You are the commander of an elite army - the best of the best. Your forces? A unicorn with rainbow hair and a smile that could melt the coldest of hearts. A purple wind-up robot with laser hands and impeccable marching discipline. A pirate monkey, slightly drunk on rum, but don’t let his cute little lego smile disarm you because he’s actually scowling at everyone!

No Country for Old Men is not just a crime thriller or neo-Western; it’s a sparse, haunting meditation on determinism, morality, and the fragility of human order. Its themes have deepened in resonance as I’ve aged and witnessed increasing moral erosion and systemic absurdities.

Although Indigenous Australian and Japanese spiritual traditions arise from vastly different geographies and histories, both share a profound reverence for land, ancestors, and the unseen presence of spirits.

Hayao Miyazaki’s film Spirited Away, in which Shinto beliefs and Japanese imagination animate a story of spirits, purification, and balance.

Cry-Baby and The Breakfast Club represent two ends of the spectrum in cinematic portrayals of youth. Waters’ film thrives in camp excess, parodying rebellion as style, while Hughes pursues authenticity through dialogue and emotional revelation.

John Waters’ Cry-Baby (1990) and Tim Burton’s Wednesday (2022) present two very different examples of how subculture is portrayed and received. While Cry-Baby remained a niche cult parody of 1950s delinquent culture, Wednesday became one of Netflix’s biggest hits, mainstreaming gothic and outsider aesthetics for a global audience.

Toy Story is a heartbreaking experience. At its core, it is about the death of a parent, attachment, acceptance, and letting go - but told through the eyes of a child, with imagination, fun, and humour.

To fans, Mike Patton is god-tier. To the uninitiated, he’s a revelation waiting to happen. The bands he fronted didn’t just make music, they rewrote the rules, destroyed the boundaries, and inspired thousands to do the same.

Ozzy Osbourne is a paradigm shifter in every sense. He changed music, reinvented TV, and through it all, remained unapologetically himself. He showed us that greatness doesn’t require perfection and that being flawed, funny, and fearless can change the world.