This week, it’s all about control — and what happens when we lose it. A dystopian game show where death is entertainment. A digital purgatory where every choice is judged. And a journey that never ends because stopping means dying. From Stephen King’s The Running Man, to Alice in Borderland, and The Long Walk - three stories obsessed with endurance, obedience, and survival. Where the real horror isn’t the game itself - it’s the system that built it. What Have I Missed? Available on Appl...
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This week, it’s all about control — and what happens when we lose it. A dystopian game show where death is entertainment. A digital purgatory where every choice is judged. And a journey that never ends because stopping means dying. From Stephen King’s The Running Man, to Alice in Borderland, and The Long Walk - three stories obsessed with endurance, obedience, and survival. Where the real horror isn’t the game itself - it’s the system that built it. What Have I Missed? Available on Appl...
Episode 2: All the Presidents Men, the Jinx & Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
What Have I Missed?
24 minutes
1 month ago
Episode 2: All the Presidents Men, the Jinx & Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
Welcome back to What Have I Missed? I’m Alexandra Hepworth, and each week I catch up on three things I should have seen by now - pulling apart what still resonates, what catches me off guard and why they matter in 2025. This week: political paranoia in All the President’s Men, true-crime obsession with The Jinx and Ethan Hunt’s last impossible mission in Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning. Let’s get into it.
What Have I Missed?
This week, it’s all about control — and what happens when we lose it. A dystopian game show where death is entertainment. A digital purgatory where every choice is judged. And a journey that never ends because stopping means dying. From Stephen King’s The Running Man, to Alice in Borderland, and The Long Walk - three stories obsessed with endurance, obedience, and survival. Where the real horror isn’t the game itself - it’s the system that built it. What Have I Missed? Available on Appl...
