This Week on the DCMG Websites


Here's a round up of all the new articles this week on The DreamCage and AlbieMedia websites, including our Anime theme day articles...

Monday 21st October

On The DreamCage

"For such a low budget, the filmmakers are able to achieve quite a lot."
Day 21 of David Ames' Hallow-vent Calendar is Ánimas...

https://www.thedreamcage.com/2019/10/hallow-vent-day-21-animas.html


Tuesday 22nd October

On The DreamCage

 "There are certain pieces of art that just stick with you, whether that is for emotional reasons, guttural reactions, or haunting memories. Today’s film falls into all three of those categories."
 Day 22 of David Ames' Hallow-vent Calendar is Perfect Blue...

 https://www.thedreamcage.com/2019/10/hallow-vent-day-22-perfect-blue.html

On AlbieMedia

"ignoring the vocals, there’s a lot of interesting stuff going on in the music itself."
For this week's #EducatingOmand: Year 2, Susan Omand listened to Bring Me The Horizon...

https://www.albiemedia.com/2019/10/educating-omand-year-2-bring-me-horizon.html


Wednesday 23rd October

On The DreamCage

"What begins as a somewhat engrossing story devolves into a ridiculous premise that holds no weight for the film."
Day 23 of David Ames' Hallow-vent Calendar is Eli...

https://www.thedreamcage.com/2019/10/hallow-vent-day-23-eli.html

"The hours Chaney endured in the makeup chair are also the stuff of legend and yet the end result on screen is still as astonishing today as it was back then."
Daniel White's next Universal Monster of the Week is The Wolfman...

https://www.thedreamcage.com/2019/10/film-universal-monster-collection.html



 Thursday 24th October

On The DreamCage

"I will say that the prosthetics for the demons are spot on, and while the film may not have looked the best, the demon portrayals looked incredible."
Day 24 of David Ames' Hallow-vent Calendar is Errementari...

https://www.thedreamcage.com/2019/10/hallow-vent-day-24-errementari.html

"The Swamp Thing costume is as convincing as a plant-based-used-to-be-human-vigilante-fish-thing costume can be"
Steve Taylor-Bryant watched the Swamp Thing TV series...

 https://www.thedreamcage.com/2019/10/tv-swamp-thing.html

"Drowning... That's how it feels trying to keep up with all of the entertainment content we have within our grasp in 2019."
Nate McKenzie has an opinion about people having to "have an opinion" on all things pop culture. He's drowning in the stream ...

https://www.thedreamcage.com/2019/10/opinion-drowning-in-stream.html

On AlbieMedia

 "Ska. 2 Tone. A sub culture in late '70s - a Britain that was pitched against popular (populist?) culture."
Jimmy Hunter's #SotD79 this week is A Message to You Rudy by The Specials...

https://www.albiemedia.com/2019/10/sotd79-specials.html

"And it's just exactly what I'd expect a Wets album to sound like - mostly peppy and poppy with inbuilt grins all round."
Thirty years after release, Susan Omand gets round to listening to the Wet Wet Wet album Holding Back the River...

https://www.albiemedia.com/2019/10/turn-that-noise-down-wet-wet-wet.html

Friday 25th October

On The DreamCage

"In this world there are very few subjects which make my skin crawl. Today’s movie deals with just such a topic: Human trafficking"Day 25 of David Ames' Hallow-vent Calendar is Hypersomnia...

 https://www.thedreamcage.com/2019/10/hallow-vent-day-25-hypersomnia.html

"You have to be brash to attempt an adaptation of a Stephen King novel for the screen, even if just for television."
Nate McKenzie watched Season 1 of Castle Rock...

 https://www.thedreamcage.com/2019/10/tv-castle-rock.html

"The film is a study of class, that there always seems to be others below you in the pecking order and within that schematic, just who is parasiting who?"
Marc Nash watched Parasite from Korean director Bong Joon-ho...

https://www.thedreamcage.com/2019/10/film-parasite.html



Saturday 26th October

 Saturday saw our final theme day of 2019 with a look at all things anime.

On The DreamCage

"I was 14 and knew that I had found something special." Day 26 (and an Anime Day special) of David Ames' Hallow-vent Calendar is Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust...

https://www.thedreamcage.com/2019/10/hallow-vent-day-26-vampire-hunter-d.html

Channel 4’s streaming service – All 4 – looks set to delight fans with 100 hours of Anime series, with the first ten series now available...

https://www.thedreamcage.com/2019/10/anime-day-anime-comes-to-all-4.html

With the anime version now available to watch on All 4 in the UK, a reminder of Ren Zelen's thoughts on the live action adaptation of Tokyo Ghoul (Tôkyô gûru)...

A reminder of Susan Omand's thoughts on the documentary about Studio Ghibli co-founder, Isao Takahata and The Tale of the Princess Kaguya...


Grab a coffee, put your feet up for 20 minutes and let Neil Gardner (and Totoro) tell you everything you ever wanted to know about the films of the famous anime studio...


"When discussing anime, it is impossible not to bring up this classic and both critically and publicly loved series." David Ames gives us his top 15 anime TV series...

https://www.thedreamcage.com/2019/10/tv-top-anime-tv-series.html

"“What is Studio Ponoc?” I hear you ask." A reminder of Susan Omand's thoughts from Edinburgh International Film Festival on Modest Heroes: Ponoc Short Films Theatre...

https://www.thedreamcage.com/2019/10/anime-day-modest-heroes-ponoc-short.html

Based on a manga of the same name, a reminder of Jon Britton's thoughts from earlier in the year of the 4K restoration of the classic Oldboy...

https://www.thedreamcage.com/2019/10/anime-day-old-boy.html

"it struck me that I’d actually been watching the work of Japanese animators a lot earlier in life than I first thought" Susan Omand has a quick look back to where her love of anime started...

https://www.thedreamcage.com/2019/10/anime-day-anime-and-me.html

"It is such an important movie that I use it in my film classes, both at the high school and collegiate level." David Ames lists his top 15 anime films...

https://www.thedreamcage.com/2019/10/anime-day-top-anime-films.html

On AlbieMedia

 As part of #AnimeDay, learn how to draw and ink characters, create a finished page from script to storyboard and what various expressions mean in How to Manga... 

https://www.albiemedia.com/2019/10/feature-how-to-manga.html



Sunday 27th October

On The DreamCage


"We don’t care about the zombies, we care about the survivors. Because of this fact, Cargo becomes that much more impressive and effective."
 Day 27 of David Ames' Hallow-vent Calendar is Cargo...

 https://www.thedreamcage.com/2019/10/hallow-vent-day-27-cargo.html

Find this week's contributors on Twitter

@JimJamGin
@STBwrites
@OmandOriginal
@TheDavidMAmes
@DanielWBmouth
@ThoughtsInnate
@21stCScribe
@RenZelen
@HokusBloke
Jon Britton


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