One of the great sacred rites of my childhood, which all my family observed with suitable pomp, ceremony and gleeful delight, but alas without wearing clothes made from hideously-ugly curtains, was sitting down to watch the annual screening on our sole commercial TV station – yes the barbarism of limited Continue Reading
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious goes death metal: Mary Poppins as you’ve never heard her before
It will come as no surprise to anyone that movies often significantly depart from the books upon which they are based. That doesn’t necessarily mean they are a diminished form of the story; simply different. Some authors, however such as J. D. Salinger and Roald Dahl, most certainly thought the movie adaptations Continue Reading
Movie review: Queens and Cowboys #mgff2015
Food, water and shelter aside, one of the most basic needs a person can have is the one to belong. Whether we are conscious of it or not, or even admit to its existence, all of us are looking for a group of likeminded people we can call family, Continue Reading
Velociraptors on motorcycles! This Jurassic Park parody video is pre-hysterically funny
I have no doubt that the upcoming Jurassic World film, which features Chris Pratt as velociraptor-wrangling, Indian Jones-arua emitting, dinosaur DNA-fiddling averse hero-in-the-making Owen Grady will be a tour deforce of edge-of-your-seat prehistoric thrill-making. And I am also fully convinced that the dinosaurs that will fill the film, from said Continue Reading