Do you ever look at your shelves of DVD movies – at this point I am clearly talking to only people over 25 since I am guessing Millenials would view DVD ownership as somewhat akin to inviting a caveman to draw ochre paintings on a living room wall – Continue Reading
Bee and PuppyCat: The quirky animated adventures of a girl and her unusual new friend
SNAPSHOT Bee and Puppycat follows Bee, ever the reluctant hero, who becomes entangled in the adventures of a puppy (…or is he a cat?) as they travel between reality and the void of Fishbowl Space. (synopsis via Laughing Squid) Remember the old Superman series lead in where people would Continue Reading
Deck the halls with rabid monsters: Doctor Who Christmas special teaser trailer
Ah Christmas. Chestnuts roasting by an open fire … Jack Frost nipping at your toes … Yuletide carols being sung by a choir … and Alien-esque monsters chasing you around the North Pole … wait, WHAT THE WHAT THE?! Well it is a Doctor Who Christmas special after all and Continue Reading
Weekend pop art: Pixar is wonderful … and you can quote me, or rather Risa Rodil, on that!
The films of Pixar, from their debut feature film Toy Story (1995) through to their latest release Monsters University (2013), have always inspired a tremendous amount of devotion from their legion of fans (and anticipation with the excitement about next year’s releases Inside Out and The Good Dinosaur reaching Continue Reading
Movie review: A Long Way Down
Anyone who has ever attempted to make a satisfying go of this contrary thing called life will acknowledge that getting it right poses some considerable challenges indeed. It isn’t enough to simply build yourself a lovely house, surround it with a white picket fence, fill it with a partner Continue Reading
So many sunny days: Happy 45th birthday Sesame Street
It’s mid 1971, and in a lounge-room in Grafton, NSW, Australia, a wide-eyed five year old is sitting cross legged in front of his family’s TV set early one morning, unable to take his eyes off the program on the screen before him. He had only just been introduced a Continue Reading
Animal-themed rock songs roar to life with artist Tracy Worral/Dorothy’s Rock and Roll Zoo
Animals, in all their multitudinous variety and multi-faceted expression, have always made for some pretty potent imagery. Snakes have long been associated with either potently eternal evil (Judeo-Christian) or “gracious morality and great wisdom” (Chinese Zodiac), lions with nobility and bravery, and elephants with mindfulness and the power of memory. Continue Reading
Trailers, teasers and posters galore: Minions, Chappie, Into the Woods
MINIONS SNAPSHOT The story of Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment’s Minions begins at the dawn of time. Starting as single-celled yellow organisms, Minions evolve through the ages, perpetually serving the most despicable of masters. Continuously unsuccessful at keeping these masters–from T. rex to Napoleon–the Minions find themselves without someone Continue Reading
The Walking Dead: “Self Help” (S5, E5 review)
* THERE ARE SPOILERS AHEAD … and NOT A LOT OF HOPE * Hope in the midst of a zombie apocalypse, much like the faces, arms, legs and bodies of the undead themselves when hit by a fire truck’s water cannon – something which actually happened in “Self Help”, Continue Reading
Whether you’re Darth Vader or a Stormtrooper, you know it’s All About That Base (Star Wars parody)
Regardless of whether you’re a music obsessive like I am, or a casual radio listener or streamer who has music playing in the background, there’s a way better than average chance that you’ve heard Meghan Trainor’s catchiest-as-all-hell breakout hit “All About That Bass”. The debut single by the Massachusetts-raised Continue Reading