Articles
Marina
Arts & Entertainment Writer
Canada
I am an editorial manager and film programmer. Most recently I also worked for a podcasting company as a brand content strategist.
Canada
I am an editorial manager and film programmer. Most recently I also worked for a podcasting company as a brand content strategist.
Articles
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How the TV critic and writer is flipping the script on TV discussion
Life in lockdown has spiked the spread of the rewatch bug. Though its occurrence before 2020 was not unheard of. And for good reasons. Late in 2019, the Wall Street Journal published an article about the psychology behind the rewatch. They posited it as a quizzical phenomenon, particularly because of the unending list of series to discover out there.
For a game of unknown origins, the laws of Never Have I Ever are spelled out quite clearly. A tipsy, truth-telling game of discovery, it bonds players through a hopefully hilarious haze of sometimes triumphant and often awkward confessions. Not unlike high school.
Could you imagine the 1990s without "Friends?" What would the rest of our lives be like on this Earth (and maybe beyond) without the hit hangout show perpetually streaming on Netflix, if you're in Canada, or HBO Max in the U.S. Its popularity spans generations, nations and political persuasions.
There has been a lot of ruminating lately on what to do about the cop shows, questioning who should write them or how they should evolve. A recent Washington Post article even called for shutting them all down. Now.
Festival Notes
When a blind man inexplicably regains his vision, he becomes possessed by a drive for a better life-a nicer home, a higher paying job-leaving little room for the people who were part of his old life. Dan Stevens, Malin Åkerman, Oliver Platt, and Kerry Bishé star in this haunting parable of desire, perception, and ambition.
As in life, a choice made in a story can seal a character’s fate—whether they realize it or not.
In this referential horror-comedy thriller, horror junkie Joe Foster gets to live out his ultimate scary movie fantasy courtesy of Fear Inc., a company that specializes in giving you the fright of your life. But as lines blur between what is and is not part of the game, Joe's dream come true begins to look more like a nightmare.
Blog
We love making podcasts at Pacific Content. You can argue that we equally love talking podcasts. Our industry is propelled by potential and is perceptibly in perpetual motion - there is so much to talk about! Contending with and reflecting on the many views and opinions has become an annual tradition for us.