SCM’s Top 50 Albums of 2021
…And so we reach the end of another pandemic year. While everything is still so all over the place, we can at least take solace in the fact that 2021 was yet another fantastic...
…And so we reach the end of another pandemic year. While everything is still so all over the place, we can at least take solace in the fact that 2021 was yet another fantastic...
In the halcyon days of the early 90s came the Gotterdammerung of the action star. Though budgets skyrocketed – peaking with the $100 million masterpiece that is True Lies – the era of the muscle-bound...
To be perfectly honest, Kenneth Branagh’s Much Ado About Nothing doesn’t really belong amidst the bilge of your average Film Torment. It’s beautifully filmed, (mostly) well-acted, and evokes an easy nostalgia for a better...
THIS YEAR I decided to change things around, hopefully for the last time, in order to include the songs I enjoyed in 2020 regardless of when they were released. I did this because, to...
Let’s be honest, you don’t need me lecturing you on how bad 2020 has been. But when we think back on the months we spent inside our homes, let’s remember how vital the arts...
THIS TIME on Torments, Dan sighs heavily. Spoilers ahead. It’s easy to see the appeal of remakes. Taking a piece of media from another time offers ripe opportunities to re-contextualise and re-interpret it, allowing...
ONLY in the 70s is a feature where we take a look at films that could not have existed in any other decade, as true products of their time. This time, Hollywood hubris comes...
YOU DON’T need me to tell you just how much of a fucked up year 2020 has been so far. We’ve started off the new decade with the wrong type of bang, but with...
THIS TIME on Torments, Dan examines an anime disaster. In the world of anime, Original Video Animations (OVAs) are straight-to-video releases usually made to serve as a sidebar for an ongoing series. They often...
THIS review will not contain spoilers and was written having played the game on a standard PlayStation 4. For a full tech breakdown of the differences between PS4 and PS4 Pro, check out Digital...
THIS TIME on Torments, Dan powers up to take down the Mr. Satan of Dragon Ball media. If you’ve been on the internet – or happened to be growing up at the turn of...
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