Tyler Turner
Bio
Music and film blogger. English and History student. South Park goth kid.
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Stories (14/0)
Seeking Success in Frequent Failure
Any writer will tell you; our field is one riddled with mines. For every hit comes a string of misses and at times you’re left wondering if you’ll ever make that homerun. If you don’t learn to handle failure, it can bury you alive, no matter what your occupation. Typically, the best way for a writer to handle frequent failure is to write about it. Understandably, this coping mechanism isn’t for everyone, so to deal with my most recent setback I’ve written some advice on how you can deal with yours.
By Tyler Turner4 years ago in Motivation
Tolkien - Film Review
Unless you’ve been living in a hobbit hole for the most part of your life, then the man who gives his name to the Tolkien movie released last year (May 3, 2019) needs no introduction. Tolkien has finally joined the likes of Capote, Plath and Salinger with this dramatization of the truth behind the tales. Certainly, a biopic of the genius behind the world’s most cherished fantasy series was undoubtedly long overdue, but does Karukoski’s dramatization of the events that inspired The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings trilogy do J. R. R. Tolkien any justice?
By Tyler Turner4 years ago in Geeks
Reading my Fiancé: ‘Ready Player One’ by Ernest Cline
This review of Ready Player One by Ernest Cline is the second instalment in my 'Reading my Family' series in which I read and review novels as recommended by various family members. You can read my previous review of Rain by Virginia Andrews here.
By Tyler Turner4 years ago in Geeks
Reading my Mother-In-Law: Virginia Andrews 'Rain'
Recently, when discussing books with my mother-in-law, she paused the conversation to go foraging in her cupboard and then re-emerged with arms brimming with paperbacks. What she cradled was a new, ten-book collection of untouched Virginia Andrews novels – an author I was previously unaware of but one whom she adored – and insisted that I be the first to read them. Reading books is a highly personal experience and by sharing our favourite novels with others, we are essentially allowing them insight into our minds. It can be a great bonding experience, helping us understand those we love on a deeper level. This is what inspired me to start a ‘Reading my Family’ series that will see me read and review novels as recommended by my family members, beginning with my mother-in-law and Virginia Andrews.
By Tyler Turner4 years ago in Geeks
The Monster in the Mirror
Body dysmorphic disorder is a condition that most of us can relate to or have experienced to some degree. Everyone has something that they dislike or would gladly change about their physical appearance, and the fact that they can’t may bring certain levels of discomfort or distress. Though, for an increasing number of us, body dysmorphia is a condition so malevolent that it has debilitating effects on a person’s everyday life, to the point where it completely consumes them and dominates their every thought. Typically, people associate the condition with young girls who are obsessed with their weight, yet it affects a scope of different people and can manifest itself in various ways. For example, muscle dysmorphia (a subtype of BDD) concerns the sufferer’s thoughts and beliefs regarding their body mass, primarily believing that they are not muscular enough and obsessing over the idea of ‘perfection’.
By Tyler Turner5 years ago in Psyche
Asian Remakes of Western Films
Remember the J-horror craze that saw Japanese-borne horror movies such as the Grudge and Ringu snapped up by Western filmmakers and given a glossy Americanized makeover? Ever wondered what it'd be like is the shoe was on the other foot and your favourite Hollywood movies were remade and set in an entirely different culture?
By Tyler Turner5 years ago in Geeks
'Pet Sematary'—Film Review
Stephen King’s cult classic novel, Pet Sematary, has been resurrected for the second time. Thirty years on from the first adaptation, the release of Kolsch and Widmyer’s chilling new spin on the gruesome tale has polarised opinions. Such a response is unsurprising, given the daring alterations to both the plot, and the characters. Did the alterations pay off, or is dead really better?
By Tyler Turner5 years ago in Horror
The Truth Behind the Tales
From Austen to Plath, many of our most beloved authors have found themselves on the other end of the pen, having their life stories retold through the medium of film. J. R.R. Tolkien is the latest icon to join the circle, with a new biopic starring Nicholas Hoult as the Lord of the Rings creator just beyond the mountain. To celebrate, let’s take a moment to reminisce over some of those that have made the journey before:
By Tyler Turner5 years ago in Geeks
