Cinema loves its grand, dramatic moments. They’re the lifeblood of blockbusters, Oscar-worthy dramas and even in their own understated ways, indies; and they often form the point around which many an epic narrative pivots. But what if you turned that on its head somewhat, and gave a film its big Continue Reading

  I’m busy. You’re busy. We’re all 21st-century-running-hell-for-leather busy. Andy Schneider and Jonathan Britnell of Burger Fiction appreciate this, they really do, and so they have stitched together trailers for 60 of this year’s big mainstream releases such as Zoolander 2, Pride Prejudice and Zombies and Star Trek Beyond in Continue Reading

  Two of my favourite things in the entire wonderful vastness of the pop culture are Star Wars, which is doing pretty brisk business at the moment with The Force Awakens, and Calvin & Hobbes, a legendary comic strip, long since retired about a young boy and his very special, Continue Reading

  It’s a common enough theme that life, in all its contrary glory, tends to defy our youthful expectations. Most people don’t have time to sit there and ponder how differently things might have turned out since life rarely, if ever pauses, and we must run to catch up and Continue Reading

  SNAPSHOT A boy lies on his bed (wearing a white shirt and a necktie), listening to a radio western. We see the images the radio creates in his mind, then we cut to the studio, where we see that this whole fantasy world is created at a frantic pace Continue Reading

  Yes, I know Christmas is rapidly receding in the distance, and Lily & The Snowman was released for the festive season by Cineplex, but there’s something so utterly charming, touching and heartfelt about this short film produced for Cineplex that I had to make room for it. It tells Continue Reading

Moving on, even when a glittering prospect beckons, is never easy. It’s complicated a thousand fold when the decision to take a particular road in life affects not just you but a host of people around you. It’s the situation that 16 year old Paula Bélier (Louane Emera), the only hearing Continue Reading

    Awww the Minions are so cute aren’t they? Well yes, yes they are and deservedly so what with their cute rotund shapes, their banana-yellow colouring, cute pack mentality and gibberish that sounds like a mix of baby’s first words and how you imagine your cat or dog might Continue Reading

  Young Adult movies are intense but hey so is being a young adult – well as much as I can remember of it anyway – so that all makes sense. But it can be equally as intense watching a YA film as an adult – OK it’s patently not Continue Reading