As you may have noticed if you haven’t been trapped under an ice floe for the past 15 months or so (and possibly still even then), Frozen, Disney’s music-filled, visually-stunning, heartwarming take on Hans Christian Anderson’s fairytale “The Snow Queen”, is a BIG DEAL. I mean, grossed $1.2bn [insert Dr. Continue Reading
Can’t wait to see: Félix And Meira (poster + trailer)
SNAPSHOT In Maxime Giroux’s latest feature, an unusual romance blossoms between two lost souls who inhabit the same neighbourhood but vastly different worlds. Meira (Hadas Yaron) is a young Hasidic Jewish mother in Montreal’s Mile End district who secretly rebels against her faith by listening to soul music and Continue Reading
The smart sounds and bright colours of Faded Paper Figures
It seems to have been a recurring pattern in my music-appreciating life that the bands I fall for most heavily and with the most passion are the ones that seemingly come out of nowhere. It’s been the case with artists as diverse as Bombay Bicycle Club, who I came Continue Reading
Movie review: A Most Violent Year
The clock is ticking, ticking loud and fast in J. C. Chandor’s slow-burning tale of one man’s pursuit of the American Dream, A Most Violent Year. It is 1981, statistically one of the most violent in New York’s history, and aspiring businessman, Abel Morales (Oscar Isaac) is intent on Continue Reading
The Walking Dead: The Distance (S5, E11 review)
*** THERE BE SPOILERS … AND ROAMERS/WALKERS/ROTTERS AND LOVE SWEET LOVE AHEAD *** Heaven, I’m in heaven And my heart beats so that I can hardly speak And I seem to find the happiness I seek When we’re out together dancing cheek to cheek (as sung by Frank Continue Reading
Big Birdman (or The Unexpected Virtue of Orange Pants): Sesame Street’s delightful parody of Oscar winner Birdman
Birdman is a remarkably brilliant movie. And Sesame Street, 45 years old and going strong, is remarkably well-versed in the art of both educating children and parodying occupiers of the pop culture zeitgeist. Together they have created the remarkably delightful parody video of Big Birdman, that plays off one of the Continue Reading
Movie review: Lilting #queerscreen
Anyone who has ever experienced any form of profound loss will know all too well that grief is a peculiar, never ending lament with a thousand different reminders everywhere you turn. The truth of this painful reality is authentically conveyed in starkly moving, intimate terms in Hong Khaou’s largely assured Continue Reading
Giddy up! The Wyld Stallyns ride again in the comic book Bill and Ted’s Triumphant Return
SNAPSHOT Following the time-traveling historic epic of Excellent Adventure and the turbulent life and death of Bogus Journey, Bill and Ted must now fulfill their destiny as the inspiration for galactic harmony! How can someone hate the Wyld Stallyns as much as the evil Chuck De Nomolos? With the Continue Reading
Movie review: Trash #StGeorgeOpenAir
If you’ve even so much as vaguely read any of Enid Blyton’s Famous Five novels or perused an old and tattered copy of Boys’ Own magazine, you might be tempted to think that life for young boys is a gripping mash-up of dodging buffoonish anti-heroes, getting into trouble that resolves Continue Reading
“You are my home now”: Jamie pours out his heart to Claire in Outlander’s swoon-worthy new trailer
SNAPSHOT he “Outlander” series spans the genres of romance, science fiction, history, and adventure in one epic tale. It follows Claire Randall as she navigates the hidden dangers of 18th century Scotland, an unknown world where her freedom and very life are at risk. When she is forced to Continue Reading