It is rare to walk away from any of the films in the Marvel Cinematic Universe feeling as if you have been a part of a unique moviegoing experience. This is not to run down those films in any substantial way since they are expertly well made, with robust Continue Reading
Road to Eurovision 2014: Week 6 – Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Ukraine, United Kingdom
WHAT IS THE EUROVISION SONG CONTEST? Started way back in 1956 as a way to draw a fractured Europe back together with the healing power of music, the Eurovision Song Contest, or Concours Eurovision de la Chanson – the contest is telecast in both English and French – is open Continue Reading
Farewell Warehouse 13: “Secret Services” (S5, E2)
Pete (Eddie McClintock) and Myka (Joanne Kelly) sitting in a tree … K-I-S-S-I-N-G ?? Dear God I hope not. It’s not that they wouldn’t make the cutest couple – although what do you give people who have pretty much everything they could want, all stored in a giant secret Continue Reading
The enchantingly warped world of Sebastien Millon
The world needs more people with a gleefully twisted view of the universe. No, I am not talking the need for more TV crime shows about sociopaths happily dispatching all and sundry with artistic brio and philosophical justification, although to be fair what would Dexter, The Mentalist and the Continue Reading
The meaning of Muppet life: Fozzie the Bear and Kermit try their hand at ’70s style existential banter
The recent movie-driven resurgence of Jim Henson’s marvellous creations the Muppets,largely thanks to The Muppets (2011) and Muppets Most Wanted (2014), in which Kermit, Miss Piggy, Fozzie the Bear and the the rest of the gang have jumped back into the zeitgeist in all their hilarious, madcap glory, is as Continue Reading
You cannot erase us! Falling Skies’ action-packed sizzling new season 4 trailer
“You have taken everything and everyone I have ever loved.” (Anne Glass – played by Moon Bloodgood – to an unseen adversary) There is no doubt that surviving the alien apocalypse unleashed upon the earth by the Espheni, a highly intelligent, imperialistic and cruel race from far beyond the Continue Reading
My how I love these Jellyfish Eyes (movie poster + trailer)
SNAPSHOT Jellyfish Eyes tells the story of Masashi, a young boy who moves to a sleepy town in the Japanese countryside with his mother in the wake of a natural disaster. After returning home from his new elementary school one day, Masashi discovers a flying jellyfish-like creature whom he Continue Reading
Movie review: Any Day Now
As a concept, morality would seem to fall, without equivocation, into the realm of the blindingly obvious. Do the good, the decent, the upright thing and you are behaving in a moral fashion; indulge in behaviour that is demonstrably hurtful, cruel, malicious and you are being, quite clearly, immoral. Continue Reading
My 5 favourite TV show opening themes of the moment: Orphan Black, Helix, Sleepy Hollow, Portlandia, Parks and Recreation
A TV show’s opening theme music is something you either notice or you don’t, love or you loathe but either way, it can vitally important in both giving you an idea of the show to come and establishing a mood or sense of time and place. And while they Continue Reading
The importance of Decoding Annie Parker (poster + trailer)
SNAPSHOT Based on true events, this touching film follows a 15-year war against a cruel illness, waged on both scientific and emotional fronts by a pair of women demonstrating extreme bravery under pressure. Annie Parker (Samantha Morton) is on intimate terms with breast cancer, having watched both her mother Continue Reading