Daisy Herman

Today’s society is in constant turmoil over the impact of digital devices, social media and our often excessive use of them. Their use is unparalleled; they allow instant communication and new forms of creativity as well as constant entertainment. Parents, on the other hand, may tell us that our phones are the source of all problems and that we are ruining our young lives by staring at a screen, scrolling, liking and retweeting all day.

Halloween is the perfect excuse to become someone else; a cheeky nurse, killer clown, or your favourite 90s TV character. It’s the time to have fun with fancy dress, to get creative, but there are boundaries. Cultural appropriation is a growing problem in modern society, and this scary ignorance becomes far more prominent at Halloween. You might think that dressing up as a sexy Pocahontas or shirtless Chieftain is harmless, however, it is a classic case of cultural appropriation.

Michael Cuesta’s American Assassin ticks all the boxes of a classic violent action/adventure movie. Dylan O’Brien stars as Mitch Rapp, a man hit by devastation, who vows to seek revenge upon a sect of radical Islamists. Upon colliding with the CIA, Rapp is recruited as a Black Ops agent in the fight to stop Islamic terrorists from launching a nuclear weapon in the Middle East.