Charlie Ceates

Disclaimer: Ben Arzate is a regular and current contributor at Cultured Vultures.The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Saying Goodbye is Iowan writer Ben Arzate’s first collection of short stories, released on the 18th of September. The book…

We are well into October, and we all have our own ways to get ready for the scariest of holidays, Halloween. We each have our own different rituals, whether we like to prepare our costume a whole month in advance or curl up in the darkness…

So, I just finished watching the trailer for an upcoming film called The Upside, scheduled to be released in January 2019. Starring Bryan Cranston, Kevin Hart, and Nicole Kidman, it’s an upcoming comedy drama following the true story about…

Watching anime has only recently become a western pastime. Despite originating  as early as the 1910s and developing during World War 2 with propaganda films like Momotaro: Sacred Sailors, anime wouldn’t flourish in Western culture until…

Finding rare forms of art and creative work are ultimately satisfying and worth the hard effort of trying to find them. A Mind Polluted by Martin Geraghty is one novel that any book lover should have. Though it has had a very short life…

Ever since the conclusion of The Legend of Korra, fans of the successful Avatar franchise have been looking for a new animated fix, and finally, it is here, though not in the way they may expect. As usual, the hub of new and creative ideas…

1984 was a hell of a year. As well as being the setting for George Orwell’s nightmarish book of the same name, there was so much going on at that time: the US were still in the middle of the Cold War with the Soviet Union boycotting the…

Being a successful writer in this day and age is hard, and the horror genre is no exception to this. With literally thousands of works, ranging from paper copies to the internet craze of Creepypastas, it can be hard to stand out from the…

Anticipation: it’s something that seems to be neglected in the modern consumption of film and television. With the rise of streaming sites like Amazon Prime and Netflix, waiting a week between episodes of a running show is slowly giving way…

Whether a success or failure, it’s very clear that Netflix is a creative hub for original ideas. Ranging from the very popular series Stranger Things to the debatably successful film Bright, uniqueness is something that the streaming site…

The post apocalypse sub-genre has received a lot of attention. With video games such as the Fallout franchise, TV shows like The Walking Dead, comics like Judge Dredd, the genre has dominated pop culture. However, it is a genre that has…

Is it better to create something that is averagely good, or to create something so bad, it somehow gains fame and popularity, even if it isn’t in the way you expected it? Recently I powered through the Rooster Teeth Theater Mode Marathon, a…

Everybody loves a good story. Whether it’s an epic fantasy of heroes on a quest to save the world, a cosy and sweet romance, or a horror story about what lurks in the darkness, humans have been passing fictional accounts to each other since…

When adult life gets overwhelming for us, we often think about simpler and happier times, sometimes even reflecting as far back as childhood. For me, childhood consisted of building Lego, playing with what friends I had, video games and…

So, Father’s Day has just passed, and while thinking about my own dad, it also got me wondering: who are some of the best and worst dad’s in videos? Some of the best video game narratives involve a father/ mentor character, while others are…

The first time I heard about Eden festival was through whispered words back when I was at high school from my best friend, where he would entertain me with tales of drunken fun he had. So, when a friend of mine asked me to work at his stall…

I’m sure I can safely say a lot of us would like to go back and revisit our childhood. You know, those brief years of blissful naivety before the crushing reality of adulthood, work, and real life came down on us.It was also a point in…

There is a saying that goes for writers: the first book you write is going to be the easiest to write, but the hardest to publish, while your second book is going to be the hardest to write, but the easiest to publish. It is with this…

Picture the scene: a long open road spanning out into the horizon, when a bunch of motorcycles come roaring into view, along with some accompanying rock/metal music. Seems like enough incentive for a compelling narrative, right?Well, in…

Fans of Guy Ritchie and movie buffs will be happy to know that the famous director is reportedly ditching big budget franchise movies in favour of returning to his crime film roots with his latest project, Toff Guys.Interestingly…