Author: Areej Akhtar

With making music becoming increasingly accessible each year, music, as a whole, becomes better. To experience this for myself, one of my resolutions this year is to discover as many new albums as possible. Naturally, there are already some key albums that I’m looking out for this year, so let me share my top few. First of all, February is seeing some major new releases from Gorillaz and Mitski, with albums from both dropping on the 27th. Gorillaz’ most recent release Cracker Island felt a bit lacklustre to me: sure there were some hits but the album holistically felt a…

In the two years since the first Five Nights at Freddy’s film was released in cinemas, reception to this new on-screen adaptation has varied. Criticism that, for a horror film, there was a lack of truly frightening moments. Confusion on how the lore had been changed to fit this new medium. As the weeks drew closer before the new film, it was agonising anticipating what was in store. In preparation for the sequel, I rewatched the original film and found myself sitting in a similar area. However – whether it be Scott Cawthon (the game’s creator) being the film’s main…