Brainfluence is a crash course in mind manipulation for marketers, exposing the brain’s hidden levers that make us click, buy, and trust a little too easily.

La Haine is a raw, unflinching journey through society’s cracks, where the stark black-and-white visuals amplify the explosive tension and gritty reality faced by three young men on the outskirts of Paris—delivering a brutal message on violence, alienation, and the inevitability of a crash landing we’re all complicit in.

Ready Player Two by Ernest Cline is a sequel that proves the age-old adage: lightning doesn’t strike twice, but disappointment sure can. If you were hoping for another nostalgic joyride through the pop culture wonderland of the ’80s, this book serves up a lukewarm rerun that makes you question why you ever cared in the first place.

Longlegs promises horror but delivers a sluggish nightmare of missed potential, with Nicolas Cage’s wild antics and Maika Monroe’s blank stares failing to inject life into this plodding supernatural thriller that’s more cringe than creepy.

The Fran Lebowitz Reader is a masterclass in deadpan wit, perfect for anyone who’d relish watching modern society get skewered with Fran’s unapologetic, razor-sharp prose.

Quo Vadis is a gloriously over-the-top Hollywood epic where Nero burns Rome for fun, Christianity battles decadence, and Peter Ustinov steals the show as the maddest, most flamboyant emperor ever put to screen.

Imagine being trapped at a party where the host won’t stop listing every single movie, video game, and cereal brand they loved in the ’80s. That’s Ready Player One in a nutshell—except the party lasts for 370 pages, and the nostalgia isn’t a casual mention; it’s the main course, dessert, and after-dinner drink.

From Amsterdam’s chaotic charm to Zwolle’s hidden tranquility, my tipsy trip to the Netherlands was full of unexpected twists, tiny ladders, and tasty bitterballen.

Disney’s Haunted Mansion (2023) has all the charm of a well-decorated Halloween bash—but with jokes that land flat and a tone that’s as wobbly as a ghost in need of a guiding light, it’s more forgettable than frightening.

Reading A Hero of Our Time is like being mesmerized by the world’s most magnetic, insufferable antihero—Pechorin will steal your attention, break your heart, and leave you wondering why you ever cared.

Mia Goth shines as a gritty dreamer in MaXXXine, a wild, neon-drenched conclusion to Ti West’s horror trilogy that slices through Hollywood’s 1980s underbelly with a grim sense of humor—even if it sometimes gets lost in its own glitzy chaos.

If you’re uneasy about your phone knowing you better than your best friend, Orwell’s 1984 will validate every paranoid thought—and then raise the stakes.