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There’s something special about that time of year when a show you love puts out a Christmas episode. No matter what show it is and whether it “works” or not, a Christmas special brings such a particular festive joy that’s hard to match.  To celebrate this, we’re ranking our favourite Television Christmas Specials, from theContinue reading “Ranking TV Christmas Specials”

It’s official: the SAG-AFTRA strike is over after 118 days! Since July, actors across the world have been unable to work on or promote any and all film and television whilst the SAG-AFTRA Union have been negotiating with the AMPTP (the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers) for better terms for actors, including fairerContinue reading “Films You Missed while SAG-AFTRA was Striking”

Happy Halloween everybody! We’re celebrating the best holiday of the year with the most iconic horror movie villains and a Blueprint classic – a datability ranking. We’re pitting slasher against demon in an ultimate battle of partners to determine who would be the best classic horror villain to date. Some of these lovely people mightContinue reading “Ranking the Datability of Classic Horror Villains”

Be Not Afraid Mike Flanagan’s fifth and final series for Netflix is officially now streaming worldwide, and after Blueprint co-editor Jamie recently revisited The Haunting of Hill House, Madeleine is now here to revisit her personal favourite of the Flanagan show line up: Midnight Mass. Released in September of 2021, the limited series follows aContinue reading ““Be Not Afraid” – Mike Flanagan’s ‘Midnight Mass’”

Still struggling to choose a Halloween costume a week before the big night? Fear not, the Blueprint have your back: we’ve assembled the best culturally relevant costumes that are as iconic as they are fairly simple to pull off with some smart purchases. These are the best film and television references from the past yearContinue reading “Film & TV Costumes for Halloween 2023”

Loosely based on Shirley Jackson’s seminal novel of the same name, The Haunting of Hill House was released on Netflix on October 12th 2018, five years prior to this post being conceived, written, and published. I’ve seen the show through four times (five including the refresher I’m doing in conjunction with writing this), and eachContinue reading ““The Rest is Confetti” – The Magic of Mike Flanagan’s ‘The Haunting of Hill House’”

Bonjour to October – and bone-jour to Halloween! At the Blueprint we’ve carefully cultivated thirty one films to best get you in the festive mood in a Halloween advent calendar of sorts – we’re calling it Flick or Treat! Our month of film recommendations is a blend of horror, the macabre, and spooky fun filmsContinue reading “Flick or Treat”

And they were roommates! (Oh my god they were roommates!) We’re celebrating one year of living together at Blueprint headquarters, and we’re going to do it with some of the best fictional roommates. Whether we actually relate to them or just enjoy their vibes, some of our favourite pieces of media happen to include someContinue reading “The Best Fictional Roommates”

In The Blueprint’s quest to discover the finest Kens missing from the now billion dollar Barbie movie, the inevitable question: who would have been a perfect Barbie? Now, where a good Ken has specific requirements that need to be met, a Barbie’s are different and definitely not as specific. Barbie as a brand has purposefullyContinue reading “Actresses Who Could Have Been Barbies”