Joining the Dots…
Draw the connections with these collected Jokerside serials, marking landmark anniversaries or unavoidable parallels across music, film and television. From Time Lords to super spies to Dark Knights to dystopia – long reads for long topics.
1966
50 year’s on, essays picking out diverse cultural landmarks in film, music and television on their golden anniversary.
Jokerside’s Year of Dystopia! (2015 – 2016)
As Dystopia roars back to American cinema, Jokerside delves into four major Hollywood blockbusters built from a bleak future. From Mad Max‘s long road to Tinsel Town to rocket powered escape back to the Planet of the Apes. Before a trip to the damp, short-lived future of Waterworld and a glimpse at the horror behind The Terminator.
David Bowie (Posts from 2013 – )
Time obsessed: From forgotten trilogies, 1970s classics and The Next Day.
Marvel: The Cinematic Universe and beyond (ongoing)
The new behemouth of Hollywood marches on at Disney Marvel, Fox and Sony…
Icons of Cinematic Horror (every Halloween..)
An occasional series looking at the greatest franchises of horror cinema…
Icons of Modern Gothic Horror (2014 – 2016)
The great icons of Gothic literature lasting well into the 21st century…
Star Wars (2016)
Yes, THAT space opera… Let the retrospective begin…
Doctor Who Series 9 – The Essays (2015)
An essay for every story, from Skaro to beyond…
Doctor Who: The Classic Whovember Retrospective (2013)
A Doctor by Doctor retrospective of the show’s Classic Series for 2013’s 50th anniversary…
Doctor Who: The New Whovember Retrospective (2014 – 2015)
Crashing like a TARDIS into the 21st Century… A Doctor by Doctor retrospective of the New Series…
The Eleventh I
The Eleventh II
The Eleventh III
Doctor Who and his Fiendish Enemies! (2015 – 16)
Salute the golden age of the Cybermen in the 1960s, the lament the ruination of the Ice Warriors and the revenge of the Angels!
Keeping an Eye on the Master (2015 – 16)
If there was one nemesis who couldn’t let the Doctor get away with his Whovember… it was the Master. Find him, and her, here with a glimpse at their insidious sartorial elegance to gender-reversed homicidal mania across four decades of Doctor Who…
New Who Day (Every March)
Celebrating 26 March, the anniversary of Doctor Who’s glorious return with Rose in 2005, with special reports on the rebooted show…
James Bond: The 50th Anniversary Bondathon and beyond (2012 -)
The retrospective for James Bond’s 50th anniversary on film…
Who: the Influence of the Decades (2014 – )
A look at how the future of Doctor Who is often stitched in its past…
Batman: The Dark Knight at 75 (2014)
A cave-full of Batman articles for the Dark Knight’s 75th anniversary…
The Man of Steel Narrative: From Arkham to Metropolis to Gotham (2013)
An interwoven story and analysis in the wake of the first film of DC’s new cinematic universe.
Die Hard: What is the Mantle of the Hat? (2013)
John McClane: From the ultimate Christmas film to Essential Die Hard Moments and the 12 Rules of Dying Hard!
Star Trek (2014 – )
We love the never-ending Wagon Train to the Stars
The Nintendo Odyssey (2015 – )
Mario enters his fourth decade…
Tolkien of the Big Screen (2012 – 2014)
The Jackson saga – from retrospective to Hobbit deconstruction…
Fellowship of the Ring
Britpop crosses decades (2014 – )
Celebrating the misery and joy of a movement that defined a generation… And the bands that transcended it.
Fictionsides
Tracking 100 unforgettable moments, notable milestones and trends in film, TV and music and year reviews…
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