‘#VogueChallenge’ has become a viral social media trend, it’s obvious that the front pages of magazines is something that is of
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In a world where nearly 8 billion peoples’ lives are unfolding all at once, it’s no wonder nearly 81% of Australians consume the news daily. This number is frightening too, once you consider only a small handful of individuals own
- Academic, Movies
“You Wouldn’t Steal A Car” is a Public Service Announcement embedded towards the beginning of nearly every DVD manufactured through the early 2000’s. Chances are you’ve seen it… and probably not thought twice about it. The campaign looked to emphasise
- Academic, TV Shows
Animated comedies have become a prominent part of modern-day pop culture for the better half of a century – with shows like ‘The Simpsons’ and ‘South Park’ dominating the media. Similarly, one of the largest animated comedies to come out
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As online news media becomes increasingly apparent, the global rise of ‘citizen journalism’ has been made clear. Whether through Twitter’s live recount of the 2015 Paris attacks, or more recently with the Ukrainian Crisis’ domination of the TikTok FYP, the
- Academic, Other
Audiences are sick of the ‘perfect social media persona’, and BeReal’s recent exponential growth proves it. Both content consumers and producers alike are growing increasingly tired of the artificial and disingenuous nature of profile-based social media platforms (such as Instagram
