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Beth Ellis

‘Poor Things’ fails to answer tricky questions

It’s easy to see why Yorgos Lanthimos’ latest film, Poor Things, has caused some controversy. If you didn’t know — spoilers ahead— the…

5 min readJan 21, 2024

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‘Poor Things’ fails to answer tricky questions

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Beth Ellis

Will ‘Succession’ End Like ‘Peep Show?’

Contains spoilers for Succession, Peep Show, and Game of Thrones.

4 min readMay 26, 2023

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Will ‘Succession’ End Like ‘Peep Show?’

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Beth Ellis

Is Pop Boring Now?

7 min readFeb 1, 2021

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Is Pop Boring Now?

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Beth Ellis

A definitive guide to the John Lewis Christmas adverts

‘The Bear and the Hare’ is mid-tier, change my mind.

8 min readNov 13, 2020

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A definitive guide to the John Lewis Christmas adverts

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Beth Ellis

Have you been personally victimised by pandering nostalgia?

Nostalgia. It’s something that’s been seeping into our culture for a while now. It’s what made us download Pokémon Go (remember collecting…

7 min readOct 5, 2020

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Have you been personally victimised by pandering nostalgia?

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Beth Ellis

Why Do We All Love Keanu Reeves?

In light of the release of Bill and Ted Face the Music, coupled with my recent first viewing of the 1993 movie Speed, I started thinking…

6 min readSep 16, 2020

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Why Do We All Love Keanu Reeves?

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Beth Ellis

Why are so many people (still) obsessed with astrology?

If you know who grime star JME is, you’ve probably seen that clip of him. You know the one — he’s talking into his camera, dismissing…

5 min readJul 16, 2020

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Why are so many people (still) obsessed with astrology?

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Beth Ellis

Accio Empathy

In other universe — a universe in which I don’t have any self-reflection skills, or Twitter — I’d still be a Harry Potter fangirl. I own…

11 min readJun 11, 2020

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Accio Empathy

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Beth Ellis

Beth Ellis

I write blogs for money and also for free, which you can find here. They’re usually about pop culture, but also feminism, mental health and other issues.

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