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.

In a media landscape long dominated by bumbling, passive or emotionally distant fathers, both Bluey and Bob’s Burgers stand out for offering more emotionally intelligent portrayals of modern masculinity and fatherhood. Bob Belcher and Bandit Heeler are both loving husbands and involved dads who reject toxic masculinity and support their children’s growth.

In both Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) and Hot Fuzz (2007), belief is not simply an internal idea held by characters - it is a force that shapes identity, controls communities, and drives narrative change.

“Witness me!” A battle cry and one of the last cinematic memes I can remember. Sure, movies are re-made and copied and in a way, those are memes too, but I mean a real meme - a line of dialogue that’s quoted and said by thousands of people in their daily lives for years - that line that is instantly recognisable or tickles your memberberries.

Thematically, Dune: Imperium excels in its translation of the Dune universe’s core ideas of political manipulation, scarcity, loyalty, betrayal, and destiny, into mechanical expression.

Villeneuve constructs a cinematic universe in which nature is not conquered, but worshipped. The film critiques imperialism, industrialism, and religious manipulation yet never loses its sense of awe. It is science fiction that re-enchants the world, reminding us that even in a deterministic universe, there is mystery, agency, and meaning.