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Introduction When I heard Stephen King liked this, I thought I would take a look. The man has excellent taste. When I saw that the main actor was Tatiana Maslany, I knew I had to watch it. I have loved her ever since her incredible performance in "Orphan Black"
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred about a month ago in Critique
Two Drifting Grifters in a Large City. Top Story - August 2026.
I'm going to be crucified for tearing into the beloved American classic, but I never understood all the fuss and critical acclaim around it.
By Lana V Lynx2 months ago in Critique
No Redemption for Andy Dufresne
The Shawshank Redemption is one of those films that sits comfortably in the upper echelons of the movie talkie colour picture. It's become shorthand for the greatest film ever made—or GOAT, as the kids insist on calling it.
By Paul Stewart2 months ago in Critique
Neon Genesis Evangelion: A Masterpiece We May Have Overrated
There are certain works of art that become bigger than the work itself. People stop simply watching them, reading them, or listening to them. Instead, they begin studying them. They create theories, explain symbols, argue about hidden meanings, and build entire communities around the question of what the creator really meant.
By Takashi Nagaya2 months ago in Critique
Not Going My Way. Runner-Up in The Most Overrated Challenge. Top Story - July 2026.
“Schmaltz isn’t selling this season.” So declares Father O’Dowd to Father O’Malley in Going My Way , the movie that won the Best Motion Picture Oscar in 1945. But apparently schmaltz was selling that season because this piece of excessively sentimental mash was nominated for ten Oscars - and won seven.
By Marie Wilson2 months ago in Critique
The 17-Year Unlearning
Last month I met a man in New York. He wouldn't let me use his real name. I call him Old Charlie. Charlie got into the industry in 2007, a full cycle ahead of most family office practitioners in America. He was twenty-six that year, working as a relationship manager in the Americas division of an old British private bank. One day his boss called him into the office and said, we're going to test something domestically, called a family office — would you like to come on board. Charlie said yes.
By Jin3 months ago in Critique
Eternal Springs
The story takes place in modern America. A bottled water company is in search of the next breakthrough in their variety of waters. Daphne, the head of the company, tasks a team of scientists to develop a formula to save the company from utter downfall. She gives them until the end of the sales quarter to come up with something and offers a promotion for the work.
By Lillianna Nightveil3 months ago in Critique
Detective Kali
I began the story after meeting a who stated that I look like a character that they thought they had made up. Eventually, I was approached with the idea for writing it, and I was so excited because I wanted to make sure that I approached my writing with a very diverse that reflected the world that I grew up in my personal experiences or things that I just simply witnessed.
By Cadma4 months ago in Critique
The Goal That Arrived 14 Seconds Late
Fourteen seconds. That's how long it took for the happiest moment of my football season to arrive. Not on the pitch. On my phone.
By Shift S.4 months ago in Critique
Doctor Who’s Uncertain Future Was Inevitable
In a single announcement, the BBC cancelled the promised Christmas special, confirmed Russell T Davies’s departure, ended its partnership with Bad Wolf Productions and placed Doctor Who’s future into the hands of a competitive tender process.
By Ted Ryan4 months ago in Critique
The Cursor Blinks
THE CURSER BLINKS CHARACTERS • MAY (30s): A freelance documentary editor. Her eyes are perpetually bloodshot from blue light. Her apartment is a graveyard of half-empty coffee cups and post-it notes that say things like "Call senator" and "Buy oat milk."
By Meko James 5 months ago in Critique
Authorship vs Refinement
Much of the confusion surrounding artificial intelligence and writing comes from a failure to distinguish between two fundamentally different acts: originating ideas and refining their expression. These acts are often treated as interchangeable, as though whoever touches the final form must also be the source of the thought itself. That assumption does not reflect how writing has ever worked, nor does it reflect how human thinking actually unfolds.
By Peter Thwing - Host of the FST Podcast5 months ago in Critique