Writer's Block Magazine

#ExplainAFilmPlotBadly: Why Describing A Plot Badly Might Make A Good Movie

November 3, 2017

A meme did the virtual rounds a couple of months ago, called “explain a film plot badly”. It asked internet users to take a well-known and universally loved movie, and write down the plot as horrible and in the most misunderstood way possible (think Harry Potter but with Voldemort as the hero). Not to…

By Unpopular Demand: a Review of Alfred Jodocus Kwak (1989)

October 31, 2017

by Art, Behind the Classic, Luc de Vries, Reviews

Here it is: your hip, new, anime review. And yes, while Alfred Jodocus Kwak isn’t all that hip or new, it does technically qualify as an anime. There’s your little tidbit for the day. This, among other facts, is part of the interesting history behind this show (which I will abbreviate to AJK for convenience’s…

On the best souvenir you can give your friends

October 27, 2017

by Sona Simonian

It was shortly after one of my best friends had left for America when I realized that collecting souvenirs for all my friends was going to get slightly more complicated than it used to be, because shipping to and from America is quite expensive. She went to New York at the end of May…

Holistic reinterpretations of musico-culinary everydayness

October 24, 2017

by David Kleinsteuber, Festive analyses

Towards a Festive Analysis of Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner I have waited long enough for this moment, but no longer. It has been enough. I’m gonna do it. I’m just gonna say it, and I don’t care who disagrees with me:

Hapax Legomenon! ‘University Challenge’ and the Nerd Cult

October 20, 2017

by Competitions, Roos Gravemaker

Watch University Challenge on BBC 2 every Monday at 21.00 (CET). On April 10th 2017 at 21.00 (CET) you may have missed the event of the year. After several months of weekly matches, people around Britain (and the world) sat down at home or in the pub to watch this match that was hyped with…