Sandra Harris Writes

SQUID GAME. (2021) A NETFLIX DRAMA CREATED, WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY HWANG DONG-HYUK. STARRING LEE JUNG-JAE, WI HA-JOON, JUNG HO-YEON AND PARK HAE-SOO. REVIEW BY SANDRA HARRIS. © This Korean survival drama-slash-horror/thriller is Netflix’s most watched show ever, and that’s saying something. I gave in to pressure to watch it over Halloween 2021 after family members claimed it to be the Best Thing Since Sliced Bread. And whaddya know, they were nearly right too, lol. I loved it, and was barely breathing for some of the tenser moments, and it was chock-a-block with tense moments. I was sad when I was finished watching it, and I would definitely watch any sequel the powers-that-be had in mind, though I truly don’t know how any sequel could better the original series. I just want to note also that Hwang-Dong-Hyuk, the creator, writer and director of the series, should be the richest and the happiest guy in the world right now. Should be , I said, because things don’t often turn out...

  WHY NO LOCKDOWN CAN CANCEL MY HALLOWEEN. BY SANDRA HARRIS. © 'Foul feet smell something horrible...' 'I must think of a brick wall...' There's been a lot of talk this year regarding the 'cancellation' of festivals like Halloween and Christmas. True, the Paddy's Day parade and festival back in March were physically cancelled due to COVID-19, but no-one was banned from getting stinking drunk in the privacy of their own home in honour of our national saint and watching cheesy 'Oirish' films like Darby O'Gill and the Little People and War of the Buttons till their eyes went square . That's what I'm saying. Any number of physical events can be, and have been, prohibited in the national interest, but no amount of legislation or lockdowns can cancel a feast day itself, or the good feeling it habitually engenders. Halloween in particular is not just one calendar day. It's a feeling that you keep in your heart all year ro...