“I think we have a very fortunate time living a very fortunate – technology that can enable us to do things and we want to use it with some sense of responsibility for the next generation. And it is absolutely the case that animal species are disappearing and it’s Continue Reading
Road to Gilmore Girls A Year in the Life #8: “Raincoats and Recipes” (S4, E22)
On the surface, “Raincoats and Recipes”, which finished off a busy and sometimes tumultuous fourth season for Gilmore Girls, was all about Lorelai (Lauren Graham) finally opening her own inn, a 20 year old dream that finally found fruition in concert with close friend Sookie (Melissa McCarthy). But it Continue Reading
A Stray: The tale of one man, a persistent dog and a transforming crisis of faith
SNAPSHOT Musa Syeed’s film A Stray follows Adan (Barkhad Abdirahman), a Somali refugee living in Minneapolis with no place to go. His mom has kicked him out and his friends are tired of his headstrong ways. As a last resort, he moves into the mosque, and surprisingly, God answers his prayers. He quickly Continue Reading
My favourite kind of hilarious: Kate McKinnon’s improv outtakes from Ghostbusters
One of the standout stars of this year’s immensely-wonderful all-female addition to the Ghostbusters franchise, Ghostbusters: Answer the Call, was Kate McKinnon who played the part of gloriously-unhinged but ferociously-intelligent scientist Dr Jillian Holtzmann. One of the current stars of Saturday Night Live (SNL), McKinnon is regrettably not hugely Continue Reading
Movie review: This Beautiful Fantastic
If you believe the near-constant barrage of ads glorifying the bold, the beautiful and the attractively conformist, then only those fitting a very narrow ideal of social acceptance have any chance of finding love. But Simon Aboud’s absolutely delightful film This Beautiful Fantastic (he both wrote and directed the film) Continue Reading
Pssst Alfred – over here! Yeah, there’s a new LEGO Batman trailer
SNAPSHOT In the irreverent spirit of fun that made The LEGO® Movie a worldwide phenomenon, the self-described leading man of that ensemble — LEGO Batman — stars in his own big-screen adventure: The LEGO® Batman Movie. But there are big changes brewing in Gotham, and if he wants to Continue Reading
Book review: Peggy & Me by Miranda Hart
It’s tempting to look at celebrities, even those from what Miranda Hart refers to as the “pretty earthy, budget-constrained variety of show business” (BBC sitcoms), and assume their lives unfold in some sort of gilt-edged ivory tower untroubled by the cares and concerns of our everyday world. But as Continue Reading
The short and the short of it: True friendship cleans up in Dust Buddies
SNAPSHOT Dust Buddies is a story about the friendship between two dust bunnies, Fuzz and Lint, who live peacefully under a couch. When an evil maid comes to clean the house and sucks Fuzz into her vacuum, Lint must overcome his fears and set out to rescue his friend. Continue Reading
The Walking Dead: “The Cell” (S7, E3 review)
*SPOILERS AHEAD … WALKERS LYING DOWN ON THE JOB AND DEALS WITH THE DEVIL AKA NEGAN COMING BACK TO BITE YOU ON THE PROVERBIAL* The zombie apocalypse is generally not the kind of situation that if you would think of as boring, predictable or rut-like. Existentially excoriating yes. Continue Reading
Falling Water: What if your dreams are not your own?
SNAPSHOT An intersection between reality and unconscious thought, FALLING WATER is the story of three unrelated people, who slowly realize that they are dreaming separate parts of a single common dream. Each is on a quest for something that can only be found in their subconscious. However, the more Continue Reading