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Based on a True Story...But Who Cares?
The Conjuring films are, first and foremost, horror films. They are not documentaries and are not obliged to cover all of the facts even if they are “based on a true story.” Although these movies are based on supposedly real hauntings, their goal isn’t to give you both sides of the tale. Their goal is to scare the living daylights out of you and they’re really good at doing that.
I prefer a heavy dose of the strange and unexpected in my art and entertainment. But it turns out that weird needs a capable touch. 11 Minutes and The Boy and the Beast highlight an illuminating contrast in happenstance storytelling.
Oxenfree is a beautiful-looking mystery filled with a pleasing mix of humor and horror. It’s a game that doesn’t explain much at first, but fills in details along the way, giving you the opportunity to shift the story and characters as you progress.
The first ten seconds of Babymetal's “Road of Resistance”, the first track of their 2016 album Metal Resistance, make it clear that here's a band that means business. Still, nothing quite prepares the listener for 0:55 and beyond. But how on earth can the combination of J-pop idol vocals and the gimmicks of all kinds of extreme metal rock so much?
Sifl and Olly, folks, the best sock puppet variety show of the late nineties. It's got songs, it's got comedy, it's got interviews with softly giggling creepers in snailsuits. What more do you want people!!! Let's go to some some clips.
So we have this proud tradition in BTSB on calling Ylioppilaslehti out whenever they act like morons and it seems like this year’s editor-in-chief Antti Pikkanen is going to have his share of this glory – congratulations!
Anna Paavilainen’s monologue Play Rape is not just about theatre, it’s about me. And it’s about the rape culture we’re all part of. About being forced to choose between fuckability and invisibility.